Patent Publication Number: US-11647361-B2

Title: Network-inferred synchronization for positioning measurements

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/221,615, entitled “NETWORK-INFERRED SYNCHRONIZATION FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS,” filed Apr. 2, 2021, which claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/011,869, filed Apr. 17, 2020, and entitled “NETWORK-INFERRED SYNCHRONIZATION FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS,” both of which are assigned to the assignee hereof and are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field of the Disclosure 
     Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and the like. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Wireless communication systems have developed through various generations, including a first-generation analog wireless phone service (1G), a second-generation (2G) digital wireless phone service (including interim 2.5G networks), a third-generation (3G) high speed data, Internet-capable wireless service, and a fourth-generation (4G) service (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE), WiMax). There are presently many different types of wireless communication systems in use, including cellular and personal communications service (PCS) systems. Examples of known cellular systems include the cellular Analog Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), and digital cellular systems based on code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), the Global System for Mobile access (GSM) variation of TDMA, etc. 
     A fifth generation (5G) mobile standard calls for higher data transfer speeds, greater numbers of connections, and better coverage, among other improvements. The 5G standard (also referred to as “New Radio” or “NR”), according to the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance, is designed to provide data rates of several tens of megabits per second to each of tens of thousands of users, with 1 gigabit per second to tens of workers on an office floor. Several hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections should be supported in order to support large sensor deployments. Consequently, the spectral efficiency of 5G mobile communications should be significantly enhanced compared to the current 4G/LTE standard. Furthermore, signaling efficiencies should be enhanced and latency should be substantially reduced compared to current standards. 
     Certain location use cases require very high accuracy and low latency in provision of a location of a mobile device to an external client. Examples include: smart (automated) factories and warehouses where the positions of tools, objects being fabricated and packages may need to be known with an accuracy of 10 centimeters (cms) or less and with a latency of less than 1 second; drones where a location accurate to 1 meter may need to be known within a second; public safety first responders at a dangerous location (e.g. inside a burning or partially collapsed building); and user cases associated with moving vehicles and pedestrians (known as V2X). Other user cases associated with very high location accuracy may also have very low latency requirements due to a rapid deterioration in location accuracy for a moving object. For example, even at only 4 mph (normal walking speed), an object would move 1.79 meters in 1 second, thereby nullifying the benefit of 1 meter location accuracy after less than 1 second. Desired accuracy and latency requirements for positioning information in use cases, such as industrial control loops, cannot be obtained with current wireless location solutions. 
     SUMMARY 
     A wireless network including user equipment (UE) and base stations is configured to perform position determination with low latency and synchronized to a common time within a wireless network. The UE and base stations are configured to perform positioning measurements at a specific time point or within a window around the time point in a measurement period. The time point may be relative to a timing event within the wireless network, such as the beginning or end of a positioning reference signal window or a specific message in a layer 1 or layer 2 transmission. A location server may be provided with the positioning measurements or a position estimate from the UE and provide the position estimate to an external client within the measurement period. 
     In one implementation, a method performed by an entity in a wireless network for positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes receiving a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; receiving positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; performing the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and transmitting to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     In one implementation, an entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes an external interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a network entity in the wireless network; at least one memory; at least one processor coupled to the external interface and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive, via the external interface, a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; receive, via the external interface, positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; perform the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and transmit, via the external interface, to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     In one implementation, an entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes means for receiving a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; means for receiving positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; means for performing the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and means for transmitting to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     In one implementation, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in an entity in a wireless network to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, the program code including instructions to receive a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; program code to receive positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; program code to perform the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and program code to transmit to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     In one implementation, a method performed by an entity in a wireless network for positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes receiving a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and transmitting the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     In one implementation, an entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes an external interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a network entity in the wireless network; at least one memory; at least one processor coupled to the external interface and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive, via the external interface, a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and transmit, via the external interface, the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     In one implementation, an entity in the wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes means for receiving a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and means for transmitting the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     In one implementation, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in an entity in a wireless network to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, the program code including instructions to receive a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and program code to transmit the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     In one implementation, a method performed by a location server in a wireless network for positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes receiving a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; transmitting to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; receiving a location report from the one or more entities based on the positioning measurements for the UE performed at the first time point within the measurement period; determining a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning report; and transmitting the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     In one implementation, a location server in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes an external interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a network entity in the wireless network; at least one memory; at least one processor coupled to the external interface and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive, via the external interface, a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; transmit, via the external interface, to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; receive, via the external interface, a location report from the one or more entities based on the positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; determine a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and transmit, via the external interface, the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     In one implementation, a location server in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, includes means for receiving a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; means for transmitting to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; means for receiving a location report from the one or more entities based on positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; means for determining a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and means for transmitting the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     In one implementation, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in an location server in a wireless network to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, the program code including instructions to receive a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; program code to transmit to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; program code to receive a location report from the one or more entities based on positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; program code to determine a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and program code to transmit the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The accompanying drawings are presented to aid in the description of various aspects of the disclosure and are provided solely for illustration of the aspects and not limitation thereof. 
