US 11,917,619 B2
Anchor device association for sidelink positioning
Shuanshuan Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Dan Vassilovski, Del Mar, CA (US); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Gabi Sarkis, San Diego, CA (US); Gene Wesley Marsh, San Diego, CA (US); and Hong Cheng, Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,692.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061043 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
identifying, by a user equipment (UE), a plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices; and
based on one or more parameters associated with each of the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices, associating the UE with one or more sidelink positioning anchor devices from the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement associated with each of the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices, a distance measurement associated with each of the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices, a line of sight measurement associated with each of the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices, an anchor device capability associated with each of the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices, and an anchor device category associated with each of the plurality of sidelink positioning anchor devices.