US 11,950,200 B2
Enabling user equipment (UE) positioning anchors for vehicle-to-everything (V2X), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) positioning
Chang-Sik Choi, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Kapil Gulati, Hillsborough, NJ (US); and Shuanshuan Wu, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,553.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,725, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015056 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication by a first sidelink user equipment (UE), comprising:
determining an accuracy of a positioning estimate of the first sidelink UE having a non-anchor UE configuration;
determining the accuracy satisfies an accuracy condition;
configuring the first sidelink UE with an anchor UE configuration based on the positioning estimate satisfying the accuracy condition; and
transmitting, to a second sidelink UE, an anchor status message via a positioning reference signal (PRS) based on the first sidelink UE being configured with the anchor UE configuration, the second sidelink UE having a non-anchor UE configuration, the anchor status message indicating the first sidelink UE is configured with the anchor UE configuration.