         FIG.  1    illustrates an exemplary wireless communications system, according to various aspects of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  2 A and  2 B  illustrate example wireless network structures, according to various aspects of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    illustrates a block diagram of a design of base station and user equipment (UE), which may be one of the base stations and one of the UEs in  FIG.  1   . 
         FIG.  4    is a diagram of a structure of an exemplary subframe sequence with positioning reference signal (PRS) positioning occasions. 
         FIG.  5    illustrates an exemplary wireless communications system implementing positioning using a Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) technique. 
         FIG.  6    illustrates an exemplary wireless communications system implementing positioning using a Round Trip Time (RTT) with multiple base stations (multi-RTT) technique. 
         FIG.  7    illustrates a motion control system that may include a UE as a position sensor. 
         FIG.  8    illustrates aligned timelines for a controller, UE, base station, location server, and a common time. 
         FIG.  9    is a message flow for a wireless network performing positioning at a specific time point in a measurement period. 
         FIG.  10    is a flowchart for an exemplary method for performing positioning of a UE at a specific time point in a measurement period performed by an entity in a wireless network. 
         FIG.  11    is a flowchart for an exemplary method for performing positioning of a UE at a specific time point in a measurement period performed by an entity in a wireless network. 
         FIG.  12    is a flowchart for an exemplary method for performing positioning of a UE at a specific time point in a measurement period performed by a location server in a wireless network. 
         FIG.  13    shows a schematic block diagram illustrating certain exemplary features of a UE enabled to perform positioning at a specific time point in a measurement period. 
         FIG.  14    shows a schematic block diagram illustrating certain exemplary features of a base station in a wireless network enabled to perform positioning at a specific time point in a measurement period. 
         FIG.  15    shows a schematic block diagram illustrating certain exemplary features of a location server in a wireless network enabled to perform positioning at a specific time point in a measurement period. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Aspects of the disclosure are provided in the following description and related drawings directed to various examples provided for illustration purposes. Alternate aspects may be devised without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Additionally, well-known elements of the disclosure will not be described in detail or will be omitted so as not to obscure the relevant details of the disclosure. 
     The words “exemplary” and/or “example” are used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” and/or “example” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects. Likewise, the term “aspects of the disclosure” does not require that all aspects of the disclosure include the discussed feature, advantage, or mode of operation. 
     Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the information and signals described below may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description below may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof, depending in part on the particular application, in part on the desired design, in part on the corresponding technology, etc. 
     Further, many aspects are described in terms of sequences of actions to be performed by, for example, elements of a computing device. It will be recognized that various actions described herein can be performed by specific circuits (e.g., application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)), by program instructions being executed by one or more processors, or by a combination of both. Additionally, the sequence(s) of actions described herein can be considered to be embodied entirely within any form of non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a corresponding set of computer instructions that, upon execution, would cause or instruct an associated processor of a device to perform the functionality described herein. Thus, the various aspects of the disclosure may be embodied in a number of different forms, all of which have been contemplated to be within the scope of the claimed subject matter. In addition, for each of the aspects described herein, the corresponding form of any such aspects may be described herein as, for example, “logic configured to” perform the described action. 
     As used herein, the terms “user equipment” (UE) and “base station” are not intended to be specific or otherwise limited to any particular Radio Access Technology (RAT), unless otherwise noted. In general, a UE may be any wireless communication device (e.g., a mobile phone, router, tablet computer, laptop computer, tracking device, wearable (e.g., smartwatch, glasses, augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) headset, etc.), vehicle (e.g., automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, etc.), Internet of Things (IoT) device, etc.), sensors, instruments, and other devices networked together in industrial applications (Industrial Internet of Things (IIot)), used by a user to communicate over a wireless communications network. A UE may be mobile or may (e.g., at certain times) be stationary, and may communicate with a Radio Access Network (RAN). As used herein, the term “UE” may be referred to interchangeably as an “access terminal” or “AT,” a “client device,” a “wireless device,” a “subscriber device,” a “subscriber terminal,” a “subscriber station,” a “user terminal” or UT, a “mobile terminal,” a “mobile station,” or variations thereof. Generally, UEs can communicate with a core network via a RAN, and through the core network the UEs can be connected with external networks such as the Internet and with other UEs. Of course, other mechanisms of connecting to the core network and/or the Internet are also possible for the UEs, such as over wired access networks, wireless local area network (WLAN) networks (e.g., based on IEEE 802.11, etc.) and so on. 
     A base station may operate according to one of several RATs in communication with UEs depending on the network in which it is deployed, and may be alternatively referred to as an access point (AP), a network node, a NodeB, an evolved NodeB (eNB), a New Radio (NR) Node B (also referred to as a gNB or gNodeB), etc. In addition, in some systems a base station may provide purely edge node signaling functions while in other systems it may provide additional control and/or network management functions. A communication link through which UEs can send signals to a base station is called an uplink (UL) channel (e.g., a reverse traffic channel, a reverse control channel, an access channel, etc.). A communication link through which the base station can send signals to UEs is called a downlink (DL) or forward link channel (e.g., a paging channel, a control channel, a broadcast channel, a forward traffic channel, etc.). As used herein the term traffic channel (TCH) can refer to either an UL/reverse or DL/forward traffic channel. 
     The term “base station” may refer to a single physical transmission point or to multiple physical transmission points that may or may not be co-located. For example, where the term “base station” refers to a single physical transmission point, the physical transmission point may be an antenna of the base station corresponding to a cell of the base station. Where the term “base station” refers to multiple co-located physical transmission points, the physical transmission points may be an array of antennas (e.g., as in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system or where the base station employs beamforming) of the base station. Where the term “base station” refers to multiple non-co-located physical transmission points, the physical transmission points may be a distributed antenna system (DAS) (a network of spatially separated antennas connected to a common source via a transport medium) or a remote radio head (RRH) (a remote base station connected to a serving base station). Alternatively, the non-co-located physical transmission points may be the serving base station receiving the measurement report from the UE and a neighbor base station whose reference RF signals the UE is measuring. 
     Wireless positioning has been proposed for use cases requiring high levels of accuracy and low latency. For example, one proposed implementation is a wireless positioning service for Industrial IoT (IIoT), in which a UE may be, or may be attached to or embedded inside, some tool, object, part, or component being used in a smart (automated) factory or may be attached to or embedded inside a package, object or component in a smart (automated) warehouse or supply depot. Such UEs may need to be located with high accuracy in order to allow fast, efficient, and smooth operation of the smart factory, warehouse, or supply depot. Industrial control loops that may be implemented in the “Factory of the Future” will rely on accurate positioning information. Several “service levels” with different requirements in terms of accuracy and latency have been specified (by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)), as indicated in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Latency 
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 for 
                   
