DETERMINING ACCESS POINT ORIENTATION BASED ON NEIGHBOR ACCESS PONT LOCATIONS

摘要

In an example embodiment, the orientation of a wireless device, such as an access point (AP) can be determined based on the location of neighboring wireless devices and the observed angle of arrival of signals from the wireless device at the neighboring wireless devices. For example, the angle of orientation can be determined by comparing an observed angle of arrival with the known actual angle between wireless devices. If a plurality of wireless devices measure the signal, the mean or median of the difference between observed angle of arrival of a signal from the wireless device with the actual angle for the plurality of wireless devices may be employed to determine the angular orientation.

主权项

1. Logic encoded in a tangible, non-transitory computer readable media for execution by a processor, and when executed operable to:
obtain data representative of a location of a wireless device; obtain data representative of angle of arrival of a signal from a wireless device whose orientation is to be determined from the wireless device; obtain data representative of an actual angle between the wireless device whose orientation is to be determined and the wireless device; and determine an orientation of the wireless device whose orientation is to be determined based on a difference of angle of arrival and the actual angle between the wireless device whose orientation is to be determined and the wireless device.