To provide techniques for positioning access points and terminals in WLANs and other wireless networks.
For access point positioning, measurements are obtained for at least one access point in a WLAN. The measurements may be based on transmission sequences (e.g., beacon frames) transmitted periodically by each access point. The measurements may be made by multiple terminals at different locations or a single mobile terminal at different locations. The location of each access point is determined based on the measurements and known locations of the terminal(s). For terminal positioning, measurements for at least one access point in a WLAN are obtained. The location of the terminal is determined based on the measurements and known location of each access point. The measurements may be round trip time (RTT) measurements, observed time difference (OTD) measurements, time of arrival (TOA) measurements, signal strength measurements, signal quality measurements, etc.
| JP2005525016A | 2005-08-18 | |||
| JP2005536944A | 2005-12-02 |
| WO2004019559A2 | 2004-03-04 |
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Takashi Mine
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Morisezo Iseki
Takao Ako
Tadashi Inoue
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi