WO2024211337A1

WO2024211337A1 - Determination of a positioning measurement for positioning calculation

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Publication number: WO2024211337A1
Application number: PCT/US2024/022729
Authority: WO
Inventors: Tao Deng; Fumihiro Hasegawa; Tuong Duc HOANG; Paul Marinier; Moon-Il Lee
Original assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc
Current assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc
Priority date: 2023-04-04
Filing date: 2024-04-03
Publication date: 2024-10-10
Anticipated expiration: 2025-10-04

Abstract

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a positioning reference unit (PRU), an indication of a position of the PRU. The WTRU may receive a first positioning measurement and a second positioning measurement from the PRU, and a third positioning measurement and a fourth positioning measurement from a target WTRU. The WTRU may select a positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU. The WTRU may calculate a position of the target WTRU based on the selected positioning measurement. The WTRU may send the calculated position to the target WTRU.

Description

DETERMINATION OF A POSITIONING MEASUREMENT FOR POSITIONING CALCULATION

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/456,894, filed April 4, 2023 the contents of which is incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND

[0001] Mobile communications using wireless communication continue to evolve. A fifth generation may be referred to as 5G. A previous (legacy) generation of mobile communication may be, for example, fourth generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE).

SUMMARY

[0002] Systems, methods, devices, and instrumentalities are described herein related to determining a position measurement for position calculation.

[0003] A device (e.g., a target wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)) may be configured to receive, from a positioning reference unit (PRU), an indication of a position of the PRU. The device may receive a first positioning measurement and a second positioning measurement from the PRU, and a third positioning measurement and a fourth positioning measurement from a target WTRU. The device may select a positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU. The device may calculate a position of the target WTRU based on the selected positioning measurement. The device may send the calculated position to the target WTRU.

[0004] The device may determine a first error factor between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU. The device may determine a second error factor between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU. On a condition that the first error factor is smaller than the second error factor, the device may select the third positioning measurement. On a condition that the second error factor is smaller than the first error factor, the device may select the fourth positioning measurement. [0005] The first error factor may be one of: a timing error between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, and the second error factor is one of: a timing error between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU.

[0006] The device may receive a fifth positioning measurement from the target WTRU. The device may select the positioning measurement, from the third positioning measurement, the fourth positioning measurement, and the fifth positioning measurement, based on a first error factor associated with the first positioning measurement, a second error factor associated with the second positioning measurement.

[0007] The device may send, to the target WTRU and the PRU, a positioning measurement request. The positioning measurement request may indicate: a first request for the PRU to perform the first positioning measurement on a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs) and the second positioning measurement on a second set of PRSs, and a second request for the target WTRU to perform the third positioning measurement on the first set of PRSs and the fourth positioning measurement on the second set of PRSs.

[0008] The first positioning measurement may be associated with a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs). PRSs in the first set of PRSs may be associated with a first measurement gap. The second positioning measurement may be associated with a second set of PRSs. PRSs in the second set of PRSs may be associated with a second measurement gap. The first measurement gap or the second measurement gap may be one slot (e.g., in length).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] FIG. 1 A is a system diagram illustrating an example communications system in which one or more disclosed embodiments may be implemented.

[0010] FIG. 1 B is a system diagram illustrating an example wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that may be used within the communications system illustrated in FIG. 1A according to an embodiment.

[0011] FIG. 1 C is a system diagram illustrating an example radio access network (RAN) and an example core network (CN) that may be used within the communications system illustrated in FIG. 1 A according to an embodiment.

[0012] FIG. 1 D is a system diagram illustrating a further example RAN and a further example CN that may be used within the communications system illustrated in FIG. 1A according to an embodiment.

[0013] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of an anchor WTRU determining a set of sidelink positioning reference signal (SL-PRS) transmissions to use for a target WTRU-based SL positioning calculation. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0014] FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an example communications system 100 in which one or more disclosed embodiments may be implemented. The communications system 100 may be a multiple access system that provides content, such as voice, data, video, messaging, broadcast, etc., to multiple wireless users. The communications system 100 may enable multiple wireless users to access such content through the sharing of system resources, including wireless bandwidth. For example, the communications systems 100 may employ one or more channel access methods, such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA), single-carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA), zero-tail unique-word DFT-Spread OFDM (ZT UW DTS-s OFDM), unique word OFDM (UW-OFDM), resource block-filtered OFDM, filter bank multicarrier (FBMC), and the like.

[0015] As shown in FIG. 1A, the communications system 100 may include wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, a RAN 104/113, a ON 106/115, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 108, the Internet 110, and other networks 112, though it will be appreciated that the disclosed embodiments contemplate any number of WTRUs, base stations, networks, and/or network elements. Each of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d may be any type of device configured to operate and/or communicate in a wireless environment. By way of example, the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, any of which may be referred to as a “station” and/or a “ST A”, may be configured to transmit and/or receive wireless signals and may include a user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a subscription-based unit, a pager, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smartphone, a laptop, a netbook, a personal computer, a wireless sensor, a hotspot or Mi-Fi device, an Internet of Things (loT) device, a watch or other wearable, a head-mounted display (HMD), a vehicle, a drone, a medical device and applications (e.g., remote surgery), an industrial device and applications (e.g., a robot and/or other wireless devices operating in an industrial and/or an automated processing chain contexts), a consumer electronics device, a device operating on commercial and/or industrial wireless networks, and the like. Any of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c and 102d may be interchangeably referred to as a UE.

[0016] The communications systems 100 may also include a base station 114a and/or a base station 114b. Each of the base stations 114a, 114b may be any type of device configured to wirelessly interface with at least one of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d to facilitate access to one or more communication networks, such as the CN 106/115, the Internet 110, and/or the other networks 112. By way of example, the base stations 114a, 114b may be a base transceiver station (BTS), a Node-B, an eNode B, a Home Node B, a Home eNode B, a gNB, a NR NodeB, a site controller, an access point (AP), a wireless router, and the like. While the base stations 114a, 114b are each depicted as a single element, it will be appreciated that the base stations 114a, 114b may include any number of interconnected base stations and/or network elements.

[0017] The base station 114a may be part of the RAN 104/113, which may also include other base stations and/or network elements (not shown), such as a base station controller (BSC), a radio network controller (RNC), relay nodes, etc. The base station 114a and/or the base station 114b may be configured to transmit and/or receive wireless signals on one or more carrier frequencies, which may be referred to as a cell (not shown). These frequencies may be in licensed spectrum, unlicensed spectrum, or a combination of licensed and unlicensed spectrum. A cell may provide coverage for a wireless service to a specific geographical area that may be relatively fixed or that may change over time. The cell may further be divided into cell sectors. For example, the cell associated with the base station 114a may be divided into three sectors. Thus, in one embodiment, the base station 114a may include three transceivers, i.e., one for each sector of the cell. In an embodiment, the base station 114a may employ multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) technology and may utilize multiple transceivers for each sector of the cell. For example, beamforming may be used to transmit and/or receive signals in desired spatial directions.

[0018] The base stations 114a, 114b may communicate with one or more of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d over an air interface 116, which may be any suitable wireless communication link (e.g., radio frequency (RF), microwave, centimeter wave, micrometer wave, infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV), visible light, etc.). The air interface 116 may be established using any suitable radio access technology (RAT).

[0019] More specifically, as noted above, the communications system 100 may be a multiple access system and may employ one or more channel access schemes, such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA, and the like. For example, the base station 114a in the RAN 104/113 and the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement a radio technology such as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), which may establish the air interface 115/116/117 using wideband CDMA (WCDMA). WCDMA may include communication protocols such as High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and/or Evolved HSPA (HSPA+). HSPA may include High-Speed Downlink (DL) Packet Access (HSDPA) and/or High-Speed UL Packet Access (HSUPA).

