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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicant:
Yuliy Baryshnikov, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Yuliy Baryshnikov, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for estimating distances between sensor nodes. The method includes receiving a temporal sequence of measurements of a selected local environmental condition from each of the sensor nodes. The method includes determining an amount of correlation between the measurements of the selected local environmental condition that were received from two or more of the sensor nodes. The method also includes estimating distances between the two or more of the sensor nodes based on the determined amount of correlation.