US 11,812,404 B2
Reference carrier phase for positioning reference signals
Jingchao Bao, San Diego, CA (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Juan Montojo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/401,266.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046045 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 64/006 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a transmitter;
a memory; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transmitter and the memory and configured to:
transmit, wirelessly via the transmitter, a positioning reference signal comprising a carrier signal with a carrier phase; and
transmit, via the transmitter, an indication of a reference carrier phase of the positioning reference signal, comprising a phase of the carrier signal of the positioning reference signal at a reference time of transmission of the positioning reference signal.