Patent ID: 11877171
Assignee: SATELLITE TRACKING OF PEOPLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A system, comprising:
a plurality of wireless devices that are configured to operate in a wireless local area network for a controlled-environment facility, the plurality of wireless devices further configured to monitor communication channels for activity by other wireless devices, comprising communications between the other wireless devices and an unauthorized access point inside the controlled-environment facility and/or an access point outside the controlled-environment facility, and to report the activity in status messages;
a central monitoring system configured to receive status messages from the plurality of wireless devices, wherein the central monitoring system is configured to determine a location of a wireless device within the controlled-environment facility based upon a status message from the wireless device; and
wherein the central monitoring system is further configured to assign a location to a selected wireless device when a status message has not been received from the selected wireless device and when the selected wireless device is identified in a status message from another wireless device.