Bandwidth aggregation for positioning enhancement

An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) configured for operation in a New Radio (NR) network, the apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry, wherein to configure the UE for bandwidth aggregation for positioning in the NR network, the processing circuitry is to:
• encode a UE capability information element (IE) for transmission to a base station, the UE capability IE indicating that the UE supports bandwidth aggregation for sounding reference signal (SRS) positioning;
• decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the base station in response to the UE capability IE, the RRC signaling to identify SRS positioning resource sets linked across at least two component carriers (CCs) for bandwidth aggregation;
• decode a downlink control information (DCI) format received from the base station, the DCI format triggering one of the SRS positioning resource sets associated with a CC of the at least two CCs;
• and
• encode a SRS of the SRS positioning resource set for transmission across the at least two CCs;
• and
• memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the RRC signaling and the DCI format.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), the instructions to configure the UE for bandwidth aggregation for positioning in a New Radio (NR) network, and to cause the UE to perform operations comprising:

• encoding a UE capability information element (IE) for transmission to a base station, the UE capability IE indicating that the UE supports bandwidth aggregation for sounding reference signal (SRS) positioning;
• decoding radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the base station in response to the UE capability IE, the RRC signaling to identify SRS positioning resource sets linked across at least two component carriers (CCs) for bandwidth aggregation;
• decoding a downlink control information (DCI) format received from the base station, the DCI format triggering one of the SRS positioning resource sets associated with a CC of the at least two CCs;
• and
• encoding a SRS of the SRS positioning resource set for transmission across the at least two CCs.

A user equipment (UE) configured for operation in a New Radio (NR) network, the UE comprising:

• front-end circuitry coupled to one or more antennas;
• processing circuitry coupled to the front-end circuitry, wherein to configure the UE for bandwidth aggregation for positioning in the NR network, the processing circuitry is to:
• encode a UE capability information element (IE) for transmission to a base station, the UE capability IE indicating that the UE supports bandwidth aggregation for sounding reference signal (SRS) positioning;
• decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the base station in response to the UE capability IE, the RRC signaling to identify SRS positioning resource sets linked across at least two component carriers (CCs) for bandwidth aggregation;
• decode a downlink control information (DCI) format received from the base station, the DCI format triggering one of the SRS positioning resource sets associated with a CC of the at least two CCs;
• and
• encode a SRS of the SRS positioning resource set for transmission across the at least two CCs.