A positioning reference signal measurement reporting method includes: determining, at a UE based on at least one signal received by the UE, an indication of a spatial relationship between the UE and a first candidate anchor device that is configured to transmit a positioning reference signal (PRS) wirelessly; and reporting a measurement of the PRS based on the indication of the spatial relationship between the UE and the first candidate anchor device meeting at least one criterion of anchor device quality.

The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi access point radio frequency (RF) propagation pattern based on telemetry data over time. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi network of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a RF propagation pattern in a 3-D space for at least one Wi-Fi access point in the Wi-Fi network, present a user interface including a time slider to facilitate manipulation of a time axis between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and present a visualization of the RF propagation pattern based on an indication of the time slider.

A method (700, 800), system (3210) and apparatus (900, 1000) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method (700) for determining positioning is performed by a wireless device (1000). The method (700) comprising: receiving (720) a reference signal and performing a positioning measurement based on the received reference signal; receiving (730) positioning information based on the received reference signal, wherein the received positioning information comprises a positioning measurement reported by a neighbouring wireless device performed on the reference signal; and determining (740) further positioning information based on the positioning measurement and the received positioning information.

A control plane function receives subscription information indicating that a wireless device subscribes to a service. The control plane function receives, from an authorization server, an authorization for the service of the wireless device. The control plane function sends, to a base station, one or more messages indicating an activation of one or more radio access network functions related to the service of the wireless device, based on the subscription information indicating that the wireless device subscribes to the service and the service being authorized.

According to certain embodiments, a wireless device includes an interface and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface. The interface is configured to receive assistance information from a first node. The assistance information includes data associated with a first reference TP. The first reference TP may be located in a cell having two or more TPs. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a first reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement using the data associated with a first reference TP.

The present embodiments relate to a method and an apparatus for acquiring location information of a terminal by using a wireless communication system. An embodiment provides an apparatus for measuring location information of a terminal, the apparatus comprising: at least one downlink signal receiver; at least one uplink signal receiver; and a controller for controlling the downlink signal receiver and the uplink signal receiver, wherein the controller configures uplink resource allocation information on the basis of control information received by the downlink signal receiver, and determines, on the basis of the uplink resource allocation information, whether to receive an uplink signal.

Techniques are provided for adaptive sensor position determination for multiple mobile sensors. One method comprises obtaining a spatio-temporal representation of sensor measurements, from multiple mobile sensors, wherein the spatio-temporal representation comprises multiple layers each corresponding to a different point in time, wherein a given layer comprises multiple positions, and wherein each position in the given layer corresponds to a possible location for at least one of the multiple mobile sensors in an environment; applying the spatio-temporal representation to an environment state prediction model that generates a prediction of at least one future sensor measurement value for multiple positions in the spatio-temporal representation; applying the predictions of the at least one future sensor measurement value to a sensor position determination model that determines a new position for each of one or more of the multiple mobile sensors; and initiating a movement of the one or more of the multiple mobile sensors to the new position.

Devices and methods enable optimizing a signal of interest based on identifying and analyzing the signal of interest based on radio frequency energy measurements. Signal data is compared with stored data to identify the signal of interest. Signal degradation data is calculated based on noise figure parameters, hardware parameters and environment parameters. The signal of interest is optimized based on the signal degradation data. Terrain data is also operable to be used for optimizing the signal of interest.

Methods and systems for wireless communication are provided. In one example, a mobile device is configured to: obtain beam support information of a plurality of cells; perform measurements of one or more signals at the mobile device based on the beam support information of the plurality of cells to support a location determination operation for the mobile device; and transmit results of the measurements of the one or more signals to at least one of a location server or to a base station to support the location determination operation. The beam support information may include: a number of beams supported at each cell of the plurality of cells, information to identify each beam of the number of beams supported at the each cell, beam width information of the each beam, and/or Positioning reference Signals (PRS) codebook information which encapsulates the beams which are enabled along various elevation and azimuth angles.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method in which a terminal transmits position measurement information in a radio communication system. The method that is performed by the terminal includes triggering a beam positioning mechanism, receiving a beam positioning-related signal from a base station, measuring the beam positioning-related signal, acquiring position measurement information based on the measured beam positioning-related signal, and transmitting the acquired position measurement information to the base station. The position measurement information is acquired based on beamforming configuration.