US 12,349,099 B2
Collecting UE positioning information in a non-terrestrial network
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Manasa Raghavan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Qiming Li, Beijing (CN); Xiang Chen, Campbell, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); and Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/822,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/260,860, filed on Sep. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065533 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 64/003 (2013.01) [G01S 19/48 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising:
collecting UE positioning information configured to indicate a location of the UE, wherein the UE is deployed onboard an airplane;
reporting the UE positioning information to a cell of a non-terrestrial network (NTN); and
generating, for transmission to the cell of the NTN, uplink positioning reference signals, wherein a group of UEs comprising at least the UE and a second UE transmit the uplink positioning reference signals using a same time and frequency resource.