Abstract: Disclosed are techniques related to wireless communication system in which a network node (e.g., a base station, gNB, etc.) may be allowed to puncture a reference signal (RS) to deliver high priority data (e.g., URLLC data) to a user equipment (UE) that is not currently being served by the network node. The RS may comprise a puncturable subset and an unpuncturable subset. The puncturable subset may comprise resources of the RS that are allowed to be punctured, and the unpuncturable subset may comprise resources of the RS that are prohibited from being punctured. The network node may transmit the RS such that unpuncturable subset indicates whether or not the puncturable subset of the RS has or has not been punctured.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a network entity may determine that a positioning reference signal (PRS) processing load for a UE exceeds a PRS processing capacity of the UE. The network entity may send, to the UE, assistance data that reduces the PRS processing load for the UE. In another aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine, based on information received from a network entity, that one or more PRS measurements is associated with a low-latency location request. The UE may modify one or more parameters associated with the one or more PRS measurements to reduce measurement latency. The UE may perform the one or more PRS measurements associated with the low-latency location request according to the modified one or more parameters.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining round-trip times (RTTs) between a user equipment (UE) and multiple base stations. In an aspect, the UE transmits an RTT measurement signal whose arrival time is measured by each of the base stations, and each of the base stations returns an RTT response signal whose arrival times are measured by the UE. In another aspect, the base stations each transmit an RTT measurement signal and the UE returns an RTT response signal. The receiver of the RTT measurement signal may include the measured arrival time in a payload of the RTT Response signal. Alternatively, the measured arrival time(s) of the RTT Measurement signal(s) and the transmission time(s) of the RTT Response signal(s) are sent in a separate message. The RTT signals can be wideband signals using low reuse resources.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enhance the accuracy and/or latency of UE positioning based on crowd-sourcing, where a network entity may compute a position estimate of a UE based on neighbor-cell scan data from the UE and one or more reference UEs. In one aspect, a network entity receives a first set of measurements associated with at least one cell from a UE. The network entity performs a position estimation of the UE based on at least one of the first set of measurements associated with the at least one cell, a second set of measurements for each of a set of reference UEs, or a location of each of the set of reference UEs via an ML model, where the UE and the set of reference UEs include at least one common cell.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a network entity, a configuration of one or more positioning reference signal (PRS) resources to measure during a positioning session, the one or more PRS resources having a PRS periodicity TPRS and a PRS occasion length LPRS, and measures the one or more PRS resources during a measurement period, wherein the measurement period is based on a number of measurement instances of the one or more PRS resources the UE is expected to process multiplied by a periodicity parameter, wherein the periodicity parameter is based on a PRS processing window of ‘T’ milliseconds, the PRS periodicity TPRS, and a measurement gap periodicity of at least one measurement gap.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques related to wireless communications. In an aspect, a network entity determines whether a source reference signal transmitted from a first transmission-reception point (TRP) is a quasi-collocation (QCL) source of a target reference signal transmitted from a second TRP based, at least in part, on a first bandwidth (BW) portion occupied by the source reference signal and a second BW portion occupied by the target reference signal, the first BW portion having a first start frequency and a first BW size and the second BW portion having a second start frequency and a second BW size, and configures a user equipment (UE) with the source reference signal as the QCL source of the target reference signal when it is so determined.

