Abstract: A method of wireless communication, executed by a user equipment (UE), receives, from a base station, a broadcast or multicast message including a known payload, as well as a configuration for the known payload. The method also trains an artificial neural network with the known payload. A method of wireless communication, executed by a base station, configures a known payload for multiple UEs and signals, to the UEs, an indication of which physical channel will include the known payload, as well as time/frequency resources of the known payload. The method also broadcasts or multicasts the known payload to facilitate neural network training at the UEs.

Abstract: A positioning method includes: identifying a plurality of anchor devices of an anchor group, including a first UE, based on a geographic similarity of the plurality of anchor devices, each of the plurality of anchor devices being capable of exchanging PRS with a second UE; and transmitting an anchor group message to the second UE, the anchor group message identifying the plurality of anchor devices and indicating a transient property of the anchor group.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for communication. In an aspect, a UE reports a combination pattern for a combined measurement associated with samples across PRS occasions of a PRS measurement procedure. In another aspect, a UE reports a combined calibration error of a combined measurement associated with samples across PRS occasions of a PRS measurement procedure. The reported combination pattern and/or combined calibration error may be used by a position estimation entity for derivation of a position estimate of the UE.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether to perform a power headroom report (PHR) function for a pathloss reference signal (PL-RS). Based on the determination, the UE may perform a PHR function or one or more pathloss measurements for the PL-RS. In some aspects, the determination may be based on a PL-RS type or cell type associated with the PL-RS.

Abstract: Techniques are provided in which changes to a bandwidth part (BWP) of a target user equipment (UE) are restricted during a processing window (PW) for measuring and processing reference signal (RS) resources. These BWP change restrictions may be implemented by employing any combination of (i) ensuring a serving base station will not reconfigure or switch the BWP during the PW, (ii) ensuring the UE suspends a BWP inactivity timer of current BWP, (iii) ensuring the numerology and/or bandwidth (BW) of the BWP do not change, and/or (iv) preventing a change to an overlapping spectrum between the BWP and a spectrum of the RS resources.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a serving cell, an uplink positioning reference signal (UL-PRS) resource configuration, the UL-PRS resource configuration comprising a plurality of N resource elements (REs) staggered in frequency across a plurality of M consecutive symbols of a resource block (RB) such that the plurality of N REs spans a plurality of N consecutive subcarriers of the RB, receives, from the serving cell, an indication of a PRS symbol cancelation group to be used for uplink cancelation, the PRS symbol cancelation group identifying a set of the plurality of M consecutive symbols that is expected to be canceled for uplink transmission, and cancels transmission of UL-PRS on one or more of the set of L symbols identified by the PRS symbol cancelation group.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a first network node receives a measurement request from a location server, the measurement request requesting the first network node to measure a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource from at least one second network node using a plurality of receive timing error groups (Rx TEGs) of the first network node, and transmits a measurement report to the location server, the measurement report including a plurality of positioning measurements based on the PRS resource, the plurality of positioning measurements corresponding to the plurality of Rx TEGs.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an assisting node in a cellular positioning system may obtain one or more carrier phase measurements. The assisting node may transmit, and a positioning node in the cellular positioning system may receive, phase error related information associated with the one or more carrier phase measurements. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may select a synchronization reference source, of a plurality of available synchronization reference sources, based at least in part on a clock accuracy indicator of the synchronization reference source; and communicate with the synchronization reference source to synchronize a first clock of the wireless communication device with a second clock of the synchronization reference source. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a configuration for period positioning report enhancement. The apparatus obtains an indication of at least one of measurement instance related information or expiration time related information associated with a measurement of PRS for the location information report or transmission of the location information report. The apparatus generates the location information report based on a PRS received at the UE. The apparatus provides the location information report. At least one of the measurement of the PRS, generation of the location information report, or the transmission of the location information report is based on the indication of the at least one of the measurement instance related information or the expiration time related information.

