Positioning capability data exchange in a non-terrestrial network

An apparatus, comprising:

• a transceiver to:
• transmit a request message to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) configuration entity in a NTN, the request message requesting one or more of an identifier of a non-terrestrial station, ephemeris data associated with the non-terrestrial station, an entity type of the non-terrestrial network configuration entity, or a number of NTN nodes connected to the non terrestrial network configuration entity;
• receive a response message from the NTN configuration entity, the response message indicating parameter values;
• and
• a positioning manager to configure positioning assistance data for positioning a user equipment (UE) based in part on the parameter values received in the response message.

A method for capability exchange signaling at a location server, the method comprising:

• transmitting a request message to a network entity in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), the request message requesting an entity type of a non-terrestrial station and ephemeris data associated with the non-terrestrial station;
• receiving a response message from the network entity, the response message comprising parameter values associated with the entity type of the non-terrestrial station and the ephemeris data;
• and
• configuring positioning assistance data for positioning a user equipment (UE) based in part on the parameter values received in the response message.