Granted Patent B2

US 12,578,417 · App. 18/295,784 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Inventors: Mohammed Ali Mohammed Hirzallah (San Diego, CA); Marwen Zorgui (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

G01S5/0252H04B17/27H04B17/318H04W64/006

Abstract

Claims (96)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a first network node, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a wireless device, a first set of sounding reference signals (SRSs) during a first time period associated with a first position of the wireless device and a second set of SRSs during a second time period associated with a second position of the wireless device, wherein the first time period does not overlap with the second time period;

measure the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs;

calculate a set of displacement radio frequency fingerprint (RFFP) measurements based on the measured first set of SRSs and measured second set of SRSs; and

output the set of displacement RFFP measurements to a positioning model to calculate a set of displacement information associated with the wireless device.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the set of displacement RFFP measurements comprises at least one of:

a channel impulse response (CIR);

a channel frequency response (CFR);

a histogram of a reference signal strength indicator (RSSI);

a reference signal received power (RSRP);

a reference signal received quality (RSRQ);

an angle of arrival (AoA);

an angle of departure (AoD);

a delay spread;

an angle spread; or

a Doppler spread.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements to the positioning model, the at least one processor is configured to:

calculate the set of displacement information using the positioning model based on the set of displacement RFFP measurements.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, to receive the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, via a transmission reception point (TRP), the first set of SRSs during the first time period associated with the first position of the wireless device; and

receive, via the TRP, the second set of SRSs during the second time period associated with the second position of the wireless device.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

calculate the second position based on the first position and the set of displacement information.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements to the positioning model, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the set of displacement RFFP measurements to a second network node to calculate the set of displacement information using the positioning model.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second network node comprises a location management function (LMF) or an over-the-top (OTT) server.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a configuration for the positioning model from a second network node.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements to the positioning model, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the calculated set of displacement RFFP measurements to the second network node to calculate the set of displacement information using the positioning model based on the configuration.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements to the positioning model, the at least one processor is configured to:

calculate the set of displacement information using the positioning model based on the set of displacement RFFP measurements; and

transmit the calculated set of displacement information to the second network node based on the configuration.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second network node comprises a location management function (LMF) or an over-the-top (OTT) server.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a request to indicate support to output the set of RFFP measurements to the positioning model; and

transmit an indication of support to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements, wherein, to receive the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs, the at least one processor is configured to receive the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs in response to the transmission of the indication of support.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device comprises at least one of a user equipment (UE), a positioning reference unit (PRU), or a network node.

14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein to receive the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs from the wireless device.

15 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a second network node, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit a configuration for a positioning model associated with a first set of sounding reference signals (SRSs) scheduled for transmission from a wireless device during a first time period associated with a first position of the wireless device and a second set of SRSs scheduled for transmission from the wireless device during a second time period associated with a second position of the wireless device to a first network node, wherein the first time period does not overlap with the second time period; and

receive at least a set of displacement radio frequency fingerprint (RFFP) measurements for the positioning model based on the first set of SRSs scheduled for the transmission from the wireless device during the first time period associated with the first position of the wireless device and the second set of SRSs scheduled for the transmission from the wireless device during the second time period associated with the second position of the wireless device or receive a set of displacement information calculated using the positioning model based on the set of RFFP measurements and the configuration.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second network node comprises a location management function (LMF) or an over-the-top (OTT) server.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of displacement RFFP measurements comprises at least one of:

a channel impulse response (CIR);

a channel frequency response (CFR);

a histogram of a reference signal strength indicator (RSSI);

a reference signal received power (RSRP);

a reference signal received quality (RSRQ);

an angle of arrival (AoA);

an angle of departure (AoD);

a delay spread;

an angle spread; or

a Doppler spread.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

configure the first set of SRSs for transmission from the wireless device to a transmission reception point (TRP) during the first time period associated with the first position;

configure the second set of SRSs for transmission from the wireless device to a transmission reception point (TRP) during the second time period associated with the second position; and

configure the configuration to calculate the second position using the positioning model based on the first position and the set of displacement information.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

calculate the second position using the positioning model based on the first position and the set of displacement information.

20 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

calculate the set of displacement information using the positioning model based on the set of displacement RFFP measurements.

21 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit a request to indicate support for outputting the set of RFFP measurements to the positioning model; and

receive an indication of support to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements, wherein, to transmit the configuration, the at least one processor is configured to transmit the configuration in response to the reception of the indication of support.

22 . The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor, wherein, to transmit the configuration, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver, the configuration for the positioning model associated with the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs to the first network node.

23 . A method of wireless communication at a first network node, comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a first set of sounding reference signals (SRSs) during a first time period associated with a first position of the wireless device and a second set of SRSs during a second time period associated with a second position of the wireless device, wherein the first time period does not overlap with the second time period;

measuring the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs;

calculating a set of displacement radio frequency fingerprint (RFFP) measurements based on the measured first set of SRSs and measured second set of SRSs; and

outputting the set of displacement RFFP measurements to a positioning model to calculate a set of displacement information associated with the wireless device.

24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein outputting the set of displacement RFFP measurements to the positioning model comprises:

calculating the set of displacement information using the positioning model based on the set of displacement RFFP measurements.

25 . The method of claim 23 , wherein outputting the set of displacement RFFP measurements to the positioning model comprises:

transmitting the set of displacement RFFP measurements to a second network node for calculating the set of displacement information using the positioning model.

26 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

receiving a request to indicate support for outputting the set of RFFP measurements to the positioning model; and

transmitting an indication of support to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements, wherein receiving the first set of SRSs and the second set of SRSs is in response to transmitting the indication of support.

27 . A method of communication at a second network node, comprising:

transmitting a configuration for a positioning model associated with a first set of sounding reference signals (SRSs) scheduled for transmission from a wireless device during a first time period associated with a first position of the wireless device and a second set of SRSs scheduled for transmission from the wireless device during a second time period associated with a second position of the wireless device to a first network node, wherein the first time period does not overlap with the second time period; and

receiving at least a set of displacement radio frequency fingerprint (RFFP) measurements for the positioning model based on the first set of SRSs scheduled for the transmission from the wireless device during the first time period associated with the first position of the wireless device and the second set of SRSs scheduled for the transmission from the wireless device during the second time period associated with the second position of the wireless device or receive a set of displacement information calculated using the positioning model based on the set of RFFP measurements and the configuration.

28 . The method of claim 27 , further comprising:

configuring the first set of SRSs for the first time period associated with the first position;

configuring the second set of SRSs for the second time period associated with the second position; and

configuring the configuration to calculate the second position using the positioning model based on the first position and the set of displacement information.

29 . The method of claim 27 , further comprising:

calculating the set of displacement information using the positioning model based on the set of displacement RFFP measurements.

30 . The method of claim 27 , further comprising:

transmitting a request to indicate support for outputting the set of RFFP measurements to the positioning model; and

receiving an indication of support to output the set of displacement RFFP measurements, wherein transmitting the configuration is in response to receiving the indication of support.

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