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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hong He, San Jose, CA (US);
Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirk Burroughs, Alamo, CA (US);
Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A reduced capability (redcap) user equipment (UE) is configured to receive a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration from a network component and perform one or more positioning operations based at least in part on the PRS configuration. A base station is configured to receive, from a location management function (LMF) of a network, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for a reduced capability user equipment (redcap UE) and transmit PRS to the redcap UE based on the PRS configuration.