                   
                 Corresponding 
               
               
                   
                 position 
                   
                   
                 Positioning 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Horizontal 
                 Vertical 
                   
                   
                 estimation 
                 UE 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 Scenario 
                 accuracy 
                 accuracy 
                 Availability 
                 Heading 
                 of UE 
                 Speed 
                 in TS 22.261 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Mobile control 
                 &lt;5 
                 m 
                 &lt;3 
                 m 
                 90% 
                 N/A 
                 &lt;5 
                 s 
                 N/A 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 panels with 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2 
               
               
                 safety functions 
               
               
                 (non-danger 
               
               
                 zones) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Process 
                 &lt;1 
                 m 
                 &lt;3 
                 m 
                 90% 
                 N/A 
                 &lt;2 
                 s 
                 &lt;30 
                 km/h 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 automation - 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
               
               
                 plant asset 
               
               
                 management 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Flexible, 
                 &lt;1 m 
                 N/A 
                 99% 
                 N/A 
                 1 
                 s 
                 &lt;30 
                 km/h 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 modular 
                 (relative 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 3 
               
               
                 assembly area in 
                 positioning) 
               
               
                 smart factories 
               
               
                 (for tracking of 
               
               
                 tools at the 
               
               
                 work-place 
               
               
                 location) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Augmented 
                 &lt;1 
                 m 
                 &lt;3 
                 m 
                 99% 
                 &lt;0.17 rad 
                 &lt;15 
                 ms 
                 &lt;10 
                 km/h 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 reality in smart 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 factories 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Mobile control 
                 &lt;1 
                 m 
                 &lt;3 
                 m 
                 99.9%     
                 &lt;0.54 rad 
                 &lt;1 
                 s 
                 N/A 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 panels with 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 safety functions 
               
               
                 in smart 
               
               
                 factories (within 
               
               
                 factory danger 
               
               
                 zones) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Flexible, 
                 &lt;50 
                 cm 
                 &lt;3 
                 m 
                 99% 
                 N/A 
                 1 
                 s 
                 &lt;30 
                 km/h 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 modular 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 5 
               
               
                 assembly area in 
               
               
                 smart factories 
               
               
                 (for autonomous 
               
               
                 vehicles, only for 
               
               
                 monitoring 
               
               
                 proposes) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Inbound 
                 &lt;30 cm (if 
                 &lt;3 
                 m 
                 99.9%     
                 N/A 
                 10 
                 ms 
                 &lt;30 
                 km/h 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 logistics for 
                 supported 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 6 
               
               
                 manufacturing 
                 by further 
               
               
                 (for driving 
                 sensors like 
               
               
                 trajectories (if 
                 camera, 
               
               
                 supported by 
                 GNSS, 
               
               
                 further sensors 
                 IMU) 
               
               
                 like camera, 
               
               
                 GNSS, IMU) of 
               
               
                 indoor 
               
               
                 autonomous 
               
               
                 driving 
               
               
                 systems)) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Inbound 
                 &lt;20 
                 cm 
                 &lt;20 
                 cm 
                 99% 
                 N/A 
                 &lt;1 
                 s 
                 &lt;30 
                 km/h 
                 Service Level 
               
