Graphical positioning reference unit
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMohammed Ali Mohammed HIRZALLAH, Rajat PRAKASH, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Bala RAMASAMY
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Abstract
A positioning reference assistance entity (PRAE) for providing positioning data to a network entity of a communication network having at least one transmission/reception point (TRP), the PRAE comprising: at least one sensor; at least one transceiver; at least one memory; and at least one processor, in signal communication with the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory, configured to: acquire physical sensory information, from the at least one sensor, of an environment in which the PRAE and the TRP are located; and transmit, via the at least one transceiver, the positioning data to the network entity based on the physical sensory information.
Claims20
A positioning reference assistance entity (PRAE) for providing positioning data to a network entity of a communication network having at least one transmission/reception point (TRP), the PRAE comprising:
- at least one sensor;
- at least one transceiver;
- at least one memory;
- and
- at least one processor, in signal communication with the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory, configured to:
- acquire physical sensory information, from the at least one sensor, of an environment in which the PRAE and the TRP are located, wherein the physical sensory information includes at least one of image data, acoustic data, or backscatter data associated with the environment;
- determine positioning data based on the physical sensory information, wherein the positioning data includes at least one of:
- the image data, the acoustic data, the backscatter data, or a set of positioning measurements;
- and
- transmit, via the at least one transceiver, the positioning data to the network entity.
A method for providing positioning data to a network entity of a communication network having at least one transmission/reception point (TRP) utilizing a positioning reference assistance entity (PRAE), the method comprising:
- acquiring physical sensory information, from at least one sensor, of an environment in which the PRAE and the TRP are located, wherein the physical sensory information includes at least one of image data, acoustic data, or backscatter data associated with the environment;
- determining positioning data based on the physical sensory information, wherein the positioning data includes at least one of:
- the image data, the acoustic data, the backscatter data, or a set of positioning measurements;
- and
- transmitting the positioning data to the network entity.
A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to providing positioning data to a network entity of a communication network having a positioning reference assistance entity (PRAE) and at least one transmission/reception point (TRP), comprising:
- code for acquiring physical sensory information, from at least one sensor, of an environment in which the PRAE and the TRP are located, wherein the physical sensory information includes at least one of image data, acoustic data, or backscatter data associated with the environment;
- code for determining positioning data based on the physical sensory information, wherein the positioning data includes at least one of:
- the image data, the acoustic data, the backscatter data, or a set of positioning measurements;
- and
- code for transmitting the positioning data to the network entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.