Radiolocation using path loss data
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving in a processing apparatus measurements from a particular wireless station having an unknown location, the measurements indicative of the received signal strengths at the particular wireless station resulting from transmissions at known respective transmit powers from at least some stations of a set of wireless stations; and
determining by the processing apparatus of a location for the particular wireless station using the received measurements and a calibrated path loss model.
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Abstract
Determining the location of a station in a wireless network including determining path losses between the wireless station of unknown location and at least some access points at known locations. The determining includes receiving measurements from the wireless station of unknown location, and measuring the received signal strengths as a result of respective transmissions from at least some of access points at known respective transmit powers and known or determined locations to obtained measured path losses. The method further includes determining a location for the wireless station using the measured path losses and a calibrated path loss model.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving in a processing apparatus measurements from a particular wireless station having an unknown location, the measurements indicative of the received signal strengths at the particular wireless station resulting from transmissions at known respective transmit powers from at least some stations of a set of wireless stations; and determining by the processing apparatus of a location for the particular wireless station using the received measurements and a calibrated path loss model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause at least one of the processors to implement a method comprising:
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receiving measurements from each respective station of a set of wireless stations of a wireless network measuring the received signal strength at each of the respective stations resulting from transmission of a signal from a potential rogue access point, each station of the set being at a known or determined location; and for each of a set of assumed transmit powers for the potential rogue access point, determining a location for the potential rogue access point using the received signal strengths at the stations of the third set and a calibrated path loss model. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured with one or more code segments to instruct one or more processors of a processing system to execute a method comprising:
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causing respective transmissions at known respective transmit powers from at least some stations of a first set of wireless stations; receiving measurements from a particular wireless station having an unknown location, the measurements indicative of the received signal strengths at the particular wireless station resulting from the caused respective transmissions; and determining a location for the particular wireless station using the received measurements and a calibrated path loss model. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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a processing system including a memory and a network interface to couple the apparatus to a network including a set of wireless stations of a wireless network at known or determined locations, the processing system configured to; receive measurements from a particular wireless station having an unknown location, the measurements indicative of the received signal strengths at the particular wireless station resulting from transmissions at known respective transmit powers from at least some of the stations of the set of wireless stations; and determining by the processing apparatus of a location for the particular wireless station using the received measurements and a calibrated path loss model. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method comprising:
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determining a measured path loss between a particular wireless station having an unknown location and at least some of wireless stations of a wireless network by receiving measurements from the particular wireless station, wherein in the case the wireless station having the unknown location is known not to be a rogue access point, the determining uses measurements received from the particular wireless station having the unknown location measuring the received signal strength as a result of respective transmissions from at least some of the wireless stations, each of the respective transmissions being at a known respective transmit power, and wherein, in the case the wireless station having the unknown location is a potential rogue access point, the determining uses measurements received from each of at least some of the wireless stations measuring the received signal strength at each of the wireless stations resulting from transmission of a signal from the potential rogue access point for each of a set of assumed transmit powers for the potential rogue access point; and determining a location for the particular wireless station having the unknown location using the measured path loss and a calibrated path loss model. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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