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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Feng Niu, Weston, FL (US);
Spyros Kyperountas, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Frederick L. Martin, Plantation, FL (US);
Jian Huang, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Qicai Shi, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Timothy Bancroft, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Neiyer S. Correal, Cooper City, FL (US);
Feng Niu, Weston, FL (US);
Spyros Kyperountas, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Frederick L. Martin, Plantation, FL (US);
Jian Huang, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Qicai Shi, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Timothy Bancroft, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Neiyer S. Correal, Cooper City, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and location determination module is provided for determining a location of one of a plurality of units using neighbor lists. Each unit is communicatively coupled to at least some of the other plurality of units, where at least some of the plurality of units are reference units, whose locations are known. The units communicate with other nearby units within communication range, to establish neighbor lists. A unit to be located then identifies an aggregate value corresponding to the number of occurrences of the reference units in the neighbor list of the unit to be located and the neighbor lists of each of a group of associated units. The location of the unit to be located is then determined, based upon the known locations of the reference units and the number of identified occurrences of the reference units in the corresponding neighbor lists.