A positioning server is configured to determine a set of anchor points to be used in a positioning method for a user equipment, wherein each of the anchor points is associated with a type of anchor point comprising a terrestrial type or a non-terrestrial type, select a subset of the set of anchor points based on the types of the anchor points, select one anchor point from the subset of anchor points as a reference anchor point based on an expected quality of a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission received from the anchor point, transmit to the UE a PRS configuration for each of the anchor points and indicating to the UE the reference anchor point and instruct each of the anchor points to transmit respective PRSs in accordance with the PRS configuration.

Each transmitter transmits an ID signal that is a wireless signal including an ID of the transmitter. A user terminal includes a wireless signal receiver to acquire an electric field strength at reception of the ID signal, a position acquirer to acquire, for combinations of three transmitters selected from four or more transmitters, estimated positions of the user terminal, each of the estimated positions being acquired based on (i) electric field strengths acquired for the three transmitters of each combination and (ii) installation positions previously stored of the three transmitters of each combination, a position specifier to specify a position of the user terminal based on the estimated positions acquired for each combination, and a facility device controller to control a facility device based on the specified position.

In an aspect, an initiator transmits a positioning reference signal. The initiator receives a plurality of responder positioning reference signals sent from individual responders of a plurality of responders. The initiator transmits a measurement message comprising a first set of measurements that are determined based on the positioning reference signal and the plurality of responder positioning reference signals. The initiator receives responder measurement messages sent from the individual responders of the plurality of responders. The initiator receives updated map information from an anchor and updates pre-existing map information based on the updated map information.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a first antenna and a second antenna of a mobile device, a first wireless signal transmitted by a first anchor of a pair of anchors, receiving, from the first antenna and the second antenna, a second wireless signal that is transmitted by a second anchor of the pair of anchors based upon the second anchor detecting the first wireless signal, determining time difference of arrival information based on the receiving the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, determining angle of arrival information based on the receiving the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, and estimating a location of the mobile device based on the time difference of arrival information and the angle of arrival information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method by a user device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) from multiple anchor nodes (ANs); and on the basis of the PSCCHs, receiving multiple first positioning reference signals (PRSs) for positioning from the multiple ANs, wherein each of the PSCCHs comprises information relating to a positioning quality indicator (PQI) of each of the multiple ANs, and the positioning is performed on the basis of multiple second PRSs selected on the basis of information on the PQI from among the multiple first PRSs.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a first antenna and a second antenna of a mobile device, a first wireless signal transmitted by a first anchor of a pair of anchors, receiving, from the first antenna and the second antenna, a second wireless signal that is transmitted by a second anchor of the pair of anchors based upon the second anchor detecting the first wireless signal, determining time difference of arrival information based on the receiving the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, determining angle of arrival information based on the receiving the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, and estimating a location of the mobile device based on the time difference of arrival information and the angle of arrival information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A system for recognizing the location of a subject, comprises a server, signal transceivers, and a tracking device. The server transmits a request and stores a map file. The signal transceivers respectively communicate with the server to receive the request, and broadcast a reference signal to the other signal transceivers. The tracking device bidirectionally communicates with the signal transceivers, and periodically sends a tracking signal. After each of the signal transceivers obtains the first received signal strength indicator corresponding to the received reference signal and the second received signal strength indicator corresponding to the received tracking signal, each transmits the first signal strength indicator and the second signal strength indicator to the server. The server determines relative position information for the at least one tracking device within the map file according to the first signal strength indicators, the second signal strength indicators, and location information from the signal transceivers

A method includes obtaining, by a positioning device, positioning integrity information of a terminal device from an access network device or the terminal device. The positioning integrity information indicates a positioning integrity requirement that is predicted by the access network device or the terminal device and that is of the terminal device in a first scenario. The method also includes performing, by the positioning device based on the positioning integrity information, an operation for positioning the terminal device, to meet the positioning integrity requirement of the terminal device in the first scenario.

Various example embodiments relate to positioning of a target node. A positioning report may comprise positioning assistance measurements from the target node and at least one anchor node, wherein the positioning assistance measurements are associated with angular differences between a pair of uplink and/or downlink transmission and/or reception beam directions. Apparatuses, methods, and computer pro-grams are disclosed.

The technology provides for a pair of earbuds. For instance, a first earbud may include a first antenna, and a second earbud may include a second antenna. The pair of earbuds may further include one or more processors configured to receive, from the first antenna, a first signal from a beacon, and receive, from the second antenna, a second signal from the beacon. Based on the first signal and the second signal, the one or more processors may determine at least one signal strength. The one or more processors may determine a position of the user relative to the beacon based on the at least one signal strength.