               
                 logistics for 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 7 
               
               
                 manufacturing 
               
               
                 (for storage of 
               
               
                 goods) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     While the requirements for various service levels shown in TABLE 1 have been proposed, how to achieve these requirements, e.g., and integrate within a conventional industrial control loop is not currently understood. 
     By way of example, Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards under development within the IEEE 802.1 Working Group within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association. TSN targets very low latency and high availability of real-time control streams in industrial facilities. There are three basic components within the TSN specification. One component is time synchronization, e.g., every node within the communication network is required to have a common understanding of time. Another component is the scheduling and traffic shaping, e.g., all nodes are required to process and forward communication packets by respecting same rules. Another component is communication paths selection, in which the path reservation and fault tolerance are specified by the shared rules. TSN was initially developed for Ethernet networks, but has been proposed to extend to work with wireless networks, such as Fifth Generation (5G) wireless network, to utilize the full potential of industrial control combined with mobile sensors/actuators. 
     By including a wireless positioning system, including a UE as a sensor within the TSN framework, it becomes possible to include a low-latency solution to enable isochronous control for classical industrial control problems. The TSN framework enables synchronization of measurements that is on the order of 1 μs. For some industrial control situations, and for use-cases beyond industrial control, however, the synchronization of measurements may be less stringent, and thus, do not require operating within the TSN framework. When less stringent accuracy requirements (˜100 μs) over the measuring events are needed, then one can leverage, for example, serving gNB timing or other network-based timing for the positioning measurements. 
       FIG.  1    shows a diagram of an example wireless network  100 . The wireless communications system (also referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN)) includes base stations  102 , UEs  104 , and one or more core networks, illustrated as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC)  160  and a Fifth Generation Core (5GC)  190 . While two core networks are shown the wireless communications system may use only one core network, e.g., the 5GC  190 . The base stations  102  may include macrocells (high power cellular base station) or small cells (low power cellular base station). The macrocells include base stations. The small cells include femtocells, picocells, and microcells. 
     The base stations  102  configured for 4G LTE, referred to as eNodeBs (eNBs), (collectively referred to as Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with the EPC  160  through backhaul links  132  (such as the S1 interface). The base stations  102  configured for 5G NR, referred to as gNodeBs (gNBs), (collectively referred to as Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN)) may interface with 5GC  190  through backhaul links  184 . In addition to other functions, the base stations  102  may perform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (such as handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations  102  may communicate directly or indirectly (such as through the EPC  160  or 5GC  190 ) with each other over backhaul links  134  (such as the X2 interface). The backhaul links  134  may be wired or wireless. 
     The base stations  102  may wirelessly communicate with the UEs  104 . Each of the base stations  102  may provide communication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area  110 . There may be overlapping geographic coverage areas  110 . For example, the small cell  102 ′ may have a coverage area  110 ′ that overlaps the coverage area  110  of one or more macro base stations  102 . A “cell” is a logical communication entity used for communication with a base station (e.g., over some frequency resource, referred to as a carrier frequency, component carrier, carrier, band, or the like), and may be associated with an identifier (e.g., a physical cell identifier (PCID), a virtual cell identifier (VCID)) for distinguishing cells operating via the same or a different carrier frequency. In some cases, different cells may be configured according to different protocol types (e.g., machine-type communication (MTC), narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), or others) that may provide access for different types of UEs. In some cases, the term “cell” may also refer to a geographic coverage area of a base station (e.g., a sector), insofar as a carrier frequency can be detected and used for communication within some portion of geographic coverage areas  110 . 
     A network that includes both small cell and macrocells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network also may include Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs), which may provide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG). The communication links  120  between the base stations  102  and the UEs  104  may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE  104  to a base station  102  or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station  102  to a UE  104 . The communication links  120  may use multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, or transmit diversity. The communication links may be through one or more carriers. The base stations  102 /UEs  104  may use spectrum up to Y MHz (such as 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, 20 MHz, 100 MHz, 400 MHz, etc.) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (such as more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL). 
     In 5G, the frequency spectrum in which wireless nodes (e.g., base stations  102 / 180 , UEs  104 / 182 ) operate is divided into multiple frequency ranges, FR1 (from 450 to 6000 MHz), FR2 (from 24250 to 52600 MHz), FR3 (above 52600 MHz), and FR4 (between FR1 and FR2). In a multi-carrier system, such as 5G, one of the carrier frequencies is referred to as the “primary carrier” or “anchor carrier” or “primary serving cell” or “PCell,” and the remaining carrier frequencies are referred to as “secondary carriers” or “secondary serving cells” or “SCells.” In carrier aggregation, the anchor carrier is the carrier operating on the primary frequency (e.g., FR1) utilized by a UE  104 / 182  and the cell in which the UE  104 / 182  either performs the initial radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment procedure or initiates the RRC connection re-establishment procedure. The primary carrier carries all common and UE-specific control channels. A secondary carrier is a carrier operating on a second frequency (e.g., FR2) that may be configured once the RRC connection is established between the UE  104  and the anchor carrier and that may be used to provide additional radio resources. The secondary carrier may contain only necessary signaling information and signals, for example, those that are UE-specific may not be present in the secondary carrier, since both primary uplink and downlink carriers are typically UE-specific. This means that different UEs  104 / 182  in a cell may have different downlink primary carriers. The same is true for the uplink primary carriers. The network is able to change the primary carrier of any UE  104 / 182  at any time. This is done, for example, to balance the load on different carriers. Because a “serving cell” (whether a PCell or an SCell) corresponds to a carrier frequency/component carrier over which some base station is communicating, the term “cell,” “serving cell,” “component carrier,” “carrier frequency,” and the like can be used interchangeably. 
     Some UEs  104  may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communication link  158 . The D2D communication link  158  may use the DL/UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D communication link  158  may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2D communications systems, such as for example, FlashLinQ, WiMedia, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on the IEEE 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR. 
     The small cell  102 ′ may operate in a licensed or an unlicensed frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the small cell  102 ′ may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum as used by the Wi-Fi AP  150 . The small cell  102 ′, employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage to or increase capacity of the access network. 
     A base station  102 , whether a small cell  102 ′ or a large cell (such as a macro base station), may include an eNB, gNodeB (gNB), or another type of base station. Some base stations, such as gNB  180 , may operate in a traditional sub 6 GHz spectrum, in millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies, or near mmW frequencies in communication with the UE  104 . When the gNB  180  operates in mmW or near mmW frequencies, the gNB  180  may be referred to as a millimeter wave or mmW base station. Extremely high frequency (EHF) is part of the RF in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHF has a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters. Radio waves in the band may be referred to as a millimeter wave. Near mmW may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100 millimeters. The super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave. Communications using the mmW/near mmW radio frequency band (such as between 3 GHz-300 GHz) has extremely high path loss and a short range. The mmW base station  180  may utilize beamforming  182  with the UE  104  to compensate for the extremely high path loss and short range. 
