Systems and methods for geolocation of user equipment

A system, comprising:

• at least one baseband unit (BBU) entity;
• a plurality of radio units communicatively coupled to the at least one BBU entity, wherein each radio unit of the plurality of radio units is configured to receive uplink signals from a user equipment;
• a plurality of antennas communicatively coupled to the plurality of radio units, wherein each respective radio unit of the plurality of radio units is communicatively coupled to a respective subset of the plurality of antennas;
• wherein the at least one BBU entity, the plurality of radio units, and the plurality of antennas are configured to implement a base station for wirelessly communicating with user equipment;
• wherein one or more components of the system are configured to determine, for each respective radio unit of the plurality of radio units, a respective propagation delay for the uplink signals from the user equipment for the respective radio unit of the plurality of radio units;
• wherein the at least one BBU entity is configured to jointly process the respective propagation delays for each respective radio unit of the plurality of radio units to determine an estimated position of the user equipment.