US 12,238,673 B1
Systems and methods for automatically determining a location characteristic of a wireless access point
John C. Bahr, Superior, CO (US); and Lili Hervieu, Buford, GA (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,779.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,968, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/003 (2013.01) [H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically determining a location characteristic of a wireless access point, the method comprising:
receiving, via an array of at least three antenna elements of the wireless access point, a first neighboring wireless communication signal from a first neighboring wireless access point;
determining an identity of the first neighboring wireless access point;
determining a location of the first neighboring wireless access point at least partially based on the identity of the first neighboring wireless access point at least partially by querying a database associating the identity of the first neighboring wireless access point with the location of the first neighboring wireless access point; and
determining the location characteristic of the wireless access point at least partially based on (a) the location of the first neighboring wireless access point and (b) difference in phase of the first neighboring wireless communication signal between the at least three antenna elements of the wireless access point.