The present invention performs: generating base station positional relationship specification data indicating a positional relationship between travel trajectory and a base station candidate position, and terminal station positional relationship specification data indicating a positional relationship between the travel trajectory and a terminal station candidate position, based on travel trajectory data indicating the travel trajectory of a moving body for measuring an object present in a three-dimensional space within a measurable distance predetermined and acquiring point cloud data indicating a position of the object measured in the three-dimensional space, the measurable distance, base station candidate position data indicating a candidate position for installing a base station apparatus, and terminal station candidate position data indicating a candidate position for installing a terminal station apparatus; and specifying a reliability coefficient indicating a degree of reliability of a processing result of a prescribed evaluation processing performed based on the point cloud data, based on the base station positional relationship specification data and the terminal station positional relationship specification data generated.

The present disclosure relates to cell selection in wireless communications. According to various embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving, from each of a plurality of mobile cells, location information related to each of the plurality of mobile cells and identifier (ID) information related to each of the plurality of mobile cells; estimating a movement pattern of each of the plurality of mobile cells based on the location information and the identifier information; determining a mobile cell among the plurality of mobile cells for a cell selection based on the movement pattern; and performing the cell selection to the determined mobile cell.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a UE and its serving base station to coordinate the activation and deactivation of measurement gaps for performing positioning measurements by the UE using target positioning reference signals (PRS) during bandwidth part (BWP) switching. The UE may be configured by the serving base station to have dedicated measurement gaps. The UE determines if a legacy measurement gap used for mobility measurements or a scheduled data transmission collides with the dedicated measurement gaps. If there is a collision, the UE performs the mobility measurement using the legacy measurement gap or transmits the scheduled data. If there is no collision, the UE receives the PRS to perform the positioning measurement during the dedicated measurement gaps. In one embodiment, based on the status of the active BWP and the target PRS, the UE or the base station may activate or deactivate measurement gaps for the positioning measurements.

A method for determining a geo-location of a target station is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of RTTs over a plurality of successive time intervals. Each successive time interval is equal to a predetermined amount of time. The plurality of RTTs is placed into a plurality of bins. Each bin has a predetermined time width and a count of RTTs placed in the bin. A bin with a highest count of RTTs (maxCb) and another bin with a next highest count of RTTs are selected and a maximum count ratio determined. The bin with maxCb to a maximum bin value is set based at least on a predetermined threshold of the maximum count ratio. During a next successive time interval, the RTTs that are placed in the bin that is set to the maximum bin value are selected to determine the geo-location of the target station.

A technique for determining an estimated location of a radio network node (FBS) in a cellular network is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique comprises (a) determining, for each of a plurality of measurement reports sent by one or more User Equipments, UEs, (UE1) to one or more neighboring radio network nodes of the radio network node (FBS) in the cellular network, an estimated measurement location from which the respective UE (UE1) sent the respective measurement report, wherein each of the plurality of measurement reports includes signal strength information indicating a received signal strength from the radio network node (FBS) as measured by the respective UE (UE1), (b) for each of a plurality of pairs of the estimated measurement locations: dividing a surrounding area covering the estimated measurement locations of the respective pair into two subregions (Region I, Region II; Region III, Region IV), wherein every location in one of the two subregions (Region I, Region II; Region III, Region IV) is closer to one of the estimated measurement locations of the respective pair and every location in the other one of the two subregions (Region I, Region II; Region III, Region IV) is closer to the other one of the estimated measurement locations of the respective pair, and identifying, from the two subregions (Region I, Region II; Region III, Region IV) and based on the signal strength information included in the measurement reports belonging to the estimated measurement locations of the respective pair, the subregion (Region I, Region II; Region III, Region IV) in which the radio network node (FBS) is more likely located, and (c) determining the estimated location of the radio network node (FBS) as an intersected area of the identified subregions (Region I, Region II; Region III, Region IV).

A configuration module for configuring a network device of a radiofrequency sensing network is provided. The control module comprises a network information providing unit for providing network information, wherein the network information includes information indicative of a deviation between a current sensitivity of the sensing network and a desired sensitivity of the sensing network. The control module further comprises an operating variable determining unit for determining an operating variable of the network device based on a predetermined relation between the operating variable of the network device and the sensitivity of the sensing network and on the information indicative of the deviation between the current sensitivity of the sensing network and the desired sensitivity of the sensing network such that the deviation decreases when the network device is configured based on the determined operating variable, and a configuration unit for configuring the network device based on the determined operating variable.

Methods and apparatus relating to use of actual and/or virtual beacons are described. Virtual beacons are virtual in that an actual beacon need not be transmitted but a rather a virtual beacon transmitter at a desired location maybe considered to transmit virtual beacons. In some embodiments a set of beacon transmitter information for one or more beacons is supplied to devices in a communications system. The beacon transmitter information indicates transmission power and location of actual and virtual beacon transmitters as well as information to be communicated by virtual beacons. Devices with access to beacon information can determine based on the location of a wireless terminal whether the wireless terminal is within coverage area of a virtual beacon and report reception of the virtual beacon to the wireless terminal or a component of the wireless terminal which acts upon receiving an indication of beacon reception.

Positioning of a target user equipment (UE) using a mobile anchor node is supported by providing motion information for the mobile anchor node and/or measurement restrictions. The target UE receives motion information for the mobile anchor node, which may be an ordered list of points or, e.g., a motion path. The target UE may generate positioning measurements using the motion information for the mobile anchor node to determine the position of the mobile anchor node when it transmits positioning reference signals (PRS). The target UE may receive an indication of position measurement restriction if the mobile anchor node is moving. The target UE may receive PRS over a plurality of PRS occasions. The target UE may restrict measurement to only one PRS occasion, may generate and separately report measurements for each PRS occasions or may combine a plurality of measurements using filter coefficients provided by a location server.

A base station that includes a memory for storing computer readable code and a processor operatively coupled to the memory is provided herein. The processor is configured to transmit, to a terminal apparatus, information associated with communication delays predicted for communication between the base station and the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus acquires the information associated with the communication delays from the base station.

Techniques for pillar location for a mobile device are described, and may be implemented via a mobile device to identify frequently visited locations and to perform different tasks for the mobile device at the frequented locations. Generally, the described techniques enable a mobile device to generate precise representations of frequented locations known as “pillar locations” without relying on conventional location determination techniques. Further, specific actions can be performed when the mobile device is detected at a pillar location, such as automatically unlocking the mobile device from a locked state.