US 11,737,047 B2
Outlier rejection for positioning
Jingchao Bao, San Diego, CA (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,260, filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124665 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless positioning performed by a positioning entity, comprising:
determining an initial set of wireless links over which positioning reference signals (PRS) are measured by a network node engaged in a positioning session;
identifying a subset of wireless links of the initial set of wireless links based on an expected positioning measurement associated with a corresponding wireless link of the initial set of wireless links, a location of an anchor node associated with the corresponding wireless link, and an observed positioning measurement for the corresponding wireless link; and
determining a location of the network node based on observed positioning measurements of the identified subset of wireless links.