METHODS TO OPTIMIZE AND STREAMLINE AP PLACEMENT ON FLOOR PLAN
First Claim
1. A method for placing access points (APs) on a floor plan map, the method comprising:
- receiving location information for a plurality of APs on a floor plan map wherein the received location information for the plurality of APs is provided in a plurality of conventions for identifying locations on the floor plan map;
automatically placing a first AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a first convention in the plurality of conventions; and
automatically placing a second AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a second convention in the plurality of conventions, wherein the first AP is different from the second AP and the first convention is different from the second convention.
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Abstract
Embodiments may automatically place access points (APs) on floor plans by incorporating a number of conventions for identifying types and locations of APs. These conventions may include the name of APs, MAC addresses, lat/lon information, and feature analysis or image recognition techniques for matching visual cues if the AP locations are marked on images. Some embodiment may conduct several other operations to optimize placement of APs. These optimization operations may reduce the number of steps needed to place APs on floor plans, and/or may reduce extraneous and superfluous information from the floor plans that may clutter the annotated floor plan map.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for placing access points (APs) on a floor plan map, the method comprising:
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receiving location information for a plurality of APs on a floor plan map wherein the received location information for the plurality of APs is provided in a plurality of conventions for identifying locations on the floor plan map; automatically placing a first AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a first convention in the plurality of conventions; and automatically placing a second AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a second convention in the plurality of conventions, wherein the first AP is different from the second AP and the first convention is different from the second convention. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus configured to place access points (APs) on a floor plan map, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive location information for a plurality of APs on a floor plan map wherein the received location information for the plurality of APs is provided in a plurality of conventions for identifying locations on the floor plan map; and a processor configured to; automatically place a first AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a first convention in the plurality of conventions; and automatically place a second AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a second convention in the plurality of conventions, wherein the first AP is different from the second AP and the first convention is different from the second convention. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for placing access points (APs) on a floor plan map, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving location information for a plurality of APs on a floor plan map wherein the received location information for the plurality of APs is provided in a plurality of conventions for identifying locations on the floor plan map; means for automatically placing a first AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a first convention in the plurality of conventions; and means for automatically placing a second AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a second convention in the plurality of conventions, wherein the first AP is different from the second AP and the first convention is different from the second convention. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer program product for placing access points (APs) on a floor plan map, the computer program product residing on a processor-readable medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
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receive location information for a plurality of APs on a floor plan map wherein the received location information for the plurality of APs is provided in a plurality of conventions for identifying locations on the floor plan map; automatically place a first AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a first convention in the plurality of conventions; and automatically place a second AP of the plurality of APs on the floor plan map at a location identified using a second convention in the plurality of conventions, wherein the first AP is different from the second AP and the first convention is different from the second convention. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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