Self-Configuring Wireless Network Location System
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a wireless signal transmitted by a target transceiver device;
storing a signal strength indication for the received wireless signal;
determining a location of each one of a plurality of air monitors; and
determining a location of the transceiver device by correlating the determined location of one of the plurality of air monitors with the corresponding signal strength indication for the transceiver device.
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Abstract
Wireless adapters are installed on one or more general purpose computing devices and are connected via a network in an enterprise environment. The adapters are densely deployed at known locations throughout the environment and are configured as air monitors. The air monitors monitor signals transmitted by one or more transceiver devices and records information about these signals. One or more analysis or inference engines may be deployed to obtain the recorded signal information and the air monitor locations to determine a location of the one or more wireless transceivers devices deployed in the environment.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a wireless signal transmitted by a target transceiver device; storing a signal strength indication for the received wireless signal; determining a location of each one of a plurality of air monitors; and determining a location of the transceiver device by correlating the determined location of one of the plurality of air monitors with the corresponding signal strength indication for the transceiver device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a plurality of transceiver devices configured to each transmit a wireless signal including an identifier of the source of the signal; a plurality of air monitors to receive the wireless signal and to store the identifier and a signal strength indication of the wireless signal transmitted by one or more of the plurality of transceiver devices; and an inference engine to receive the identifier and the corresponding signal strength, to retrieve a predetermined location for each of the air monitors, and to determine a physical location of the transceiver device by correlating the retrieved location with the signal strength indications. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform acts comprising:
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storing locations of a plurality of air monitors that each are operable to receive a wireless signal transmitted by a transceiver device and store in records in a data store a signal strength of the signal along with identification data identifying the transceiver device that transmitted the signal; retrieving from the data store the stored signal strength indications for records with the same identification data; and determining a location of the transceiver device as a function of the determined locations of the plurality of air monitors and the retrieved signal strength indications. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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indicating a signal strength of a wireless signal received by air monitors and originating from a transceiver device; and determining a location of the transceiver device as a function of the signal strength and known locations of the air monitors.
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