System and method for determining a location for a device in a communication network
The disclosure recites a system and method of identifying location data for a server device managing communications for a wireless network. The method comprises: obtaining location data for the server device; identifying a location for the server device by analyzing at least the location data; updating data in the server device with the location; identifying a communication transmission range for the location for the server device; and configuring communications generated by the server device to conform to the communication transmission range.
1. A method of identifying location data for a device in order to initiate communications for a wireless network using a radio technology, comprising:
obtaining a predetermined default operating power level for the radio technology;
initiating communications for the wireless network, using the default operating power level;
retrieving, at the device, location data from at least one of:
an internal global positioning system (GPS) module, or
an analysis of transmissions with a cellular network,
determining, using the location data, a regulatory domain for communication transmissions of the device, including any location-specific permissible/restricted operating transmit power levels;
continuing communications for the wireless network, using the location-specific operating power level instead of the default operating power level; and
re-starting the retrieving of the location data and determination of regulatory domain following an event trigger, wherein the event trigger includes detecting that the device entered a new network transmission area.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is an access point.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the wireless network is an IEEE 802.11-class network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is a master device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location data represents a location of the device in the wireless network.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the regulatory domain according to the location data;
retrieving transmission parameters corresponding to the regulatory domain from a memory of the device; and
configuring one or more of (i) a transmission frequency range and (ii) a transmission power according to the transmission parameters.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analysis of transmissions with the cellular network includes: receiving one of the transmissions from a client device that contains location information of the client device.
8. A device, comprising:
a communications sub-system having a transmitter and a receiver; and
a processor connected with the communications sub-system and configured to:
obtain a predetermined default operating power level;
initiate communications for a wireless network, using the default operating power level;
retrieve location data from at least one of:
an internal global positioning system (GPS) module, or
an analysis of transmissions with a cellular network,
determine, using the location data, a regulatory domain for communication transmissions of the device, including any location-specific permissible/restricted operating transmit power levels;
continue communications for the wireless network, using the location-specific operating power level instead of the default operating power level; and
re-start the retrieval of the location data and determination of regulatory domain following an event trigger, wherein the event trigger includes detecting that the device entered a new network transmission area.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the device is an access point.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the wireless network is an IEEE 802.11-class network.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the device is a master device.
12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the location data represents a location of the device in the wireless network.
13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine the regulatory domain according to the location data;
retrieve transmission parameters corresponding to the regulatory domain from a memory of the device; and
configure the transmitter with one or more of (i) a transmission frequency range and (ii) a transmission power according to the transmission parameters.
14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured, in order to analyze the transmissions with the cellular network, to: receive one of the transmissions from a client device that contains location information of the client device.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program executable by a processor of a device having a communications sub-system, to configure the processor to:
obtain a predetermined default operating power level;
initiate communications for a wireless network, using the default operating power level;
retrieve location data from at least one of:
an internal global positioning system (GPS) module, or
an analysis of transmissions with a cellular network,
determine, using the location data, a regulatory domain for communication transmissions of the device, including any location-specific permissible/restricted operating transmit power levels;
continue communications for the wireless network, using the location-specific operating power level instead of the default operating power level; and
re-start the retrieval of the location data and determination of regulatory domain following an event trigger, wherein the event trigger includes detecting that the device entered a new network transmission area.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the device is an access point.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the wireless network is an IEEE 802.11-class network.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the device is a master device.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the location data represents a location of the device in the wireless network.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein execution of the computer program further configures the processor to:
determine the regulatory domain according to the location data;
retrieve transmission parameters corresponding to the regulatory domain from a memory of the device; and
configure a transmitter of the communications sub-system with one or more of (i) a transmission frequency range and (ii) a transmission power according to the transmission parameters.