Client device orientation estimation
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsBenny Vejlgaard, Oana-Elena Barbu, Ryan Keating, Johannes Harrebek
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Abstract
According to an example embodiment, a client device is configured to receive a first positioning reference signal; identify an orientation of a polarisation of the first positioning reference signal based on the received first positioning reference signal; estimate an orientation of the client device based on at least the identified orientation of the polarisation of the first positioning reference signal; and provide the orientation estimate to a network node device, Devices, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- receive a first positioning reference signal;
- identify an orientation of a polarisation of the first positioning reference signal based on the received first positioning reference signal;
- estimate an orientation of the apparatus based on at least the identified orientation of the polarisation of the first positioning reference signal;
- and
- provide the orientation estimate to a network node device,
- wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- receive a second positioning reference signal;
- identify an orientation of a polarisation of the second positioning reference signal based on the received second positioning reference signal;
- and
- estimate an orientation of the apparatus based on at least the identified orientations of the polarisations of the first positioning reference signal and of the second positioning reference signal.
A method comprising:
- receiving a first positioning reference signal;
- identifying an orientation of a polarisation of the first positioning reference signal based on the received first positioning reference signal;
- estimating an orientation of a client device based on at least the identified orientation of the polarisation of the first positioning reference signal;
- and
- providing the orientation estimate to a network node device,
- further comprising:
- receiving a second positioning reference signal;
- identifying an orientation of a polarisation of the second positioning reference signal based on the received second positioning reference signal;
- and
- estimating an orientation of the client device based on at least the identified orientations of the polarisations of the first positioning reference signal and of the second positioning reference signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.