US 12,349,024 B2
Ranging assisted pedestrian localization
Saadallah Kassir, San Diego, CA (US); Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US); and Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,387.
Application 18/297,387 is a division of application No. 17/206,062, filed on Mar. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,659,354.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247386 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network node, comprising:
a memory;
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
send, to a first user equipment (UE), a request to perform a ranging operation to a second UE, wherein the request indicates that the ranging operation to the second UE is to be performed periodically;
receive, from the first UE, ranging data indicating a range from the first UE to the second UE; and
determine, based on the ranging data, an estimated position for the second UE.