公开(公告)号：US20180139719A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15853236

申请日：2017-12-22

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Vinit Chandrakant Deshpande ,  Prerepa V. Viswanadham

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W12/06

CPC classification number: H04W64/003 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: A system and method for locating a network device. A location provider determines, based on location data, a location of a wireless access point. The location data includes location data from each of a plurality of network devices, wherein the location data for each network device includes the network device's location and data representative of a distance between the wireless access point and each network device. The location provider generates, based on the location of the wireless access point, location information for the wireless access point, signs the location information with a credential to form signed location information, and communicates the signed location information to the wireless access point.

公开(公告)号：US10212689B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15853236

申请日：2017-12-22

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Vinit Chandrakant Deshpande ,  Prerepa V. Viswanadham

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: A system and method for locating a network device. A location provider determines, based on location data, a location of a wireless access point. The location data includes location data from each of a plurality of network devices, wherein the location data for each network device includes the network device's location and data representative of a distance between the wireless access point and each network device. The location provider generates, based on the location of the wireless access point, location information for the wireless access point, signs the location information with a credential to form signed location information, and communicates the signed location information to the wireless access point.