US 12,326,507 B2
Systems and methods for support of on-demand positioning reference signals in a wireless network
Sven Fischer, Nuremberg (DE); Stephen William Edge, Escondido, CA (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Alexandros Manolakos, Escondido, CA (US); and Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,320.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,996, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120841 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 80/02 (2009.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC G01S 5/0036 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01)] 93 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a location of a mobile device, comprising:
sending, from the mobile device to a network server, a request for downlink positioning reference signals that includes on-demand positioning reference signal configuration information comprising at least one of:
a start time for on-demand positioning reference signal, or
a duration for on-demand positioning reference signal;
receiving assistance data based, at least in part, on the on-demand positioning reference signal configuration information; and
determining location information based, at least in part, on one or more downlink positioning reference signals associated with the on-demand positioning reference signal configuration information and the assistance data.