Systems and methods for positioning mobile devices in a fifth generation wireless network

A user equipment (UE) having 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) wireless access comprising:

• a wireless communication interface;
• a memory;
• and
• a processing unit communicatively coupled with the wireless communication interface and the memory, and configured to cause the UE to:
• receive, using the wireless communication interface, a first Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) message from a location server, wherein the first LPP message comprises a location request and is received via a serving Fifth Generation (5G) base station;
• obtain, using the wireless communication interface, at least one location measurement based on the first LPP message, wherein the at least one location measurement comprises a measurement for a Radio Access Technology (RAT)-independent position method or a measurement for an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) position method;
• determine location information based on the at least one location measurement;
• and
• send, using the wireless communication interface, a second LPP message to the location server, wherein the second LPP message comprises the location information and is sent via the serving 5G base station.

A device comprising:

• means for receiving a first Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) message from a location server, wherein the first LPP message comprises a location request and is received via a serving Fifth Generation (5G) base station;
• means for obtaining at least one location measurement based on the first LPP message, wherein the at least one location measurement comprises a measurement for a Radio Access Technology (RAT)-independent position method or a measurement for an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) position method;
• means for determining location information based on the at least one location measurement;
• and
• means for sending a second LPP message to the location server, wherein the second LPP message comprises the location information and is sent via the serving 5G base station.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embedded thereon to cause a user equipment (UE) to support location of the UE with 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) wireless access, the instructions configured to, when executed by a processing unit of the UE, cause the UE to:

• receive a first Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) message from a location server, wherein the first LPP message comprises a location request and is received via a serving 5G base station;
• obtain at least one location measurement based on the first LPP message, wherein the at least one location measurement comprises a measurement for a Radio Access Technology (RAT)-independent position method or a measurement for an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) position method;
• determine location information based on the at least one location measurement;
• and
• send a second LPP message to the location server, wherein the second LPP message comprises the location information and is sent via the serving 5G base station.