In a method for determining a location of an electronic device, a plurality of beacon signals are received from a plurality of beacon devices at the electronic device, wherein each beacon signal of the plurality of beacon signals includes an identity of a beacon device transmitting a respective beacon signal, and each beacon device of the plurality of beacon devices has a known location. A received signal strength for each beacon signal of the plurality of beacon signals is measured. A distance of the electronic device from each beacon device for which the plurality of beacon signals is received is determined, wherein the distance of the electronic device from a beacon device is based at least in part on the received signal strength of the beacon signal transmitted by the beacon device. A location of the electronic device is determined based at least on part on the distance of the electronic device from each beacon device for which the plurality of beacon signals is received.

An apparatus for determining a position of an entity of a wireless communication network, the comprises a position determining processor to determine a position of a first entity (gNB, UE, IoT) in the wireless communication network using one or more position measurements between the first entity and one or more second entities (gNB, UE, IoT), each of the first and second entities comprising one or more antennas to transmit and/or receive a radio signal for the position measurement. The position determining processor is to determine the position of the first entity using a transmission reception reference point, TRRP, of the radio signal at the one or more antennas of the first entity and/or the one or more second entities.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a serving base station receives, from a UE, a measurement of a DL-RSTD with respect to a first TRP and a second TRP. The serving base station sends the DL-RSTD to a location management function, wherein the location management function further receives a first RTOA of an SRS arriving at the first TRP and a second RTOA of the SRS arriving at the second TRP. The serving base station receives, from the location management function, a relative time difference calculated based on the DL-RSTD, the first RTOA, and the second RTOA. The relative time difference indicates a synchronization error between the first TRP and the second TRP.

Disclosed is a method of location identification using a single beacon. The method comprises determining a first distance between a beacon and a first sensor, where the first sensor is embedded in a mobile device. It also includes determining a second distance between the beacon and a second sensor, where the second sensor is embedded in the mobile device. The method also includes defining a vector, where the vector has a magnitude equal to the distance between the first and second sensor, and a direction pointing from the first sensor to the second sensor. The method further includes calculating a plurality of potential locations. The method then determines the actual location.

Localization systems and methods for transmitting timestampable localization signals from anchors according to one or more transmission schedules. The transmission schedules may be generated and updated to achieve desired positioning performance. For example, one or more anchors may transmit localization signals at a different rate than other anchors, the anchor transmission order can be changed, and the signals can partially overlap. In addition, different transmission parameters may be used to transmit two localization signals at the same time without interference. A self-localizing apparatus is able to receive the localization signals and determine its position. The self-localizing apparatus may have a configurable receiver that can select to receive one of multiple available localization signals. The self-localizing apparatuses may have a pair of receivers able to receive two localization signals at the same time. A bridge anchor may be provided to enable a self-localizing apparatus to seamlessly transition between two localization systems.

Lighting devices with lighting means, transmitting device for transmitting an electromagnetic data signal and energy buffer for current supply of the transmitting device are to be protected from exhaustive discharge. Thereto, an activation device is provided, by which the transmitting device can be activated from an energy-saving mode, in which the transmitting device is switched off, into an operating mode, in which the transmitting device is switched on for operationally transmitting the electromagnetic data signal.

An electronic building automation system, comprising one or more electronic building automation devices, comprising a beacon receiver arranged to receive localizing beacon signals transmitted from multiple beacons, a processor circuit configured to generate a service request comprising the beacon identifiers stored in the beacon identifier memory, the control computer arranged to generate a servicing message comprising data localizing the building automation device, said data being obtained from the beacon identifiers in the received service request.

In an aspect, a communications node selects a reference device for a positioning procedure based on hardware group capabilities associated with reference devices involved in the positioning procedure (e.g., RTT, differential RTT, double differential RTT, TDOA, etc.). In another aspect, a distance between reference devices is estimated based on timing measurements of reference signal(s) for positioning. A hardware group delay associated with the reference devices is estimated based on (i) the estimated distance between the first and second reference devices, and (ii) a known distance between the first and second reference devices.

Disclosed is a method comprising selecting a reference point associated with a position of a terminal device (302), determining a timing offset associated with one or more first antenna panels (304), wherein the timing offset is determined based at least partly on the reference point, and applying the timing offset to the one or more first antenna panels (305).

A method is disclosed comprising: scanning for one or more signals sent by one or more beacon devices, wherein each signal of the one or more signals comprises an identifier of the beacon device, which has sent the signal of the one or more signals, wherein one or more identifiers of the one or more beacon devices are determined based on the one or more signals of the one or more beacon devices; obtaining a position information representing the position of the at least one first apparatus; and outputting a report information comprising the determined one or more identifiers of the one or more beacon devices and the position information of the at least one first apparatus to allow usage of the outputted report information to determine the position of at least one of the one or more beacon devices. A corresponding apparatus, computer program and system are also provided.