The present disclosure relates to a user equipment in a wireless communication system, an electronic device, a method and a storage medium. The user equipment in the wireless communication system according to the present disclosure comprises one or more processing circuits, the processing circuits being configured to execute the following operations: acquiring a downlink signal from an electronic device in the wireless communication system; estimating the angle of arrival (AOA) of the downlink signal, wherein at least the AOA and the position of the electronic device are used for estimating the position of the user equipment. By using the user equipment, electronic device, method and storage medium according to the present disclosure, the AOA of a downlink signal may be estimated when the user equipment is in an idle or initial access state, and the AOA may be used for estimating the position of the user equipment.

Disclosed are a signal transmission method and apparatus for transmitting a PRS signal in a 5G NR system, enabling a PRS to be applied to terminal positioning in a 5G NR system. Provided are a signal transmission method, comprising: determining positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration information preset for a cell; and sending a PRS signal to a terminal according to the PRS configuration information.

An information handling system operating a diverse wireless location determination system, comprising receiving an instruction to determine a location of an endpoint information handling system having a plurality of network interface device modules supporting a plurality of wireless network protocols, a processor executing instructions to aggregate data including detected time of flight (TOF) signal distance and signal quality values relating to signals exchanged between the endpoint information handling system and a plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points, the processor to determine at least three diverse wireless protocol access point signals meet a signal quality threshold, where at least two of the diverse wireless protocol access points operate under different wireless protocols, and the processor conducting weighted multiangulation or multilateration utilizing the detected TOF signal distances of the exchanged signals based on the detected signal quality category and type of wireless protocol for the exchanged signal.

A processor obtains a plurality of instances of access point observation information. Each instance of access point observation information comprises (a) radio observation information corresponding to observation of one or more access points by a respective mobile device and (b) location information comprising an indication of a location of the respective mobile device when the respective mobile device observed the one or more access points. For one or more instances of access point observation information, based at least on the location information of the instance and a digital map that is accessible to the at least one processor, the process identifies a respective (TME) of the digital map that represents a portion of a traversable network where the mobile device was located when the mobile device observed the one or more access points; and associates at least a portion of the radio observation information with the respective TME.

A method for a base station includes sending a request for a report on beamforming capability to a target user equipment; receiving the report on the beamforming capability from the target user equipment; allocating at least one positioning reference signal resource for use by the target user equipment based on at least the capability information included in the report; determining a beam sweeping mle based on the at least one positioning reference signal resource allocated for the target user equipment; and sending the positioning reference signal resource allocation and the beam sweeping mle to the target user equipment. A corresponding method for a user equipment includes receiving a request for a report on beamforming capability from a serving base station; sending the report on the beamforming capability to the serving base station; receiving information relating to at least one positioning reference signal resource and a beam sweeping rule from the serving base station; and performing beam sweeping on uplink positioning reference signal transmissions using the received positioning reference signal resource allocation based on the beam sweeping rule.

A method performed by a system (120) for determining a position of a device (140) connected to a communication network (100) is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a geographical area for the device based on a first position-estimation service, obtaining information on luminosity on the device over a time period, and determining a second position estimation for the device (140) based on the geographical area and on the information on luminosity, by comparing the information on luminosity over the time period to a 3D model of the geographical area, the 3D model comprising models of 3D objects of the geographical area and a model of sunlight shining onto the models of the 3D objects over the time period. Disclosed is further a corresponding system and a position-determining method performed by a communication device.

Systems and methods for providing timely location estimates when a user equipment initiates a call to an emergency number are disclosed. The system enables a user equipment and network nodes (e.g., eSMLC/LMF) to send multiple location responses instead of just one so that the PSAP can benefit from accurate location techniques in a timely manner. For example, when a user equipment is located in an outdoor environment, it can immediately send its A-GNSS location after meeting quality-of-service (QoS) criteria, and the eSMLC/LMF can forward the location estimate to the PSAP immediately without first waiting for all of the other location estimates. When location estimates become available from other technologies (e.g., E-CID, or DBH, or both), the eSMLC/LMF can send to the PSAP another location response for that technology. As a result, the PSAP can always have the most accurate and up-to-date location information available to timely and accurately respond to emergency calls.

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for flexible reconfiguration of the sounding reference signal (SRS). In one embodiment, a method implemented in a network node includes signaling a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration, the SRS configuration including an SRS configuration parameter that indicates whether to use one of a staggered comb and a non-staggered comb for an SRS transmission; and receiving the SRS transmission according to the one of the staggered comb and the non-staggered comb indicated by the SRS configuration parameter. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a WD includes receiving a SRS configuration, the SRS configuration including an SRS configuration parameter that indicates whether to use one of a staggered comb and a non-staggered comb for an SRS transmission; and transmitting the SRS transmission according to the one of the staggered comb and the non-staggered comb indicated by the SRS configuration parameter.

A method is disclosed, performed by a network node in a wireless communications network, for supporting positioning of a wireless device. The wireless communications network comprises a first set of radio network nodes having a first positioning reference signal configuration and a second set of radio network nodes having a second positioning reference signal configuration. The first positioning reference signal configuration provides a different positioning requirement than the second reference signal configuration. The method comprises signaling, to the wireless device, a first positioning request comprising a first indication of a positioning requirement of a first positioning measurement. The method comprises obtaining a first estimated position of the wireless device, based on a first positioning measurement for the wireless device. The first positioning measurement is associated with the first set of radio network nodes. The method comprises signaling, to the subset of the second set of radio network nodes, an indication to participate in the second positioning measurement. The second indication of the positioning requirement of the second positioning measurement indicates a different positioning requirement than the first indication of the positioning requirement.

This disclosure describes methods and systems for estimating positions of a mobile terminals. The position of a mobile terminal may be estimated based on measured timing information of reference signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations and received by the mobile terminal as compensated by non-line-of-sight (NLOS) delay times in the reference signal propagation times. The NLOS delay times may be estimated using one or more positioning anchors. Alternatively, the NLOS delay times may be estimated by using multiple spatially separate antennas of the mobile terminal, by jointly with other mobile terminals, or by using other approximation methods. The approaches provided by this disclosure facilitate more accurate position estimates for high precision mobile positioning applications.