Systems, methods, and computer readable media that determine a location of a device using multi-source geolocation data, where the methods include accessing new location data from a location source of a plurality of location sources, where the new location data includes a new position and an accuracy of the new position, and determining a current position and an accuracy of the current position based on the new position, the accuracy of the new position, an previous current position, and an accuracy of the previous current position. The method further includes determining a change in location based on a difference between the current position and the previous current position. Some systems, methods, and computer readable media are directed to scheduling location requests to generate location data where the scheduling and the actual requests are made based on a number of conditions.

A relative position positioning system and a relative position positioning method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: controlling a plurality of receivers to broadcast a plurality of positioning signals; receiving the plurality of positioning signals and then returning a first reply signal; controlling a plurality of first receivers to transmit a first positioning data to a main device to calculate the plurality of distances to the plurality of first receivers, wherein the plurality of first receivers are devices that have received the first reply signal; returning a second reply signal from the device of interest; controlling a second receiver to transmit a second positioning data to the main device, wherein the second receiver belongs to the plurality of first receivers and has received the second reply signal; and calculating a relative position relationship between the main device and the device of interest.

Mobile wireless terminals, such as vehicles in traffic, can determine the relative positions of other vehicles with improved precision by arranging to acquire GNSS (global navigational satellite system) signals simultaneously, and then analyzing the various data sets differentially. Simultaneous acquisition can cancel many important errors such as motional errors of the vehicles, atmospheric distortions, and satellite timebase errors. Differential analysis to determine the relative positions of vehicles (as opposed to their overall geographical coordinates) can reduce errors related to satellite ephemeris and velocity, as well as roundoff errors. Localization with a precision of less than 1 meter can greatly improve collision avoidance while discriminating near-miss scenarios from imminent collisions, according to some embodiments. Messaging examples, in 5G and 6G, to manage the simultaneous acquisition and differential analysis, are provided in examples. Many other aspects are disclosed.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and provide a positioning method, apparatus, and system, so as to improve positioning precision. The method includes: determining, by a server, a positioning measurement parameter, and generating measurement configuration information carrying the positioning measurement parameter, where the positioning measurement parameter is a parameter that the server requests a terminal to measure and is used to position the terminal; sending, by the server, the measurement configuration information to the terminal through a base station; receiving, by the server through the base station, configuration response information returned by the terminal, where the configuration response information carries a positioning response parameter, and the positioning response parameter is a measurement result generated after the terminal measures the positioning measurement parameter; and positioning, by the server, the terminal according to the positioning response parameter carried in the configuration response information.

Examples described herein provide ranging by a network device during a beacon interval. Examples described herein may discover, by a network device during a first beacon interval, a plurality of APs in a network that are capable of ranging and a received signal measurement of each of the plurality of APs. Examples described herein may select, by the network device, an AP with a strongest received signal measurement among the plurality of APs, determine, by the network device, whether the selected AP is available for ranging, and based on a determination that the selected AP is available for ranging, initiate, by the network device during a second beacon interval, ranging measurements with the selected AP to generate a ranging result. Examples described herein may, based on the ranging result, resolve locations of the plurality of APs.

Techniques are provided for determining a position of a mobile device. An example method of reporting a probability distribution for positioning a mobile device includes obtaining positioning measurements, determining one or more probability distributions of one or more positioning metrics based on the positioning measurements, determining a parametric representation of the one or more probability distributions, and reporting the parametric representation.

An apparatus, and method of operating the same, include a system for indoor positioning and localization. The apparatus includes a first beacon having a beacon optical detector to receive an optical signal, and a beacon microcontroller. The apparatus includes a zone-positioning unit (ZPU) having an optical source configured to transmit the optical signal, and a ZPU microcontroller. The beacon microcontroller is configured to identify and decode the optical signal after receipt by the beacon optical detector to determine data related to a position of the ZPU. The beacon microcontroller is further configured to wirelessly communicate with the ZPU microcontroller to convey information to the ZPU including the data related to a position of the ZPU and a known position of the first beacon. The ZPU microcontroller is configured to determine a position of the ZPU based on the information received from the first beacon.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.

A communication method operated by a terminal includes receiving, from a base station, control information for configuring the terminal to interwork with a WLAN in a cellular connection state, communicating at least one traffic with a first WLAN based on the control information in the cellular connection state, and communicating the at least one traffic with the first WLAN based on the control information, if the cellular connection state is released. A terminal includes a controller configured to receive, from a base station, control information for configuring the terminal to interwork with a WLAN in a cellular connection state, communicate at least one traffic with a first WLAN based on the control information in the cellular connection state, and communicate the at least one traffic with the first WLAN based on the control information, if the cellular connection state is released.

Disclosed is a method for reporting angle of departure (AoD) information by a base station in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized by: transmitting multiple reference signals to a terminal; receiving, from the terminal, AoD information comprising information related to at least one reference signal obtained on the basis of the reception signal strength of the terminal, among the multiple reference signals; and transmitting the AoD information to a location server, wherein the multiple reference signals can be multiple synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks or multiple channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs).

This application provides a method for obtaining a timing advance TA and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives first time information broadcast by a first cell, and receives second time information broadcast by a neighbor cell; and obtains a TA from the terminal device to the neighbor cell based on the following information: a time point indicated by the first time information, a TA from the terminal device to the first cell, a time difference between receiving of the first time information and receiving of the second time information, and a time point indicated by the second time information. According to the solution provided in this application, the TA from the terminal device to the neighbor cell may be obtained, so that the solution may be applied to a scenario in which the TA from the terminal device to the neighbor cell needs to be obtained.