# US 12,225,430 B2 · Sidelink positioning anchor configuration > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,430 B2 - Document ID: US12225430B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/305,777 - Filed: 2021-07-14 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-14 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Dan Vassilovski; Kapil Gulati; Sony Akkarakaran; Hong Cheng; Gabi Sarkis; Shuanshuan Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225430B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - G01S 5/0205: {Details} - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - G01S 1/042: {Transmitters} - G01S 5/0244: {Accuracy or reliability of position solution or of measurements contributing thereto} - G01S 13/765: {with exchange of information between interrogator and responder} - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 48/12: using downlink control channel - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive first information identifying a value for a threshold parameter associated with a sidelink positioning procedure. The mobile station may transmit second information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is associated with the value for the threshold parameter. Numerous other aspects are described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile station for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to: receive a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and transmit information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the received value for the threshold parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the threshold parameter further comprises at least one of: a latitude location accuracy, a longitude location accuracy, an altitude location accuracy, or a coordinate location accuracy. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the received value for the threshold parameter corresponds to information received by the mobile station, and wherein the information received by the mobile station comprises a plurality of fields identifying a plurality of values for a plurality of threshold parameters associated with the sidelink positioning procedure, the plurality of threshold parameters including the threshold parameter, and the plurality of values including the received value for the threshold parameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in a cell-wide mobile station configuration message. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile station of claim 5, wherein the cell-wide mobile station configuration message is a system information block information element identifying a group of configurations for mobile stations or identifying a single configuration for mobile stations. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control reconfiguration message or in a medium access control (MAC) control element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the information element of the radio resource control reconfiguration message identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element that includes a sidelink preconfiguration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mobile station of claim 9, wherein the information element identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: transmit additional information identifying a change to the suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile station of claim 11, wherein the additional information is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control message. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: anchor the sidelink positioning procedure based at least in part on the information indicating that the mobile station is suitable for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure. ### Claim 14 A network entity for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to: transmit, to a mobile station, a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and receive, from the mobile station, information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the transmitted value for the threshold parameter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the threshold parameter further comprises at least one of: a latitude location accuracy, a longitude location accuracy, an altitude location accuracy, or a coordinate location accuracy. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter corresponds to information transmitted by the network entity, and wherein the first information transmitted by the network entity comprises a plurality of fields identifying a plurality of values for a plurality of threshold parameters associated with the sidelink positioning procedure, the plurality of threshold parameters including the threshold parameter, and the plurality of values including the transmitted value for the threshold parameter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in a cell-wide mobile station configuration message. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The network entity of claim 18, wherein the cell-wide mobile station configuration message is a system information block information element identifying a group of configurations for mobile stations or identifying a single configuration for mobile stations. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control reconfiguration message or in a medium access control (MAC) control element. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The network entity of claim 20, wherein the information element of the radio resource control reconfiguration message identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element that includes a sidelink preconfiguration. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The network entity of claim 22, wherein the information element identifies a group of configurations for the mobile station or identifies a single configuration for the mobile station. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The network entity of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive additional information identifying a change to the suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The network entity of claim 24, wherein the additional information is conveyed in an information element of a radio resource control message. ### Claim 26 A method of wireless communication performed by a mobile station, comprising: receiving a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and transmitting information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the received value for the threshold parameter. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, wherein the received value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, further comprising: anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure based at least in part on the information indicating that the mobile station is suitable for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure. ### Claim 29 A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising: transmitting, to a mobile station, a value for a threshold parameter corresponding to a sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the threshold parameter comprises a temporal duration indicative of a threshold amount of time a threshold accuracy of a position determination is to be satisfied for the mobile station to serve as an anchor for the sidelink positioning procedure; and receiving, from the mobile station, information identifying a suitability for anchoring the sidelink positioning procedure, wherein the suitability is based at least in part on the transmitted value for the threshold parameter. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, wherein the transmitted value for the threshold parameter is conveyed in an information element.