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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Voicu Cristian, Marietta, GA (US);
Marius Chilom, Mableton, GA (US);
Robert Assimiti, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ovidiu Ratiu, Marietta, GA (US);
Ion Ticus, Bucharest, RO;
Ioan Pocol, Cluj-Napoca, RO;
Voicu Cristian, Marietta, GA (US);
Marius Chilom, Mableton, GA (US);
Robert Assimiti, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ovidiu Ratiu, Marietta, GA (US);
Ion Ticus, Bucharest, RO;
Ioan Pocol, Cluj-Napoca, RO;
Nivis, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A network operating center for a network comprising known-location and unknown-location nodes can be configured to receive from each unknown-location node estimates of the distances from that node to each of its neighbor nodes. The network controller can then choose an initial location estimate for each unknown-location node and compute distances from the initial location estimates to the corresponding neighbor nodes. The network operating center can then choose subsequent location estimates of the unknown-location nodes by minimizing an error criterion based on a comparison of the received neighbor node distance estimates with the computed neighbor node distances.