[0020] In an embodiment, the base station 114a and the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement a radio technology such as Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA), which may establish the air interface 116 using Long Term Evolution (LTE) and/or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) and/or LTE-Advanced Pro (LTE-A Pro).

[0021] In an embodiment, the base station 114a and the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement a radio technology such as NR Radio Access , which may establish the air interface 116 using New Radio (NR). [0022] In an embodiment, the base station 114a and the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement multiple radio access technologies. For example, the base station 114a and the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement LTE radio access and NR radio access together, for instance using dual connectivity (DC) principles. Thus, the air interface utilized by WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may be characterized by multiple types of radio access technologies and/or transmissions sent to/from multiple types of base stations (e.g., a eNB and a gNB).

[0023] In other embodiments, the base station 114a and the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement radio technologies such as IEEE 802.11 (i.e., Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), IEEE 802.16 (i.e., Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)), CDMA2000, CDMA2000 1X, CDMA2000 EV-DO, Interim Standard 2000 (IS-2000), Interim Standard 95 (IS-95), Interim Standard 856 (IS-856), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), GSM EDGE (GERAN), and the like.

[0024] The base station 114b in FIG. 1 A may be a wireless router, Home Node B, Home eNode B, or access point, for example, and may utilize any suitable RAT for facilitating wireless connectivity in a localized area, such as a place of business, a home, a vehicle, a campus, an industrial facility, an air corridor (e.g., for use by drones), a roadway, and the like. In one embodiment, the base station 114b and the WTRUs 102c, 102d may implement a radio technology such as IEEE 802.11 to establish a wireless local area network (WLAN). In an embodiment, the base station 114b and the WTRUs 102c, 102d may implement a radio technology such as IEEE 802.15 to establish a wireless personal area network (WPAN). In yet another embodiment, the base station 114b and the WTRUs 102c, 102d may utilize a cellular-based RAT (e.g., WCDMA, CDMA2000, GSM, LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR etc.) to establish a picocell or femtocell. As shown in FIG. 1 A, the base station 114b may have a direct connection to the Internet 110. Thus, the base station 114b may not be required to access the Internet 110 via the CN 106/115.

[0025] The RAN 104/113 may be in communication with the CN 106/115, which may be any type of network configured to provide voice, data, applications, and/or voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services to one or more of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d. The data may have varying quality of service (QoS) requirements, such as differing throughput requirements, latency requirements, error tolerance requirements, reliability requirements, data throughput requirements, mobility requirements, and the like. The CN 106/115 may provide call control, billing services, mobile location-based services, pre-paid calling, Internet connectivity, video distribution, etc., and/or perform high-level security functions, such as user authentication. Although not shown in FIG. 1A, it will be appreciated that the RAN 104/113 and/or the CN 106/115 may be in direct or indirect communication with other RANs that employ the same RAT as the RAN 104/113 or a different RAT. For example, in addition to being connected to the RAN 104/113, which may be utilizing a NR radio technology, the CN 106/115 may also be in communication with another RAN (not shown) employing a GSM, UMTS, CDMA 2000, WiMAX, E-UTRA, or WiFi radio technology.

[0026] The CN 106/115 may also serve as a gateway for the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d to access the PSTN 108, the Internet 110, and/or the other networks 112. The PSTN 108 may include circuit- switched telephone networks that provide plain old telephone service (POTS). The Internet 110 may include a global system of interconnected computer networks and devices that use common communication protocols, such as the transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP) and/or the internet protocol (IP) in the TCP/IP internet protocol suite. The networks 112 may include wired and/or wireless communications networks owned and/or operated by other service providers. For example, the networks 112 may include another CN connected to one or more RANs, which may employ the same RAT as the RAN 104/113 or a different RAT.

[0027] Some or all of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d in the communications system 100 may include multi-mode capabilities (e.g., the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d may include multiple transceivers for communicating with different wireless networks over different wireless links). For example, the WTRU 102c shown in FIG. 1A may be configured to communicate with the base station 114a, which may employ a cellular-based radio technology, and with the base station 114b, which may employ an IEEE 802 radio technology.

[0028] FIG. 1 B is a system diagram illustrating an example WTRU 102. As shown in FIG. 1 B, the WTRU 102 may include a processor 118, a transceiver 120, a transmit/receive element 122, a speaker/microphone 124, a keypad 126, a display/touchpad 128, non-removable memory 130, removable memory 132, a power source 134, a global positioning system (GPS) chipset 136, and/or other peripherals 138, among others. It will be appreciated that the WTRU 102 may include any sub-combination of the foregoing elements while remaining consistent with an embodiment.

[0029] The processor 118 may be a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), a state machine, and the like. The processor 118 may perform signal coding, data processing, power control, input/output processing, and/or any other functionality that enables the WTRU 102 to operate in a wireless environment. The processor 118 may be coupled to the transceiver 120, which may be coupled to the transmit/receive element 122. While FIG. 1 B depicts the processor 118 and the transceiver 120 as separate components, it will be appreciated that the processor 118 and the transceiver 120 may be integrated together in an electronic package or chip. [0030] The transmit/receive element 122 may be configured to transmit signals to, or receive signals from, a base station (e.g., the base station 114a) over the air interface 116. For example, in one embodiment, the transmit/receive element 122 may be an antenna configured to transmit and/or receive RF signals. In an embodiment, the transmit/receive element 122 may be an emitter/detector configured to transmit and/or receive IR, UV, or visible light signals, for example. In yet another embodiment, the transmit/receive element 122 may be configured to transmit and/or receive both RF and light signals. It will be appreciated that the transmit/receive element 122 may be configured to transmit and/or receive any combination of wireless signals.

[0031] Although the transmit/receive element 122 is depicted in FIG. 1 B as a single element, the WTRU 102 may include any number of transmit/receive elements 122. More specifically, the WTRU 102 may employ MIMO technology. Thus, in one embodiment, the WTRU 102 may include two or more transmit/receive elements 122 (e.g., multiple antennas) for transmitting and receiving wireless signals over the air interface 116.

[0032] The transceiver 120 may be configured to modulate the signals that are to be transmitted by the transmit/receive element 122 and to demodulate the signals that are received by the transmit/receive element 122. As noted above, the WTRU 102 may have multi-mode capabilities. Thus, the transceiver 120 may include multiple transceivers for enabling the WTRU 102 to communicate via multiple RATs, such as NR and IEEE 802.11, for example.

[0033] The processor 118 of the WTRU 102 may be coupled to, and may receive user input data from, the speaker/microphone 124, the keypad 126, and/or the display/touchpad 128 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit or organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display unit). The processor 118 may also output user data to the speaker/microphone 124, the keypad 126, and/or the display/touchpad 128. In addition, the processor 118 may access information from, and store data in, any type of suitable memory, such as the non-removable memory 130 and/or the removable memory 132. The non-removable memory 130 may include random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), a hard disk, or any other type of memory storage device. The removable memory 132 may include a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, a memory stick, a secure digital (SD) memory card, and the like. In other embodiments, the processor 118 may access information from, and store data in, memory that is not physically located on the WTRU 102, such as on a server or a home computer (not shown).

[0034] The processor 118 may receive power from the power source 134, and may be configured to distribute and/or control the power to the other components in the WTRU 102. The power source 134 may be any suitable device for powering the WTRU 102. For example, the power source 134 may include one or more dry cell batteries (e.g., nickel-cadmium (NiCd), nickel-zinc (NiZn), nickel metal hydride (NiMH), lithium-ion (Li-ion), etc.), solar cells, fuel cells, and the like.

