Patent ID: 11963037
Assignee: SILICON LABORATORIES INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method of optimizing a backhaul communication network of a wireless location system in an area enclosed by a facility by each of a plurality of wireless locators mounted at fixed locations within the facility, wherein the plurality of wireless locators are distributed in the facility and wherein each includes an array of antennas, and a central processing system that is configured to communicate with at least one of the wireless locators for gathering location information from each of the plurality of wireless locators, said method comprising:
receiving a location signal from a nearby wireless asset within the area of the facility and taking a plurality of samples from the location signal including a set of samples for each of the plurality of antennas;
compressing the plurality of samples to generate compressed location information using at least one of multiple compression methods including averaging, bit reduction, phase angle only selection, and accumulation and selection; and
wirelessly transmitting the compressed location information to another one of the plurality of wireless locators.