US 12,000,944 B2
Positioning system with NLOS identification and multipath mitigation
Yuhan Zhou, San Diego, CA (US); and Jung Hyun Bae, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,421, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,153, filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113364 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC G01S 5/0218 (2020.05) [G01S 5/011 (2020.05); H04W 64/006 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), from a first Transmission and Reception Point (TRP) of a network, a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS); and
sending, by the UE, a response to the network,
wherein:
the sending of the response comprises identifying, by the UE, a first detected path of the PRS and sending, by the UE, a plurality of measurements to the network, the plurality of measurements including, for each of a first plurality of paths corresponding to multiple multipath components of the PRS, an arrival time difference relative to the arrival time of the first detected path of the PRS, the first plurality of paths not including the first detected path, and the first plurality of paths comprising two paths.