Utilizing a mobile device to learn parameters of a radio heat map
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1. A method of learning parameters of a radio heat map comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile device, one or more messages from a server via an electronic communications network, said one or more messages comprising at least locations of one or more wireless transmitters transmitting signals in an area and an electronic digital map of said area;
estimating parameters of a signal strength propagation model of at least one of said signals transmitted from at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters based, at least in part, on said locations of said one or more wireless transmitters and said electronic digital map of said area, said parameters being estimated iteratively in said area based, at least in part, on an estimated power absorbed by a number of structural features causing path loss of said at least one of said signals, said structural features separating said at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters from an estimated location of said mobile device, said number of said structural features being determined via said electronic digital map of said area; and
communicating said estimated parameters to said server via said electronic communications network.
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Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for utilizing a mobile communication device to learn parameters of a radio heat map for use in or with a mobile communication device.
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1. A method of learning parameters of a radio heat map comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile device, one or more messages from a server via an electronic communications network, said one or more messages comprising at least locations of one or more wireless transmitters transmitting signals in an area and an electronic digital map of said area; estimating parameters of a signal strength propagation model of at least one of said signals transmitted from at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters based, at least in part, on said locations of said one or more wireless transmitters and said electronic digital map of said area, said parameters being estimated iteratively in said area based, at least in part, on an estimated power absorbed by a number of structural features causing path loss of said at least one of said signals, said structural features separating said at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters from an estimated location of said mobile device, said number of said structural features being determined via said electronic digital map of said area; and communicating said estimated parameters to said server via said electronic communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus to learn parameters of a radio heat map comprising:
a mobile device comprising; a wireless transceiver to communicate with an electronic communications network; and one or more processors configured to; communicate with said electronic communications network to receive one or more messages from a server via said electronic communications network, said one or more messages comprising at least locations of one or more wireless transmitters transmitting signals in an area and an electronic digital map of said area; estimate parameters of a signal strength propagation model of at least one of said signals transmitted from at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters based, at least in part, on said locations of said one or more wireless transmitters and said electronic digital map of said area, said parameters being estimated iteratively in said area based, at least in part, on an estimated power absorbed by a number of structural features causing path loss of said at least one of said signals, said structural features separating said at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters from an estimated location of said mobile device, said number of said structural features being determined via said electronic digital map of said area; and communicate said estimated parameters to said server via said electronic communications network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus to learn parameters of a radio heat map comprising:
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means for receiving, at a mobile device, one or more messages from a server via an electronic communications network, said one or more messages comprising at least locations of one or more wireless transmitters transmitting signals in an area and an electronic digital map of said area; means for estimating parameters of a signal strength propagation model of at least one of said signals transmitted from at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters based, at least in part, on said locations of said one or more wireless transmitters and said electronic digital map of said area, said parameters being estimated iteratively in said area based, at least in part, on an estimated power absorbed by a number of structural features causing path loss of said at least one of said signals, said structural features separating said at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters from an estimated location of said mobile device, said number of said structural features being determined via said electronic digital map of said area; and means for communicating said estimated parameters to said server via said electronic communications network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article of manufacture comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium having instructions executable by a processor to; receive, at a mobile device, one or more messages from a server via an electronic communications network, said one or more messages comprising at least locations of one or more wireless transmitters transmitting signals in an area and an electronic digital map of said area; estimate parameters of a signal strength propagation model of at least one of said signals transmitted from at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters based, at least in part, on said locations of said one or more wireless transmitters and said electronic digital map of said area, said parameters being estimated iteratively in said area based, at least in part, on an estimated power absorbed by a number of structural features causing path loss of said at least one of said signals, said structural features separating said at least one of said one or more wireless transmitters from an estimated location of said mobile device, said number of said structural features being determined via said electronic digital map of said area; and communicate said estimated parameters to said server via said electronic communications network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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