Location Estimation of Wireless Terminals Through Pattern Matching of Signal-Strength Differentials
First Claim
1. A method for estimating a location of a wireless terminal, said method comprising:
- receiving a first signal-strength measurement for a first signal at said wireless terminal and a second signal-strength measurement for a second signal at said wireless terminal; and
estimating the location of said wireless terminal based on the difference of said first signal-strength measurement minus said second signal-strength measurement.
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Abstract
A method of estimating the location of a wireless terminal is disclosed that is ideally suited for use with legacy systems. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on the observation that the signal strength of a signal from a transmitter is different at some locations, and, therefore, the location of a wireless terminal can be estimated by comparing the signal strength it currently observes against a map or database that correlates locations to signal strengths. For example, if a particular radio station is known to be received well at a first location and poorly at a second location, and a given wireless terminal at an unknown location is receiving the radio station poorly, it is more likely that the wireless terminal is at the second location than it is at the first location.
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1. A method for estimating a location of a wireless terminal, said method comprising:
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receiving a first signal-strength measurement for a first signal at said wireless terminal and a second signal-strength measurement for a second signal at said wireless terminal; and estimating the location of said wireless terminal based on the difference of said first signal-strength measurement minus said second signal-strength measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for estimating a location of a wireless terminal, said method comprising:
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receiving a first signal-strength measurement for a first signal at said wireless terminal and a second signal-strength measurement for a second signal at said wireless terminal; and estimating the location of said wireless terminal by pattern matching the difference of said first signal-strength measurement minus said second signal-strength measurement against a signal-strength database that associates location with tuples of first signal signal-strength measurements and second signal signal-strength measurements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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