Abstract: Certain examples of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus (110) comprising means for: receiving Ultra-Wideband, UWB, Reference Signal, RS, configuration information (503), wherein the UWB RS configuration information comprises information for configuring a transmission or a reception of a UWB RS 508 by the apparatus (110) to or from at least one node of a Radio Access Network, RAN 120; and based at least in part on the received UWB RS configuration information (503), causing transmission or reception of the UWB RS 508 to or from the at least one node of the RAN 120.

Abstract: Reporting integrity measurement error distribution groups is provided. An apparatus may include at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to communicate, with a network device, information that may include one or more integrity distribution groups (IDGs) and corresponding distribution parameters. The apparatus may further perform positioning measurements for positioning integrity and determine one of the one or more IDGs based on at least one of the positioning measurements. A report is transmitted to the network device that may include at least one of the positioning measurements or an identifier of the determined IDG.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices for time synchronization offset identification and refinement for network based positioning in an unlicensed spectrum. An example network device may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network device to receive listen-before-talk (LBT) outcomes from a plurality of base stations (BSs), and identify whether one or more of the plurality of BSs have a time synchronization offset based on the LBT outcomes. The LBT may be related to a reference signal (RS) configured on the BSs. The related methods, apparatuses and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: obtaining a request for measuring at least a combined carrier aggregation error, CAE of one or more component carriers, CCs, configured for the apparatus in a mobile communication network, wherein the combined CAE is indicative of a total of one or more errors resulting from at least one of a transmit error, receive error, or a processing of the one or more CCs; obtaining, based on the request, at least one of one or more positioning reference signals, PRSs, or one or more sounding reference signals, SRSs, of the one or more CCs; determining, based, at least in part, on at least one of the obtained one or more PRSs, or the one or more SRSs, the combined CAE; and providing the determined combined CAE. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for Rx-Tx RTT estimation are provided. One method may include transmitting, by a network element, the reference signal to another network element and recording a time stamp (t0) of a time of transmission of the reference signal, and receiving an estimated Rx-Tx measurement from said another network element and recording a time stamp (t3) of a time of receipt of the estimated Rx-Tx measurement. The method may also include calculating a Rx-Tx measurement at the network element based on a difference between the time stamp (t0) of the time of transmission of the reference signal and the time stamp (t3) of the receipt of the estimated Rx-Tx measurement, and determining a propagation delay based on a difference between the received estimated Rx-Tx measurement and the calculated Rx-Tx measurement.

Abstract: A method can include receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages, of a configuration of a secondary cell (SCell). The messages can include an on-demand synchronization signal block (OD-SSB) configuration of one or more OD-SSBs of the SCell, an initial state, of the OD-SSB configuration, indicating whether the one or more OD-SSBs are transmitted by the base station upon configuration of the SCell, or both the OD-SSB configuration and the initial state of the OD-SSB configuration.

Abstract: There is provided a wireless device. The wireless device clears a downlink assignment based on a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state of an uplink resource for the downlink assignment being associated with a timing advance group (TAG), of two TAGs of a cell, with an expired time alignment timer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a transmit beamforming for positioning. A location management device generates information regarding an angle of departure, the angle of departure being expected for transmission of reference signals for positioning and transmits the information to a device transmitting the reference signals. The device may determine a transmit beamforming solution for transmitting the reference signals based on the angle of departure. In this way, power savings can be achieved due to decreased reference signal overhead. Further, positioning accuracy can be improved through appropriately beamformed reference signal transmissions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method comprising determining one or more radio access nodes based on available location information of a target user device and at least one neighboring user device of the target user device; transmitting a sidelink information request to the one or more radio access nodes, wherein the sidelink information request indicates requesting sidelink information of the target user device and the at least one neighboring user device of the target user device; receiving the sidelink information from the one or more radio access nodes; and transmitting, to at least one of the one or more radio access nodes and/or the at least one neighboring user device, at least a part of a locality database and/or a sidelink positioning configuration for positioning the target user device, wherein the locality database and/or the sidelink positioning configuration are based at least on the sidelink information.

Abstract: A method can include transmitting, by a wireless device, a capability message comprising a field indicating a time gap of the wireless device to complete a procedure of a layer 1 or layer 2 triggered mobility (LTM) procedure. The method can also include receiving, by the wireless device, a radio resource control configuration message comprising a configuration of a candidate cell for the LTM procedure. The configuration includes a configured grant and indicates a time resource for an uplink transmission. The method can further include receiving, by the wireless device in a time interval, a medium access control control element indicating cell switch to the candidate cell. The method can further include transmitting, by the wireless device via the candidate cell and the time resource, the uplink transmission, wherein the time resource is after the time gap plus an offset from the time interval.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to positioning. A first device performs positioning measurements of a first set of reference signals in a first frequency range. If the first device determines that quality of service requirements for positioning the first device are satisfied, the first device transmits a first measurement report to a second device. The first measurement report only comprises a first set of measurement results associated with the first set of reference signals.

