US 12,395,962 B2
Transmission of positioning reference signals for sidelink communications
Taylan Sahin, Munich (DE); Torsten Wildschek, Gloucester (GB); John Kenney, Mountain View, CA (US); Takayuki Shimizu, Mountain View, CA (US); Ling Yu, Kauniainen (FI); and Mikko Saily, Laukkoski (FI)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/957,695.
Application 18/957,695 is a continuation of application No. 18/860,648, previously published as PCT/JP2023/016533, filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/335,522, filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0119865 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for positioning in a sidelink communication, the method comprising:
detecting, by an anchor component performing the sidelink communication, a presence of at least one user equipment in the sidelink communication;
transmitting, by the anchor component, to a network infrastructure, a notification regarding the detected presence of the at least one user equipment; and
receiving, by the anchor component, information regarding at least one additional anchor component identified by the network infrastructure based on the notification, from the network infrastructure.