Techniques are described for performing timing-based positioning methods including measuring and/or reporting timing errors. An example technique includes, determining, by a communication node, measurement information that comprises a set of measurement results and a set of timing delays, wherein the set of measurement results include a first set of time values when positioning signals are sent or received by a processor of the communication node, and wherein the set of timing delays includes a second set of time values, each of the second set of time values is a difference between when a positioning signal is sent or received by the processor of the communication node and when the positioning signal is respectively transmitted or received by an antenna of the communication node; and transmitting, by the communication node, the set of measurement results and the set of timing delays to a second communication node.

A location information server includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire received signal strengths of radio signals transmitted from a transmitter and received at a receiver; an estimation unit configured to estimate a location of the transmitter or receiver, using at least the top three received signal strengths among the acquired received signal strengths; and a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate a reliability of the location estimation based on the received signal strengths that have been used.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for sharing assistance information relating to an uplink signal transmitted by a first User Equipment. The assistance information may be used to assist a wireless communication device to intercept the uplink signal and measure its time of arrival. The assistance information may be used to assist in the calculation of a position or time, based on the measured time of arrival.

A method and device for a user equipment, a base station and a service center is disclosed; the UE transmits first information, then receives X1 first signals and transmits a first measurement report; first information is used to determine X1 first antenna port(s); first measurement report includes K1 piece(s) of measurement information, and each of K1 piece(s) of measurement information is for one of X1 first signals; measurement information is used to determine at least the first two of the corresponding set of time length, first antenna port, or first angle; By designing first information and first measurement report, feedback information of beam selection is used to determine generation and transmission of positioning reference signal under the condition of the base station and the UE supporting beamforming, utilizing beamforming has strong directional characteristics to improve the accuracy of UE positioning.

The present disclosure relates to a location determination system that includes acoustic transmitting devices (104), location tags (112), and a wireless mesh network (106), where the wireless mesh network uses battery-powered devices. A location tag receives acoustic signals (e.g., ultrasound signals) from an acoustic transmitting device. Clocks from members of the wireless mesh network are synchronized by observation of clock pairings, each clock pair formed by respective clocks in a transmitting device that transmits a message and a receiving device that receives the message. By analyzing the observed clock pairings, a best fit between the clock pairings may be determined. After selecting a reference clock, an acoustic transmission schedule may be propagated to the respective acoustic transmitting device.

Locating systems and methods for wireless seat belt monitoring in vehicles with removable or reconfigurable seats are provided herein. An example remote transceiver can be centrally located on a seat that is configured to be rearranged within a vehicle. The remote transceiver can include a processor and memory for storing instructions that include a unique code identifying the remote transceiver. The processor executes the instructions to receive low power signals from transmitters within an interior of the vehicle, determine received signal strength values of the low power signals. The received signal strength values are used by the vehicle receiver to determine a location of the remote transceiver within the vehicle.

Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals (DL-PRS) transmitted by a corresponding plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells is grouped into one or more groups, wherein each of the one or more groups is associated with one or more attributes, and wherein each cell of each of the one or more groups has the same values of the one or more attributes, reports, to a positioning entity, at least one baseline positioning measurement for at least one representative cell of at least one group of the one or more groups based on DL-PRS transmitted by the at least one representative cell, and reports, to the positioning entity, differential positioning measurements for cells of the at least one group based on the at least one baseline positioning measurement.

A second access and mobility management function (AMF) may receive a first message having positioning capability information indicating that a location management component (LMC) supports one or more positioning types. The second AMF may receive, from a first AMF, a second message indicating a positioning type of a wireless device. The second AMF may determine the LMC based on the positioning type and the positioning capability information. The second AMF may send, to a base station associated with the LMC, a third message having an identifier of the LMC.

Embodiments of a method and an apparatus for wireless localization are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for wireless localization involves obtaining, by an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio of a localization device, UWB timing data from UWB anchors, transmitting, via a non-UWB transceiver of the localization device, the UWB timing data to a localization engine, and determining, by the localization engine, a location of the localization device using the UWB timing data.

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).