This application provides a method. The method includes: A positioning management device receives first information sent by a terminal device, where the first information includes a plurality of antenna identifiers of the terminal device and local antenna coordinates corresponding to each antenna identifier. The positioning management device receives measurement information sent by the terminal device, where the measurement information includes the plurality of antenna identifiers of the terminal device and a measurement result that is of a downlink reference signal and that corresponds to each antenna identifier. The positioning management device determines positioning information of the terminal device based on the first information and the measurement information, where the positioning information includes one or more of the following information: absolute coordinates of the terminal device, orientation or posture information of the terminal device, a rotation angle of the terminal device, or uptilt and downtilt angles of the terminal device.

Systems and methods for positioning assets over a wireless network are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises: building, at a topology entity communicatively coupled to a wireless network a low-resolution spatial topology of said wireless network; selecting a list of a plurality of participating anchors for participating in a plurality of ranging events with a participating tag positionally associated with a designated asset; sending to the participating tag and to each of the participating anchors, an indication that a plurality of ranging events is to be executed therebetween; and executing, between the participating tag and each of the participating anchors, a ranging event of said plurality of ranging events; and computing, at a positioning engine a position of the participating tag and the designated asset based on a ranging information generated by the plurality of ranging events.

Provided is a positioning method of a user equipment performed by the user equipment, the method including receiving reference signals from at least three transmitters; calculating a first phase difference between reference signals received from transmitters that belong to a first transmitter pair; calculating a second phase difference between reference signals received from transmitters that belong to a second transmitter pair; calculating a first position coordinate based on a first conversion coefficient set and the first phase difference; determining an integer ambiguity of the second phase difference based on a second conversion coefficient set, the second phase difference, and the first position coordinate; and determining a position of the user equipment based on the integer ambiguity of the second phase difference.

A method, applied in an apparatus and computer readable storage medium, for establishing location of a target terminal in an obstructed environment comprises determining, based on indoor environmental information and data observed by a plurality of base stations in communication with the terminal, establishes lines of signals from the terminal scattered by local obstructions, and based on positional information as to the obstructions which cause the scattering, estimating a more precise positional information of the terminal.

A transceiver for a wireless communication system is configured to: communicate with at least one other transceiver of the system using a sidelink resource pool of the system; transmit signals on resources of the pool that are allocated to the transceiver on a period basis with equal length periods t.sub.periodA; transmit a first signal on a first resource of the resources allocated to the transceiver, and receive a second signal from another transceiver of the system on a second resource, the second signal being transmitted by the other transceiver responsive to a reception of the first signal, the second signal being transmitted by the other transceiver on the second resource using the period t.sub.periodA based on which the resources are allocated to the transceiver; determine a distance to the other transceiver based on a time t.sub.roundA between the transmission of the first signal and the reception of the second signal from the other transceiver, and based on the period t.sub.periodA based on which the resources are allocated to the transceiver.

A mobile device estimates includes a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes first estimating a location of each of a plurality of base station devices present at a location communicable with the mobile device. The process includes generating a circle a radius of which is a distance between the mobile device and the base station device estimated by using radio wave intensity from the base station device, around the location of the base station device estimated at the first estimating, for each of the base station devices. The process includes second estimating a location of the mobile device by using algorithm selected based on the number of the circles of the base station devices generated at the generating and a location relation between the circles.

Systems and methods for determining locations of wireless nodes in a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one example, an asynchronous system includes a first wireless node having a wireless device with one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in the wireless network architecture including a first RF signal having a first packet. The system also includes a second wireless node having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the first wireless node in the wireless network architecture including a second RF signal with a second packet. The first wireless node determines a time of flight estimate for localization based on a time estimate of round trip time of the first and second packets and a time estimate that is based on channel sense information of the first and second wireless nodes.

Methods, systems, and storage media are described for the measurement and reporting of user equipment (UE) positioning in cellular networks. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Systems and methods for determining locations of wireless nodes in a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one example, an asynchronous system includes a first wireless node having a wireless device with one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in the wireless network architecture including a first RF signal having a first packet. The system also includes a second wireless node having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the first wireless node in the wireless network architecture including a second RF signal with a second packet. The first wireless node determines a time of flight estimate for localization based on a time estimate of round trip time of the first and second packets and a time estimate that is based on channel sense information of the first and second wireless nodes.

A method including receiving a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is having a first bandwidth in a first frequency range, determining an angle of arrival of a line of sight component of the first reference signal, receiving a second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal is having a second bandwidth in a second frequency range, wherein the second bandwidth is greater than the first bandwidth, determining a time of arrival of a line of sight component of the second reference signal, based on the first reference signal and on the second reference signal, determining a link quality measure, and based on the link quality measure, the time of arrival and the angle of arrival, performing a position estimation to obtain an estimated position, wherein the first reference signal and the second reference signal are received from a same transmit-receive point.