A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.

Example embodiments relate to an apparatus, method and computer program for timing compensation, for example timing compensation in relation to timing information provided by one or more positioning reference units (PRUs). An example method may involve providing data representing a timing error associated with a first position reference unit located at a first known position, with respect to a second position reference unit located at a second known position. The method may also comprise modifying timing information received from the first position reference unit, the modifying being based on at least the first timing error.

According to certain embodiments, a method for use in a network node comprises: obtaining range information for a wireless device in communication with the network node; obtaining direction information for the wireless device; and estimating a movement of the wireless device based on the range information, the direction information, and an interactive multiple modeling (IMM) filter. The IMM filter comprises a three-dimensional (3D) constant velocity model, a 3D constant acceleration model, and a 3D constant position model.

In some embodiments, a location of a mobile terminal is determined by obtaining a location of a first access point (AP), receiving a visibility indication indicating that a second AP received a signal from the first AP or the first AP received a signal from the second AP, determining a location of the second AP based on the received visibility indication and the location of the first AP, determining a location of the mobile terminal in communication with the second AP based on the determined location of the second AP, and transmitting a message indicating the location of the mobile terminal on a digital communication network.

A location server configured to determine a location of communications devices with respect to a location of infrastructure equipment of a wireless access network from observed time differences between receiving positioning reference signals transmitted by a plurality of the infrastructure equipment and received by the communications devices.

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to passive location measurement in wireless communications. A device may perform a ranging measurement with a first device and a second device. The device may identify a first uplink (UL) location measurement report (LMR) received from the first device. The device may identify a second UL LMR received from the second device. The device may cause to send a first broadcast LMR comprising information associated with the ranging determination of the first device and the second device. The device may cause to send a second broadcast LMR comprising the measurement information carried in the first UL LMR and the second UL LMR.

A user equipment (UE) positioning method based on integrated access and backhaul (IAB). In the solution, location information of a UE to be located is determined according to information of an IAB node that establishes a connection with the UE.

Systems and methods for locating tagged objects in remote regions are presented herein, in one embodiment, a method of locating tagged objects in remote regions includes creating a signal strength probability density map by. The method also includes transmitting first packets of data from at least one first tag to a plurality of stations and determining, by a plurality of stations, received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for received first packets of data. The method also includes transmitting, by the plurality of stations, the RSSI to an uplink node; and transmitting, by the uplink node, the RSSI to a database. The method further includes determining, by the database, the signal strength probability density map representative of probabilistic locations of the at least one first tag; and transmitting second packets of data from a second tag to the plurality of stations. Based on the signal strength probability density map and the second packets of data from the second tag, a location of the second tag is determined.

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.

The present invention relates to a method for determining a position of a first device with respect to a second device. According to the method, control data indicative of a receive property of at least one signal received from the first device (110) by a second device (121-124) using a plurality of receiver chains (210-215) is established. At least one receive characteristic of the plurality of receiver chains (210-215) differs for at least two receiver chains of the plurality of receiver chains (210-215). Based on the control data, positioning information for the first device (110) is determined.