Patent ID: 11929952
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A method of operating a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
determining a sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS) pattern for a sidelink position estimation procedure, the sidelink PRS pattern including at least one PRS transmission occasion for each of a group of UEs on a shared communication medium;
performing one or more attempts to transmit a first PRS on one or more PRS transmission occasions associated with the first UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern;
monitoring, in response to a successful attempt to transmit the first PRS on a first PRS of the one or more PRS transmission occasions, at least a second PRS transmission occasion for receipt of a second PRS from a second UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern;
performing, if the second PRS is not received on the second PRS transmission occasion, one or more attempts to transmit a third PRS on one or more additional PRS transmission occasions associated with the first UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern; and
monitoring, in response to a successful attempt to transmit the third PRS on a third PRS transmission occasion, at least a fourth PRS transmission occasion for receipt of a fourth PRS from the second UE in accordance with the sidelink PRS pattern.