Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at separate stations – Plural transmitters or receivers
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-28
2010-11-02
Trinh, Tan (Department: 2618)
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at separate stations
Plural transmitters or receivers
C455S456100, C455S013400, C455S115300, C455S069000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07826862
ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems are provided for determining the location of a first wireless device (e.g., a mobile unit) within a wireless network comprising a second wireless device (e.g., an access point). The method includes determining a signal strength contour associated with RF communication between the access point and the mobile unit, and adding a correction factor to the signal strength contour to produce a corrected signal strength contour, wherein the correction factor includes the sums of the differences between the transmit power and the antenna gain associated with the mobile unit and the access point. In an alternate scheme involving stored fingerprint data, a correction factor is introduced based on the differences between antenna gains and transmit power associated with the mobile unit under consideration and the mobile unit used for generating the fingerprint data. The systems and methods disclosed herein are applicable, for example, to networks operating in accordance with 802.11, RFID, WiMax, WAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee, UWB, and the like.
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Le Vinh-Phuong
Malik Ajay
Vangati Mahender
Symbol Technologies Inc.
Trinh Tan
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