Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives at least one of a first type of sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration or a second type of SRS configuration, wherein the first type of SRS configuration is based on a first set of available configurations for SRS received over a first higher layer protocol signaling of a component carrier, wherein the second type of SRS configuration is based on a second set of available configurations for SRS received over a second higher layer protocol signaling, and wherein the first higher layer protocol signaling is different from the second higher layer protocol signaling, and transmits one or more SRS-for-positioning purposes based on the first or second type of SRS configuration.