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> To triangulate the signal (for a 2D location), draw a chart with the position of the laptop wifi receivers and for every pair of receivers, draw a line perpen
by herpderperator 7y ago
> To triangulate the signal (for a 2D location), draw a chart with the position of the laptop wifi receivers and for every pair of receivers, draw a line perpendicular to the line going through the points in a point inversely proportional to the square root of the mW power values, as the signal drops of proportionally to the square of the distance (for 3D use at least 4 receivers and a surface between the points).
It's worth noting that this isn't triangulation, it's trilateration. Triangulation involves angles. GPS does not do triangulation, it does trilateration. Similarly, here we are doing trilateration.