SIDELINK RESOURCE POOL CONFIGURATION

1 . A method comprising:

receiving configuration information comprising a configuration for a sidelink resource pool for a positioning reference signal, wherein the sidelink resource pool comprises: a common resource pool for data and a sidelink positioning reference signal; or a resource pool for only the sidelink positioning reference signal;

transmitting sidelink assistance data to a user equipment for sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, wherein the sidelink assistance data corresponds to the configuration for the sidelink resource pool; and

receiving a sidelink positioning report from the user equipment.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is received from a base station.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises a bandwidth for each carrier.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises a number of symbols used in a slot for a sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a frequency offset, a periodicity, a repetition pattern, a repetition factor, transmit power parameters, a muting pattern, or some combination thereof.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a destination identifier, a destination group identifier, a group size, a member identifier, or some combination thereof from a vehicle to everything layer.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data is transmitted via a unicast transmission, a groupcast transmission, or a broadcast transmission.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises a mapping between positioning accuracy, latency, priority, and remaining packet delay budget.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises sidelink positioning reference signal transmission occasions per resource pool, a number of subchannels of sidelink positioning reference signal transmissions per resource pool, a sidelink positioning technique, a sidelink positioning type, a report configuration, source-destination identifier information for sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a source-destination group identifier, a minimum communication range, an anchor user equipment’s positioning information, or some combination thereof.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the sidelink positioning type comprises information indicating a one-to-one sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a one-to-many sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a many-to-one sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, or a bidirectional sidelink positioning reference signal transmission.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the report configuration indicates whether to report absolute positioning, absolute positioning plus relative positioning, relative positioning, a sidelink positioning technique, periodic transmission, aperiodic transmission, a positioning method, a positioning technique, whether to report longitudinal estimates, whether to report lateral estimates, or some combination thereof.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data indicates a sidelink positioning reference signal repetition per transmission occasion, a sidelink positioning technique per beam repetition, or a combination thereof.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises a threshold for positioning accuracy to facilitate anchor user equipment and non-anchor user equipment selection, a threshold for positioning accuracy, or a combination thereof.

13 . A method comprising:

receiving sidelink assistance data at a user equipment for sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, wherein the sidelink assistance data corresponds to a configuration for a sidelink resource pool, wherein the sidelink resource pool comprises: a common resource pool for data and a sidelink positioning reference signal; or a resource pool for only the sidelink positioning reference signal; and

transmitting a sidelink positioning report from the user equipment.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises:

a bandwidth for each carrier;

a number of symbols used in a slot for a sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a frequency offset, a periodicity, a repetition pattern, a repetition factor, transmit power parameters, a muting pattern, or some combination thereof;

a mapping between positioning accuracy, latency, priority, and remaining packet delay budget;

or some combination thereof.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sidelink assistance data is received via a unicast transmission, a groupcast transmission, or a broadcast transmission.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises sidelink positioning reference signal transmission occasions per resource pool, a number of subchannels of sidelink positioning reference signal transmissions per resource pool, a sidelink positioning technique, a sidelink positioning type, a report configuration, source-destination identifier information for sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a source-destination group identifier, a minimum communication range, an anchor user equipment’s positioning information, or some combination thereof.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the sidelink positioning type comprises information indicating a one-to-one sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a one-to-many sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, a many-to-one sidelink positioning reference signal transmission, or a bidirectional sidelink positioning reference signal transmission.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the report configuration indicates whether to report absolute positioning, absolute positioning plus relative positioning, relative positioning, a sidelink positioning technique, periodic transmission, aperiodic transmission, a positioning method, a positioning technique, whether to report longitudinal estimates, whether to report lateral estimates, or some combination thereof.

19 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sidelink assistance data indicates a sidelink positioning reference signal repetition per transmission occasion, a sidelink positioning technique per beam repetition, or a combination thereof.

20 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sidelink assistance data comprises a threshold for positioning accuracy to facilitate anchor user equipment and non-anchor user equipment selection, a threshold for positioning accuracy, or a combination thereof.