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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2020
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Ryan Keating, Chicago, IL (US);
Tao Tao, Shanghai, CN;
Yong Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Jun Tan, Glenview, IL (US);
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to coordinated positioning via sidelink resource. A first terminal device transmits a first message to a plurality of positioning terminal devices including a second terminal device. The first message indicates sidelink resources for transmitting reference signals from the plurality of positioning terminal devices to the first terminal device. Upon receiving the first message, the second terminal device determines a first sidelink resource for transmitting a first reference signal for positioning the first terminal device from the sidelink resources, and then transmits the first reference signal via the first sidelink resource to the first terminal device. Through this solution, a sidelink-based positioning solution can be implemented. In particular, even in the scenario of being partial coverage or being out of coverage, where at least part of the devices involved in the positioning procedure cannot access the network device, the resource allocation for transmitting RSs can be implemented.