18834132. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING (NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING

Organization Name

NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

Inventor(s)

Oana-Elena Barbu of Aalborg DK

Ping-Heng Kuo of Cambridge GB

Diomidis Michalopoulos of Munich DE

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18834132 titled 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING

Original Abstract Submitted

Positioning in a first terminal device that performs receiving from a coordination entity an anchor feared event request for sidelink positioning of a target device; and transmitting an anchor feared event response that indicates an integrity of the first terminal device candidate as a positioning anchor device for the target device. The anchor feared event response includes at least one of following feared event indicators: a link quality characteristic of a channel between the first terminal device and the target device; or power headroom of the first terminal device. A corresponding method in the coordinating entity, and computer program, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium are also disclosed.