     The base station  180  may transmit a beamformed signal to the UE  104  in one or more transmit directions  182 ′. The UE  104  may receive the beamformed signal from the base station  180  in one or more receive directions  182 ″. The UE  104  also may transmit a beamformed signal to the base station  180  in one or more transmit directions. The base station  180  may receive the beamformed signal from the UE  104  in one or more receive directions. The base station  180  and UE  104  may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of the base station  180  and UE  104 . The transmit and receive directions for the base station  180  may or may not be the same. The transmit and receive directions for the UE  104  may or may not be the same. 
     Transmit beamforming is a technique for focusing an RF signal in a specific direction. Traditionally, when a network node (e.g., a base station) broadcasts an RF signal, it broadcasts the signal in all directions (omni-directionally). With transmit beamforming, the network node determines where a given target device (e.g., a UE) is located (relative to the transmitting network node) and projects a stronger downlink RF signal in that specific direction, thereby providing a faster (in terms of data rate) and stronger RF signal for the receiving device(s). To change the directionality of the RF signal when transmitting, a network node can control the phase and relative amplitude of the RF signal at each of the one or more transmitters that are broadcasting the RF signal. For example, a network node may use an array of antennas (referred to as a “phased array” or an “antenna array”) that creates a beam of RF waves that can be “steered” to point in different directions, without actually moving the antennas. Specifically, the RF current from the transmitter is fed to the individual antennas with the correct phase relationship so that the radio waves from the separate antennas add together to increase the radiation in a desired direction, while cancelling to suppress radiation in undesired directions. 
     In receive beamforming, the receiver uses a receive beam to amplify RF signals detected on a given channel. For example, the receiver can increase the gain setting and/or adjust the phase setting of an array of antennas in a particular direction to amplify (e.g., to increase the gain level of) the RF signals received from that direction. Thus, when a receiver is said to beamform in a certain direction, it means the beam gain in that direction is high relative to the beam gain along other directions, or the beam gain in that direction is the highest compared to the beam gain in that direction of all other receive beams available to the receiver. This results in a stronger received signal strength (e.g., reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), etc.) of the RF signals received from that direction. 
     The EPC  160 , by way of example, may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME)  162 , an Enhanced Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC)  164 , a Serving Gateway  166 , a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC)  168 , a Home Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (H-SLP)  170 , and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway  172 . The MME  162  may be in communication with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS)  174 . The MME  162  is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs  104  and the EPC  160 . Generally, the MME  162  provides bearer and connection management. The E-SMLC  164  may support location determination of the UEs, e.g., using the 3GPP control plane (CP) location solution. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the Serving Gateway  166 , which itself is connected to the PDN Gateway  172 . The PDN Gateway  172  provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The PDN Gateway  172  is connected to the IP Services  176 . The IP Services  176  may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, and/or other IP services. The GMLC  168  may provide location access to the UE on behalf of external clients  169 , e.g., that may be within or IP Services  176 . The H-SLP  170  may support the SUPL User Plane (UP) location solution defined by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and may support location services for UEs based on subscription information for the UEs stored in H-SLP  170 . 
     The 5GC  190  may include an H-SLP  191 , an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF)  192 , a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC)  193 , a Session Management Function (SMF)  194 , and a User Plane Function (UPF)  195 , a Location Management Function (LMF)  196 . The AMF  192  may be in communication with a Unified Data Management (UDM)  197 . The AMF  192  is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs  104  and the 5GC  190  and which, for positioning functionality, may communicate with the LMF  196 , which may support location determination of UEs. In some implementations, the LMF  196  may be co-located with a base station  102  in the NG-RAN and may be referred to as a Location Management Component (LMC). The GMLC  193  may be used to allow an external client  199 , outside or within IP Services  198 , to receive location information regarding the UEs. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets may be transferred through the UPF  195 . The UPF  195  provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The UPF  195  is connected to the IP Services  198 . The H-SLP  191  may likewise be connected to the IP Services  198  The IP Services  198  may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, and/or other IP services. 
     The base station also may be referred to as a gNB, Node B, evolved Node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a transmit reception point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology. The base station  102  provides an access point to the EPC  160  or 5GC  190  for a UE  104 . Examples of UEs  104  include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (such as an MP3 player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or any other similar functioning device. Some of the UEs  104  may be referred to as IoT devices (such as a parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, etc.). Some of the UEs  104  may be referred to as IIoT devices, such as sensors, instruments, and other devices networked together, in an industrial application, e.g., within a factory  105 . The UE  104  also may be referred to as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. 
       FIG.  2 A  illustrates an example wireless network structure  200 . For example, an NGC  210  (also referred to as a “5GC”) can be viewed functionally as control plane functions  214  (e.g., UE registration, authentication, network access, gateway selection, etc.) and user plane functions  212 , (e.g., UE gateway function, access to data networks, IP routing, etc.) which operate cooperatively to form the core network. User plane interface (NG-U)  213  and control plane interface (NG-C)  215  connect the gNB  222  to the NGC  210  and specifically to the control plane functions  214  and user plane functions  212 . In an additional configuration, an eNB  224  may also be connected to the NGC  210  via NG-C  215  to the control plane functions  214  and NG-U  213  to user plane functions  212 . Further, eNB  224  may directly communicate with gNB  222  via a backhaul connection  223 . In some configurations, the New RAN  220  may only have one or more gNBs  222 , while other configurations include one or more of both eNBs  224  and gNBs  222 . Either gNB  222  or eNB  224  may communicate with UEs  204  (e.g., any of the UEs depicted in  FIG.  1   ). Another optional aspect may include one or more location servers  230   a ,  230   b  (sometimes collectively referred to as location server  230 ) (which may correspond to LMF  196 ), which may be in communication with the control plane functions  214  and user plane functions  212 , respectively, in the NGC  210  to provide location assistance for UEs  204 . The location server  230  can be implemented as a plurality of separate servers (e.g., physically separate servers, different software modules on a single server, different software modules spread across multiple physical servers, etc.), or alternately may each correspond to a single server. The location server  230  can be configured to support one or more location services for UEs  204  that can connect to the location server  230  via the core network, NGC  210 , and/or via the Internet (not illustrated). Further, the location server  230  may be integrated into a component of the core network, or alternatively may be external to the core network, e.g., in the New RAN  220 . 
       FIG.  2 B  illustrates another example wireless network structure  250 . For example, an NGC  260  (also referred to as a “5GC”) can be viewed functionally as control plane functions, provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF)  264 , user plane function (UPF)  262 , a session management function (SMF)  266 , SLP  268 , and an LMF  270 , which operate cooperatively to form the core network (i.e., NGC  260 ). User plane interface  263  and control plane interface  265  connect the ng-eNB  224  to the NGC  260  and specifically to UPF  262  and AMF  264 , respectively. In an additional configuration, a gNB  222  may also be connected to the NGC  260  via control plane interface  265  to AMF  264  and user plane interface  263  to UPF  262 . Further, eNB  224  may directly communicate with gNB  222  via the backhaul connection  223 , with or without gNB direct connectivity to the NGC  260 . In some configurations, the New RAN  220  may only have one or more gNBs  222 , while other configurations include one or more of both ng-eNBs  224  and gNBs  222 . Either gNB  222  or ng-eNB  224  may communicate with UEs  204  (e.g., any of the UEs depicted in  FIG.  1   ). The base stations of the New RAN  220  communicate with the AMF  264   264  over the N2 interface and the UPF  262  over the N3 interface. 
