The disclosure relates to a detection method and a detection apparatus, the method including: calculating, when a location base station in an ultra-wideband location system receives a pulse response, values of a plurality of specified pulse response characteristics using the received pulse response, and using the calculated values as values of the plurality of specified pulse response characteristics of the location base station; calculating differences between the values of the plurality of specified pulse response characteristics of the location base station and values of the plurality of specified pulse response characteristics of the location base station at a previous time, and using the calculated differences as variations of the plurality of specified pulse response characteristics of the location base station; determining, based on at least the variations of the plurality of specified pulse response characteristics of the location base station and by means of a trained classifier, whether signal propagation in which the location base station participates is non-line-of-sight propagation.

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5.sup.th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A wireless communication system is provided. The wireless communication system includes a location management function (LMF) that may efficiently determine and provide information necessary for a base station to configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission resource required for a terminal.

A system comprising a first apparatus, a second apparatus and a third apparatus, wherein the first apparatus is configured to provide, to a second apparatus, information regarding a number of antennas and/or an oversampling factor; the second apparatus is configured to transmit a plurality of beams in accordance with the information received from the first apparatus regarding the number of antennas and the oversampling factor; the third apparatus configured to receive a plurality of beamformed reference signals transmitted by the second apparatus, obtain measurement results for at least two of the plurality of beamformed reference signals, wherein the measurement results comprise one or more of: reference signal received power value, beam identifier, a value indicating uncertainty of the accuracy of the reference signal received power value; and transmit the measurement results to the second apparatus; and wherein the second apparatus is further configured to: process the received measurement results to obtain information regarding a position of the third apparatus and to transmit the obtained information regarding the position of the third apparatus to the first apparatus; and wherein the first apparatus is further configured to receive further measurement results from at least one further apparatus in addition to the second apparatus and to determine the location of the third apparatus based on the received measurement results and the received further measurement results.

A method by which a terminal operates in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment, comprises the steps of: receiving time difference of arrival (TDoA) slots from anchor nodes (ANs); and measuring the position of the terminal by using the TDoA slots, wherein the TDoA slots include control information of the ANs and positioning reference signals (PRSs) of the ANs.

Methods and apparatus for sensor selection for localization and tracking are provided. A method (300) performed at an access point (101, 101a, 101b, 101c, 901, 902, 903) comprises: determining, a detectability of the access point (101, 101a, 101b, 101c, 901, 902, 903) for localization for a target device (102), based on channel state information of a radio link between the target device (102) and the access point (101, 101a, 101b, 101c, 901, 902, 903) (302); and determining whether the access point (101, 101a, 101b, 101c, 901, 902, 903) is to be used for position estimation of the target device (102) or not based on the detectability (304). A localization server (103) may further eliminate access points (101, 101a, 101b, 101c, 901, 902, 903) at poor positions from position estimation, by using a predefined weighted-kernel approach.

A system and methods are disclosed for reducing Rx/Tx timing errors in a wireless network for latency of positioning measurements. Additionally, a system and methods are disclosed for increasing positioning accuracy by mitigating NLOS errors and/or by performing two-stage beam sweeping for DL-AoD. Further, a system and methods are disclosed for performing M-sample positioning measurements to improve latency reporting in connection with positioning reporting.

An electronic apparatus, and a corresponding wireless communication method and computer-readable medium, where the electronic apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing circuit which is configured to: determine a first position range of a user equipment on the basis of first measurement information from the user equipment and regarding first beam scanning; when the first position range is lower than a predetermined accuracy requirement, determine adjustment of a beam configuration on the basis of the first position range; and determine a second position range of the user equipment on the basis of second measurement information from the user equipment and regarding second beam scanning performed by means of the adjusted beam configuration.

Systems and methods for wireless location are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for wireless location includes collecting signal strength values from one or more nodes (e.g., mobile devices) in an area over a time interval. The nodes receive wireless signals from one or more other transmitting nodes, where the signal strength values are representative of the signal strengths of the wireless signals. The method further includes normalizing the collected signal strength values and evaluating respective locations within the area of the nodes based on the normalized signal strength values. In a further aspect, the evaluated locations of the nodes may be used to execute an automated light show over the area, by instructing the nodes to display certain color or pattern at their locations in the area.

A UE includes a processor configured to: receive, in a primary cell, a dormant indication of a dormant state of a secondary cell; and respond to receiving the dormant indication by implementing the dormant state of the secondary cell by inhibiting monitoring of a physical downlink control channel of the secondary cell; where the processor is configured to respond to a positioning signal including a first portion that is configured within a bandwidth of the secondary cell and that is received while the secondary cell is in the dormant state by: withholding processing of the positioning signal; or withholding processing of the first portion of the positioning signal and processing a second portion, if any, of the positioning signal that is configured outside the bandwidth of the secondary cell; or processing the positioning signal.

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, via one or more component carriers, one or more downlink reference signals from one or more serving or neighboring transmission-reception points (TRPs), wherein a number of the received one or more downlink reference signals is less than or equal to a maximum number of downlink path loss estimates, spatial transmit beam determinations, spatial receive beam determinations, or any combination thereof to be simultaneously maintained by the UE for positioning purposes, and wherein the maximum number does not include any downlink reference signals the UE is already monitoring for other purposes, and performs a downlink path loss estimate, a spatial transmit beam determination, a spatial receive beam determination, or any combination thereof at least based on each of the received one or more downlink reference signals.