Radiolocation in a wireless network using time difference of arrival

JR Crawford, JD O'sullivan, B Hart - US Patent 7,302,269, 2007 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention is related to wireless networks, and in particular to
determining the location of wireless stations in a wireless network. Use of wireless networks …

Area based position determination for terminals in a wireless network

W Riley - US Patent 6,865,395, 2005 - Google Patents
2. Background It is often desirable, and Sometimes necessary, to know the position of a
wireleSS user. For example, the Federal Com munications Commission (FCC) has adopted …

Determining locations of mobile stations in wireless networks

K Etemad, M Venkatachalam - US Patent App. 11/754,864, 2008 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003. As wireless devices become more and more popular at offices,
homes, Schools, and so forth, users of such devices demand more functionality from Such …

Location determination and location tracking in wireless networks

M Tao, KN Lau - US Patent 7,359,718, 2008 - Google Patents
It is sometimes desirable to locate the position of a station operable within a wireless, eg,
radio frequency (RF), network. For example, the United States Federal Commu nications …

Selective location-aware paging

A Kapoor, K Yagna - US Patent 8,472,983, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Wireless networks are telecommunications networks that use radio waves
to carry information from one node in the network to one or more receiving nodes in the …

Location determination of wireless stations using one-to-many communication techniques

J Segev - US Patent 9,538,321, 2017 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Wireless devices are increasingly dependent upon their location as context
for various applications. In some approaches, an initiating wireless station (eg, a wireless …

Positioning for WLANs and other wireless networks

SW Edge, AK Wachter - US Patent 9,226,257, 2015 - Google Patents
US9226257B2 - Positioning for WLANs and other wireless networks - Google Patents
US9226257B2 - Positioning for WLANs and other wireless networks - Google Patents …

Using Presence Detection To Control A Wireless Network

A Leitch - US Patent App. 12/097,312, 2008 - Google Patents
[0001] The present invention relates to systems and meth ods for control of wireless
networks.[0002] Recently as the hardware cost of wireless networks based on the IEEE …

Positioning with access network query protocol neighbor reports

CH Aldana - US Patent App. 14/494,411, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 Embodiments of the inventive subject matter gener ally relate to the
field of wireless communication and, more particularly, to determining a position of a mobile …

Management of location-aware networks

C Rogers, S Wood - US Patent App. 10/178,880, 2003 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0001) Wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless wide area networks
(WWANs), and cellular telephone net works have similar problems when a mobile user (or …