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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes causing, at a first user equipment (UE), transmission of at least one positioning reference signal (PRS) to a second UE via a sidelink (SL) communication based on first positioning assistance data. The transmission enables the second UE to determine positioning measurements from at least part of the at least one PRS.