Verification of user equipment location in non-terrestrial network

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more transceivers configured to communicate with a target user equipment (UE);
• memory;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more transceivers and the memory, and configured to:
• receive location data of the target UE;
• obtain one or more locations of one or more UEs that are within a sidelink communication range of the target UE;
• receive sidelink measurements obtained by the one or more UEs relative to the target UE or by the target UE obtained for the one or more UEs;
• and
• verify the location data of the target UE based at least on the sidelink measurements and the one or more locations of the one or more UEs.

A non-transitory computer-readable apparatus comprising a storage medium, the storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computerized apparatus to:

• receive location data of a target user equipment (UE);
• obtain one or more locations of one or more UEs that are within a sidelink communication range of the target UE;
• receive sidelink measurements obtained by the one or more UEs relative to the target UE or by the target UE obtained for the one or more UEs;
• and
• verify the location data of the target UE based at least on the sidelink measurements and the one or more locations of the one or more UEs.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving location data of a target user equipment (UE);
• means for obtaining one or more locations of one or more UEs that are within a sidelink communication range of the target UE;
• means for receiving sidelink measurements obtained by the one or more UEs relative to the target UE or by the target UE obtained for the one or more UEs;
• and
• means for verifying the location data of the target UE based at least on the sidelink measurements and the one or more locations of the one or more UEs.