Localization of radio-frequency transceivers
First Claim
1. A localization method of a mobile station communicating with at least one central server through a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless radiofrequency transmitting access points, among which a first access point is chosen to perform the communication, comprising:
- measuring signal strengths received by said mobile station from the plurality of access points;
storing each measured signal strength with an address identifying the corresponding connected access point;
comparing said stored signal strengths to values of a predetermined table of signal strength thresholds assigned to access points, the signal strength thresholds defining one or more event zones (EZ), each event zone (EZ) comprising one or more attenuation ranges of one or more access points; and
considering the mobile station as located in a given event zone if the measured signal strength corresponding to an access point in the given event zone is within an attenuation range of that access point,in which said attenuation ranges are a function of an environment and of a shape of a event zones (EZ).
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Abstract
The invention concerns a localization and communication methods and system between mobile stations and a central server through a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless radio-frequency transmitting access points (AP1–AP4), among which a first access point is chosen to perform the communication, comprising the steps of measuring the signal strengths received by said station from the plurality of access points; storing each measured strength with an address identifying the corresponding connected access point; comparing said stored strengths to values of a predetermined table of signal strength thresholds affected to access points, defining one or more event zones (EVA, EVB) each comprising one or more attenuation ranges of one or more access points; and considering the station as located in a given event zone if the measured strength corresponding to an access point defining that event zone is comprised in the attenuation range of that access point.
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1. A localization method of a mobile station communicating with at least one central server through a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless radiofrequency transmitting access points, among which a first access point is chosen to perform the communication, comprising:
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measuring signal strengths received by said mobile station from the plurality of access points; storing each measured signal strength with an address identifying the corresponding connected access point; comparing said stored signal strengths to values of a predetermined table of signal strength thresholds assigned to access points, the signal strength thresholds defining one or more event zones (EZ), each event zone (EZ) comprising one or more attenuation ranges of one or more access points; and considering the mobile station as located in a given event zone if the measured signal strength corresponding to an access point in the given event zone is within an attenuation range of that access point, in which said attenuation ranges are a function of an environment and of a shape of a event zones (EZ).
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2. A communication method between at least one mobile station and at least one central server through radiofrequency transmitting access points to which said station is wireless connectable, comprising:
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establishing a communication between said station and said central server through a first access point of said access points from which said station receives a highest signal strength; comparing a signal strength received by said mobile station from at least one second access point with at least one signal strength threshold used for defining at least one event zone (EZ); and making available for said mobile station at least one specific application of the central server if the station is considered in the event zone, in which the station is considered as being in the event zone by applying a localization method, the localization method comprising; measuring signal strengths received by said mobile station from the plurality of access points; storing each measured signal strength with an address identifying the corresponding connected access point; comparing said stored strengths to values of a predetermined table of signal strength thresholds assigned to access points, the signal strength thresholds defining one or more event zones (EZ), each event zone (EZ) comprising one or more attenuation ranges of one or more access points; and considering the mobile station as located in a given event zone if the measured signal strength corresponding to an access point in the given event zone is within an attenuation range of that access point. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication system between at least one mobile station and at least one central server through radiofrequency transmitting access points to which the station is wireless connectable, comprising:
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means to define, with at least a signal strength threshold of at least one access point, at least one event zone (EZ) in which at least one specific application of the server is to be available to the station if present in that zone; means to localize the mobile station with respect to an event zone boundary, based on a signal strength received by the mobile station from the access points, means to implement a communication between the mobile station and the central server through a first access points of said access point from which said station receives the highest signal strength; and means to compare signal strength received by the mobile station from at least one second access point with at least one signal strength threshold used for defining at least one event zone (EZ); wherein a specific application is available for the mobile station if the mobile station is considered in the event zone (EZ); wherein the mobile station is considered to be in the event zone if the received signal strength is lower than or higher than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a server in communication with a plurality of wireless access points having an access point address assigned to each access point; and a database comprising an event zone table of the access point addresses and corresponding signal strength thresholds wherein each event zone is defined at least with a signal strength threshold; wherein said server is operable to receive signal level measurements and assigned access point addresses from a mobile station configured to measure signal levels received from the multiple access points, and to compare the received signal level measurement with a signal strength threshold for the assigned access point and determine whether the mobile station is located in the defined event zone; wherein each event zone is further defined with a signal attenuation range around one or more access point; wherein the multiple access point comprise a first access point and a second access point configured to be in the same event zone and a first signal attenuation range around the first access point is different from a second signal attenuation range around the second access point in the same event zone; and wherein the first signal attenuation range and second signal attenuation range overlap and the mobile station operates in at least one of the first signal attenuation range or the second signal attenuation range. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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