[0035] The processor 118 may also be coupled to the GPS chipset 136, which may be configured to provide location information (e.g., longitude and latitude) regarding the current location of the WTRU 102. In addition to, or in lieu of, the information from the GPS chipset 136, the WTRU 102 may receive location information over the air interface 116 from a base station (e.g., base stations 114a, 114b) and/or determine its location based on the timing of the signals being received from two or more nearby base stations. It will be appreciated that the WTRU 102 may acquire location information by way of any suitable locationdetermination method while remaining consistent with an embodiment.

[0036] The processor 118 may further be coupled to other peripherals 138, which may include one or more software and/or hardware modules that provide additional features, functionality and/or wired or wireless connectivity. For example, the peripherals 138 may include an accelerometer, an e-compass, a satellite transceiver, a digital camera (for photographs and/or video), a universal serial bus (USB) port, a vibration device, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a digital music player, a media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser, a Virtual Reality and/or Augmented Reality (VR/AR) device, an activity tracker, and the like. The peripherals 138 may include one or more sensors, the sensors may be one or more of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a hall effect sensor, a magnetometer, an orientation sensor, a proximity sensor, a temperature sensor, a time sensor; a geolocation sensor; an altimeter, a light sensor, a touch sensor, a magnetometer, a barometer, a gesture sensor, a biometric sensor, and/or a humidity sensor.

[0037] The WTRU 102 may include a full duplex radio for which transmission and reception of some or all of the signals (e.g., associated with particular subframes for both the UL (e.g., for transmission) and downlink (e.g., for reception) may be concurrent and/or simultaneous. The full duplex radio may include an interference management unit to reduce and or substantially eliminate self-interference via either hardware (e.g., a choke) or signal processing via a processor (e.g., a separate processor (not shown) or via processor 118). In an embodiment, the WRTU 102 may include a half-duplex radio for which transmission and reception of some or all of the signals (e.g., associated with particular subframes for either the UL (e.g., for transmission) or the downlink (e.g., for reception)).

[0038] FIG. 1 C is a system diagram illustrating the RAN 104 and the CN 106 according to an embodiment. As noted above, the RAN 104 may employ an E-UTRA radio technology to communicate with the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c over the air interface 116. The RAN 104 may also be in communication with the CN 106. [0039] The RAN 104 may include eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c, though it will be appreciated that the RAN 104 may include any number of eNode-Bs while remaining consistent with an embodiment. The eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c may each include one or more transceivers for communicating with the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c over the air interface 116. In one embodiment, the eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c may implement MIMO technology. Thus, the eNode-B 160a, for example, may use multiple antennas to transmit wireless signals to, and/or receive wireless signals from, the WTRU 102a.

[0040] Each of the eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c may be associated with a particular cell (not shown) and may be configured to handle radio resource management decisions, handover decisions, scheduling of users in the UL and/or DL, and the like. As shown in FIG. 1 C, the eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c may communicate with one another over an X2 interface.

[0041] The CN 106 shown in FIG. 1 C may include a mobility management entity (MME) 162, a serving gateway (SGW) 164, and a packet data network (PDN) gateway (or PGW) 166. While each of the foregoing elements are depicted as part of the CN 106, it will be appreciated that any of these elements may be owned and/or operated by an entity other than the CN operator.

[0042] The MME 162 may be connected to each of the eNode-Bs 162a, 162b, 162c in the RAN 104 via an S1 interface and may serve as a control node. For example, the MME 162 may be responsible for authenticating users of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, bearer activation/deactivation, selecting a particular serving gateway during an initial attach of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, and the like. The MME 162 may provide a control plane function for switching between the RAN 104 and other RANs (not shown) that employ other radio technologies, such as GSM and/or WCDMA.

[0043] The SGW 164 may be connected to each of the eNode Bs 160a, 160b, 160c in the RAN 104 via the S1 interface. The SGW 164 may generally route and forward user data packets to/from the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c. The SGW 164 may perform other functions, such as anchoring user planes during inter- eNode B handovers, triggering paging when DL data is available for the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, managing and storing contexts of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, and the like.

[0044] The SGW 164 may be connected to the PGW 166, which may provide the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c with access to packet-switched networks, such as the Internet 110, to facilitate communications between the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c and IP-enabled devices.

[0045] The CN 106 may facilitate communications with other networks. For example, the CN 106 may provide the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c with access to circuit-switched networks, such as the PSTN 108, to facilitate communications between the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c and traditional land-line communications devices. For example, the CN 106 may include, or may communicate with, an IP gateway (e.g., an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) server) that serves as an interface between the CN 106 and the PSTN 108. In addition, the CN 106 may provide the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c with access to the other networks 112, which may include other wired and/or wireless networks that are owned and/or operated by other service providers.

[0046] Although the WTRU is described in FIGS. 1 A-1 D as a wireless terminal, it is contemplated that in certain representative embodiments that such a terminal may use (e.g., temporarily or permanently) wired communication interfaces with the communication network.

[0047] In representative embodiments, the other network 112 may be a WLAN.

[0048] A WLAN in Infrastructure Basic Service Set (BSS) mode may have an Access Point (AP) for the BSS and one or more stations (STAs) associated with the AP. The AP may have an access or an interface to a Distribution System (DS) or another type of wired/wireless network that carries traffic in to and/or out of the BSS. Traffic to STAs that originates from outside the BSS may arrive through the AP and may be delivered to the STAs. Traffic originating from STAs to destinations outside the BSS may be sent to the AP to be delivered to respective destinations. Traffic between STAs within the BSS may be sent through the AP, for example, where the source STA may send traffic to the AP and the AP may deliver the traffic to the destination STA. The traffic between STAs within a BSS may be considered and/or referred to as peer-to- peer traffic. The peer-to-peer traffic may be sent between (e.g., directly between) the source and destination STAs with a direct link setup (DLS). In certain representative embodiments, the DLS may use an 802.11e DLS or an 802.11 z tunneled DLS (TDLS). A WLAN using an Independent BSS (IBSS) mode may not have an AP, and the STAs (e.g., all of the STAs) within or using the IBSS may communicate directly with each other. The IBSS mode of communication may sometimes be referred to herein as an “ad- hoc” mode of communication.

[0049] When using the 802.11 ac infrastructure mode of operation or a similar mode of operations, the AP may transmit a beacon on a fixed channel, such as a primary channel. The primary channel may be a fixed width (e.g., 20 MHz wide bandwidth) or a dynamically set width via signaling. The primary channel may be the operating channel of the BSS and may be used by the STAs to establish a connection with the AP. In certain representative embodiments, Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) may be implemented, for example in in 802.11 systems. For CSMA/CA, the STAs (e.g., every STA), including the AP, may sense the primary channel. If the primary channel is sensed/detected and/or determined to be busy by a particular STA, the particular STA may back off. One STA (e.g., only one station) may transmit at any given time in a given BSS.

[0050] High Throughput (HT) STAs may use a 40 MHz wide channel for communication, for example, via a combination of the primary 20 MHz channel with an adjacent or nonadjacent 20 MHz channel to form a 40 MHz wide channel. [0051] Very High Throughput (VHT) STAs may support 20MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, and/or 160 MHz wide channels. The 40 MHz, and/or 80 MHz, channels may be formed by combining contiguous 20 MHz channels. A 160 MHz channel may be formed by combining 8 contiguous 20 MHz channels, or by combining two non-contiguous 80 MHz channels, which may be referred to as an 80+80 configuration. For the 80+80 configuration, the data, after channel encoding, may be passed through a segment parser that may divide the data into two streams. Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, and time domain processing, may be done on each stream separately. The streams may be mapped on to the two 80 MHz channels, and the data may be transmitted by a transmitting STA. At the receiver of the receiving STA, the above described operation for the 80+80 configuration may be reversed, and the combined data may be sent to the Medium Access Control (MAC).

