Patent ID: 6826162
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of mapping a wireless network having one or more wireless gateways and one or more other wireless network devices, wherein each wireless gateway is adapted for communication with at least one of the other wireless network devices, the method comprising:for each of the other wireless network devices, determining an estimated distance of that other wireless network device from one or more of the wireless gateways based on a received signal strength between that other wireless network device and each of the respective wireless gateways; for each of the other wireless network devices, determining an expected location of that other wireless network device relative to its respective wireless gateways based on the estimated distance of that other wireless network device from its respective wireless gateways; and for each of the wireless network devices, determining an expected location of that other wireless network devices, is relative to a first network device selected from the group consisting of the one or more wireless gateways and the one or more other wireless network devices, wherein determining the expected location of that other wireless network device relative to the first network device is based at least in part on the expected location of that other wireless network device relative to its respective wireless gateways.