Abstract: A method can include transmitting, by a wireless device, a user equipment (UE) capability message indicating a switching time for a sounding reference signal (SRS) frequency hopping. The method can also include receiving one or more configuration parameters indicating an SRS resource for the SRS frequency hopping. The method can further include receiving, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion, a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling an uplink transmission. The method can additionally include transmitting the uplink transmission and dropping an SRS transmission, on one or more SRS symbols of the one or more SRS resources, based on a time interval being at least a preparation time for the uplink transmission plus a switching time. The time interval can be from a last symbol of the PDCCH monitoring occasion. The one or more SRS symbols can overlap with the uplink transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of retransmission of sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS). The method comprises transmitting, to a second device, a first sidelink reference signal associated with a positioning or ranging procedure of the first device; and receiving, from the second device, a second sidelink reference signal associated with the positioning or ranging procedure, the second sidelink reference signal comprising information indicating whether the first sidelink reference signal needs to be retransmitted. In this way, the retransmission of the sidelink PRS can be triggered without extra resource consumption and a fast RTT estimation for sidelink ranging and positioning can be achieved.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method comprising: receiving priority information indicative of a priority state of at least one positioning reference signal, receiving time window information configuring a time window that is outside of a measurement gap; and based on the priority information and the time window information, receiving one or more positioning reference signals during the time window by using one or more buffer symbols.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, and corresponding meth-od, configured to receive, from a network element, an indi-cation that a terminal device is to determine a current convergence speed of a positioning algorithm used to deter-mine a position result of the terminal device; determine the position result of the terminal device using the positioning algorithm; determine the current convergence speed of the positioning algorithm used when determining the position result of the terminal device; determine a relative conver-gence speed of the positioning algorithm, based on the cur-rent convergence speed; and indicate to the network ele-ment at least one of: the relative convergence speed, at least one value obtained based on the current convergence speed, an integrity result of the determined position result, or the determined position result of the terminal device.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters indicating: one or more first synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), of a cell, for transmission on-demand, and one or more second SSBs of the cell. The method further comprises transmitting an uplink signal based on a second SSB, of the one or more second SSBs, as a pathloss reference signal. The second SSB has a same index as a first SSB of the one or more first SSBs.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to coordinated positioning via sidelink resource. A first terminal device transmits a first message to a plurality of positioning terminal devices including a second terminal device. The first message indicates sidelink resources for transmitting reference signals from the plurality of positioning terminal devices to the first terminal device. Upon receiving the first message, the second terminal device determines a first sidelink resource for transmitting a first reference signal for positioning the first terminal device from the sidelink resources, and then transmits the first reference signal via the first sidelink resource to the first terminal device. Through this solution, a sidelink-based positioning solution can be implemented.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for positioning support are provided. One method may include receiving, by a UE configured with power saving feature(s), positioning performance requirements for a positioning session. The method may also include estimating an impact of one or more power saving or reduced capability features on positioning measurements associated with the positioning session and, based on the accuracy and latency requirements and the estimated impact, determining the power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session. The method may then include signaling, to a network node, information on the determined power saving or reduced capability features that the UE can implement while still achieving the required accuracy and latency requirements for the positioning session.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for asset tracking joint sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. A location management network node may send a positioning failure message to a serving network node. The serving network node may group devices if one or more criteria are met. When one or more of the devices can be grouped, the serving network node may assign and distribute, to devices, a multi-tag-SRS sequence identifier that may be used by the devices in the group. The serving network node may compute and send, to the devices in the group, a multi-tag-SRS transmit configuration. The devices may perform a joint SRS transmission. The location management network node may compute a location of a centroid for the group of devices associated with the reported metric.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to updating positioning assistance configuration. A first device transmits a first request for updating a current positioning assistance configuration of the first device to a second device. The first device is in a radio resource control inactive mode, and the current positioning assistance configuration is used by the first device to receive a plurality of positioning reference signals from a plurality of positioning devices. Further, the first device receives a first response comprising a requested positioning assistance data for updating the current positioning assistance configuration from the second device. In this way, the first device can maintain being in a power saving mode meanwhile update the positioning assistance configuration in time.