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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US);
Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Shuanshuan Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Shailesh Patil, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of assisting joint network entity/user equipment and user equipment/user equipment (NE/UE-and-UE/UE) ranging includes: transmitting, from a first UE to a network entity, a capability indication that indicates a capability of the first UE to serve as an anchor UE for joint NE/UE-and-UE/UE ranging; obtaining, at the first UE, a location of the first UE; transmitting, from the first UE, the location of the first UE; transmitting, from the first UE to the network entity, at least one indication that a second UE is in a line of sight of the first UE or that the second UE is in close proximity to the first UE; and transmitting, from the first UE, at least one of a first positioning reference signal to the second UE, or a measurement report indicating a measurement of a second positioning reference signal received by the first UE from the second UE.