UE location determined by collecting and preprocessing signal data at a detector and sending extracted data to a remote locate server. The detector buffers samples from signals provided by receive channels, detects known reference signals from receive channels based on reference signal parameters, isolates symbols carrying the reference signal from frames, extracts data from symbols, and sends extracted data to locate server. The locate server receives the extracted data, estimates locate observables based on the extracted data and calculates the UE location based on the estimated locate observables, the reference signal parameters and the extracted data. The detector and/or the server may also generate correlation coefficients between reference signals carrying spectrum received from a serving cell and utilize the correlation coefficients to cancel a serving cell signal in symbols that include known in advance reference signals from the serving cell and one or more neighboring cells of the wireless system.

Methods and systems for estimating range between a first device and a second device using at least one wireless communication channel defined between the first and second devices are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a set of range measurements, wherein the range measurements include measurements associated with multiple paths taken by signals between the first and second devices; discarding over-ranges caused by multiple signal paths using a variable threshold; and processing the remaining range measurements to obtain an estimated range.

An electronic device according to an embodiment includes an mmWave communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first signal transmitted by a first external electronic device, identify a distance of a transmission path of the first signal, transmit a second signal, receive a third signal obtained when the second signal is reflected, identify a distance of a transmission path of the second signal based on a difference between a transmission time of the second signal and a reception time of the third signal, and determine whether the transmission path of the first signal is a line of sight (LoS) path between the electronic device and the first external electronic device based on a difference between the distance of the transmission path of the first signal and the distance of the transmission path of the second signal. In addition, other embodiments are possible.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for positioning. The method may comprise receiving a first radio signal of a terminal device located in the area from a line of sight (LOS) path between the antenna array and the terminal device; receiving a second radio signal of the terminal device located in the area from at least one path reflected by the reflector; determining respective angles of arrival of the LOS path and the at least one path reflected by the reflector; and determining a location of the terminal device by using triangulation based on the respective angles of arrival.

An area determination system includes a decision unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. The decision unit decides, based on a strength of a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter and received by a receiver, a location of the transmitter. The calculation unit calculates a presence determination value. The presence determination value is based on a number of times that the location of the transmitter is determined to be in a presence determination region during a presence determination time period. The presence determination region corresponds to a target area. The determination unit, when a presence condition is satisfied, determine that the transmitter is in the target area. The presence condition is that a state where the presence determination value is greater than or equal to a presence threshold continues for a presence determination time.

A method for launching a round from an airborne platform, receiving a plurality of RF signals at the round, determining an amount of time between a first and second received RF signal, where the second signal is a multi-path signal and the first signal is a direct path signal. An altitude of the round is determined based on the delay between the first and second received signal and aligning the round's flight path with an initial velocity vector of the aircraft platform to reduce dispersion. The round can include a plurality of sensors for detecting the RF signals. The second received RF signal may be a multi-path signal having been reflected off of the earth's surface or another object on the earth's surface. The altitude of the round can be determined using the known altitude of the airborne platform, the delay of time between the first and second received signals, and the speed of light.

An approach is provided for dynamic beacons address allocation. The approach involves reporting, by each child node of a beacon tree structure, to a parent node, a load collection packet including a load count of each child node. Each child node is either a leaf node or a parent node. The parent node is either a root node or a child node reporting to another node. The parent node is located on a shortest path from a leaf node to the root node. The load count is a total number of the other nodes reporting to the parent node plus one. The approach also involves receiving, by each child node from the parent node, an address distribution packet that includes a contiguous logical address range and a weighted distance to the root node (WDR). The WDR and/or the tree structure are provided as an input for a drone navigation task.

Systems and methods for using ranging signals with cellular devices. The ranging signals may utilize ranging slots and resources at least partially allocated by a cellular network. The resources may include frequencies used for uplink or downlink communications between the cellular network and the cellular devices. Alternatively, the resources may include frequencies outside of a spectrum used for communication between the cellular network and the cellular devices.

In a general aspect, a set of observed frequency-domain channel responses is filtered to remove noise or distortions that are not related to changes in the physical environment. In some aspects, for each frequency-domain channel response, a time-domain channel response is generated based on the frequency-domain channel response; and a filtered time-domain channel response is generated based on a constraint applied to the time-domain channel response. Additionally, a reconstructed frequency-domain channel response is generated based on the filtered time-domain channel response. An error signal is also generated, and a determination is made as to whether the error signal satisfies a criterion. The error signal can be indicative of a difference between the frequency-domain channel response and the reconstructed frequency-domain channel response. In response to each of the error signals satisfying the criterion, motion of an object in a space is detected based on the set of frequency-domain channel responses.

A method and a system can be used for reporting proximity between technicians in an assembly environment. The method includes monitoring, by a proximity server, a distance between a first proximity detector and a second proximity detector based on a first signal and a second signal. The first proximity detector is configured to generate the first signal, and the second proximity detector is configured to generate the second signal.