[0052] Sub 1 GHz modes of operation are supported by 802.11af and 802.11 ah. The channel operating bandwidths, and carriers, are reduced in 802.11 af and 802.11 ah relative to those used in 802.11 n, and 802.11 ac. 802.11 af supports 5 MHz, 10 MHz and 20 MHz bandwidths in the TV White Space (TVWS) spectrum, and 802.11 ah supports 1 MHz, 2 MHz, 4 MHz, 8 MHz, and 16 MHz bandwidths using non- TVWS spectrum. According to a representative embodiment, 802.11 ah may support Meter Type Control/Machine-Type Communications, such as MTC devices in a macro coverage area. MTC devices may have certain capabilities, for example, limited capabilities including support for (e.g., only support for) certain and/or limited bandwidths. The MTC devices may include a battery with a battery life above a threshold (e.g., to maintain a very long battery life).

[0053] WLAN systems, which may support multiple channels, and channel bandwidths, such as 802.11 n, 802.11 ac, 802.11 af, and 802.11 ah, include a channel which may be designated as the primary channel. The primary channel may have a bandwidth equal to the largest common operating bandwidth supported by all STAs in the BSS. The bandwidth of the primary channel may be set and/or limited by a STA, from among all STAs in operating in a BSS, which supports the smallest bandwidth operating mode. In the example of 802.11 ah, the primary channel may be 1 MHz wide for STAs (e.g., MTC type devices) that support (e.g., only support) a 1 MHz mode, even if the AP, and other STAs in the BSS support 2 MHz, 4 MHz, 8 MHz, 16 MHz, and/or other channel bandwidth operating modes. Carrier sensing and/or Network Allocation Vector (NAV) settings may depend on the status of the primary channel. If the primary channel is busy, for example, due to a STA (which supports only a 1 MHz operating mode), transmitting to the AP, the entire available frequency bands may be considered busy even though a majority of the frequency bands remains idle and may be available.

[0054] In the United States, the available frequency bands, which may be used by 802.11 ah, are from 902 MHz to 928 MHz. In Korea, the available frequency bands are from 917.5 MHz to 923.5 MHz. In Japan, the available frequency bands are from 916.5 MHz to 927.5 MHz. The total bandwidth available for 802.11 ah is 6 MHz to 26 MHz depending on the country code.

[0055] FIG. 1 D is a system diagram illustrating the RAN 113 and the CN 115 according to an embodiment. As noted above, the RAN 113 may employ an NR radio technology to communicate with the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c over the air interface 116. The RAN 113 may also be in communication with the CN 115.

[0056] The RAN 113 may include gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c, though it will be appreciated that the RAN 113 may include any number of gNBs while remaining consistent with an embodiment. The gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may each include one or more transceivers for communicating with the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c over the air interface 116. In one embodiment, the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may implement MIMO technology. For example, gNBs 180a, 108b may utilize beamforming to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c. Thus, the gNB 180a, for example, may use multiple antennas to transmit wireless signals to, and/or receive wireless signals from, the WTRU 102a. In an embodiment, the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may implement carrier aggregation technology. For example, the gNB 180a may transmit multiple component carriers to the WTRU 102a (not shown). A subset of these component carriers may be on unlicensed spectrum while the remaining component carriers may be on licensed spectrum. In an embodiment, the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may implement Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) technology. For example, WTRU 102a may receive coordinated transmissions from gNB 180a and gNB 180b (and/or gNB 180c).

[0057] The WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may communicate with gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c using transmissions associated with a scalable numerology. For example, the OFDM symbol spacing and/or OFDM subcarrier spacing may vary for different transmissions, different cells, and/or different portions of the wireless transmission spectrum. The WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may communicate with gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c using subframe or transmission time intervals (TTIs) of various or scalable lengths (e.g., containing varying number of OFDM symbols and/or lasting varying lengths of absolute time).

[0058] The gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may be configured to communicate with the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c in a standalone configuration and/or a non-standalone configuration. In the standalone configuration, WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may communicate with gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c without also accessing other RANs (e.g., such as eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c). In the standalone configuration, WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may utilize one or more of gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c as a mobility anchor point. In the standalone configuration, WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may communicate with gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c using signals in an unlicensed band. In a non-standalone configuration WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may communicate with/connect to gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c while also communicating with/connecting to another RAN such as eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c. For example, WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may implement DC principles to communicate with one or more gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c and one or more eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c substantially simultaneously. In the non-standalone configuration, eNode-Bs 160a, 160b, 160c may serve as a mobility anchor for WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c and gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may provide additional coverage and/or throughput for servicing WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c.

[0059] Each of the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may be associated with a particular cell (not shown) and may be configured to handle radio resource management decisions, handover decisions, scheduling of users in the UL and/or DL, support of network slicing, dual connectivity, interworking between NR and E- UTRA, routing of user plane data towards User Plane Function (UPF) 184a, 184b, routing of control plane information towards Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) 182a, 182b and the like. As shown in FIG. 1 D, the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c may communicate with one another over an Xn interface.

[0060] The CN 115 shown in FIG. 1 D may include at least one AMF 182a, 182b, at least one UPF 184a, 184b, at least one Session Management Function (SMF) 183a, 183b, and possibly a Data Network (DN) 185a, 185b. While each of the foregoing elements are depicted as part of the CN 115, it will be appreciated that any of these elements may be owned and/or operated by an entity other than the CN operator.

[0061] The AMF 182a, 182b may be connected to one or more of the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c in the RAN 113 via an N2 interface and may serve as a control node. For example, the AMF 182a, 182b may be responsible for authenticating users of the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c, support for network slicing (e.g., handling of different PDU sessions with different requirements), selecting a particular SMF 183a, 183b, management of the registration area, termination of NAS signaling, mobility management, and the like. Network slicing may be used by the AMF 182a, 182b in order to customize CN support for WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c based on the types of services being utilized WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c. For example, different network slices may be established for different use cases such as services relying on ultra-reliable low latency (URLLC) access, services relying on enhanced massive mobile broadband (eMBB) access, services for machine type communication (MTC) access, and/or the like. The AMF 162 may provide a control plane function for switching between the RAN 113 and other RANs (not shown) that employ other radio technologies, such as LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, and/or non-3GPP access technologies such as WiFi.

[0062] The SMF 183a, 183b may be connected to an AMF 182a, 182b in the CN 115 via an N11 interface. The SMF 183a, 183b may also be connected to a UPF 184a, 184b in the CN 115 via an N4 interface. The SMF 183a, 183b may select and control the UPF 184a, 184b and configure the routing of traffic through the UPF 184a, 184b. The SMF 183a, 183b may perform other functions, such as managing and allocating UE IP address, managing PDU sessions, controlling policy enforcement and QoS, providing downlink data notifications, and the like. A PDU session type may be IP-based, non-IP based, Ethernetbased, and the like.

[0063] The UPF 184a, 184b may be connected to one or more of the gNBs 180a, 180b, 180c in the RAN 113 via an N3 interface, which may provide the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c with access to packet- switched networks, such as the Internet 110, to facilitate communications between the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c and IP-enabled devices. The UPF 184, 184b may perform other functions, such as routing and forwarding packets, enforcing user plane policies, supporting multi-homed PDU sessions, handling user plane QoS, buffering downlink packets, providing mobility anchoring, and the like.

[0064] The CN 115 may facilitate communications with other networks. For example, the CN 115 may include, or may communicate with, an IP gateway (e.g., an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) server) that serves as an interface between the CN 115 and the PSTN 108. In addition, the CN 115 may provide the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c with access to the other networks 112, which may include other wired and/or wireless networks that are owned and/or operated by other service providers. In one embodiment, the WTRUs 102a, 102b, 102c may be connected to a local Data Network (DN) 185a, 185b through the UPF 184a, 184b via the N3 interface to the UPF 184a, 184b and an N6 interface between the UPF 184a, 184b and the DN 185a, 185b.

