Abstract:
A method of wireless communication includes: generating a communication that includes attribute indications corresponding to a plurality of attributes of a transmitting device; and transmitting the communication wirelessly from the transmitting device; where the attribute indications include: a device identity of the transmitting device; a mobility indication indicative of whether the transmitting device is mobile or static; a location indication indicative of a location of the transmitting device; and a privacy indication associated with a corresponding attribute of the transmitting device, the privacy indication indicating whether a receiving device that receives the attribute indications from the transmitting device is authorized to transmit information regarding the corresponding attribute of the transmitting device.
Abstract:
A method of wireless communication includes: generating a communication that includes attribute indications corresponding to a plurality of attributes of a transmitting device; and transmitting the communication wirelessly from the transmitting device; where the attribute indications include: a device identity of the transmitting device; a mobility indication indicative of whether the transmitting device is mobile or static; a location indication indicative of a location of the transmitting device; and a privacy indication associated with a corresponding attribute of the transmitting device, the privacy indication indicating whether a receiving device that receives the attribute indications from the transmitting device is authorized to transmit information regarding the corresponding attribute of the transmitting device.
Abstract:
A method of using one or more radio-frequency signals includes: monitoring, with at least one radio-frequency (RF) receiver, one or more RF characteristics of one or more wireless RF signals from one or more RF devices in an environment; comparing the one or more RF characteristics to a reference RF profile for the environment; and initiating an action based on a difference between the one or more RF characteristics and the reference RF profile determined by the comparing.
Abstract:
Un método (310) de comunicación inalámbrica, el método comprende: generar (312), en un dispositivo (70) de transmisión, una comunicación que incluye indicaciones de atributos que corresponden a una pluralidad de atributos (112) del dispositivo de transmisión; y transmitir (314) la comunicación de forma inalámbrica desde el dispositivo de transmisión hasta un dispositivo de recepción; en el que las indicaciones de atributos incluyen: una identidad (120) de dispositivo del dispositivo de transmisión; una indicación (122) de movilidad indicativa de si se espera que el dispositivo de transmisión sea un dispositivo móvil o estático; y una indicación (124) de ubicación indicativa de una ubicación del dispositivo de transmisión; y en el que cada una de las indicaciones de atributo tiene una indicación (116) de privacidad asociada con un atributo correspondiente del dispositivo de transmisión, la indicación de privacidad indica si el dispositivo de recepción está autorizado para transmitir información con respecto al atributo correspondiente del dispositivo de transmisión.
Abstract:
A method of wireless communication includes: generating a communication that includes attribute indications corresponding to a plurality of attributes of a transmitting device; and transmitting the communication wirelessly from the transmitting device; where the attribute indications include: a device identity of the transmitting device; a mobility indication indicative of whether the transmitting device is mobile or static; a location indication indicative of a location of the transmitting device; and a privacy indication associated with a corresponding attribute of the transmitting device, the privacy indication indicating whether a receiving device that receives the attribute indications from the transmitting device is authorized to transmit information regarding the corresponding attribute of the transmitting device.
Abstract:
Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented in one or more electronic devices supporting mobile device positioning within an indoor environment. Tiered positioning assistance data (tiered-PAD) corresponding to an indoor environment may be generated and/or distributed. Mobile device positioning and/or navigation capabilities may be based, at least in part, on tiered-PAD corresponding to the indoor environment. Tiered-PAD may be provided to a plurality of mobile devices. A given mobile device may, for example, select applicable portion(s) of tiered-PAD to affect one or more positioning functions and/or the like which may be performed, at least in part, by the mobile device.
Abstract:
Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented for use by a mobile device to affect at least one positioning function based, at least in part, on a recommended candidate position fix mode received from another electronic device for use in a particular region of an environment. For example, a mobile device may obtain assistance data indicative of a candidate position fix mode for a partial region of an environment navigable by the mobile device, and in response to a determination that the mobile device is estimated to be located within a threshold proximity of the partial region, affect a wireless signal-based positioning function based, at least in part, on the candidate position fix mode.
Abstract:
The initialization of an inertial navigation system is performed using information obtained from an image of an object. Positional and orientational information about the object in a global reference frame and positional and orientational information about the camera relative to the object are obtained from the image. Positional and orientational information for the camera in the global reference frame is determined along with a transformation matrix between inertial sensor reference frame and a navigation coordinate frame. The inertial navigation system is initialized using the positional and orientational information for the camera, the transformation matrix and the velocity of the camera when the object was imaged, i.e., zero. Using the initialized data with measurements from the inertial sensors the position of the mobile platform may be updated during navigation and provided, e.g., on a digital map. Inertial navigation errors may be corrected using information obtained from images of different objects.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for processing positioning assistance data are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving, from a positioning server, virtual access point (VAP) data including a list of unique identifiers, and determining a location of a mobile device by using the VAP. The VAP data indicates that the unique identifiers included on the list identify signals originating from the same physical access point. The unique identifiers can be MAC addresses. In an example, the location determining the can include actively scanning a signal identified by a unique identifier on the list and not actively scanning a different signal identified by a different unique identifier also on the list. Not scanning the other MAC addresses that are on the access point's list and assigned to the mobile device keeps the mobile device from performing duplicative scanning that wastes time, processor cycles, and energy.
Abstract:
Apparatus, and method for adaptive discovery and scanning of wireless access points (105-109). In one embodiment, a set of channels can be scanned (305) in a first iteration to discover wireless access points. In one embodiment, a discovery profile based on the discovered wireless access points can be determined (310) and in a second iteration, a subset of the set of channels can be scanned (315). In one embodiment, the subset consists of non-overlapping channels selected (315) according to the discovery profile.