Positioning enhancement for precoded signals with dynamic context information

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• a memory circuit, wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the processor circuit;
• and
• at least one antenna(s),
• wherein the processor circuit is arranged to transmit a transmission reception position and a transmission and reception delay information of the radio signal using the at least one antenna(s),
• wherein the transmission reception reference point and the transmission and reception delay information is used for a position determining process,
• wherein the transmission and reception delay information comprises information on signal delay between the transmission reception reference point and a baseband circuit.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• a memory circuit, wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the processor circuit;
• and
• at least one receive antenna(s), wherein the at least one receive antenna(s) is arranged to receive a radio signal from at least one radio access network entity(s) and/or user devices of a communication network,
• wherein the processor circuit is arranged to receive a reception position, a transmission reception reference point, and a transmission and reception delay, transmission and reception delay information of the radio signal,
• wherein the radio signal is transmitted by at least one transmit antenna(s) of the radio access network entity(s) and/or user devices,
• wherein the transmission and reception delay information comprises information on the signal delay between the transmission reception reference point and a baseband circuit,
• wherein the at least one received transmission reception reference point and the transmission and reception delay information are used for a position determining process implemented by the processor circuit or by a network entity,
• wherein the network entity is remote from the apparatus.

A method comprising:

• determining a position of a first entity in a communication network using at least one position measurement (s),
• wherein the at least one position measurement(s) are between a position of the first entity and at least one second entities,
• wherein each of the first entity and at least one second entity(s) comprise at least one antenna(s),
• wherein the at least at least one antenna(s) are arranged to transmit and/or receive a radio signal for the position measurement;
• and
• determining the position of the first entity using a transmission reception reference point, transmission reception reference point, and transmission and reception delay, transmission and reception delay, information of the radio signal at the at least one antenna(s) of the first entity and/or at least one antenna(s) of the at least one second entities,
• wherein the transmission and reception delay information comprises information on the signal delay between the transmission reception reference point and a baseband circuit.

A method for operating an apparatus for a communication network,

• wherein the apparatus comprises at least one antenna(s),
• wherein the at least one antenna(s) is arranged to receive a radio signal from at least one radio access network entities and/or user devices of the communication network, the method comprising:
• receiving a transmission reception position, transmission reception reference point, and transmission and reception delay, transmission and reception delay, information of the radio signal transmitted by at least one antenna (s) of the respective radio access network entities and/or user devices,
• wherein the transmission and reception delay information comprises information on the signal delay between the transmission reception reference point and a baseband circuit;
• and
• performing a position determining process using the at least one received transmission reception reference point and the transmission and reception delay information,
• wherein the determining process is arranged to determine the position of the apparatus using the received transmission reception reference point and the transmission and reception delay information.