Enhanced configuration of channel sounding signal for bandwidth stitching for wireless device positioning

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause processing circuitry of a user equipment (UE) device for configuring a set of sounding reference signal resources across multiple frequency locations for device positioning, upon execution of the instructions by the processing circuitry, to:

• encode for transmission, by the UE device, a sounding reference signal (SRS) comprising a first set of SRS resources to be used in a first transmission between the (UE device and a node B network device at a first time and a second set of SRS resources to be used in a second transmission between the UE device and the node B network device at a second time;
• decode the first transmission received, in response to the SRS, using the first set and a first bandwidth at the first time;
• decode the second transmission received, in response to the SRS, device using the second set and a second bandwidth at the second time, wherein the first bandwidth partially overlaps the second bandwidth;
• and
• combine the first transmission and the second transmission for a device positioning estimation operation based on a combined bandwidth comprising the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth.

A method for configuring a set of sounding reference signal resources across multiple frequency locations for device positioning, the method comprising:

• encode for transmission, by processing circuitry of a user equipment (UE) device, a sounding reference signal (SRS) comprising a first set of SRS resources to be used in a first transmission between the UE device and a node B network device at a first time and a second set of SRS resources to be used in a second transmission between the UE device and the node B network device at a second time;
• decoding, by the processing circuitry, the first transmission received, in response to the SRS, using the first set and a first bandwidth at the first time;
• decoding, by the processing circuitry, the second transmission received, in response to the SRS, using the second set and a second bandwidth at the second time, wherein the first bandwidth partially overlaps the second bandwidth;
• and
• combining, by the processing circuitry, the first transmission and the second transmission for a device positioning estimation operation based on a combined bandwidth comprising the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth.