According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a PRS transmission timing scheme for sidelink assisted positioning is proposed. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the supporting terminal device measures a receiving-transmitting (Rx-Tx) time difference between receiving the downlink PRS (DL) and transmitting the sidelink (SL) PRS. The supporting terminal device transmits an indication of the RX-TX time difference to the location management device in order to reduce the impact of low synchronization issue on positioning performance as well as the use of wideband PRS for higher measurement accuracy. In this way, the positioning performance of sidelink assisted positioning has been improved.

A real-time locating system of the present disclosure may be used in connection with a particular facility and may include a tag associated with an object disposed within the facility. The tag may be configured to continuously emit radio frequency signals encapsulating a tag identifier and a battery status. The real-time locating system may also include a sensor positioned at a known location within the facility. The sensor may be configured to receive radio frequency signals from the tag and determine an associated signal strength. The real-time locating system may be configured to utilize the known location of the sensor and the signal strength of the radio frequency signal to determine the location of the tag and thus the object within the facility.

Technologies directed to device detection and locationing are described. One method includes establishing a first wireless connection between a first wireless device and a second wireless device on a first channel. The first wireless device sends to the second wireless device a first indication that the first wireless device is to operate in an off-channel mode with a third wireless device at a first location a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) procedure. The first wireless device performs a first FTM process between the first wireless device and the third wireless device. The first device determines first timing data including a signal round trip time (RRT) associated with the first FTM process and determines a first distance between the first wireless device and the third wireless device based on the first timing data. A second location of the first wireless device is determined using the first distance.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a coordinate switch indication that indicates that the UE is to calculate a first value of a new ephemeris coordinate of a plurality of coordinates. The UE may calculate the first value of the new ephemeris coordinate based on one or more other ephemeris coordinates of the plurality of ephemeris coordinates and may generate ephemeris information, associated with a non-terrestrial communication device, based on the calculation of the first value of the new ephemeris coordinate. The UE may communicate with the non-terrestrial communication device based on the ephemeris information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Presented are systems, methods, apparatuses, or computer-readable media for positioning using multiple frequency layers. A first communication device may configure a first aggregated positioning information for aggregated positioning measurement in a first plurality of frequency layers. The first communication device may receive, from the second communication device, a report comprising a second aggregated positioning information for aggregated positioning measurement in a second plurality of frequency layers. The first aggregated positioning information may be associated with at least one of the first plurality of frequency layers, and the second aggregated positioning information may be associated with at least one of the second plurality of frequency layers.

A method, performed in a wireless device, for obtaining position information of user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication system is described. The method includes transmitting, to a network, an indication comprising beam information defining beams that are suitable to be used for transmitting Positioning Reference Signals, PRS, to the wireless device, receiving, from the network, control signaling comprising PRS scheduling information for upcoming transmission of the PRS in beams, performing measurements on the PRS based on the PRS scheduling information that was received, and providing the measurements to the network.

In an aspect, a communications node (e.g., TRP or UE) obtains (e.g., measures) timing group delays associated with different positioning procedures to determine time drift information, and reports the time drift information to an external entity for position estimation. In some designs, positioning procedures may comprise round trip time (RTT) measurements or uplink or downlink Difference Of Arrival (TDOA) measurements. In some designs, the time drift information indicates a drift rate function.

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a position estimation entity (e.g., UE, gNB, LMF, etc.) identifies a pool of UEs for a SL-assisted position estimation procedure of a set of target UEs. SL SRS-Ps are communicated (e.g., transmitted and measured) between the pool of UEs (e.g., for relative SL ranging). UL SRS-Ps are communicated by at least some of the UEs in the pool of UEs. The position estimation entity obtains measurement data for both the SL SRS-P and UL-SRS-P communications. The position estimation entity determines a position estimate for each UE in the set of UEs based on the measurement information.

There is provided a communication device comprising: a communication control section configured to calculate a distance measurement value based on time stamp information received from another communication device during distance measurement that is based on wireless communication that is performed between the communication device and the another communication device different from the communication device, and conforms to specified communication standards, wherein, when the time stamp information is an eigenvalue specified in advance, the communication control section does not calculate the distance measurement value.

The present teaching relates to apparatus, method, medium, and implementations for initiating sensor calibration. A first GPS signal is received by a GPS receiver residing in an ego vehicle and is used to determine a first geo-position of the ego vehicle. A GPS related signal transmitted by a fiducial marker is received and is used to obtain a second geo-position of the fiducial marker. A distance between the ego vehicle and the fiducial marker is determined based on the first and second geo-positions and is used to determine whether to initiate calibration of one or more sensors using the fiducial marker.