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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

May. 06, 2010
Applicants:

Paul A. Dahl, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

Scott Mccall, Provo, UT (US);

Inventors:

Paul A. Dahl, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

Scott McCall, Provo, UT (US);

Assignee:

Digi International Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/12 (2006.01); G01S 5/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/10 (2006.01); G01S 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0289 (2013.01); G01S 5/10 (2013.01); G01S 5/04 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

The physical position of a movable node in a network is determined by sending a first signal from a first reference node to at least a second reference node and the unknown node. The unknown node receives the first signal and sends a second signal to at least the second reference node in phase with the first signal. The first signal and the second signal are received in the second reference node and the phase of the received signals is compared to determine the position of the unknown node based on the phase difference between the received first and second signals.


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