Patent ID: 7209754

Claim:
A method for determining a location (L i ) of a blind node i within a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of over-the-air signals from j reference nodes having known locations; determining a plurality of locations (L r,j ) for the j reference nodes; determining a plurality of path losses (PL i,j ) between the node i and the j reference nodes; determining a plurality of mathematical weights (w i,j ) based on the plurality of path losses; weighting the plurality of locations with the plurality of weights; calculating the location of the blind node i (L i ) based on the weighting; and wherein the step of calculating the location of the blind node i comprises the step of calculating: L _ i = ∑ j ⁢ W i , j * L _ rj ∑ j ⁢ W i , j .