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Automated location determination to support VoIP E911 using self-surveying techniques for ad hoc wireless network

  • US 9,160,572 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2007
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of obtaining location information in an Internet Protocol (IP) network, comprising:

  • requesting, by a wireless network device, first location information from a first member device of a given wireless fidelity (WiFi) network;

    requesting, by said wireless network device, second location information from a second member device of said given WiFi network;

    requesting, by said wireless network device, third location information from a third member device of said given WiFi network;

    meshing said first location information, said second location information, and said third location information, into a single meshed location associated with said wireless network device;

    determining the meshed location comprising a meshed latitude that is a mean of individual latitude of each of said three locations and a meshed longitude that is a mean of individual longitude of said three locations; and

    providing said meshed location to a WiFi network Access Point AP, as location information for said wireless network device;

    wherein said first location information, said second location information, and said third location information are all also meshed locations.

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