Locating electronic devices in an electronic equipment rack
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- measuring, with a mobile device positioned at a first location adjacent to an electronic equipment rack, a first distance between the first location and a first reference location;
reading, at the first location, a first set of data values from a first set of near field communication (NFC) tags attached to electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack;
associating the first set of data values with the first distance;
measuring, with the mobile device positioned at a second location adjacent to the electronic equipment rack, the second location along a first axis from the first location, a second distance between the second location and the first reference location;
reading, at the second location, a second set of data values from a second set of NFC tags attached to the electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack;
associating the second set of data values with the second distance; and
recording, in response to a first data value being included in the first set of data values and being excluded from the second set of data values, the first data value as corresponding to the first distance.
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Abstract
The positions and relative locations of electronic devices located within an electronic equipment rack can be determined and mapped through the reading, by a mobile device, of near field communication (NFC) tags attached to the electronic devices. The mobile device can execute a method that includes reading and recording data values from sets of nearby NFC tags in conjunction with locations of the mobile device relative to a reference location. The method executed by the mobile device can include an algorithm to determine the absolute and relative positions of the electronic devices through processing of the inclusion or exclusion of NFC tag data within the sets of read NFC tag values. The absolute and relative positions of the electronic devices can be subsequently used to create a map depicting the position of the electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack.
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1. A method comprising:
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measuring, with a mobile device positioned at a first location adjacent to an electronic equipment rack, a first distance between the first location and a first reference location; reading, at the first location, a first set of data values from a first set of near field communication (NFC) tags attached to electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack; associating the first set of data values with the first distance; measuring, with the mobile device positioned at a second location adjacent to the electronic equipment rack, the second location along a first axis from the first location, a second distance between the second location and the first reference location; reading, at the second location, a second set of data values from a second set of NFC tags attached to the electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack; associating the second set of data values with the second distance; and recording, in response to a first data value being included in the first set of data values and being excluded from the second set of data values, the first data value as corresponding to the first distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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