Abstract:
Techniques are provided for positioning a user equipment (UE) with different radio access technologies. An example method for determining a location of a mobile device includes providing location information to a network server, receiving channel information associated with one or more different radio access technologies, scanning for station identification information based on the received channel information, wherein the station identification information is associated with the one or more different radio access technologies, providing the station identification information to the network server, and receiving a current location estimate from the network server.
Abstract:
A mobile device and base station are enabled to support improved positioning accuracy in the presence of phase noise in high frequency radio network, such as in 5G New Radio network operating in mm Wave. Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) may be transmitted with Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) and used for positioning and/or used to correct the phase offset between symbols in the PRS (1302). A request may be made to transmit PTRS alone or with the PRS, or that the PRS is transmitted with a specific PRS frame structure, e.g., with a specific comb value, that minimizes the impact of phase noise. The PTRS or a phase ramp of the staggered symbols in the PRS may be used to estimate and correct the phase offset (1304, 1306).
Abstract:
A method for performing one or more measurements by a mobile communication device having a first radio-frequency (RF) chain associated with a first subscription and a second RF chain associated with a second subscription includes: determining that the mobile communication device is in a connected mode on the first subscription; determining whether the second RF chain associated with the second subscription is available; and in response to determining that the second RF chain associated with the second subscription is available, utilizing the second RF chain associated with the second subscription to perform at least one of an inter-frequency measurement and an inter-radio access technology measurement on the first subscription.
Abstract:
A method for performing a cell search that includes: identifying a first frequency used by a first base station (BS) on which a mobile communication device is camped on a first subscription; receiving one or more messages from the first BS on the first frequency; identifying a second frequency used by a second BS that is an interfrequency neighbor of the first BS based at least in part on the one or more messages; and determining to exclude from the cell search on a second subscription at least one of the first frequency and the second frequency.
Abstract:
Aspects presented herein may enable a network entity to associate one or more positioning related parameters between a UE and an NTN base station with a scheduling offset, a position of the NTN base station, and/or a time. In one aspect, a network entity identifies a scheduling offset that is associated with an NTN base station. The network entity transmits, to a UE communicating with the NTN base station, one or more of: a set of expected RSTD values associated with the NTN base station, a set of compensation factors associated with the set of expected RSTD values, a set of uncertainty values associated with the set of expected RSTD values, a set of expected DL-AoD value s/uncertainties associated with the NTN base station, or a set of expected AoA value s/uncertainties associated with the NTN base station, where one or more of these parameters are derived based on the scheduling offset.
Abstract:
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a wireless node establishes sidelink connections with a set of UEs. The wireless node transmits, to a network component, a request for sidelink resources for a sidelink position estimation procedure associated with the set of UEs. The network component determines an available sidelink resource pool for the sidelink position estimation procedure in response to the request. The network component transmits, to the wireless node in response to the request, an indication of the available sidelink resource pool for the sidelink position estimation procedure. The wireless node transmits, to each UE in the set of UEs, a sidelink resource configuration that is based on the available sidelink resource pool for the sidelink position estimation procedure.
Abstract:
Techniques are provided for utilizing network positioning protocols to perform a base station location and orientation computation procedure. An example method of determining an orientation of a base station antenna with a network server includes receiving measurement values from a base station based on uplink reference signals transmitted by a plurality of reference location devices, obtaining location information for the plurality of reference location devices, and determining the orientation of the base station antenna based on the measurement values and the location information.
Abstract:
A network node supports position measurement determination for a user equipment (UE) by prioritizing positioning reference signal (PRS) resource measurements to be included in a location information report based on multipath characteristics of the PRS resources. The network node, for example, may be the UE, a base station, or a sidelink UE. The PRS resource measurements may be prioritized by determining a subset of available PRS resource measurements to include in and/or the order of inclusion in the location information report. The multipath characteristics of each PRS resource may be the number, a strength metric, or a time domain span of the multipath components, or any combination thereof. A location server may request the prioritization of the PRS resource measurements based on the multipath characteristics of the PRS resources and may use the order of the PRS resource measurements in the position determination for the UE.
Abstract:
Techniques are discussed herein for providing multiple positioning reference signal (PRS) configurations to a user equipment (UE). An example method for measuring a positioning reference signal includes receiving positioning assistance data including a first portion of a plurality of positioning reference signal configurations and scheduling information for a second portion of the plurality of positioning reference signal configurations, selecting a first positioning reference signal configuration based on the first portion of the plurality of positioning reference signal configurations, obtaining a plurality of positioning reference signal parameters associated with the first positioning reference signal configuration based on the scheduling information, wherein the plurality of positioning reference signal parameters are included in the second portion of the plurality of positioning reference signal configurations, and measuring one or more positioning reference signals, the one or more positioning reference signals being based at least in part on the plurality of positioning reference signal parameters.
Abstract:
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may identify at least one potential positioning peer UE. The UE may send, to a network node, a request for assistance data, the request comprising information associated with the at least one potential positioning peer UE. In another aspect, a network node may receive, from a UE, a request for assistance data, the request comprising information associated with at least one potential positioning peer UE. The network node may send, to the UE, assistance data based at least in part on the information associated with the at least one potential positioning peer UE, the assistance data comprising assistance data for sidelink positioning.