METHODS OF AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING BEACON STABILITY OF WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
First Claim
1. A method of determining a measure of likelihood that a designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic, the pathological characteristic causing errors in position estimation to occur when the designated wireless device is used as a landmark in a position estimation system if left uncorrected, the method comprising:
- based on information from signals received from a designated wireless device, retrieving at least one of (i) an identifier representing a manufacturer of the designated wireless devices and (ii) an identifier representing a model type of the designated wireless device; and
determining a measure of likelihood that the designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic based on at least one of (i) the identifier representing a manufacturer of the designated wireless devices and (ii) the identifier representing a model type of the designated wireless device.
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Abstract
Methods of and systems for measuring beacon stability of wireless access points are provided. A method of determining a measure of likelihood that a designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic includes determining a set of reference points associated with a designated wireless device, and retrieving attributes of the reference points, attributes associated with other wireless devices related to the designated wireless device, and/or statistical information. The statistical information includes a temporal distribution of detection of signals of reference points, a spatial distribution of the reference points, and/or a cardinality of the set or a subset of the reference points. The method further includes determining a measure of likelihood that the designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic based on attributes of the reference points, attributes associated with the reception of signals, and/or the statistical information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of determining a measure of likelihood that a designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic, the pathological characteristic causing errors in position estimation to occur when the designated wireless device is used as a landmark in a position estimation system if left uncorrected, the method comprising:
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based on information from signals received from a designated wireless device, retrieving at least one of (i) an identifier representing a manufacturer of the designated wireless devices and (ii) an identifier representing a model type of the designated wireless device; and determining a measure of likelihood that the designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic based on at least one of (i) the identifier representing a manufacturer of the designated wireless devices and (ii) the identifier representing a model type of the designated wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for determining a measure of likelihood that a designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic, the pathological characteristic causing errors in position estimation to occur when the designated wireless device is used as a landmark in a position estimation system if left uncorrected, the system comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable media including instructions that when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to; based on information from signals received from a designated wireless device, retrieve at least one of (i) an identifier representing a manufacturer of the designated wireless devices and (ii) an identifier representing a model type of the designated wireless device; and determine a measure of likelihood that the designated wireless device exhibits at least one pathological characteristic based on at least one of (i) the identifier representing a manufacturer of the designated wireless devices and (ii) the identifier representing a model type of the designated wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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