Abstract: A wireless device may request system information, such as a system information block, from a base station on demand. The base station may indicate to the wireless device a change in system information via a message, for example, during a time period that the base station is not sending system information to the wireless device. The wireless device may expect to receive updated system information, for example, based on receiving the message, without having to send a request to the base station for system information.

Abstract: An apparatus, for example a target UE, may be configured to: request at least one single difference carrier phase measurement of at least one positioning reference signal, wherein the at least one single difference carrier phase measurement is performed with at least one positioning reference unit; transmit an indication of a set of time-stamps for measurement of the at least one positioning reference signal; receive first measurement data for the at least one positioning reference signal, wherein the first measurement data comprises, at least, the at least one single difference carrier phase measurement measured with reference to the set of time-stamps; and determine a location estimation of the apparatus, comprising performing a double differential operation based, at least partially, on the first measurement data and second measurement data.

Abstract: A wireless device drops sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict in time with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI). A time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to beam selection during downlink positioning. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal devices are grouped based on their characteristics and the anchor terminal device in the group determines the best transmitting beam of the neighbor network device. The non-anchor terminal device uses the assistance information of the best transmitting beam determined by the anchor terminal device. In this way, cost for the terminal device to receive and measure the PRS during downlink positioning has been reduced.

Abstract: A method including receiving, at a user equipment, one or more location related information, where the location related information comprises information based upon location related to one or more satellite; determining, by the user equipment, timing advance, where the determining is at least partially based upon the location related information; determining, by the user equipment, to perform a preconfigured uplink resource transmission; and performing, based at least partially upon the determined timing advance, the preconfigured uplink resource transmission.

Abstract: A wireless device drops sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict in time with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI). A time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

Abstract: One or more parameters may be used to configure wireless communications between a wireless device and a base station. Configuration parameters may indicate SRS resources for sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth aggregation of component carriers. A capability message may indicate wireless device transmission and/or reception capability for one or more bands during a guard period of SRS bandwidth aggregation. At least some component carriers may lack an uplink channel and downlink transmission may not be received during the guard period, for example, based on the capability message indicating simultaneous transmission and reception is not supported for one or more bands.

Abstract: A wireless device and a base station may use configuration parameters, comprising transmission configuration indicator states, to communicate. A transmission configuration indicator codepoint, for application of one or more transmission configuration indicator states of each cell among a plurality of cells, may be indicated dynamically, for example, by downlink control information. A default rule may be applied to determine a transmission configuration state, among the one or more indicated transmission configuration states of a cell, to use for communication. A first (or last) listed transmission configuration state, a transmission configuration state having a lowest (or highest) index, and/or a transmission configuration indicator state indicated by a default parameter and/or a default procedure, among at least two transmission configuration states, for example, may be selected for use.

Abstract: A method for calibrating timing errors to improve positioning accuracy includes receiving, from a network element, calibration configuration information for communicating at least one positioning reference signal; communicating, during a positioning session and on the basis of the received calibration configuration information, a first positioning reference signal according to a first positioning reference signal pattern; and communicating, during the positioning session or during another positioning session and on the basis of the received calibration configuration information, a second positioning reference signal according to a second positioning reference signal pattern, wherein the second number of frequency resource elements is smaller than the first number of frequency resource elements and/or wherein the second number of time resource elements is greater than the first number of time resource elements.

Abstract: One or more parameters may be used to configure wireless communications between a wireless device and a base station. A transmission configuration indication selection field may indicate which of two (or more) resources is to be used for a transmission/reception. A transport block size for a transmission occasion may be determined using one of the resources, and the same transport block size may be used for another transmission occasion using another of the resources, for example, if the transmission configuration indication selection field indicates using two resources or if the transmission configuration indication selection field is absent.

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 layer 1 or layer 2 triggered mobility (LTM). The method can also include receiving, in a time interval, a medium access control control element (MAC CE) indicating cell switch to a candidate cell of LTM. The method can further include transmitting, via the candidate cell and a time resource, an uplink transmission, wherein the time resource is after the time gap plus an offset from the time interval.

