US 2023/0065533 A1 · Collecting UE Positioning Information in a Non-Terrestrial Network

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) configured to collect UE positioning information configured to indicate a location of the UE, wherein the UE is deployed onboard an airplane and report the UE positioning information to a cell of a non-terrestrial network (NTN). Also, a user equipment (UE) configured to receive a request for uplink positioning reference signals, wherein the uplink positioning reference signals are to indicate a location of the UE and wherein the UE is deployed on an airplane and transmit the uplink positioning reference signals to a cell of a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

Claims20

Dependent claims

A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising:

collecting UE positioning information configured to indicate a location of the UE, wherein the UE is deployed onboard an airplane;
and
reporting the UE positioning information to a cell of a non-terrestrial network (NTN).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/822,500Filed 26 Aug 2022

Priority

2 Sep 2021

Published

2 Mar 2023

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

H04W 64/003
Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management: locating network equipment
G01S 5/0027
Transmission from mobile station to base station: of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
G01S 5/0036
Transmission from mobile station to base station: of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station
G01S 19/48
Determining position: by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position…

Collecting UE Positioning Information in a Non-Terrestrial Network

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Collecting UE Positioning Information in a Non-Terrestrial Network

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Abstract

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