DISTRIBUTED LOCATION DETERMINATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

In some embodiments, a location of a mobile terminal is determined by obtaining a location of a first access point (AP), receiving a visibility indication indicating that a second AP received a signal from the first AP or the first AP received a signal from the second AP, determining a location of t...

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Hauptverfasser: PENAR, Russell Andrew, HASSAN, Amer Aref, SEKARAN, Mahendra D
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:In some embodiments, a location of a mobile terminal is determined by obtaining a location of a first access point (AP), receiving a visibility indication indicating that a second AP received a signal from the first AP or the first AP received a signal from the second AP, determining a location of the second AP based on the received visibility indication and the location of the first AP, determining a location of the mobile terminal in communication with the second AP based on the determined location of the second AP, and transmitting a message indicating the location of the mobile terminal on a digital communication network.