Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) maintains timing information for each of a plurality of beam pairs, each beam pair comprising a downlink (DL) beam pair, comprising a base station transmit beam and a UE receive beam or a sidelink (SL) beam pair, comprising a UE transmit beam and a UE receive beam. The UE measures a first reference signal using a first beam pair from the plurality of beam pairs, measures a second reference signal using a second beam pair from the plurality of beam pairs, and reports, to a transmitting entity, beam timings for the first beam pair and the second beam pair. The measuring steps, the reporting step, or both, are performed according to the timing information for the first beam pair and the second beam pair.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a configured grant for an uplink transmission occasion including a number of transport blocks (TBs). The configured grant indicates a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a first quantity of layers for a first of the TBs, and a second MCS and a second quantity of layers for a second of the TBs. The method also includes selecting the first TB and/or the second TB for an uplink transmission based on an amount of data stored in an uplink buffer. The method further includes transmitting the data in the first TB and/or the second TB that was selected.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) associated with a plurality of configured grant (CG) transmissions, wherein the DCI includes a retransmission request associated with one or more of the plurality of CG transmissions. The UE may transmit one or more retransmissions of the one or more of the plurality of CG transmissions based at least in part on receiving the DCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

Abstract: In some implementations, a base device may determine a quali-colocation (QCL) relation between a first wireless reference signal transmitted by a first sidelink (SL) anchor and a second wireless reference signal transmitted by a second SL anchor, wherein: the first SL anchor and the second SL anchor comprise UEs separate from the receiving UE, and the first wireless reference signal and the second wireless reference signal are transmitted for positioning of the receiving UE, performing radio frequency (RF) sensing, or both. The base device may wirelessly send, from the base device to the receiving UE, the mSL-QCL information, wherein the mSL-QCL information is indicative of the QCL relation between the first wireless reference signal and the second wireless reference signal.

Abstract: Positioning of one or more user equipments (UEs) is performed using broadcast common sounding reference signals (SRS) resources for positioning. The common SRS that is broadcast by a UE is received and measured by one or more base stations and one or more other UEs. The other UEs may have known positions and may server as anchor nodes for positioning. The other UEs may have known positions and may serve as a positioning (anchor) node or may have unknown positions and may be jointly positioned with the target UE. During joint positioning, each of the other UEs may similarly broadcast a common set of SRS that is received and measured by the base stations and other UEs for positioning. An angular measurement of the SRS broadcast by one or more UEs may be measured and used to resolve minor symmetry in positioning solutions.

Abstract: Aspects of sensor activation or deactivation for positioning a mobile device in a wireless communication network are disclosed. These aspects include, during a positioning session between the mobile device and a location server, determining with the location server that a first trigger condition or a second trigger condition has been met regarding reporting, by the mobile device to the location server, of sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile device, where: the first trigger condition may comprise a trigger condition for activating the reporting, and the second trigger condition may comprise a trigger condition for deactivating the reporting. Aspects further include sending, from the location server to the mobile device, a message may comprise either: instructions to activate the reporting responsive to determining the first trigger condition has been met, or instructions to deactivate the reporting responsive to determining the second trigger condition has been met.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for adaptive node activation and configuration in cooperative sensing. A method that may be performed by a sensing management function (SnMF) entity includes receiving a first radio frequency (RF) sensing request, from a first entity, for scanning an environment to detect at least a first object, initiating a first RF sensing session in the environment in response to the first RF sensing request, receiving a second RF sensing request, from a second entity, for scanning the environment to detect at least a second object during the first RF sensing session, accommodating the second RF sensing request using output from the first RF sensing session, wherein the first RF sensing session is ongoing, detecting the first and second objects in the environment, and transmitting information about the detected first and second object to the first and second entity, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration, the SRS resource configuration indicating at least a comb pattern for at least one SRS resource allocated to the UE and a puncturing unit for the comb pattern, wherein the comb pattern is divided into one or more puncturing units, wherein each puncturing unit comprises one or more time units of the comb pattern, and wherein each of the one or more time units comprises two or more symbols, and refrains from transmitting all SRS transmissions of the at least one SRS resource within a first puncturing unit of the one or more puncturing units based on a determination that one or more SRS transmissions of the at least one SRS resource within the first puncturing unit are to be dropped.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives one or more positioning assistance data messages for a downlink radio frequency fingerprint (DL-RFFP) positioning procedure from a first network entity, the one or more positioning assistance data messages including at least one parameter related to a machine learning model the UE is configured to use for the DL-RFFP positioning procedure, and transmits one or more location information messages to a second network entity, the one or more location information messages including one or more parameters related to the DL-RFFP positioning procedure.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits one or more provide capabilities messages to a location server, the one or more provide capabilities messages indicating at least a first set of capabilities of the UE to engage in a downlink radio frequency fingerprint (DL-RFFP) positioning procedure, and receives one or more positioning assistance data messages for the DL-RFFP positioning procedure from the location server, the one or more positioning assistance data messages based at least on the first set of capabilities.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may send, to a network entity, information identifying a capability of the UE to process frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signals. The UE may receive, from a network entity, information identifying a set of transmission / reception points (TRPs) for transmitting FMCW signals for a positioning measurement, the set comprising at least a first TRP and a second TRP. The UE may measure a first FMCW signal that was transmitted by the first TRP to produce a first frequency of arrival. The UE may measure a second FMCW signal that was transmitted by the second TRP to produce a second frequency of arrival. The UE may determine a location of the UE based on a frequency difference between the first frequency of arrival and the second frequency of arrival.

