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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US);
Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US);
Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning reference signals (PRSs) for reduced capacity devices, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may report, to a network (e.g., to a base station or an LMF) one or more capabilities associated with a positioning procedure for location estimation, e.g., such as a radio frequency retuning time, a parameter indicating a number of bandwidth switches needed by the UE to cover an effective bandwidth and a duration of downlink positioning reference signal symbols, N, that the UE can process in an indicated time period, T, and/or a processing bandwidth, among other parameters. The UE may be configured to transmit a reference signal configuration for the positioning procedure. The reference signal configuration may support frequency hopping with tone-overlap. The reference signal configuration may include an indication of a repetition factor and/or an indication of a frequency hopping factor. In addition, the UE may be configured to perform reference signal measurements, e.g., based on the reference signal configuration.