Patent ID: 9485627
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile device comprising: a radio to receive location information including locations of a plurality of detected access points; and a location estimator to select from said plurality of detected access points a plurality of selected access points, based on the location information, and to estimate a location of said mobile device based on communications from the plurality of selected access points, said location estimator to determine a plurality of different access point combinations including a respective plurality of different combinations of two or more access points of the plurality of detected access points, said location estimator to determine a plurality of grades corresponding to the plurality of access point combinations, and, based on the plurality of grades, to determine the plurality of selected access points to include a selected combination from the plurality of access point combinations, said location estimator to determine a first grade corresponding to a first access point combination comprising access points communicating over a first number of different frequency channels, and to determine a second grade, which is prioritized to the first grade, corresponding to a second access point combination comprising access points communicating over a second number of different frequency channels, which is less than the first number of frequency channels.