Abstract: In an aspect, a network component (e.g., BS, server, etc.) obtains measurement information associated with uplink signal(s) from UE(s), with the uplink signal(s) having reciprocity with one or more downlink beams of wireless node(s) (e.g., TRP, reference UE, etc.). The network component determines (e.g., generates or refines) a measurement (e.g., RFFP-P) model based on the measurement information. The network component provides the measurement (e.g., RFFP-P) model to a target UE. The target UE receives at least one signal (e.g., PRS) on the one or more downlink beams from the wireless node(s). The target UE processes the at least one signal (e.g., predicts target UE location) based at least in part on the measurement (e.g., RFFP-P) model.

Abstract: Aspects of sensor activation or deactivation for positioning a mobile device in a wireless communication network are disclosed. These aspects include, during a positioning session between the mobile device and a location server, determining with the location server that a first trigger condition or a second trigger condition has been met regarding reporting, by the mobile device to the location server, of sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile device, where: the first trigger condition may comprise a trigger condition for activating the reporting, and the second trigger condition may comprise a trigger condition for deactivating the reporting. Aspects further include sending, from the location server to the mobile device, a message may comprise either: instructions to activate the reporting responsive to determining the first trigger condition has been met, or instructions to deactivate the reporting responsive to determining the second trigger condition has been met.

Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving assistance data associated with a positioning procedure. The assistance data indicates one or more access points and further indicates, for each of the one or more access points, a type associated with a connection to a cellular core network. The method further includes performing, based on the assistance data, one or more operations of the positioning procedure with an access point of the one or more access points.

Abstract: An RF sensing method includes: producing, at an application device, an RF sensing request including a request for a network entity to coordinate RF sensing of at least one of a region or an object, wherein the RF sensing request includes at least one criterion of the RF sensing, the at least one criterion comprising at least one of an indication of the region, an identity of at least one RF sensing device, or an identity of a target object of the RF sensing; sending the RF sensing request from the application device to the network entity; and receiving, at the application device from the network entity, an RF sensing report indicating a result of the RF sensing.

Abstract: A signal measuring method includes: receiving, at a user equipment, first positioning assistance data having a first area of applicability and a first positioning assistance data profile; storing the first positioning assistance data at the user equipment; determining, at the user equipment, that second positioning assistance data correspond to the first positioning assistance data based on the first area of applicability including a second area of applicability, of the second positioning assistance data, and based on a second positioning assistance data profile of the second positioning assistance data corresponding to the first positioning assistance data profile; and measuring, at the user equipment, a positioning signal corresponding to the second area of applicability using the first positioning assistance data in response to determining that the second positioning assistance data correspond to the first positioning assistance data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for predicting wireless measurements based on virtual access points is described. In some embodiments, a location of a user equipment (UE) may be obtained, and given the location of the UE, an output may be generated using a machine learning model, the output including one or more predicted wireless measurements. The output may be indicative of a wireless channel in a multipath environment. In some variants, the machine learning model may have been trained by obtaining a training dataset comprising multipath components data and ground truth locations of a wireless device, and performing an optimization with respect to the multipath components data and the ground truth locations. In some implementations, a training output comprising a predicted multipath component may be produced during the training, and the optimization may include an iterative minimization of an error between at least the predicted multipath component and a labeled multipath component.

Abstract: Positioning of one or more user equipments (UEs) is performed using broadcast common sounding reference signals (SRS) resources for positioning. The common SRS that is broadcast by a UE is received and measured by one or more base stations and one or more other UEs. The other UEs may have known positions and may server as anchor nodes for positioning. The other UEs may have known positions and may serve as a positioning (anchor) node or may have unknown positions and may be jointly positioned with the target UE. During joint positioning, each of the other UEs may similarly broadcast a common set of SRS that is received and measured by the base stations and other UEs for positioning. An angular measurement of the SRS broadcast by one or more UEs may be measured and used to resolve mirror symmetry in positioning solutions.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may define the classes of a plurality of path delay detection algorithms that the UE may use to identify line-of-sight positioning signals and reject non-line-of-sight positioning signals. The UE may receive a capabilities request from a location server and transmit, to the location server, a capability report indicating the classes of the plurality of path delay detection algorithms supported by the UE. The UE receives a location information request from a location server, and selects a path delay detection algorithm, which is used to perform measurements of one or more positioning signals received by the UE. The UE provides an indication of the selected path delay detection algorithm along with the positioning measurements to the location server. The location server determines or verifies a location of the UE based on the path delay detection algorithm selected by the UE and the positioning measurements.