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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Farshid Alizadeh-shabdiz, Wayland, MA (US);
Kaveh Pahlavan, Newton, MA (US);
Nicolas Brachet, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Wayland, MA (US);
Kaveh Pahlavan, Newton, MA (US);
Nicolas Brachet, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Skyhook Wireless, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for classifying WLAN access points according to the quality of estimation of characteristics of the WLAN access points are provided. The classifications may be used to scale a reference database and quantify an expected error of estimation of the characteristics of the access points. WLAN access points may be classified based on their impact on a user's position, speed of travel, and direction of travel estimation accuracy in a WLAN positioning system. A method for determining a quality of estimation of characteristics of a Wi-Fi access point comprises a Wi-Fi enabled scanning device measuring a number of received signal strength (RSS) samples of the Wi-Fi signal transmitted by the Wi-Fi access point. A total distance traveled by the Wi-Fi enabled scanning device while measuring the number of RSS samples is estimated and used to estimate the quality of estimation of characteristics of the Wi-Fi access point.