Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for determining a physical location of a sensor
CA 2601076 C · Owner: Advanced Metering Data Systems, L.L.C. · Inventors: Larson, Gregg A.; Sanderford, Britton H. Jr.
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A method that determines a physical location of an unknown position device (UPD) in a communication network including a plurality of known position devices (KDPs), in which a message transmitted by the UPD is received by plural KDPs. The method includes measuring a signal quality of each received message received by the plural KDPs from the UPD and computing the likely , physical location of the UPD based on the physical location of the plural KPDs receiving the message from the UPD and the respective signal quality measured at each KPD.
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- Filed March 16, 2006 and granted July 8, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 2026.
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