Location tracking in a wireless communication system using power levels of packets received by repeaters
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving information from each of a plurality of repeaters indicating which of a plurality of packets wirelessly transmitted by a mobile station were received by each repeater and a signal strength at which each of the wirelessly transmitted packets was received;
identifying an individual one of the plurality of wirelessly transmitted packets that was received by each of the plurality of the repeaters; and
determining a location of the mobile station with respect to the plurality of repeaters based on comparing one to the other the signal strengths at which the individual packet was received at each of the plurality of repeaters.
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Abstract
A location tracking apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving information from each repeater indicating which packets wirelessly transmitted by a mobile station were received by each repeater including received signal strength of each of those packets, and determining location of the mobile station with respect to the repeaters based on power levels of individual wirelessly transmitted packets received at the repeaters.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information from each of a plurality of repeaters indicating which of a plurality of packets wirelessly transmitted by a mobile station were received by each repeater and a signal strength at which each of the wirelessly transmitted packets was received; identifying an individual one of the plurality of wirelessly transmitted packets that was received by each of the plurality of the repeaters; and determining a location of the mobile station with respect to the plurality of repeaters based on comparing one to the other the signal strengths at which the individual packet was received at each of the plurality of repeaters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a mobile station having a transmitter to transmit packets wirelessly; a plurality of repeaters communicably coupled with the mobile station, wherein each of the plurality of repeaters receives one or more of a plurality of wirelessly transmitted packets from the mobile station and forwards received packets with corresponding received signal strength indicators; and a switch coupled to the plurality of repeaters to receive forwarded packets from each of the plurality of repeaters and to perform location tracking of the mobile stations based on an identification of an individual one of the plurality of wirelessly transmitted packets that was received by each of the plurality of repeaters and a comparison one to the other of the received signal strength indicators associated with the individual packet.
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