Cooperative-measurement location engine for wireless networks
This technology improves the accuracy of locating a mobile device (like a smartphone) on a wireless network by combining two types of signal measurements: one between the device and a known base station, and another between the device and nearby devices whose locations are also unknown. When the system generates multiple possible location estimates from base station signals alone, it uses the peer-to-peer signal measurement between unknown-location devices to pick the best one. The result is a more accurate location fix in environments where base station signals alone produce ambiguous results, such as indoors or in dense urban areas.
What you could build
A location engine middleware or SDK licensed to network operators, IoT platform vendors, or emergency services providers that improves device positioning accuracy in challenging RF environments without additional hardware. Primary buyers would be wireless carriers, public safety answering point (PSAP) technology vendors, and indoor positioning platform companies.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia's dense federal and defense presence, including DHS, DoD, and public safety agencies headquartered in the National Capital Region, creates demand for reliable indoor and urban device location—relevant to first responder and asset tracking vendors operating in the area.
Readiness: Lab validated
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Scot Douglas Gordon, Sayed Reza Monir Vaghefi, R. Michael Buehrer
- Granted
- January 7, 2020
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 10527708
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