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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Xiangyu Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Armand Michel Marie Lelkens, Heerlen, NL;
Jan Hendrik Poesse, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system comprising location server, a localization module and a node manager. The location server comprises a network interface operable to receive measurement reports submitted from a plurality of reference nodes of a location network, each measurement report reporting a measurement of a signal received by a respective one of the reference nodes from a respective one of one or more mobile devices. The localization module is configured to determine a location of one or more of the mobile devices based on at least some of the plurality of measurement reports. The node manager is configured to control whether and/or when one or more of the plurality of measurement reports are submitted from one or more of the reference nodes, in dependence on a measure of relevance to the determination of the location of one or more of the mobile devices.