Patent ID: 11877210
Assignee: ORANGE
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method for assisting with positioning of an equipment capable of connecting to a Wi-Fi local area network of a home gateway of a user, the method being implemented by a mobile terminal placed in a home environment of the user, comprising:
receiving, from the home gateway, and at successive time intervals, information representative of a level of a Wi-Fi signal emitted by the mobile terminal and received by the home gateway,
calculating an average signal level value from signal levels received by the mobile terminal during a sliding time window of a determined duration,
comparing the average signal level value with values of at least a first threshold and a second threshold, wherein the value of the first threshold is greater than the value of the second threshold,
determining a position of the mobile terminal relative to the home gateway according to the following relationships:
when said average value is greater than the value of the first threshold, determining that the mobile terminal is located in an area of the home environment too close to the home gateway,
when said average value is less than or equal to the value of the first threshold and greater than the value of the second threshold, determining that the mobile terminal is located in an optimum area of the home environment with respect to the home gateway, and
when said average value is less than or equal to the value of the second threshold, determining that the mobile terminal is located in an area of the home environment too far away from the home gateway, and

outputting, to a user of the mobile terminal, information representative of the area of the home environment in which the mobile terminal is located with respect to the home gateway, on the basis of results of the determining.