Abstract: A wireless device may communicate with a base station using transmission occasions. A number of transmission occasions for a transmission/reception may be indicated by a field and/or by an absence of a field in a message that schedules transmission/reception. For example, two physical downlink shared channel transmission occasions may be used, for scheduled transmission/reception, based on a value in a transmission configuration indicator selection field and/or based on an absence of such a field in a message.

Abstract: One or more parameters may be used to configure wireless communications between a wireless device and a base station. A resource may be configured for sounding reference signal transmission/reception between a wireless device and a base station. Transmission power for a sounding reference signal transmission may be based on one or more configuration parameters. A virtual bandwidth part for positioning frequency hopping may be used when frequency hopping takes place outside an active bandwidth part. The transmission power may be based on the virtual bandwidth part.

Abstract: Configuration parameters sent to a wireless device may indicate resources (and a repetition scheme that the wireless device may use for communication. An activation command, scheduling a reception, may indicate to use at least two transmission configuration states for the scheduled reception. The wireless device may use the indicted two transmission and a configured repetition scheme to receive the scheduled reception.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for user equipment (UE)-based positioning non-line of sight (NLOS) error mitigation. For example, some embodiments described herein may provide for use of a blind-learning-type algorithm for channel bias distribution estimation for UE-based positioning. The UE may perform a calculation of a positioning of the UE using NLOS bias distribution received from a network node, as described elsewhere herein.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of antenna configuration for positioning. The method comprises identifying, at a first device, at least one second device hearable by the first device based on a monitoring of respective reference signals from the at least one second device; determining respective transmit power on at least two antenna panels allocated for the at least one second device based on a measurement associated with the respective reference signals; and transmitting, to the at least one second device, a message associated with a positioning of the first device by using the at least two antenna panels with the respective transmit power. In this way, the chance of successful PRACH for positioning reception at all identified involved gNBs may be optimized for maximized positioning accuracy at low latency and low UE power consumption.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for associating sensing information with a user (e.g., a cellular user) by, for example, determining information from both a sensing node and a communication node, then associating the a sensed object and the communication node based on the information. Additionally, or alternatively, some embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for radar and sensing-based positioning.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: sampling a positioning reference signal received at a user device of a mobile communication system from a communication node of the mobile communication system, wherein the received positioning reference signal is a multipath signal having a line of sight component; processing the sampled received positioning reference signal with the positioning reference signal as transmitted by the communication node; identifying, based on said processing, signal paths from the communication node to the user device relative to an angle of departure of the positioning reference signal; and generating a model to estimate at least one of an orientation of the user device and a gain of the one or more identified signal paths of the multipath signal.

Abstract: A method can include receiving one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages. The messages can include physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping durations; parameters of cell discontinuous transmission (cell DTX) configuration; and other parameters of a PDCCH for a downlink control information (DCI) indicating an activation/deactivation of the cell DTX configuration. The method can also include receiving, based on the other parameters, a DCI indicating the activation of the Cell DTX configuration comprising a cell DTX active time and a cell DTX inactive time. The method can further include receiving another DCI indicating a PDCCH skipping duration, of the PDCCH skipping durations. The method can additionally include starting PDCCH skipping after receiving the another DCI and terminating, in response to the cell DTX configuration being activated by the DCI, the PDCCH skipping when entering outside the cell DTX active time of the cell DTX configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for multi-cell positioning. In example embodiments, a method is provided. The method comprises transmitting, from a first network device, a first reference signal to a terminal device served by a second network device. The method further comprises receiving a second reference signal from the second network device. The method further comprises determining a first time difference between a time at which the first RS is transmitted and a time at which the second reference signal is received. In addition, the method comprises transmitting information on the first time difference to a location server. As such, the location server can determine positioning information about the terminal device.