SIGNALING CONSIDERATION FOR NEW RADIO POSITIONING WITH DISJOINT BANDWIDTH SEGMENTS

1 . An apparatus for determining positioning, comprising:

at least one memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the apparatus for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

receive, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration;

aggregate the disjoint bandwidth segments to obtain the positioning reference signal; and

determine one or more positioning measurements using the positioning reference signal based on aggregation of the disjoint bandwidth segments.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a timing error tolerance preference.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration from a base station.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the preferences or the processing capabilities of the apparatus is based on one or more algorithms the apparatus is able to use for processing the one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments.

10 . A method of determining positioning, comprising:

transmitting, via a transceiver of a user equipment, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the user equipment for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

receiving, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration;

aggregate the disjoint bandwidth segments to obtain the positioning reference signal; and

determining one or more positioning measurements using the positioning reference signal based on aggregation of the disjoint bandwidth segments.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a timing error tolerance preference.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

17 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving, via the transceiver, a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration from a base station.

18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the preferences or the processing capabilities of the user equipment is based on one or more algorithms the user equipment is able to use for processing the one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments.

19 . A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:

transmit, via a transceiver of a user equipment, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the user equipment for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

receive, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration;

aggregate the disjoint bandwidth segments to obtain the positioning reference signal; and

determine one or more positioning measurements using the positioning reference signal based on aggregation of the disjoint bandwidth segments.

20 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands.