Patent ID: 11882541
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method for determining an estimated location of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, the method comprising:
providing, by the UE, a positioning request to a node while the UE is in a radio resource control idle (RRC_IDLE) or inactive (RRC_INACTIVE) state, the positioning request implemented in a random access channel (RACH) message A (MsgA);
receiving, by the UE, an uplink (UL) positioning reference signal (PRS) resource configuration from the node;
providing, by the UE, UL PRS data to the node based at least in part on the UL PRS resource configuration; and
receiving, by the UE, from the node, a positioning response implemented in a RACH message B (MsgB),
wherein the UL PRS resource configuration is received prior to receipt of the positioning response.