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Granted Patent B2
US 11,895,640 · App. 17/743,550 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Multi-user-equipment positioning signaling

Inventors: Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug (Redwood City, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Stephen William Edge (Escondido, CA); Sven Fischer (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/121A61F5/005A61F5/0086H04W64/00H04W72/1268H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,895,640
App. No.
17/743,550
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of coordinating positioning signaling includes: sending, from a user equipment (UE), a request wirelessly for positioning service; receiving, at the UE, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and sending, from the UE, the UE positioning signals at the UE positioning signal times.

Claims (26)

1. A method of coordinating positioning signaling, the method comprising:

sending, from a user equipment (UE), a request wirelessly for positioning service;

receiving, at the UE, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and

sending, from the UE, the UE positioning signals only at the UE positioning signal times per the indication of the UE positioning signal times;

wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of base station positioning signals and an indication of a subset of base-station-transmission times corresponding to a subset of the base station positioning signals.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of times within a set of sequence frames.

3. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

send, via the transceiver, a wireless request for positioning service;

receive, via the transceiver, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and

send, via the transceiver, the UE positioning signals wirelessly only at the UE positioning signal times per the indication of the UE positioning signal times;

wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises an indication of a subset of base-station-transmission times corresponding to a subset of the base station positioning signals.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of times within a set of sequence frames.

5. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for sending a request wirelessly for positioning service;

means for receiving an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and

means for sending the UE positioning signals only at the UE positioning signal times per the indication of the UE positioning signal times:

wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of base station positioning signals and an indication of a subset of base-station-transmission times corresponding to a subset of the base station positioning signals.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of times within a set of sequence frames.

7. A non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:

send, from a user equipment (UE) via a transceiver of the UE, a request wirelessly for positioning service;

receive, at the UE, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and

send, from the UE via the transceiver, the UE positioning signals only at the UE positioning signal times per the indication of the UE positioning signal times;

wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of base station positioning signals and an indication of a subset of base-station-transmission times corresponding to a subset of the base station positioning signals.

8. The storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the indication of UE positioning signal times comprises a schedule of times within a set of sequence frames.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2022
From: OPSHAUG, GUTTORM RINGSTAD; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; EDGE, STEPHEN WILLIAM; FISCHER, SVEN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060952/0819 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17089618 · Nov 4, 2020
Provisional Application 62931240 · Nov 6, 2019
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