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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2020
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Mohammad Alawieh, Erlangen, DE;
Birendra Ghimire, Erlangen, DE;
Bastian Perner, Erlangen, DE;
Sebastian Kram, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure describes a method for a network entity (NE) to optimize positioning of a user equipment (UE) based on static circumstances and situational/environmental circumstances. The static circumstances may be sensor capabilities and sensor quality related to the UE, radio access network (RAN) capabilities, or general system limitations. The NE may request a quality report from a measurement unit (MU) that indicates the positioning technologies used for such quality reporting. The NE may inform the MU which sensors and technologies to use for monitoring and request a report from these sensors and technologies. The NE may receive results from measurements performed by the MU, and the NE may receive a message including the MU quality report in order to enable the NE to decide on the best positioning method for the UE in the current situation for the indicated sensors and technologies to perform the position calculation.