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Granted Patent B2
US 12,225,430 · App. 17/305,777 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Sidelink positioning anchor configuration

Inventors: Dan Vassilovski (Del Mar, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, NJ); Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W4/029H04W24/02H04W72/04
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Patent No.
US 12,225,430
App. No.
17/305,777
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive first information identifying a value for a threshold parameter associated with a sidelink positioning procedure. The mobile station may transmit second information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is associated with the value for the threshold parameter. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (54)

1. A mobile station for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

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

receive a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and

transmit information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the received value for the threshold parameter.

2. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element.

3. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the threshold parameter further comprises at least one of:

a latitude location accuracy,

a longitude location accuracy,

an altitude location accuracy, or

a coordinate location accuracy.

4. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the received value for the threshold parameter corresponds to information received by the mobile station, and wherein the information received by the mobile station comprises a plurality of fields identifying a plurality of values for a plurality of threshold parameters associated with the sidelink positioning procedure, the plurality of threshold parameters including the threshold parameter, and the plurality of values including the received value for the threshold parameter.

5. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in a cell-wide mobile station configuration message.

6. The mobile station of claim 5 , wherein the cell-wide mobile station configuration message is a system information block information element identifying a group of configurations for mobile stations or identifying a single configuration for mobile stations.

7. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control reconfiguration message or in a medium access control (MAC) control element.

8. The mobile station of claim 7 , wherein the information element of the radio resource control reconfiguration message identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station.

9. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element that includes a sidelink preconfiguration.

10. The mobile station of claim 9 , wherein the information element identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station.

11. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit additional information identifying a change to the suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure.

12. The mobile station of claim 11 , wherein the additional information is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control message.

13. The mobile station of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

anchor the sidelink positioning procedure based at least in part on the information indicating that the mobile station is suitable for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure.

14. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

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

transmit, to a mobile station, a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and

receive, from the mobile station, information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the transmitted value for the threshold parameter.

15. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element.

16. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the threshold parameter further comprises at least one of:

a latitude location accuracy,

a longitude location accuracy,

an altitude location accuracy, or

a coordinate location accuracy.

17. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter corresponds to information transmitted by the network entity, and wherein the first information transmitted by the network entity comprises a plurality of fields identifying a plurality of values for a plurality of threshold parameters associated with the sidelink positioning procedure, the plurality of threshold parameters including the threshold parameter, and the plurality of values including the transmitted value for the threshold parameter.

18. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in a cell-wide mobile station configuration message.

19. The network entity of claim 18 , wherein the cell-wide mobile station configuration message is a system information block information element identifying a group of configurations for mobile stations or identifying a single configuration for mobile stations.

20. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control reconfiguration message or in a medium access control (MAC) control element.

21. The network entity of claim 20 , wherein the information element of the radio resource control reconfiguration message identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station.

22. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element that includes a sidelink preconfiguration.

23. The network entity of claim 22 , wherein the information element identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station.

24. The network entity of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive additional information identifying a change to the suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure.

25. The network entity of claim 24 , wherein the additional information is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control message.

26. A method of wireless communication performed by a mobile station, comprising:

receiving a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and

transmitting information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the received value for the threshold parameter.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element.

28. The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure based at least in part on the information indicating that the mobile station is suitable for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure.

29. A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, to a mobile station, a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and

receiving, from the mobile station, information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the transmitted value for the threshold parameter.

30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: VASSILOVSKI, DAN; GULATI, KAPIL; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; CHENG, HONG; SARKIS, GABI; WU, SHUANSHUAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (1)
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