Patent ID: 9723586
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for locating a mobile endpoint device in an indoor environment, the method comprising: generating, by a processor, a location map of the indoor environment having a predicted signal strength for a respective location on the location map, wherein the generating the location map comprises applying a ray-tracing based model, wherein the ray-tracing based model is based upon location features of the indoor environment, wherein the location features comprise a location of a piece of furniture in the indoor environment; receiving, by the processor, a signal strength associated with the mobile endpoint device within the indoor environment; comparing, by the processor, the signal strength associated with the mobile endpoint device to the location map having the predicted signal strength for the respective location on the location map; and locating, by the processor, the mobile endpoint device as being at a particular location within the indoor environment based on the comparing.