Patent ID: 9538330
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for selecting a Wi-Fi access point for position determination, comprising: obtaining, by a mobile device, data comprising a measure of variance in response time associated with each of a plurality of access points; selecting, by the mobile device, at least one of the plurality of access points for use in a communication for a distance determination, the selecting based on the obtained data, the selected at least one access point having a lower variance in response time than one or more other access points among the plurality of access points; sending, by the mobile device, a communication to the selected at least one access point; receiving, by the mobile device, from the selected at least one access point, a response to the communication; and calculating, by a mobile device, a distance from the device to the selected at least one access point based on a round trip time determined based on the communication and the response to the communication.