Wireless Access Point Placement Using Robot Signal Coverage Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless network technologies face challenges in optimally deploying wireless access points to ensure consistent and effective signal coverage, particularly in dynamic environments where mobile robots are used.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for deploying wireless access points using a mobile robot that detects wireless signal coverage information along a predetermined path, generates a wireless signal coverage map, and updates the deployment position of the wireless access point based on the map.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If wireless access points are deployed using traditional static methods, then deployment complexity is reduced, but signal coverage uniformity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static access point deployment process into a dynamic one by using mobile robots to collect real-time signal data throughout the environment. The system continuously gathers wireless signal strength information at multiple positions and uses this dynamic data to determine optimal access point locations, replacing traditional static deployment methods with an adaptive, data-driven approach that improves coverage uniformity while maintaining reasonable deployment complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where mobile robots collect wireless signal coverage information and feed it back to the deployment system. This feedback loop allows the system to analyze actual signal conditions in the environment and adjust access point deployment decisions accordingly, ensuring optimal signal coverage uniformity based on real measured data rather than theoretical assumptions
2Loss of time
If access point positions are fixed in advance, then deployment time is reduced, but adaptability to environment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by having mobile robots conduct environmental surveys and collect wireless signal data before final access point deployment decisions are made. This preliminary data collection phase allows the system to prepare optimized deployment plans based on actual environmental conditions, achieving both efficient deployment time and high environmental adaptability through advance preparation with real data
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of deployment timing from a single fixed moment to a multi-phase process. The system collects signal data at multiple time points during robot movement, processes this temporal data to understand environmental characteristics, and then determines optimal deployment positions. This parameter change allows the system to maintain fast deployment while adapting to environmental variations through time-based data collection
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a wireless access point deployment method, apparatus, electronic device, and readable storage medium. The method includes: in a process of a mobile robot traveling along a moving path determined by an environment map, detecting wireless signal coverage information of each moving position in the moving path, where the wireless signal coverage information is used to generate a wireless signal coverage map of an environment where the mobile robot is currently located, and the wireless signal coverage map is used to update a deployment position of the wireless access point in the environment.