Enhancement of User Equipment Location Verification in Non-Terrestrial Networks

A method, comprising:

• receiving, from a network node, one or more messages comprising at least one of a configuration of a satellite orbit plane range and satellite orbital information;
• determining, using a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), a location of a user equipment (UE);
• determining, based at least in part on one or more of the satellite orbit plane range, the satellite orbital information, and the location of the UE, whether or not the location of the UE is within the satellite orbit plane range;
• reporting, to the network node, an indication of whether or not the location of the UE is within the satellite orbit plane range;
• and
• receiving, from the network node, a notification of a decision regarding the location verification of the UE.

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), at least one of a configuration of a satellite orbit plane range and satellite orbital information;
• receiving, from the UE, a location of the UE;
• determining, based at least in part on one or more of the satellite orbit plane range, the satellite orbital information, and the location of the UE, whether or not the UE is within the satellite orbit plane range, wherein if the UE's location is determined to be outside the satellite orbit plane range, the method further comprises:
• performing multilateration positioning to verify the location of the UE.