Qualcomm Incorporated

Sunil Patel

Saumitra Mohan Das

Wyatt Thomas Riley

Mark Leo Moeglein

Roland Reinhard Rick

Alkinoos Hector Vayanos

Scott Thomas Smith

Zoltan F Biacs

Grant Alexander Marshall

Chandrakant Mehta

James Douglass DeLoach, Jr

Bruce Everett Wilson

Richard John Girerd

Abhinav Sharma

Murthy S Vempati

Rupali T Desai

Embodiments may automatically place access points (APs) on floor plans by incorporating a number of conventions for identifying types and locations of APs. These conventions may include the name of APs, MAC addresses, lat/lon information, and feature analysis or image recognition techniques for matching visual cues if the AP locations are marked on images. Some embodiment may conduct several other operations to optimize placement of APs. These optimization operations may reduce the number of steps needed to place APs on floor plans, and/or may reduce extraneous and superfluous information from the floor plans that may clutter the annotated floor plan map.

Methods to optimize and streamline AP placement on floor plan

In a wireless telecommunication network, hybrid (GPS and AFLT) mobile stations provide redundant position information, which is used for time base calibration and/or correction of position measurements. Every mobile station (i.e., handset or cellular phone) can be used as a test instrument, and data from regular wireless phone calls can be supplemented by data from drive-around field test units. The time base and/or position offsets are stored in a base station almanac data base along with other information used for obtaining the most reliable position fixes under a variety of conditions. An automatic system is provided for creating, updating, and maintaining the base station almanac data base. The automatic system not only characterizes the performance of the wireless network but also characterizes the performance of the position determination system. The automatic system provides performance feedback to system operators and customers.

Automation of maintenance and improvement of location service parameters in a data base of a wireless mobile communication system

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Sunil Patel