[0065] In view of Figures 1A-1 D, and the corresponding description of Figures 1A-1 D, one or more, or all, of the functions described herein with regard to one or more of: WTRU 102a-d, Base Station 114a-b, eNode-B 160a-c, MME 162, SGW 164, PGW 166, gNB 180a-c, AMF 182a-b, UPF 184a-b, SMF 183a-b, DN 185a-b, and/or any other device(s) described herein, may be performed by one or more emulation devices (not shown). The emulation devices may be one or more devices configured to emulate one or more, or all, of the functions described herein. For example, the emulation devices may be used to test other devices and/or to simulate network and/or WTRU functions.

[0066] The emulation devices may be designed to implement one or more tests of other devices in a lab environment and/or in an operator network environment. For example, the one or more emulation devices may perform the one or more, or all, functions while being fully or partially implemented and/or deployed as part of a wired and/or wireless communication network in order to test other devices within the communication network. The one or more emulation devices may perform the one or more, or all, functions while being temporarily implemented/deployed as part of a wired and/or wireless communication network. The emulation device may be directly coupled to another device for purposes of testing and/or may performing testing using over-the-air wireless communications.

[0067] The one or more emulation devices may perform the one or more, including all, functions while not being implemented/deployed as part of a wired and/or wireless communication network. For example, the emulation devices may be utilized in a testing scenario in a testing laboratory and/or a non-deployed (e.g., testing) wired and/or wireless communication network in order to implement testing of one or more components. The one or more emulation devices may be test equipment. Direct RF coupling and/or wireless communications via RF circuitry (e.g., which may include one or more antennas) may be used by the emulation devices to transmit and/or receive data.

[0068] Feature(s) associated with sidelink (SL) positioning are provided herein.

[0069] SL positioning may include SL-only-base positioning and a combination of SL-based positioning and Uu-based positioning. SL positioning may involve determining SL-RTT (Round Trip Time), SL-AoA (Angle of Arrival) and SL-TDoA (Time Difference of Arrival). For SL-TDoA, both DL-TDoA and UL-TDoA may be used.

[0070] Timing/angling positioning or a timing/angle positioning method may refer to any positioning technique that uses reference signals (e.g., SL positioning reference signals (SL-PRSs)). The WTRU may receive one or more (e.g., multiple) reference signals from other WTRU(s). The WTRU may measure reference signal time difference (RSTD), reference signal received power (RSRP), and/or AoA. Examples of angle/timing positioning include SL-AoD or SL-TDOA positioning. The WTRU may transmit SL-PRS to other WTRU (s). The other WTRU(s) may perform measurements (e.g., RSTD, AoA, RSRP). The other WTRU may determine the location of the WTRU that transmitted the SL-PRS (e.g., based on the measurements).

[0071] RTT positioning or a RTT positioning method may refer to any positioning technique that involves two WTRUs transmitting SL-PRS to each other. For example, an anchor WTRU may transmit SL-PRS to a target WTRU. If the target WTRU receives SL-PRS from the anchor WTRU, the target WTRU may transmit SL-PRS to the anchor WTRU. The target WTRU may measure the WTRU Tx-Rx time difference (e.g., the difference between transmission time of the SL-PRS from the target WTRU and reception time of the SL- PRS transmitted from the anchor WTRU). The target WTRU may report the WTRU Tx-Rx time difference to the anchor WTRU and/or network (e.g., gNB, LMF).

[0072] As used herein, the term network may refer to an AMF, location management function (LMF), gNB, or NG-RAN. The terms pre-configuration and configuration may be used interchangeably herein. The terms non-serving gNB and neighboring gNB may be used interchangeably herein. The terms gNB and TRP may be used interchangeably herein. The terms PRS or PRS resource may be used interchangeably herein. The terms PRS(s) or PRS resource(s) may be used interchangeably herein. The PRS(s) or PRS resource(s) may belong to different PRS resource sets. The terms PRS or DL-PRS or DL PRS may be used interchangeably herein. The terms measurement gap or measurement gap pattern may be used interchangeably herein. A measurement gap pattern may include parameters such as a measurement gap duration, a measurement gap repetition period, and/or a measurement gap periodicity.

[0073] A target WTRU may be a WTRU whose location information is to be acquired based on SL positioning measurements (e.g., in accordance with configured SL positioning techniques(s)). The SL positioning measurements may be performed by the target WTRU and/or anchor WTRU(s). Anchor WTRU(s) may be WTRU(s) discovered and/or identified by the network (e.g., LMF and/or gNB) and/or a target WTRU. An LMF may be a non-limiting example of a node or entity (e.g., network node or entity) that may be used for or to support positioning. Any other node or entity may be substituted for LMF and still be consistent with this disclosure.

[0074] A server WTRU may be a WTRU and/or TRP that is capable of performing LMF functionalities (e.g., including positioning result calculation, positioning technique determination, assistant data distribution, and/or SL anchor WTRU selection).

[0075] SL-PRS is an example SL reference signal that may be used in SL positioning techniques. An SL-PRS transmission may use a comb pattern and a pseudorandom-based sequence. The SL-PRS transmission may be based on two resource allocation schemes. In a first example scheme, SL-PRS resource allocation may be performed by the network. In a second example scheme, a WTRU may perform autonomous SL-PRS resource allocation based on SL sensing (e.g., legacy SL Mode 2 resource selection).

[0076] In one example, an SL-PRS configuration may contain at least one of the following parameters: number of symbols, transmission power, number of SL-PRS resources included in SL-PRS resource set, muting pattern for SL-PRS (e.g., the muting pattern may be expressed via a bitmap), periodicity, type of SL-PRS (e.g., periodic, semi-persistent, or aperiodic), slot offset for periodic transmission for SL-PRS, vertical shift of SL-PRS pattern in the frequency domain, time gap during repetition, repetition factor, RE (resource element) offset, comb pattern, comb size, spatial relation, QCL information (e.g., QCL target, QCL source) for SL-PRS, number of PRUs, number of TRPs, Absolute Radio-Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN), subcarrier spacing, expected RSTD, uncertainty in expected RSTD, start Physical Resource Block (PRB), bandwidth, BWP ID, number of frequency layers, start/end time for PRS transmission, on/off indicator for SL-PRS, TRP ID, SL-PRS ID, cell ID, global cell ID, PRU ID, and/or applicable time window. The WTRU may apply an SL-PRS configuration under a condition that the current time is within the applicable time window.

[0077] Feature(s) associated with a positioning reference unit (PRU) are provided herein.

[0078] A PRU may be a WTRU or TRP whose location (e.g., altitude, latitude, geographic coordinate, or local coordinate) is known. Capabilities of a PRU may be the same as a WTRU or TRP (e.g., capable of receiving PRS, transmitting SRS, transmitting SRS for positioning, transmitting return measurements, or transmitting PRS). The PRU measurements may be compared with the measurements expected at the known PRU location for the purpose of correction of the Uu DL or UL location measurements performed for a target WTRU.I In Uu positioning, simultaneous measurements of the same DL-PRS at the target WTRU and PRU and simultaneous transmissions of SRS from the PRU and target WTRU may occur.

[0079] To apply a positioning measurement result based on PRU transmission/reception to the positioning of a target WTRU, the positioning measurements used for the PRU and target WTRU positioning determination may be highly comparable. Such a comparability may be determined by evaluating the channel condition of two radio links (e.g., the sidelink between the target WTRU and the anchor WTRU and the sidelink between the PRU and the anchor WTRU). The SL-PRS transmission and/or measurement configuration used by the target WTRU may be aligned with an associated PRU.

