Distance determination of a mobile device
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1. A device comprising a signal processing unit to:
- compute a first energy of a signal received from a mobile device based on information available at a physical (PHY) layer of the mobile device;
compute a second energy of the received signal;
compute a path-loss exponent of the received signal based on a line-of-sight (LoS) factor (lfactor) of the signal; and
compute a distance of the mobile device to the device based on the first energy, the second energy, and the path-loss exponent of the received signal.
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Abstract
A first energy of a signal received from a mobile device is computed at a device based on information available at a physical (PHY) layer of the mobile device. A second energy of the received signal is computed. A path-loss exponent of the received signal is computed based on a line-of-sight (LoS) factor (lfactor) of the signal. A distance of the mobile device to the device is computed based on the first energy, the second energy, and the path-loss exponent of the received signal.
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18 Claims
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1. A device comprising a signal processing unit to:
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compute a first energy of a signal received from a mobile device based on information available at a physical (PHY) layer of the mobile device; compute a second energy of the received signal; compute a path-loss exponent of the received signal based on a line-of-sight (LoS) factor (lfactor) of the signal; and compute a distance of the mobile device to the device based on the first energy, the second energy, and the path-loss exponent of the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for determining a distance of a mobile device from a wireless access point (AP), the method comprising:
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computing, by a signal processing unit of the AP, a first energy of a received signal transmitted from the mobile device based on information available at a physical (PHY) layer of the mobile device; computing, by the signal processing unit, a second energy of the received signal; computing, by the signal processing unit, a path-loss exponent of the received signal based on a line-of-sight (LoS) factor (lfactor) of the received signal; and computing, by the signal processing unit, a distance of the mobile device to the AP based on the first energy, the second energy, and the path-loss exponent of the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a based station, cause the processor to:
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compute a first energy of a signal received from a mobile device based on information available at a physical (PHY) layer of the mobile device, wherein the PHY layer information includes channel state information (CSI); compute a second energy of the received signal; compute a path-loss exponent of the received signal based on a line-of-sight (LoS) factor (lfactor) of the signal and energy of direct path (EDP) of the signal, wherein the lfactor is computed based on a ratio of the EDP to received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the signal; and compute a distance of the mobile device to the base station based on the first energy, the second energy, and the path-loss exponent of the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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