Abstract: Techniques are provided in which a target UE can be provided with a processing window (PW) configuration that defines a PW during which the target UE may measure one or more RS resources. The PW optionally may allow the target UE to transmit an uplink (UL) RS. The PW configuration may be provided to the target UE by a serving base station of the target UE in response to a request for the PW configuration by the target UE or a location server. The request may include information regarding an RS configuration provided to the target UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One or more anchor nodes, which may be sidelink devices, may transmit positioning reference signals (PRSs) to a wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE). The UE may select one or more PRSs to process based on respective priorities of the PRSs. At least one anchor node may transmit a priority indication including the respective priorities, or the one or more anchor nodes may transmit the PRSs according to a scrambling sequence or pattern to implicitly indicate the respective priorities. The UE may decode one or more PRSs based on the respective priorities.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for determining a joint priority of sidelink and access link (Uu) positioning reference signal (PRS) transmissions in a wireless communication system. A joint priority of a PRS transmission may refer to a priority of the PRS transmission over the entire set of PRS transmissions including sidelink PRS transmissions and Uu PRS transmissions transmitted to a target UE in a sidelink positioning session. In aspects, a joint priority of a sidelink PRS transmission from an anchor UE may be determined with respect to not only other sidelink transmissions, but also with respect to other Uu PRS transmissions from other anchor base stations. Similarly, a joint priority of a Uu PRS transmission from an anchor base station may be determined with respect to not only other Uu transmissions, but also with respect to other sidelink PRS transmissions from other anchor UEs.

Abstract: The positions of multiple user equipments (UEs) are jointly determined by a location server using positioning measurements from a comment set of positioning reference signals (PRS), which may include downlink (DL) PRS, uplink (UL) PRS, sidelink (SL) PRS, or a combination thereof. The common set of PRS may be selected by the location server, e.g., based on a rough estimate of position of the UEs determined by the location server, a recommendation from the UEs, or a position report from the UEs. Once selected by the location server, an indication of the common set of PRS is sent to the UEs. The common set of PRS, alternatively, may be selected by one or more UEs, e.g., by a controlling UE or consensus, and one or more UEs provide an indication of the common set of PRS to the location server.

Abstract: Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication, and in particular, carrier-phase based positioning. In an aspect, a position estimation entity may obtain a first differential measurement based on measurement of a first set of positioning reference signal (PRS) resources by a first node and measurement of a second set of PRS resources by a second node, wherein the first set of PRS resources are phase-coherent with the second set of PRS resources. The position estimation entity may obtain a second differential measurement based on measurement of a third set of PRS resources by the first node and measurement of a fourth set of PRS resources by the second node, wherein the third set of PRS resources are phase-coherent with the fourth set of PRS resources. The position estimation entity may determine a positioning estimate of a target node based on the first differential measurement and the second differential measurement.

Abstract: A target user equipment (UE) identifies other UEs that are available for a positioning reference signal (PRS) exchange for sidelink assisted positioning of the target UE. The target UE may provide to a network entity, such as a location server, the identifications of the UEs that are available for the sidelink-assisted positioning of the target UE. The network, entity may generate and provide for sidelink-assisted positioning the PRS configurations for UEs, which may include the one or more UEs recommended by the target UE. The target UE may provide a list of UEs, in response to a request from the network entity, in response to receipt of a network generated list provided to the target UE, or in response to a determination that PRS measurements based on previously acquired UE PRS configurations are inadequate. The sidelink-assisted positioning may be used when the target UE is present in a null-zone.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives assistance data for positioning that includes relative position information for anchor points, such as base stations and/or sidelink UEs. The relative position information may include, for example, distances or angles between anchor points. The UE performs positioning measurements for reference signals received from the anchor points. The UE performs outlier rejection of the positioning measurements using the relative position information. Positioning measurements selected by the UE using the relative position information are provided to a location server. The location server may perform UE-assisted positioning using the selected position measurements and the actual locations of the anchor points. Accordingly, the outlier rejection of the position measurements may be off loaded from the location server to the UE while maintaining confidentiality of the actual locations of the anchor points.

Abstract: Various aspects relate generally to the beam management procedures in wireless communications systems. Some aspects more specifically relate to the selection of beams for communications to and from a UE and a network entity based on quantized orientation information for a user equipment (UE). In some implementations, a network entity can use the quantized orientation information and a machine learning model to predict a set of beams that may be suitable for communications to and from the UE and the network entity, which may be a subset of the beams that the network entity can generally use for communications to and from the UE and the network entity.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for feedback compression. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving, from a base station, a configuration to be used for compressing one or more measurements corresponding to at least one reference signal using an artificial intelligence (AI) encoder; receiving the at least one reference signal; and transmitting a codeword to the base station, the codeword being associated with a compression of the one or more measurements in accordance with the configuration.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for efficiently terminating wireless transmissions of network coded packets, for example, between a base station and a user equipment (UE).