     The functions of the AMF include registration management, connection management, reachability management, mobility management, lawful interception, transport for session management (SM) messages between the UE  204  and the SMF  266 , transparent proxy services for routing SM messages, access authentication and access authorization, transport for short message service (SMS) messages between the UE  204  and the short message service function (SMSF) (not shown), and security anchor functionality (SEAF). The AMF also interacts with the authentication server function (AUSF) (not shown) and the UE  204 , and receives the intermediate key that was established as a result of the UE  204  authentication process. In the case of authentication based on a UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system) subscriber identity module (USIM), the AMF retrieves the security material from the AUSF. The functions of the AMF also include security context management (SCM). The SCM receives a key from the SEAF that it uses to derive access-network specific keys. The functionality of the AMF also includes location services management for regulatory services, transport for location services messages between the UE  204  and the location management function (LMF)  270  (which may correspond to LMF  196 ), as well as between the New RAN  220  and the LMF  270 , evolved packet system (EPS) bearer identifier allocation for interworking with the EPS, and UE  204  mobility event notification. In addition, the AMF also supports functionalities for non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access networks. 
     Functions of the UPF include acting as an anchor point for intra-/inter-RAT mobility (when applicable), acting as an external protocol data unit (PDU) session point of interconnect to the data network (not shown), providing packet routing and forwarding, packet inspection, user plane policy rule enforcement (e.g., gating, redirection, traffic steering), lawful interception (user plane collection), traffic usage reporting, quality of service (QoS) handling for the user plane (e.g., UL/DL rate enforcement, reflective QoS marking in the DL), UL traffic verification (service data flow (SDF) to QoS flow mapping), transport level packet marking in the UL and DL, DL packet buffering and DL data notification triggering, and sending and forwarding of one or more “end markers” to the source RAN node. 
     The functions of the SMF  266  include session management, UE Internet protocol (IP) address allocation and management, selection and control of user plane functions, configuration of traffic steering at the UPF to route traffic to the proper destination, control of part of policy enforcement and QoS, and downlink data notification. The interface over which the SMF  266  communicates with the AMF  264  is referred to as the N11 interface. 
     Another optional aspect may include an LMF  270 , which may be in communication with the NGC  260  to provide location assistance for UEs  204 . The LMF  270  can be implemented as a plurality of separate servers (e.g., physically separate servers, different software modules on a single server, different software modules spread across multiple physical servers, etc.), or alternately may each correspond to a single server. The LMF  270  can be configured to support one or more location services for UEs  204  that can connect to the LMF  270  via the core network, NGC  260 , and/or via the Internet (not illustrated). 
       FIG.  3    shows a block diagram of a design  300  of base station  102  and UE  104 , which may be one of the base stations and one of the UEs in  FIG.  1   . Base station  102  may be equipped with T antennas  334   a  through  334   t , and UE  104  may be equipped with R antennas  352   a  through  352   r , where in general T≥1 and R≥1. 
     At base station  102 , a transmit processor  320  may receive data from a data source  312  for one or more UEs, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS(s) selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmit processor  320  may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI) and/or the like) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, and/or the like) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. Transmit processor  320  may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., the cell-specific reference signal (CRS)) and synchronization signals (e.g., the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor  330  may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs)  332   a  through  332   t . Each modulator  332  may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator  332  may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signals from modulators  332   a  through  332   t  may be transmitted via T antennas  334   a  through  334   t , respectively. According to various aspects described in more detail below, the synchronization signals can be generated with location encoding to convey additional information. 
     At UE  104 , antennas  352   a  through  352   r  may receive the downlink signals from base station  102  and/or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs)  354   a  through  354   r , respectively. Each demodulator  354  may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, down convert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator  354  may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector  356  may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators  354   a  through  354   r , perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. A receive processor  358  may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE  104  to a data sink  360 , and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller/processor  380 . A channel processor may determine reference signal received power (RSRP), received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), channel quality indicator (CQI), and/or the like. In some aspects, one or more components of UE  104  may be included in a housing. 
     On the uplink, at UE  104 , a transmit processor  364  may receive and process data from a data source  362  and control information (e.g., for reports comprising RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, and/or the like) from controller/processor  380 . Transmit processor  364  may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from transmit processor  364  may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor  366  if applicable, further processed by modulators  354   a  through  354   r  (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and/or the like), and transmitted to base station  102 . At base station  102 , the uplink signals from UE  104  and other UEs may be received by antennas  334 , processed by demodulators  332 , detected by a MIMO detector  336  if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor  338  to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE  104 . Receive processor  338  may provide the decoded data to a data sink  339  and the decoded control information to controller/processor  340 . Base station  102  may include communication unit  344  and communicate to location server  390  via communication unit  344 . Location server  390 , for example, may be LMF  196  or E-SMLC  164 . Location server  390  may include communication unit  394 , controller/processor  391 , and memory  392 . 
     Controller/processor  340  of base station  102 , controller/processor  380  of UE  104 , and/or controller/processor  391  of location server  390  may perform one or more techniques for performing positioning measurements of a UE at a specific time point in a measurement period, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, controller/processor  340  of base station  102 , controller/processor  380  of UE  104 , and/or controller/processor  391  of location server  390  may perform or direct operations of, for example, process  1000  of  FIG.  10    or process  1100  of  FIG.  11   , or process  1200  of  FIG.  12    and/or other processes as described herein. Memories  342 ,  382 , and  392  may store data and program codes for base station  102 , UE  104 , and location server  390 , respectively. In some aspects, memory  342 , and/or memory  382 , and/or memory  392  may comprise a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the base station  102 , the UE  104 , or the location server  390  may perform or direct operations of, for example, process  1000  of  FIG.  10   , process  1100  of  FIG.  11   , or process  1200  of  FIG.  12   , and/or other processes as described herein. A scheduler  346  may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink. 
     As indicated above,  FIG.  3    is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to  FIG.  3   . 
