US 12,284,627 B2
Relative positioning assistance information
Fredrik Gunnarsson, Linköping (SE); and Ritesh Shreevastav, Upplands Väsby (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/788,871
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/SE2021/050088
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/158165, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,604, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024368 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by a network node, for providing positioning assistance data to one or more user equipment (UEs) in a wireless network, the method comprising:
determining relative location information for one or more transmission reception points (TRPs) in the wireless network based on absolute location information for an associated TRP in the wireless network; and
transmitting, to one or more UEs, positioning assistance data including the relative location information for the one or more TRPs, wherein:
the relative location information for the one or more TRPs includes an identifier of the associated TRP; and
the identifier indicates that the absolute location information for the one or more TRPs is adopted from the absolute location information for the associated TRP.