A position determining system and method for calculating a position of a mobile communication device within an environment is presented. The position determining system comprises a memory comprising a logical model of the environment; a status signal receiver configured to receive a status signal pertaining to a status of the environment; and logical circuitry configured to: dynamically update the logical mode of the environment based on the status signal; estimate one or more sets of geographic coordinates of the mobile communication device; map match the estimated one or more sets of geographic coordinates of the mobile communication device to the dynamically updated logical mod& of the environment; and calculate the position of the mobile communication device within the environment based on the map match.

Various embodiments herein disclose improving battery life while determining a location of a Bluetooth device. A corresponding method comprises receiving an identifier for a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device to locate in an environment comprising a plurality of access points (APs). The method further comprises identifying a first AP of the plurality of APs communicating with the BLE device at a first power level. The method also comprises instructing, using the first AP, the BLE device to increase a transmission power level of the BLE device until a threshold number of APs of the plurality of APs, including the first AP, receive communications from the BLE device. The method additionally comprises receiving an RSSI value from each of the threshold number of APs based on the communications from the BLE device. The method also comprises computing a location of the BLE device in the environment based on the RSSI values.

Provided is a method for sending an in-band positioning signal and in-band positioning system in a communication network. The system includes: a Position Management Station (PMS), arranged to manage one or more Position Service Stations (PSSs) and provide a synchronization reference clock for the one or more PSSs; a positioning center network element, arranged to provide position estimation information for a terminal based on position information of the one or more PSSs and send the position estimation information to the terminal; and the one or more PSSs, of which each PSS uses a same frequency band used by the communication network and is arranged to generate an in-band positioning signal for measuring a distance, regulate a sending clock of the in-band positioning signal according to a difference value between a local sending clock and the synchronization reference clock and send the in-band positioning signal to the terminal.

An electronic beacon placed stationary in a known location. The beacon includes a map, stored therein, pertaining to a covered area. The map includes coordinates of the known location with reference to the map. The electronic beacon is configured to transmit at least a navigational signal. The electronic beacon has a radio transmitter to communicate the map to at least one moving device in the covered area.

Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.

A wireless network including user equipment (UE) and base stations is configured to perform position determination with low latency and synchronized to a common time within a wireless network. The UE and base stations are configured to perform positioning measurements at a specific time point or within a window around the time point in a measurement period. The time point may be relative to a timing event within the wireless network, such as the beginning or end of a positioning reference signal window or a specific message in a layer 1 or layer 2 transmission. A location server may be provided with the positioning measurements or a position estimate from the UE and provide the position estimate to an external client within the measurement period.

A method for certifying the geolocation of a receiver, including, prior to said certification, receiving, at predetermined times, in addition to the geolocation signals emitted by a plurality of emitters and used to compute said geolocation, a predetermined number of additional electromagnetic signals emitted by the same emitters and including data used to authenticate the geolocation, the method comprising determining the authenticity of the geolocation on the basis of the additional electromagnetic signals.

A positioning method comprises acquiring positioning information of a 5G base station from a satellite, obtaining calibration information based on the positioning information, and broadcasting outwards the calibration information; acquiring initial positioning information of a user terminal from the satellite; accessing a nearest 5G base station in real time, monitoring and acquiring calibration information broadcasted by the nearest 5G base station; and calibrating the initial positioning information acquired in the initial positioning step according to the calibration information acquired in the monitoring step to obtain positioning result information. As described above, the positioning of centimeter level precision can be realized by utilizing the 5G base station, and there is no need to additionally establish a CORS base station and a data center, thereby the cost of precise positioning can be reduced.

A system, computer software and method for collecting, in addition to position data, additional positioning data in a user terminal served by a communication network. The method includes initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal, collection of the positioning data, where the positioning data includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the at least one parameter; selecting, within the user terminal, one or more measurement reports that were generated in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the selected one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network.

A technique for locating a target tag (110) using a short range radio based positioning system comprising a plurality of localization components (120) is provided, wherein the target tag (110) and the plurality of localization components (120) are configured to perform ranging measurements among each other using short range radio technology. A method implementation of the technique is performed by an orchestration component (100) of the positioning system and comprises sending, using long range radio technology, a ranging plan to the target tag (110) and one or more of the plurality of localization components (120), the ranging plan instructing the target tag (110) and the one or more of the plurality of localization components (120) to perform, using the short range radio technology, ranging measurements among each other enabling to locate the target tag (110).