       FIG.  4    shows a structure of an exemplary subframe sequence  400  with positioning reference signal (PRS) positioning occasions, according to aspects of the disclosure. Subframe sequence  400  may be applicable to the broadcast of PRS signals from a base station (e.g., any of the base stations described herein) or other network node. The subframe sequence  400  may be used in LTE systems, and the same or similar subframe sequence may be used in other communication technologies/protocols, such as 5G and NR. In  FIG.  4   , time is represented horizontally (e.g., on the X axis) with time increasing from left to right, while frequency is represented vertically (e.g., on the Y axis) with frequency increasing (or decreasing) from bottom to top. As shown in  FIG.  4   , downlink and uplink radio frames  410  may be of 10 millisecond (ms) duration each. For downlink frequency division duplex (FDD) mode, radio frames  410  are organized, in the illustrated example, into ten subframes  412  of 1 ms duration each. Each subframe  412  comprises two slots  414 , each of, for example, 0.5 ms duration. 
     In the frequency domain, the available bandwidth may be divided into uniformly spaced orthogonal subcarriers  416  (also referred to as “tones” or “bins”). For example, for a normal length cyclic prefix (CP) using, for example, 15 kHz spacing, subcarriers  416  may be grouped into a group of twelve (12) subcarriers. A resource of one OFDM symbol length in the time domain and one subcarrier in the frequency domain (represented as a block of subframe  412 ) is referred to as a resource element (RE). Each grouping of the 12 subcarriers  416  and the 14 OFDM symbols is termed a resource block (RB) and, in the example above, the number of subcarriers in the resource block may be written as N SC   RB =12. For a given channel bandwidth, the number of available resource blocks on each channel  422 , which is also called the transmission bandwidth configuration  422 , is indicated as N RB   DL . For example, for a 3 MHz channel bandwidth in the above example, the number of available resource blocks on each channel  422  is given by N RB   DL =15. Note that the frequency component of a resource block (e.g., the 12 subcarriers) is referred to as a physical resource block (PRB). 
     A base station may transmit radio frames (e.g., radio frames  410 ), or other physical layer signaling sequences, supporting PRS signals (i.e. a downlink (DL) PRS) according to frame configurations either similar to, or the same as that, shown in  FIG.  4   , which may be measured and used for a UE (e.g., any of the UEs described herein) position estimation. Other types of wireless nodes (e.g., a distributed antenna system (DAS), remote radio head (RRH), UE, AP, etc.) in a wireless communications network may also be configured to transmit PRS signals configured in a manner similar to (or the same as) that depicted in  FIG.  4   . 
     A collection of resource elements that are used for transmission of PRS signals is referred to as a “PRS resource.” The collection of resource elements can span multiple PRBs in the frequency domain and N (e.g., 1 or more) consecutive symbol(s) within a slot  414  in the time domain. For example, the cross-hatched resource elements in the slots  414  may be examples of two PRS resources. A “PRS resource set” is a set of PRS resources used for the transmission of PRS signals, where each PRS resource has a PRS resource identifier (ID). In addition, the PRS resources in a PRS resource set are associated with the same transmission-reception point (TRP). A PRS resource ID in a PRS resource set is associated with a single beam transmitted from a single TRP (where a TRP may transmit one or more beams). Note that this does not have any implications on whether the TRPs and beams from which signals are transmitted are known to the UE. 
     PRS may be transmitted in special positioning subframes that are grouped into positioning occasions. A PRS occasion is one instance of a periodically repeated time window (e.g., consecutive slot(s)) where PRS are expected to be transmitted. Each periodically repeated time window can include a group of one or more consecutive PRS occasions. Each PRS occasion can comprise a number N PRS  of consecutive positioning subframes. The PRS positioning occasions for a cell supported by a base station may occur periodically at intervals, denoted by a number T PRS  of milliseconds or subframes. As an example,  FIG.  4    illustrates a periodicity of positioning occasions where N PRS  equals 4  418  and T PRS  is greater than or equal to 20  420 . In some aspects, T PRS  may be measured in terms of the number of subframes between the start of consecutive positioning occasions. Multiple PRS occasions may be associated with the same PRS resource configuration, in which case, each such occasion is referred to as an “occasion of the PRS resource” or the like. 
     A PRS may be transmitted with a constant power. A PRS can also be transmitted with zero power (i.e., muted). Muting, which turns off a regularly scheduled PRS transmission, may be useful when PRS signals between different cells overlap by occurring at the same or almost the same time. In this case, the PRS signals from some cells may be muted while PRS signals from other cells are transmitted (e.g., at a constant power). Muting may aid signal acquisition and time of arrival (TOA) and reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement, by UEs, of PRS signals that are not muted (by avoiding interference from PRS signals that have been muted). Muting may be viewed as the non-transmission of a PRS for a given positioning occasion for a particular cell. Muting patterns (also referred to as muting sequences) may be signaled (e.g., using the LTE positioning protocol (LPP)) to a UE using bit strings. For example, in a bit string signaled to indicate a muting pattern, if a bit at position j is set to ‘0’, then the UE may infer that the PRS is muted for a j th  positioning occasion. 
     To further improve hearability of PRS, positioning subframes may be low-interference subframes that are transmitted without user data channels. As a result, in ideally synchronized networks, PRS may be interfered with by other cells&#39; PRS with the same PRS pattern index (i.e., with the same frequency shift), but not from data transmissions. The frequency shift may be defined as a function of a PRS ID for a cell or other transmission point (TP) (denoted as N ID   PRS ) or as a function of a physical cell identifier (PCI) (denoted as N ID   cell ) if no PRS ID is assigned, which results in an effective frequency re-use factor of six (6). 
     To also improve hearability of a PRS (e.g., when PRS bandwidth is limited, such as with only six resource blocks corresponding to 1.4 MHz bandwidth), the frequency band for consecutive PRS positioning occasions (or consecutive PRS subframes) may be changed in a known and predictable manner via frequency hopping. In addition, a cell supported by a base station may support more than one PRS configuration, where each PRS configuration may comprise a distinct frequency offset (vshift), a distinct carrier frequency, a distinct bandwidth, a distinct code sequence, and/or a distinct sequence of PRS positioning occasions with a particular number of subframes (N PRS ) per positioning occasion and a particular periodicity (T PRS ) In some implementation, one or more of the PRS configurations supported in a cell may be for a directional PRS and may then have additional distinct characteristics, such as a distinct direction of transmission, a distinct range of horizontal angles, and/or a distinct range of vertical angles. 
     A PRS configuration, as described above, including the PRS transmission/muting schedule, is signaled to the UE to enable the UE to perform PRS positioning measurements. The UE is not expected to blindly perform detection of PRS configurations. 
     Note that the terms “positioning reference signal” and “PRS” may sometimes refer to specific reference signals that are used for positioning in LTE systems. However, as used herein, unless otherwise indicated, the terms “positioning reference signal” and “PRS” refer to any type of reference signal that can be used for positioning, such as but not limited to, PRS signals in LTE, navigation reference signals (NRS), transmitter reference signals (TRS), cell-specific reference signals (CRS), channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS), primary synchronization signals (PSS), secondary synchronization signals (SSS), etc. 
     Similar to DL PRS transmitted by base stations, discussed above, a UE  104  may transmit UL PRS for positioning. The UL PRS may be sometimes referred to as sounding reference signals (SRS) for positioning. Using received DL PRS from base stations and/or UL PRS transmitted to base stations, the UE may perform various positioning methods, such as time of arrival (TOA), reference signal time difference (RSTD), time difference of arrival (TDOA), reference signal received power (RSRP), time difference between reception and transmission of signals (Rx−Tx), Angle of Arrival (AoA) or Angle of Departure (AoD), etc. In some implementations, the DL PRS and UL PRS are received and transmitted jointly to perform Round Trip Time (RTT) positioning measurements with one or multiple base stations (multi-RTT). 
       FIG.  5    illustrates an exemplary wireless communications system  500  implementing positioning using a Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) technique. In the example of  FIG.  5   , a UE  104  is attempting to calculate an estimate of its position, or assist another entity (e.g., a base station or core network component, another UE, a location server, a third party application, etc.) to calculate an estimate of its position. The UE  104  may communicate wirelessly with a plurality of base stations  102 - 1 ,  102 - 2 , and  102 - 3  (collectively, base stations  102 ), which may correspond to any combination of base stations  102  in  FIG.  1   , using RF signals and standardized protocols for the modulation of the RF signals and the exchange of information packets. By extracting different types of information from the exchanged RF signals, and utilizing the layout of the wireless communications system  500  (i.e., the base stations&#39; locations, geometry, etc.), the UE  104  may determine its position, or assist in the determination of its position, in a predefined reference coordinate system. In an aspect, the UE  104  may specify its position using a two-dimensional coordinate system; however, the aspects disclosed herein are not so limited, and may also be applicable to determining positions using a three-dimensional coordinate system, if the extra dimension is desired. Additionally, while  FIG.  5    illustrates one UE  104  and three base stations  102 , as will be appreciated, there may be more UEs  104  and more or fewer base stations  102 . 