[0080] For example, if an SL positioning is based on a measurement by a target WTRU and its associated PRU on an SL-PRS transmission from an anchor WTRU, the SL-PRS transmission measured at the PRU may experience similar (e.g., very similar) channel conditions as the SL-PRS transmission measured at the target WTRU. Similarly, if an SL position is based on a measurement by one or more anchor WTRU(s) on SL-PRS transmission by a target WTRU and its associated PRU, the SL-PRS transmissions from the target WTRU and its associated PRU may experience correlated (e.g., highly correlated) channel condition when arriving at the anchor WTRU(s).

[0081] In Uu positioning, for a target WTRU, a gNB may select one or more PRUs whose DL and UL channel conditions are similar (e.g., very similar) to the target WTRU’s channel conditions. The gNB may make this selection based on either (e.g., standardized) DL/UL measurements or other (e.g., proprietary) mechanisms. As a result, the gNB/network may perform an selection of a PRU associated with a target WTRU. The gNB/network may coordinate and/or indicate similar configuration of SRR transmissions for positioning (e.g., TX beam to use) and measurements of DL-PRS transmissions by a target WTRU and PRU.

[0082] However, the gNB and network may not be involved in SL operation (e.g., the second example scheme described herein) or the gNB may not know the channel condition of the sidelink between target WTRU and anchor WTRU and the sidelink between the PRU and anchor WTRU. Feature(s) associated with WTRU-based PRU selection and transmission/reception configuration coordination between PRU and target WTRU are described herein for PRU-assisted SL positioning.

[0083] To achieve high SL positioning accuracy, the SL positioning measurements (on SL-PRS transmission by an anchor WTRU) may be performed simultaneously by a target WTRU and its associated PRU (e.g., similar to Uu positioning with PRU). For SL positioning measurements performed by anchor WTRU(s) on SL-PRS transmissions from a target WTRU and PRU, simultaneous transmissions from the target WTRU and PRU may be performed. A WTRU-based mechanism to enable simultaneous or closely- placed SL-PRS transmissions/measurements by a target WTRU and its associated PRU may be used.

[0084] An anchor WTRU may determine a target WTRU-based SL positioning measurement for positioning calculation based on a set of PRU-based SL-PRS measurements.

[0085] Feature(s) associated with transmission configuration for an SL-PRS transmission are provided herein.

[0086] A WTRU may perform an SL-PRS transmission for SL positioning (e.g., using a transmission configuration that may impact SL positioning accuracy). A transmission configuration may be applied to and/or associated with an antenna reference point (ARP) and include one or more the following: WTRU TX timing error information; WTRU TX phase error information; antenna panel placement and orientation; antenna array configuration; and/or a transmission direction.

[0087] A WTRU may calibrate the timing error and/or phase error information (e.g., due to internal clock drift, group delay) specific to a transmission of an ARP. A signal transmitted at an ARP may experience a time delay and/or phase shift (e.g., caused by baseband and RF signal processing before the transmission at an ARP). The WTRU may calibrate this internal timing delay and/or phase shift specific to TX hardware components (e.g., a transmitter and connected antenna array/panel) used for each ARP. The WTRU may compensate the timing error and/or phase error (e.g., according to the calibration). Due to WTRU capability, there may be remaining timing error and/or phase error (e.g., that the WTRU may not be able to compensate). The WTRU may associate the error information with an ARP and an SL-PRS transmission performed at the ARP. A WTRU may use the error information in an SL positioning calculation (e.g., based SL position measurement performed on the SL-PRS transmission at the ARP).

[0088] A WTRU may be equipped with one or more (e.g., multiple) antenna panel(s) and/or antenna array(s). A vehicle WTRU may have an antenna array/panel in the front bumper, rear bumper, and/or on top of the rooftop. A roadside unit (RSU) may have an antenna array/panel installed at a fixed orientation (e.g., to provide a pre-determined spatial coverage). The antenna/panel used for an APR may be included in a transmission configuration. The WTRU may apply the antenna/panel information for SL positioning calculation (e.g., based on SL-PRS transmission performed at the ARP).

[0089] An antenna array may include a number of antenna elements of the array. A TX beam may be generated by an antenna panel (e.g., with a beamwidth that may depend on the operating frequency, number of antenna element, beamforming method, etc.). In a first frequency (FR1), the beamwidth may wide (e.g., as wide as 120 degrees). The center of the beamwidth (e.g., with maximum gain) may indicate a transmission direction. The center of the beamwidth may be indicated (e.g., using an antenna transmission boresight). Spatial characteristics of an SL-PRS transmission performed at an ARP may be indicated by the transmission configuration information regarding antenna array/panel placement and orientation, antenna array configuration, and/or transmission direction. A WTRU may use the transmission configuration information in an SL positioning calculation. The SL positioning calculation may be based on an SL position measurement (e.g., angle-based) performed on the SL-PRS transmission at the ARP.

[0090] Feature(s) associated with an anchor WTRU performing multiple sets of SL-PRS transmissions for PRU-based SL positioning are provided herein.

[0091] A WTRU (e.g., an anchor WTRU) may determine to perform a number of SL-PRS transmission sets for PRU-based and target WTRU-based SL positioning measurements. In one example, a WTRU may determine the number of SL-PRS transmission sets based on the supported transmission configurations (e.g., the number of supported antenna panels with different orientation). In a set of SL-PRS transmission (e.g., each set of SL-PRS transmissions), a WTRU may determine to perform SL-PRS transmission using ARPs with different timing error information, phase error information, antenna array configuration, and/or transmission direction. A WTRU may transmit SL-PRS transmissions from one antenna panel using different transmitters. An SL-PRS transmission (e.g., each SL-PRS transmission) may be associated with different timing and/or phase error information. The SL-PRS transmissions (e.g., each performed SL-PRS transmission) may be associated with different a transmission configuration (e.g., in terms of antenna panel, antenna array, timing/phase error information, and/or transmission direction).

[0092] A WTRU (e.g., an anchor WTRU) may perform resource selection for determined SL-PRS transmissions. The WTRU may determine a measurement gap for each SL-PRS transmission set and select resources for the SL-PRS set within the measurement gap. For example, the first positioning measurement may associated with a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs), where PRSs in the first set of PRSs are associated with a first measurement gap. The second positioning measurement may be associated with a second set of PRSs, where PRSs in the second set of PRSs are associated with a second measurement gap. The measurement gap may include a number of slots (e.g., one or more slots). During the measurement gap slots a WTRU may perform SL-PRS measurement(s) and/or related processing. During the measurement gap slots, the WTRU may suspend other SL transmission and/or reception activities.

[0093] An anchor WTRU may send (e.g., to the target WTRU and the PRU) a positioning measurement request that indicates: a first request for the PRU to perform the first positioning measurement on a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs) and the second positioning measurement on a second set of PRSs, and a second request for the target WTRU to perform the third positioning measurement on the first set of PRSs and the fourth positioning measurement on the second set of PRSs. the anchor WTRU may indicate the selected resources and/or measurement gap information (e.g., in the SL positioning request transmission). The WTRU may provide SL-PRS configuration (e.g., comb pattern) and/or an SL positioning method (e.g., an angle and/or timing measurement) in the request transmission. An anchor WTRU may perform a groupcast transmission (e.g., to send the request and configuration information to a target WTRU and associated PRU). The anchor WTRU may indicate an SL-PRS transmission ID associated with the corresponding resource selected for the SL-PRS transmission.

