公开(公告)号：US20230362641A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18312569

申请日：2023-05-04

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Sven FISCHER

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/63 ,  H04W12/69 ,  H04W60/04

CPC classification number: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/63 ,  H04W12/69 ,  H04W60/04

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for supporting positioning. In an aspect, a positioning reference unit (PRU) sends and a location server receives an association request for the PRU. The location server authenticates the PRU and sends to the PRU an association accept indicating an acceptance of association and conditions for performing another association with the location server if the PRU is authenticated, or indicates a rejection of the association if the PRU is not authenticated. The association accept may include an identifier for the location server for the PRU for updating the association with the location server and/or identifiers for one or more additional location servers with which the PRU is to perform separate association. The location server may send to the PRU a disassociation request indicating the PRU is no longer associated and optionally an identifier for another location server with which the PRU should associate.

公开(公告)号：US20230111011A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US18066571

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Akash KUMAR ,  Stephen William EDGE ,  Amit JAIN

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W4/024 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04W72/542

Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless communication are provided. In one example, a mobile device is configured to: obtain beam support information of a plurality of cells; perform measurements of one or more signals at the mobile device based on the beam support information of the plurality of cells to support a location determination operation for the mobile device; and transmit results of the measurements of the one or more signals to at least one of a location server or to a base station to support the location determination operation. The beam support information may include: a number of beams supported at each cell of the plurality of cells, information to identify each beam of the number of beams supported at the each cell, beam width information of the each beam, and/or Positioning reference Signals (PRS) codebook information which encapsulates the beams which are enabled along various elevation and azimuth angles.

公开(公告)号：US20230079636A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17473434

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE

IPC: H04B7/185 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W72/00

Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting satellite wireless by a user equipment (UE) using satellite acquisition information. A UE may obtain (e.g., from an AMF or gNB) acquisition information for satellite cells supporting access to a PLMN. The UE may enter an inactive state with no radio access, may later leave the inactive state, find a preferred satellite cell based on the acquisition information and access the satellite cell (e.g., camp on the cell or connect to the PLMN using the cell). The acquisition information may indicate satellite cells available at one or more predefined times for a known location of the UE or may enable a satellite cell to be found for any UE location at any time. The acquisition information may also provide timing, frequency and other information to enable a UE to access a satellite cell with reduced latency and reduced power consumption.

公开(公告)号：US20230037983A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17394397

申请日：2021-08-04

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Amer CATOVIC ,  Mungal Singh DHANDA ,  Ayan SENGUPTA ,  Alberto RICO ALVARINO ,  Liangchi HSU ,  Bharat SHRESTHA ,  Luis Fernando Brisson LOPES ,  Stephen William EDGE

IPC: G01S19/02 ,  G01S19/05 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A UE may include IoT NTN device, and the UE may acquire the GNSS location to perform the time/frequency pre-compensation. A NAS layer of the UE may initiate a connection request procedure based on the GNSS fix procedure at one or more lower layer of the UE. A network may transmit a paging request to the UE, and manage a paging response timer based on the GNSS fix procedure at the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20220404452A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17684158

申请日：2022-03-01

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Sven FISCHER ,  Stephen William EDGE ,  Alexandros MANOLAKOS ,  Sony AKKARAKARAN

IPC: G01S5/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  G01S5/02

Abstract: Techniques are discussed herein for providing on-demand positioning reference signals (PRS) to user equipment (UE). An example method for determining a location of a user equipment according to the disclosure includes receiving a first assistance data associated with a first positioning reference signal configuration, transmitting a request to modify one or more parameters of the first positioning reference signal configuration, receiving a second assistance data associated with a second positioning reference signal configuration, wherein the second positioning reference signal configuration is based at least in part on the request to modify the one or more parameters of the first positioning reference signal configuration, obtaining measurements from one or more positioning reference signals based at least in part on the second assistance data, and determining the location based at least on part on measurements obtained from the one or more positioning reference signals.

公开(公告)号：US20220322044A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17710792

申请日：2022-03-31

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Sven FISCHER ,  Alexandros MANOLAKOS ,  Sony AKKARAKARAN ,  Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG ,  Hong CHENG

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: The positioning capabilities of a User Equipment (UE) are stored in a core network to reduce positioning latency when the UE indicates that its positioning capabilities are stable and/or are long term valid. The UE may provide its positioning capabilities to a location server during a location session along with an indication of whether the positioning capabilities are stable. The location server may enable storage of the positioning capabilities for the UE in the core network, e.g., in the location server or another entity in the core network such as Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), if there is an indication that the positioning capabilities are stable. The AMF may include a UE identifier in location requests with which the location server may retrieve the UE positioning capabilities if stored at the location server or may include the UE positioning capabilities if stored at the AMF.

公开(公告)号：US20220265453A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17743550

申请日：2022-05-13

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG ,  Alexandros MANOLAKOS ,  Stephen William EDGE ,  Sven FISCHER

IPC: A61F5/00

Abstract: A method of coordinating positioning signaling includes: sending, from a user equipment (UE), a request wirelessly for positioning service; receiving, at the UE, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and sending, from the UE, the UE positioning signals at the UE positioning signal times.

公开(公告)号：US20220141764A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17515209

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Amer CATOVIC ,  Osama LOTFALLAH ,  Lenaig Genevieve CHAPONNIERE ,  Stephen William EDGE ,  Bharat SHRESTHA

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W60/04

Abstract: A method of wireless communication performs a public land mobile network (PLMN) search for a higher priority PLMN. The PLMN search includes a candidate PLMN having a different mobile country code (MCC) than a serving PLMN. The method switches to the higher priority PLMN when the PLMN search locates the higher priority PLMN. A method determines whether a user equipment (UE) has transitioned between an international area and a national area. The method triggers PLMN selection in response to the UE having transitioned between the international area and the national area.

公开(公告)号：US20220015012A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17304905

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Bharat SHRESTHA ,  Umesh PHUYAL ,  Stephen William EDGE

IPC: H04W48/04 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit, to a base station associated with a non-terrestrial network and in connection with a random access procedure, a message that indicates a location of the user equipment; and receive a response to the message that indicates whether the message is accepted or rejected, the response being based at least in part on the location. Numerous other aspects are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20210266833A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17316475

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for initiating a periodic and triggered location in a target UE. After an LCS Client requests initiation of periodic and triggered location reporting from the UE, two intermediate responses are returned by a network. A first response indicates that the periodic and triggered location request has been received and accepted by the network. A second response indicates that periodic and triggered location has been activated in the UE. Additionally, a periodic and triggered location request may include a maximum event sampling interval and a maximum reporting interval and one or more location triggers. The maximum event sampling interval can limit UE power consumption and the maximum reporting interval can detect when periodic and triggered location is no longer active in a UE. The location triggers may include periodic reporting, reporting using area events or reporting based on UE motion.