Abstract: In an aspect, a communications device obtains a residual AoA bias associated with a first AoA measurement of a RS-P transmitted from a wireless reference node to a first base station, the wireless reference node associated with a location known to the communications device, obtains a second AoA measurement associated with an uplink signal (e.g., PRACH, SRS, UL-SRS-P, etc.) transmitted from a UE to the first base station, and calibrates the second AoA measurement based on the residual AoA bias. In another aspect, a communications device obtains a residual AoD bias associated with a first AoD measurement of a RS-P transmitted from a first base station to a wireless reference node with a known location, obtains a second AoD measurement associated with a downlink signal (e.g., DL-PRS) transmitted from the first base station to a UE, and calibrates the second AoD measurement based on the residual AoD bias.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for transmit power control for positioning using non-serving cells are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine that an uplink reference signal may be associated with a positioning procedure. In some cases, the positioning procedure may include transmission, by the UE, of the reference signal to a non-serving cell, which may be farther away from the UE than a serving cell. The UE may determine an absence of a parameter associated with a transmit power for transmitting the reference signal. Based on the absence, the UE may determine the transmit power based on parameters received from a serving cell, based on configuration information, based on a message intercepted from the cell other than the serving cell, or based on other considerations or information.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives positioning assistance data from a location server, the positioning assistance data including at least a first expected measurement value and a first expected measurement uncertainty value defining a first search window during which the UE is expected to measure a first plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resources transmitted by a first transmission-reception point (TRP), determines a best symbol hypothesis that is common to a first set of PRS resources of the first plurality of PRS resources, wherein the best symbol hypothesis is a symbol within the first search window during which a signal strength of each PRS resource of the first set of PRS resources is maximized, and measures each PRS resource of a second set of PRS resources of the first plurality of PRS resources only during the best symbol hypothesis.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives reference signal resource configuration for transmitting reference signals for positioning from, e.g., a location server. The UE transmits or attempts to transmit reference signals for positioning to one or more transmission-reception points, such as a gNB. The UE may, however, may be unable to transmit reference signals in accordance with the reference signal resource configuration. For example, the UE may be unable to transmit the reference signals or may transmit the reference signals with lower power or a different spatial relation than configured. The UE may provide a reference signal transmission report indicating that the reference signals were not transmitted according to the reference signal resource configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a positioning reference signal configuration of a base station. The UE may determine, based on the positioning reference signal configuration, a reference point within a carrier bandwidth of a component carrier and a frequency domain allocation for a positioning reference signal relative to the reference point. The UE may transmit the positioning reference signal or measure the positioning reference signal based on the frequency domain allocation.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for combining positioning reference signal (PRS) measurements coherently or non-coherently. An example method for combining positioning reference signal resources includes receiving a plurality of positioning reference signals associated with a positioning reference signal resource set or a transmission/reception point, coherently combining resource elements for two or more of the plurality of positioning reference signals received within a period of time, and non-coherently combining resource elements for two or more of the plurality of positioning reference signals received outside of the period of time.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for wireless communications. For example, an example of a process includes receiving, at an apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE) or component of the UE), a plurality of resource blocks associated with a positioning reference signal (PRS). A comb structure of the PRS is repeated in less than all resource blocks of the plurality of resource blocks. The process includes transmitting a phase measurement report to a first network entity. The phase measurement report includes information associated with a measured phase difference between at least one subcarrier set pair of the plurality of resource blocks. As described herein, a subcarrier set includes at least one subcarrier.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a network entity, one or more capability messages indicating one or more capabilities of the UE to process positioning reference signals (PRS), the one or more capabilities indicating at least a duration of PRS that the UE can process within a measurement window without a measurement gap, and performs one or more positioning measurements of one or more PRS resources during the measurement window up to the duration of PRS.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media to determine a location of a device using carrier phase positioning. A process includes transmitting, at the device to a network entity, a phase measurement capability of a device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) for subcarrier set pairs of different resources received by the device. The different resources are associated with a reference signal. The process can include receiving, at the device, a phase measurement request from a network entity for configuring phase measurements of the subcarrier set pairs of the different resources. The process can include transmitting a phase measurement report to the network entity based on the phase measurement request, the phase measurement report including information associated with a measured phase difference of at least one subcarrier set pair associated with the different resources.

Abstract: Positioning for user equipments (UEs) in a wireless network is supported by restricting position reference signal (PRS) configuration parameters for a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) based on PRS configuration used by co-located TRPs. The PRS configuration parameters for the TRP may be restricted by restricting orthogonality of the PRS resources with respect to PRS resources from co-located TRPs to only code division multiplexing, and other types of orthogonality such as time division multiplexing and frequency divisional multiplexing are not permitted for co-located TRPs. The PRS configuration parameters for the TRP may be restricted to the same muting sequence type, e.g., inter-instance and/or intra-instance muting, as used by co-located TRPs. The PRS configuration parameters, e.g., related to orthogonality and/or muting, are not restricted with respect to non-co-located TRPs.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives assistance data for enabling the UE to estimate a location of the UE, the assistance data including a relative location of each of a plurality of transmission points, wherein the relative location is represented as a hierarchy of two or more levels of description, wherein a highest level of description is relative to a fixed reference point, receives, from each of at least a subset of the plurality of transmission points, at least one positioning reference signal, and estimates the location of the UE based on characteristics of reception of the at least one positioning reference signal from each of the subset of the plurality of transmission points and the two or more levels of description and the fixed reference point for each of the subset of the plurality of transmission points.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a base station performs one or more angle-based measurements in a first coordinate system, determines whether to report, to a positioning entity, the one or more angle-based measurements in a local coordinate system (LCS) or a global coordinate system (GCS), and reports the one or more angle-based measurements to the positioning entity in the LCS or the GCS based on the determination. In an aspect, a positioning entity receives, from a base station, one or more angle-based measurements in an LCS of the base station or a GCS, determines whether the one or more angle-based measurements are in the LCS or the GCS, and processes the one or more angle-based measurements based on the determination.

Abstract: A mobile device supports positioning with positioning reference signals (PRS) on multiple beam by dividing the PRS processing into two separate modes, an acquisition mode and a tracking mode. In acquisition mode, the mobile device performs a fast scan of all of the beams from a base station transmitting PRS using less than the full set of resources for the PRS, i.e., less than the full bandwidth and/or less than the full number of repetitions of the PRS. The mobile device may select the best beams to use for positioning, e.g., based on signal strength metric. In tracking mode, the mobile device tracks the PRS from only the selected beams using the full set of resources for the PRS. The mobile device may return to acquisition mode after a predetermined number of positioning occasions or if the selected beams are no longer valid due to movement or change in conditions.

Abstract: A mobile device and base station are enabled to support improved positioning accuracy in the presence of phase noise in high frequency radio network, such as in 5G New Radio network operating in mmWave. Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) may be transmitted with Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) and used for positioning and/or used to correct the phase offset between symbols in the PRS. A request may be made to transmit PTRS alone or with the PRS, or that the PRS is transmitted with a specific PRS frame structure, e.g., with a specific comb value, that minimizes the impact of phase noise. The PTRS or a phase ramp of the staggered symbols in the PRS may be used to estimate and correct the phase offset. Less than all of the symbols transmitted in the PRS may be used to generate positioning measurements to minimize the impact of phase noise.