Location determination of infrastructure device and terminal device
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a triggering event for determining a physical location of a wireless infrastructure device;
responsive to detecting the triggering event, the wireless infrastructure device attempting to determine the physical location via a stand-alone location method;
detecting a failure to determine the physical location via the stand-alone location method;
responsive to detecting the failure to determine the physical location via the stand-alone method, determining a plurality of coarse locations of the wireless infrastructure device;
determining a refined location estimate of the wireless infrastructure device based on the determined plurality of coarse locations of the wireless infrastructure device; and
storing the determined refined location estimate as the physical location of the wireless infrastructure device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus determines a physical location of a wireless infrastructure device. At least one coarse location data from an associated terminal device is determined. Additional coarse location data are stored and accumulated. The device location is considered accurate by determining that enough received coarse location data has been received.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a triggering event for determining a physical location of a wireless infrastructure device; responsive to detecting the triggering event, the wireless infrastructure device attempting to determine the physical location via a stand-alone location method; detecting a failure to determine the physical location via the stand-alone location method; responsive to detecting the failure to determine the physical location via the stand-alone method, determining a plurality of coarse locations of the wireless infrastructure device; determining a refined location estimate of the wireless infrastructure device based on the determined plurality of coarse locations of the wireless infrastructure device; and storing the determined refined location estimate as the physical location of the wireless infrastructure device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device configured to determine a physical location of a wireless infrastructure device, the device comprising:
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a processor; and data storage containing instructions executable by the processor for causing the device to carry out a set of functions, the set of functions comprising; detecting a triggering event for determining a physical location of a wireless infrastructure device; responsive to detecting the triggering event, attempting to determine the physical location via a stand-alone location method; detecting a failure to determine the physical location via the stand-alone location method; responsive to detecting the failure to determine the physical location via the stand-alone method, determining a plurality of coarse locations of the wireless infrastructure device; determining a refined location estimate of the wireless infrastructure device based on the determined plurality of coarse locations of the wireless infrastructure device; and storing the determined refined location estimate as the physical location of the wireless infrastructure device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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