[0094] A WTRU may transmit the determined sets of SL-PRS transmissions (e.g., in the selected resources). FIG. 2 illustrates an example of an anchor WTRU determining a set of SL-PRS transmissions for target WTRU-based SL positioning calculation (e.g., based on PRU-based SL positioning measurement results of each set of SL-PRS transmissions).

[0095] As illustrated in FIG. 2, a target WTRU and associated PRU may perform the indicated SL positioning measurement on the SL-PRS transmissions during the indicated measurement gap within the configured resources. The anchor WTRU may receive an indication of the position of the PRU (e.g., the PRU may include its known location in the measurement reporting). An anchor WTRU may receive a measurement report including the measurement result for each SL-PRS transmission (e.g., from both the target WTRU and PRU). For example, the anchor WTRU may receive a first positioning measurement and a second positioning measurement from the PRU, and a third positioning measurement and a fourth positioning measurement from a target WTRU. An SL-PRS transmission ID may be included in the measurement report. The SL-PRS transmission ID may identify the corresponding SL-PRS measurement results. For a given SL-PRS transmission (e.g., for each performed SL-PRS transmission) with a specific transmission configuration, an anchor WTRU may receive PRU-based measurement results and target WTRU-based measurement results.

[0096] An anchor WTRU may determine a target WTRU-based SL positioning measurement result (e.g., for a target WTRU position calculation).

[0097] A WTRU (e.g., an anchor WTRU) may select/determine a received target-WTRU SL-PRS measurement result. For example, the anchor WTRU may select a positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU.

[0098] The anchor WTRU may calculate a position of the target WTRU based on the selected positioning measurement. For example, the anchor WTRU may use the received target-WTRU SL-PRS measurement result to perform a target WTRU position calculation (e.g., based on the received PRU-based SL-PRS measurements). [0099] The anchor WTRU may select/determine the positioning measurement based on error factors associated with the positioning measurements. For example, the anchor WTRU may determine an SL position measurement error factor for a PRU-based SL-PRS measurement (e.g., each received PRU- based SL-PRS measurement) based on one or more measurements. For example, the WTRU may determine an SL position measurement error factor based on an expected PRU-based SL positioning measurement result (e.g., angular and round trip time result based on the known location of both the PRU and the anchor WTRU). The WTRU may determine an SL position measurement error factor based on the reported PRU-based SL positioning measurement result based on SL-PRS transmission.

[0100] A WTRU may determine a best PRU-based SL-PRS measurement (e.g., the SL-PRS measurement with the smallest error factor) and the corresponding SL-PRS transmission identity. The error factor may be a timing error between a positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the positioning measurement and the position of the PRU. For example, the timing offset and/or angular offset calculated based on the PRU-based SL-PRS measurement may be the smallest amongst received PRU-based SL-PRS measurement results. For example, the anchor WTRU may determine a first error factor between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, and a second error factor between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU. On a condition that the first error factor is smaller than the second error factor, the anchor WTRU may select the third positioning measurement. On a condition that the second error factor is smaller than the first error factor, the anchor WTRU may select the fourth positioning measurement

[0101] In some examples, the anchor WTRU may receive more than two positioning measurements from the target WTRU. In this case, the anchor WTRU may select a positioning measurement based on the three of more positioning measurements received from the target WTRU.

[0102] The channel conditions may be highly correlated between the anchor WTRU-PRU SL and the anchor WTRU-target WTRU SL (e.g., based on a PRU selection procedure). The target WTRU-based SL positioning measurement and the PRU-based SL positioning measurement on the same SL-PRS transmission may be QCLed (e.g., and experience very similar channel impairments). The SL-PRS transmission with the best PRU-based SL-PRS measurement result may be associated with (e.g., may provide) the best target WTRU-based SL-PRS measurement (e.g., the best target WTRU-based SL-PRS measurement may be the target WTRU-based SL-PRS measurement with the smallest error factor among received target WTRU-based measurement results for performed SL-PRS transmissions).

[0103] A WTRU may determine to use the received results of a target WTRU-based measurement (e.g., performed on the SL-PRS transmission of the determined SL-PRS transmission identity) for a target WTRU location information calculation. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, a WTRU may determine to use a target WTRU-based measurement result on a first SL-PRS transmission in the second set of SL-PRS transmissions. The target WTRU-based measurement result may have the lowest calculated error factor derived from the PRU-based measurement result on the same SL-PRS transmission. A WTRU may calculate the target WTRU location based on the received SL target WTRU-based measurement of the determined SL-PRS transmission. The WTRU may send the location information to the target WTRU. [0104] A WTRU may associate the transmission configuration applied to the determined SL-PRS transmission with the target WTRU and associated PRU for the subsequent SL positioning measurement. For example, a WTRU may apply the same antenna panel/array, transmitter with the same timing and/or phase error information, and/or transmission direction for SL-PRS transmission to the target WTRU and associated PRU.

[0105] A WTRU (e.g., an anchor WTRU) may select one or more (e.g., multiple) sets of SL-PRS resources. A set of resources may include resources for an SL-PRS transmission from each anchor WTRU. Resources within one set may be within a measurement gap of one slot or consecutive slots. [0106] The WTRU may send an SL positioning configuration (e.g., in a groupcast transmission). The SL positioning configuration may include: the selected SL-PRS resource sets; a request to a PRU and/or target WTRU for an SL positioning measurement; and/or measurement gap information.

[0107] The WTRU may transmit SL-PRS in the selected resource sets. An SL-PRS transmission (e.g., each SL-PRS transmission) may use a different transmission configuration (e.g., including antenna panel, TX beamwidth, timing error, phase error, and/or the like).

[0108] The WTRU may receive SL positioning measurements reporting from the PRU and the target WTRU. For example, the anchor WTRU may receive a first positioning measurement and a second positioning measurement from the PRU, and a third positioning measurement and a fourth positioning measurement from the target WTRU. The WTRU may receive an SL-PRS transmission (e.g., each SL-PRS transmission) measured by the PRU and the target WTRU.

[0109] The WTRU may determine an error factor (e.g., timing or angle/phase offset for each set of SL- PRS transmissions). The WTRU may determine the error factor based on a PRU-based SL positioning measurement reported by the PRU; and/or the known location of the PRU and the anchor WTRU.

[0110] The WTRU may calculate the target WTRU’s position (e.g., using an SL positioning measurement reported by the target WTRU using the SL-PRS transmission with the smallest determined error factor).

[0111] The WTRU may send the calculated position information to the target WTRU. [0112] An anchor WTRU may send, to a target WTRU and a positioning reference unit (PRU), a positioning measurement request. The positioning measurement request may indicate a first request for the PRU to perform a first positioning measurement on a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs) and a second positioning measurement on a second set of PRSs, and a second request for the target WTRU to perform a third positioning measurement on the first set of PRSs and a fourth positioning measurement on the second set of PRSs. The anchor WTRU may receive the first positioning measurement and the second positioning measurement from the PRU and the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement from the target WTRU. The anchor WTRU may obtain a position of the PRU. The anchor WTRU may select a positioning measurement, from the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU. The anchor WTRU may calculate a position of the target WTRU based on the selected positioning measurement. The anchor WTRU may send the calculated position to the target WTRU.

[0113] The anchor WTRU may determine a first error factor between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU. The anchor WTRU may determine a second error factor between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU. On a condition that the first error factor is smaller than the second error factor, the anchor WTRU may select the third positioning measurement. On a condition that the second error factor is smaller than the first error factor, the anchor WTRU may select the fourth positioning measurement.

[0114] PRSs in the first set of PRSs may be associated with a first measurement gap. PRSs in the second set of PRSs may be associated with a second measurement gap. The first measurement gap or the second measurement gap may be one slot (e.g., in length).

