US Patent Application 18188914. METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING OF MOBILE AND STATIC DEVICES simplified abstract

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING OF MOBILE AND STATIC DEVICES

Inventors

Stephen William Edge of Escondido CA (US)

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING OF MOBILE AND STATIC DEVICES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18188914 Titled 'METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING OF MOBILE AND STATIC DEVICES'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a method for determining the location of user equipments (UEs) using sidelink positioning. This is done by exchanging messages between the UEs, which contain information about their positioning capabilities, resources, signal configurations, measurements, and location results. These location results can include ranges, directions, locations, velocities, relative locations, and relative velocities. UEs can be grouped together based on certain criteria, and the group management procedure allows for adding, removing, and transferring UEs between groups. The network can also support sidelink positioning by transferring messages between a UE and a location server, where the messages can be embedded in LPP and/or SUPL messages.

Original Abstract Submitted

Sidelink positioning of user equipments (UEs) is supported by exchanging sidelink positioning messages between the UEs, where the messages may include sidelink positioning capabilities, sidelink positioning resources, sidelink Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) configurations, sidelink measurements and/or location results for one or more of the UEs, and may be used for determining the location results. Location results may include ranges, directions, locations, velocities, relative locations and relative velocities. Groups of UEs may be formed for sidelink positioning based on group criteria parameters that are used for determining UE inclusion or exclusion in a group, in a centralized or distributed group management procedure. Group management may additionally remove and add UEs and transfer UEs between groups. Network supported sidelink positioning may transfer sidelink positioning messages between a UE and a location server where a sidelink positioning message may be embedded in an LPP and/or SUPL message.