G01S5/10

POSITION ESTIMATION BASED ON TIME BIAS BETWEEN BASE STATION AND REFERENCE USER EQUIPMENT

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a position estimation entity, obtains first timing information that is associated with a first time-of-arrival (TOA) measurement of a first reference signal for positioning (RS-P) as communicated between a target user equipment (UE) and a base station with a first time basis, obtains second timing information that is associated with a second TOA measurement of a second RS-P as communicated between the target UE and a reference UE associated with a known location and having a second time basis that is different than the first time basis, determines a bias between the first time basis and the second time basis, and determines a position estimate of the target UE via a time differential of arrival (TDOA) positioning technique based at least in part upon the first timing information, the second timing information, and the bias.

Accurate Sidelink Positioning Reference Signal Transmission Timing
20220393820 · 2022-12-08 ·

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.

Accurate Sidelink Positioning Reference Signal Transmission Timing
20220393820 · 2022-12-08 ·

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.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION USING RANGING BLOCK AND RANGING ROUNDS
20220390586 · 2022-12-08 · ·

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating, by a server operating as a controller in a locating system, a schedule for a group of anchors operating as controlees in the location system that is utilized for determining position information for one or more mobile devices, where the schedule is for a ranging block period; and provisioning, by the server, the schedule to the group of anchors to cause anchor pairs of the group of anchors to wirelessly transmit REQ messages and RSP messages to each other according to the schedule operating as an initiator and a responder, respectively, wherein the one or more mobile devices overhear the REQ messages and RSP messages being transmitted between the anchor pairs and calculate a TDOA measurement based on the REQ messages and RSP messages. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Indoor Localization Using Bluetooth High-Accuracy Distance Measurement
20220390547 · 2022-12-08 · ·

This document describes techniques and systems for indoor localization using Bluetooth high-accuracy distance measurement (HADM). In examples, the described systems and techniques perform a signal-strength scan to identify multiple anchor points and then pair, based on the signal-strength scan, the tagged device with a first anchor point of the identified anchor points. A HADM time slot is set for the first anchor point and at least two additional anchor points of the identified anchor points. A HADM event is initiated, the HADM event including sending a HADM ping and receiving HADM responses from two or more of the identified anchor points. Based on at least a time of receipt of HADM responses received from the two or more of the identified anchor points, the location of the tagged device is calculated.

Inter-radio access technology positioning measurements in new radio systems
11523365 · 2022-12-06 · ·

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe signaling of positioning measurement indications or measurement gap requests. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Positioning method, terminal, and server
11523252 · 2022-12-06 · ·

A positioning method includes separately sending, by a terminal, a request for obtaining assistance data to a serving base station and a neighboring cell base station; separately receiving, by the terminal, assistance data from the serving base station and the neighboring cell base station; identifying, by the terminal based on the assistance data, reference signals received from the serving base station and the neighboring cell base station; calculating, by the terminal, a time difference of arrival based on times at which the reference signals arrive at the terminal; and sending, by the terminal, the time difference to a server using an application layer protocol, to enable the server to calculate location information of the terminal.

POSITIONING AND TIMING ADVANCE DETERMINATION
20220386262 · 2022-12-01 ·

A method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network includes receiving a first reference signal at a first reception time from a first network node, receiving a second reference signal at a second reception time from a second network node, receiving a first indication of a first reference time, receiving a second indication of a second reference time, and transmitting a report to a serving network node. The indications of the first and second reference times indicate timings of frame structures of the first and second network nodes, respectively. The report is based on a first representation of a difference between the first reception time and the second reception time. The first representation is further based on the indications of the first and second reference times. Also provided are related devices and methods.

METHODS FOR HANDLING POSITIONING OF A WIRELESS DEVICE AND RELATED NETWORK NODES AND WIRELESS DEVICE
20220386268 · 2022-12-01 ·

A method, performed by a network node, is disclosed for handling positioning of a User Equipment, wireless device. The network node obtains a first approximate position of the wireless device, based on a first positioning procedure for the wireless device in a first frequency allocation. The network node determines, based on the first approximate position of the wireless device, a set of resources to be used for a second positioning procedure in a second frequency allocation. The network node initiates the second positioning procedure in the second frequency allocation using the determined set of resources. The network node obtains an updated position of the wireless device based on the second positioning procedure.

POSITION BASED PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF EQUIPMENT
20220382929 · 2022-12-01 · ·

An augmented virtual model of a commercial structure, such as a processing plant and/or a manufacturing plant which includes a virtual design, as built data and experiential measurement data. A User may view the augmented model in a virtual reality setting based with the content presented to the user based upon a location of the user at the time of viewing. Aspects of the Augmented Virtual Model are updated over time and utilized to track performance.