WO2003081828A3 - Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a wireless local area network using a position location system - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a wireless local area network using a position location system Download PDF

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WO2003081828A3
WO2003081828A3 PCT/US2003/006765 US0306765W WO03081828A3 WO 2003081828 A3 WO2003081828 A3 WO 2003081828A3 US 0306765 W US0306765 W US 0306765W WO 03081828 A3 WO03081828 A3 WO 03081828A3
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Kumar Ramaswamy
Louis Robert Litwin
Paul Gothard Knutson
Wen Gao
Charles Chuanming Wang
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Thomson Licensing Sa
Kumar Ramaswamy
Louis Robert Litwin
Paul Gothard Knutson
Wen Gao
Charles Chuanming Wang
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W64/00—Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/02—Terminal devices
    • H04W88/06—Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W84/00—Network topologies
    • H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
    • H04W84/10—Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
    • H04W84/12—WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a wireless local area network (WLAN) (104) determines a position of a mobile device (110) using a position location system (114), receives a position of a WLAN (104) from a location database(112), and determines whether the mobile device (110) is within a service area (108) of the WLAN (104) in response to the position of the mobile device (110) and the position of the WLAN (104).
PCT/US2003/006765 2002-03-18 2003-03-05 Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a wireless local area network using a position location system WO2003081828A2 (en)

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