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Granted Patent B2
US 11,736,891 · App. 17/456,200 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

User equipment based positioning

Inventors: Dan Vassilovski (Del Mar, CA); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, NJ); Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W4/02H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 11,736,891
App. No.
17/456,200
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a receiver UE, a first communication that includes a positioning reference signal (PRS) associated with the transmitter UE. The UE may transmit, to the receiver UE, a second communication that includes an information element associated with a boundary of a vehicle associated with the transmitter UE. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (42)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a transmitter user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

transmit, to a receiver UE, a first communication that includes a positioning reference signal (PRS) associated with the transmitter UE; and

transmit, to the receiver UE, a second communication that includes an information element associated with a boundary of a vehicle associated with the transmitter UE.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the information element indicates a reference position of the vehicle, a location of an antenna of the transmitter UE, a size of the vehicle, an attitude of the vehicle, or a type of the vehicle.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the reference position of the vehicle is indicated by one or more coordinates.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the location of the antenna of the transmitter UE is indicated relative to the reference position of the vehicle.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the size of the vehicle is indicated as one or more dimensions of the vehicle.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the attitude of the vehicle is indicated as one or more of a yaw of the vehicle, a pitch of the vehicle, or a roll of the vehicle.

7. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the type of the vehicle includes a class of the vehicle.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receiver UE is a roadside unit, and wherein the information element indicates a reference position of the vehicle.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first communication and the second communication are sidelink communications.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first communication and the second communication are radio link communications.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication at a receiver user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive, from a transmitter UE, a first communication that includes a positioning reference signal (PRS) associated with the transmitter UE; and

receive, from the transmitter UE, a second communication that includes an information element associated with a boundary of a vehicle associated with the transmitter UE.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the information element indicates a reference position of the vehicle, a location of an antenna of the transmitter UE, a size of the vehicle, an attitude of the vehicle, or a type of the vehicle.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the reference position of the vehicle is indicated by one or more coordinates.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the location of the antenna of the transmitter UE is indicated relative to the reference position of the transmitter UE.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the size of the vehicle is indicated as one or more dimensions of the vehicle.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the attitude of the vehicle is indicated as one or more of a yaw of the vehicle, a pitch of the vehicle, or a roll of the vehicle.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the type of the vehicle includes a class of the vehicle.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first communication and the second communication are sidelink communications.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first communication and the second communication are radio link communications.

20. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the boundary of the vehicle based at least in part on the information element.

21. A method of wireless communication performed by a transmitter user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a receiver UE, a first communication that includes a positioning reference signal (PRS) associated with the transmitter UE; and

transmitting, to the receiver UE, a second communication that includes an information element associated with a boundary of a vehicle associated with the transmitter UE.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the information element indicates a reference position of the vehicle, a location of an antenna of the transmitter UE, a size of the vehicle, an attitude of the vehicle, or a type of the vehicle.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the reference position of the vehicle is indicated by one or more coordinates.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein the location of the antenna of the transmitter UE is indicated relative to the reference position of the vehicle.

25. The method of claim 22 , wherein the size of the vehicle is indicated as one or more dimensions of the vehicle.

26. A method of wireless communication performed by a receiver user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a transmitter UE, a first communication that includes a positioning reference signal (PRS) associated with the transmitter UE; and

receiving, from the transmitter UE, a second communication that includes an information element associated with a boundary of a vehicle associated with the transmitter UE.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the information element indicates a reference position of the vehicle, a location of an antenna of the transmitter UE, a size of the vehicle, an attitude of the vehicle, or a type of the vehicle.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the reference position of the vehicle is indicated by one or more coordinates.

29. The method of claim 27 , wherein the location of the antenna of the transmitter UE is indicated relative to the reference position of the transmitter UE.

30. The method of claim 27 , wherein the size of the vehicle is indicated as one or more dimensions of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2021
From: VASSILOVSKI, DAN; WU, SHUANSHUAN; GULATI, KAPIL; CHENG, HONG; SARKIS, GABI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 058479/0181 →
Continuity (1)
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