A method of providing positioning reference signal information includes: transmitting wirelessly, from an apparatus, a positioning reference signal comprising a carrier signal with a carrier phase; and transmitting, from the apparatus, an indication of a reference carrier phase of the positioning reference signal, comprising a phase of the carrier signal of the positioning reference signal at a reference time of transmission of the positioning reference signal.

A machine learning method performed by a communication network monitoring device in which an incoming signaling record is received that includes radio signal attributes from a UE in the cellular communication network. A determination is made as to whether the UE incoming signaling record contains location (GPS) data. If the UE incoming signaling record contains GPS data, a machine learning model is generated for determining a location of future UEs in the communication network utilizing the GPS data and the radio signal attributes from the incoming UE signaling record. And if GPS data is not included in the UE incoming signaling record, then first a corrected TA value is determined which is then used, along with other radio signal attributes of the UE, to determine/predict a geolocation for the UE using machine learning techniques.

A machine learning method performed by a communication network monitoring device in which an incoming signaling record is received that includes radio signal attributes from a UE in the cellular communication network. A determination is made as to whether the UE incoming signaling record contains location (GPS) data. If the UE incoming signaling record contains GPS data, a machine learning model is generated for determining a location of future UEs in the communication network utilizing the GPS data and the radio signal attributes from the incoming UE signaling record. And if GPS data is not included in the UE incoming signaling record, then first a corrected TA value is determined which is then used, along with other radio signal attributes of the UE, to determine/predict a geolocation for the UE using machine learning techniques.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to improve the positioning performance of a positioning application. The method receives particular radio signal propagation information regarding received radio signal propagation parameter of a respective signal collected by a mobile device following transmission by a beacon on a sub-channel. The method also receives past radio signal propagation information regarding the received radio signal propagation parameter of signals previously transmitted by the beacon and collected by the mobile device on one or more sub-channels. Based on the particular radio signal propagation information and the past radio signal propagation information, the method determines a value for representing the respective signal that is different from the received radio signal propagation parameter of the respective signal. The method represents the respective signal with the value determined based on the particular radio signal propagation information and the past radio signal propagation information.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to improve the positioning performance of a positioning application. The method receives particular radio signal propagation information regarding received radio signal propagation parameter of a respective signal collected by a mobile device following transmission by a beacon on a sub-channel. The method also receives past radio signal propagation information regarding the received radio signal propagation parameter of signals previously transmitted by the beacon and collected by the mobile device on one or more sub-channels. Based on the particular radio signal propagation information and the past radio signal propagation information, the method determines a value for representing the respective signal that is different from the received radio signal propagation parameter of the respective signal. The method represents the respective signal with the value determined based on the particular radio signal propagation information and the past radio signal propagation information.

Embodiments provide for guided alignment of the orientation of two wireless devices. A first wireless device is at a known position and a known orientation. A signal from a second wireless device is received via a plurality of receive elements of the first wireless device. The first wireless device measures phase differences of the signal at the plurality of receive elements, and determines locations of each of the second wireless device's transmit elements based on the differences. Based on the transmit element locations, and a known antenna layout of the second wireless device, an orientation of the second wireless device is determined. Based on differences between the determined orientation and the known orientation of the first wireless device, instructions for aligning the devices are generated. Once the devices are aligned, location estimates of a third wireless device are made by both the first wireless device and the second wireless device.

Methods, systems, and devices for transmitting a positioning reference signal over a channel within a window including a set of positioning reference signal transmission opportunities. A device may identify the window and perform a channel access procedure to access the channel during the window. Based on performing the channel access procedure, the device may obtain access to the channel and determine that a portion of the positioning reference signal transmission opportunities are remaining within the window. The device may transmit a positioning reference signal during one or more of the remaining positioning reference signal transmission opportunities. In some cases, the device may refrain from transmitting a positioning reference signal during a portion of a positioning reference signal transmission opportunity even if the device gains access to the channel during that portion of the positioning reference signal transmission opportunity.

There are provided a method of managing radio connectivity of a vehicle and a system thereof. The method comprises: continuously receiving by vehicle's telematic system a predictive model generated by remote system using data continuously collected from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the collected data comprise, for each given vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, data informative of its location, speed and of Radio Access Technology (RAT)-related measurements; and, responsive to a predefined event, applying, by the telematic system, a lastly received predictive model to current values of a predefined set of inputs associated with the vehicle to obtain instructions and respectively provide corrective actions related to radio connectivity of the vehicle. The corrective actions include modifying RRC measurement report(s) so as to force the cellular network to provide one of: intra-RAT handover, inter-RAT handover; excluding available connectivity with undesired RAT or band; and terminating the radio connectivity with further RAT re-selecting.

A method is provided for localizing mobile tags using a system including a plurality of anchors located at known locations, the method including: transmitting a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) localization packets using respective anchors of the plurality of anchors, in which each of the plurality of localization packets is transmitted by a respective anchor of the plurality of anchors at a different respective delay time; and transmitting an update UWB packet with either an anchor of the plurality of anchors that does not transmit one of the localization packets, or with a mobile tag, in which the localization packets include no payloads, the update packet includes a payload, and in which successive ones of the plurality of localization packets and the update packet overlap with each other in time. A system for localizing mobile tags is also provided.

Method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives first configuration information; transmits a first positioning reference signal on a first time-frequency resource block, transmits a second positioning reference signal on a second time-frequency resource block, and transmits a first information set; the first configuration information is used for indicating a first reference set, and any two time-frequency resource blocks in the first resource set employ a same positioning-related parameter; the first time-frequency resource block is earlier than the second time-frequency resource block in time domain; the first information set comprises a first distance, and the first distance refers to a distance from a first geographical position and a second geographical position, wherein the first geographical position is where the first node is located when transmitting the first positioning reference signal. The present disclosure provides an effective solution to the issue of sidelink positioning.