[0115] Although features and elements described above are described in particular combinations, each feature or element may be used alone without the other features and elements of the preferred embodiments, or in various combinations with or without other features and elements.

[0116] Although the implementations described herein may consider 3GPP specific protocols, it is understood that the implementations described herein are not restricted to this scenario and may be applicable to other wireless systems. For example, although the solutions described herein consider LTE, LTE-A, New Radio (NR) or 5G specific protocols, it is understood that the solutions described herein are not restricted to this scenario and are applicable to other wireless systems as well. For example, while the system has been described with reference to a 3GPP, 5G, and/or NR network layer, the envisioned embodiments extend beyond implementations using a particular network layer technology. Likewise, the potential implementations extend to all types of service layer architectures, systems, and embodiments. The techniques described herein may be applied independently and/or used in combination with other resource configuration techniques.

[0117] The processes described herein may be implemented in a computer program, software, and/or firmware incorporated in a computer-readable medium for execution by a computer and/or processor. Examples of computer-readable media include, but are not limited to, electronic signals (transmitted over wired and/or wireless connections) and/or computer-readable storage media. Examples of computer- readable storage media include, but are not limited to, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a register, cache memory, semiconductor memory devices, magnetic media such as, but not limited to, internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and/or optical media such as compact disc (CD)-ROM disks, and/or digital versatile disks (DVDs). A processor in association with software may be used to implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a WTRU, terminal, base station, RNC, and/or any host computer.

[0118] It is understood that the entities performing the processes described herein may be logical entities that may be implemented in the form of software (e.g., computer-executable instructions) stored in a memory of, and executing on a processor of, a mobile device, network node or computer system. That is, the processes may be implemented in the form of software (e.g., computer-executable instructions) stored in a memory of a mobile device and/or network node, such as the node or computer system, which computer executable instructions, when executed by a processor of the node, perform the processes discussed. It is also understood that any transmitting and receiving processes illustrated in figures may be performed by communication circuitry of the node under control of the processor of the node and the computer-executable instructions (e.g., software) that it executes.

[0119] The various techniques described herein may be implemented in connection with hardware or software or, where appropriate, with a combination of both. Thus, the implementations and apparatus of the subject matter described herein, or certain aspects or portions thereof, may take the form of program code (e.g., instructions) embodied in tangible media including any other machine-readable storage medium wherein, when the program code is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the subject matter described herein. In the case where program code is stored on media, it may be the case that the program code in question is stored on one or more media that collectively perform the actions in question, which is to say that the one or more media taken together contain code to perform the actions, but that - in the case where there is more than one single medium - there is no requirement that any particular part of the code be stored on any particular medium. In the case of program code execution on programmable devices, the computing device generally includes a processor, a storage medium readable by the processor (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device. One or more programs that may implement or utilize the processes described in connection with the subject matter described herein, e.g., through the use of an API, reusable controls, or the like. Such programs are preferably implemented in a high level procedural or object oriented programming language to communicate with a computer system. However, the program(s) can be implemented in assembly or machine language, if desired. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language, and combined with hardware implementations.

[0120] Although example embodiments may refer to utilizing aspects of the subject matter described herein in the context of one or more stand-alone computing systems, the subject matter described herein is not so limited, but rather may be implemented in connection with any computing environment, such as a network or distributed computing environment. Still further, aspects of the subject matter described herein may be implemented in or across a plurality of processing chips or devices, and storage may similarly be affected across a plurality of devices. Such devices might include personal computers, network servers, handheld devices, supercomputers, or computers integrated into other systems such as automobiles and airplanes.

[0121] In describing preferred embodiments of the subject matter of the present disclosure, as illustrated in the Figures, specific terminology is employed for the sake of clarity. The claimed subject matter, however, is not intended to be limited to the specific terminology so selected, and it is to be understood that each specific element includes all technical equivalents that operate in a similar manner to accomplish a similar purpose.

Claims

CLAIMS What is Claimed:

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising: a processor configured to: receive, from a positioning reference unit (PRU), an indication of a position of the PRU; receive a first positioning measurement and a second positioning measurement from the PRU, and a third positioning measurement and a fourth positioning measurement from a target WTRU; select a positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU; calculate a position of the target WTRU based on the selected positioning measurement; and send the calculated position to the target WTRU.

2. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the processor being configured to select the positioning measurement, from the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU comprises the processor being configured to: determine a first error factor between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU; determine a second error factor between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU; on a condition that the first error factor is smaller than the second error factor, select the third positioning measurement; and on a condition that the second error factor is smaller than the first error factor, select the fourth positioning measurement.

3. The WTRU of claim 2, wherein the first error factor is one of: a timing error between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, and the second error factor is one of: a timing error between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU.

4. The WTRU of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive a fifth positioning measurement from the target WTRU, wherein the processor being configured to select the positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU comprises the processor being configured to select the positioning measurement, from the third positioning measurement, the fourth positioning measurement, and the fifth positioning measurement, based on a first error factor associated with the first positioning measurement, a second error factor associated with the second positioning measurement.

5. The WTRU of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the processor is further configured to send, to the target WTRU and the PRU, a positioning measurement request, wherein the positioning measurement request indicates: a first request for the PRU to perform the first positioning measurement on a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs) and the second positioning measurement on a second set of PRSs, and a second request for the target WTRU to perform the third positioning measurement on the first set of PRSs and the fourth positioning measurement on the second set of PRSs.

6. The WTRU of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first positioning measurement is associated with a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs), PRSs in the first set of PRSs are associated with a first measurement gap, the second positioning measurement is associated with a second set of PRSs, and PRSs in the second set of PRSs are associated with a second measurement gap.

7. The WTRU of claim 6, wherein the first measurement gap or the second measurement gap comprises one slot.

8. A method, to be performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving, from a positioning reference unit (PRU), an indication of a position of the PRU; receiving a first positioning measurement and a second positioning measurement from the PRU, and a third positioning measurement and a fourth positioning measurement from a target WTRU; selecting a positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU; calculating a position of the target WTRU based on the selected positioning measurement; and sending the calculated position to the target WTRU.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein selecting the positioning measurement, from the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU comprises: determining a first error factor between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU; determining a second error factor between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU; on a condition that the first error factor is smaller than the second error factor, selecting the third positioning measurement; and on a condition that the second error factor is smaller than the first error factor, selecting the fourth positioning measurement.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first error factor is one of: a timing error between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the first positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, and the second error factor is one of: a timing error between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU, or a phase error between the second positioning measurement and the position of the PRU.

11 . The method of any of claims 8 to 10, wherein the method further comprises: receiving a fifth positioning measurement from the target WTRU, selecting the positioning measurement, from at least the third positioning measurement and the fourth positioning measurement, based on the first positioning measurement, the second positioning measurement, and the position of the PRU comprises selecting the positioning measurement, from the third positioning measurement, the fourth positioning measurement, and the fifth positioning measurement, based on a first error factor associated with the first positioning measurement, a second error factor associated with the second positioning measurement.

12. The method of any of claims 8 to 11, wherein the method further comprises sending, to the target WTRU and the PRU, a positioning measurement request, wherein the positioning measurement request indicates: a first request for the PRU to perform the first positioning measurement on a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs) and the second positioning measurement on a second set of PRSs, and a second request for the target WTRU to perform the third positioning measurement on the first set of PRSs and the fourth positioning measurement on the second set of PRSs.

13. The method of any of claims 8 to 12, wherein the first positioning measurement is associated with a first set of positioning reference signals (PRSs), PRSs in the first set of PRSs are associated with a first measurement gap, the second positioning measurement is associated with a second set of PRSs, and PRSs in the second set of PRSs are associated with a second measurement gap.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first measurement gap or the second measurement gap comprises one slot.