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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2005
Qicai Shi, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Neiyer S. Correal, Cooper City, FL (US);
Jian Huang, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Spyros Kyperountas, Weston, FL (US);
Qicai Shi, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Neiyer S. Correal, Cooper City, FL (US);
Jian Huang, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Spyros Kyperountas, Weston, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for estimating the location of a blindfolded node () in a wireless network having reference nodes () is provided. The reference nodes () are combined into pairs () and each pair is checked to determine if the reference nodes are within each other's communication rage (). A plurality of probable regions () for the blindfolded node are obtained (). These probable regions are overlapped (), and the blindfolded node's estimated location is estimated to be the geometric center of the overlapped regions ().