Patent ID: 7899006

Claim:
A wireless local area network, comprising: a plurality of access point stations that receive and transmit communications signals within the wireless local area network, wherein a first set of said access point stations comprise WiFi compliant access point stations that measure signal strength and determine the received signal strength indication (RSSI) and a second set of said access point stations are operable in accordance with a time of arrival (TOA) real time location standard (RTLS); a dual mode mobile station within the wireless local area network and operative for multimode communications with both said WiFi and RTLS compliant access point stations; and a location processor operatively connected with each of said access point stations and operative for processing the RSSI from said first set of access point stations and creating a RSSI locate map and processing communication signals from the second set of access point stations and determining which signals are first-to-arrive signals to locate the mobile station and update the RSSI locate map to locate any non-dual mode WiFi devices.