     To support position estimates, the base stations  102  may be configured to broadcast reference RF signals (e.g., PRS, CRS, CSI-RS, synchronization signals, etc.) to UEs  104  in their coverage area to enable a UE  104  to measure characteristics of such reference RF signals. For example, the UE  104  may use the OTDOA positioning method, and the UE  104  may measure the RSTD between specific reference RF signals (e.g., PRS, CRS, CSI-RS, etc.) transmitted by different pairs of network nodes (e.g., base stations  102 , antennas of base stations  102 , etc.). 
     Generally, RSTDs are measured between a reference network node (e.g., base station  102 - 1  in the example of  FIG.  5   ) and one or more neighbor network nodes (e.g., base stations  102 - 2  and  102 - 3  in the example of  FIG.  5   ). The reference network node remains the same for all RSTDs measured by the UE  104  for any single positioning use of OTDOA and would typically correspond to the serving cell for the UE  104  or another nearby cell with good signal strength at the UE  104 . In an aspect, where a measured network node is a cell supported by a base station, the neighbor network nodes would normally be cells supported by base stations different from the base station for the reference cell and may have good or poor signal strength at the UE  104 . The location computation can be based on the measured time differences (e.g., RSTDs) and knowledge of the network nodes&#39; locations and relative transmission timing (e.g., regarding whether network nodes are accurately synchronized or whether each network node transmits with some known time difference relative to other network nodes). 
     To assist positioning operations, a location server (e.g., LMF  196 ) may provide OTDOA assistance data to the UE  104  for the reference network node (e.g., base station  102 - 1  in the example of  FIG.  5   ) and the neighbor network nodes (e.g., base stations  102 - 2  and  102 - 3  in the example of  FIG.  5   ) relative to the reference network node. For example, the assistance data may provide the center channel frequency of each network node, various reference RF signal configuration parameters (e.g., the number of consecutive positioning subframes, periodicity of positioning subframes, muting sequence, frequency hopping sequence, reference RF signal ID, reference RF signal bandwidth), a network node global ID, and/or other cell related parameters applicable to OTDOA, as described above. The OTDOA assistance data may also indicate the serving cell for the UE  104  as the reference network node. 
     In an aspect, while the location server (e.g., LMF  196 ) may send the assistance data to the UE  104 , alternatively, the assistance data can originate directly from the network nodes (e.g., base stations  102 ) themselves (e.g., in periodically broadcasted overhead messages, etc.). Alternatively, the UE  104  can detect neighbor network nodes itself without the use of assistance data. 
     In the example of  FIG.  5   , the measured time differences between the reference cell of base station  102 - 1  and the neighboring cells of base stations  102 - 2  and  102 - 3  are represented as τ 2 −τ 1  and τ 3 −τ 1 , where τ 1 , τ 2 , and τ 3  represent the transmission time of a reference RF signal from the transmitting antenna(s) of base station  102 - 1 ,  102 - 2 , and  102 - 3 , respectively, to the UE  104 , and includes any measurement noise at the UE  104 . The UE  104  may then convert the ToA measurements for different network nodes to RSTD measurements (e.g., as defined in 3GPP TS 36.214 entitled “Physical layer; Measurements”) and (optionally) send them to the positioning engine  101 . Using (i) the RSTD measurements, (ii) the known absolute or relative transmission timing of each network node, (iii) the known position(s) of physical transmitting antennas for the reference and neighboring network nodes, and/or (iv) directional reference RF signal characteristics such as a direction of transmission, the UE&#39;s  104  position may be determined (either by the UE  104  or the positioning engine  101 ). 
     The ToA T i  at the UE  104  for the shortest path from base station 
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     where D is the distance between two points on the surface of the earth, R is the radius of the earth (6371 km), φ 1 , φ 2  is the latitude (in radians) of the first point and the latitude (in radians) of the second point, respectively, and β 1 , β 2  is the longitude (in radians) of the first point and the latitude (in radians) of the second point, respectively. 
     In order to identify the ToA of a reference RF signal transmitted by a given network node, the UE  104  first jointly processes all the resource elements (REs) on the channel on which that network node (e.g., base station  102 ) is transmitting the reference RF signal, and performs an inverse Fourier transform to convert the received RF signals to the time domain. The conversion of the received RF signals to the time domain is referred to as estimation of the Channel Energy Response (CER). The CER shows the peaks on the channel over time, and the earliest “significant” peak should therefore correspond to the ToA of the reference RF signal. Generally, a UE will use a noise-related quality threshold to filter out spurious local peaks, thereby presumably correctly identifying significant peaks on the channel. For example, a UE  104  may choose a ToA estimate that is the earliest local maximum of the CER that is at least X dB higher than the median of the CER and a maximum Y dB lower than the main peak on the channel. The UE  104  determines the CER for each reference RF signal from each network node in order to determine the ToA of each reference RF signal from the different network nodes. 
     When the UE  104  obtains a location estimate itself using OTDOA measured time differences, the necessary additional data (e.g., network nodes&#39; locations and relative transmission timing) may be provided to the UE  104  by a location server (e.g., positioning engine  101 ). In some implementations, a location estimate for the UE  104  may be obtained (e.g., by the UE  104  itself or by the positioning engine  101 ) from OTDOA measured time differences and from other measurements made by the UE  104  (e.g., measurements of signal timing from GPS or other GNSS satellites). In these implementations, known as hybrid positioning, the OTDOA measurements may contribute towards obtaining the UE&#39;s  104  location estimate but may not wholly determine the location estimate. 
     Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (UTDOA) is a similar positioning method to OTDOA, but is based on uplink reference RF signals, e.g., UL PRS or SRS transmitted by the UE (e.g., UE  104 ). Further, transmission and/or reception beamforming at the network node and/or UE  104  can enable wideband bandwidth at the cell edge for increased precision. Beam refinements may also leverage channel reciprocity procedures in 5G NR. 
       FIG.  6    illustrates an exemplary wireless communications system  600  implementing positioning using a Round Trip Time (RTT) with multiple base stations  102  (multi-RTT) technique. For example, both the UE  104  and the base stations  102  may transmit PRS, from which Rx-Tx may be measured. The base stations  102 , for example, for example, may provide the UE  104  with the time of transmission of their DL PRS signals and the time of arrival of the UL PRS from the UE  104 , from which the UE  104  may determine the Rx-Tx and the RTT for each base station  102 . 
     In order to determine the position of the UE  104 , some information regarding the network geometry must be known, such as the geographic location of each of the base station  102  in a reference coordinate system. For a UE based positioning procedure, the network geometry may be provided to the UE  104  in any manner, such as, for example, providing the information in beacon signals, providing the information using a server, e.g., in positioning assistance data, providing the information using uniform resource identifiers, etc. 
     As illustrated, the distances D1, D2, and D3 between UE  104  and respective base stations  102 - 1 ,  102 - 2 ,  102 - 3  is determined, using RTT. With the distance to each base station  102  known and the position of each base station known, the position of the UE  104  may be solved using a variety of known geometric techniques, such as, for example, multilateration. From  FIG.  6   , it can be seen that circles  602 ,  604 , and  606  centered on respective base stations  102 - 1 ,  102 - 2 ,  102 - 3  have radii equal to the distances D1, D2, and D3. The position of the UE  104  ideally lies at the common intersection of all of the circles  602 ,  604 , and  606 . 
     Other known positioning techniques may be performed to determine the location of the UE  104  using DL and/or UL wireless signals, such as Angle of Arrival (AoA) or Angle of Departure (AoD), etc. 
     The UE  104  may be configured to synchronize position measurements to one, or a limited number, of time periods. If the position measurements are to be performed periodically, the UE  104  may perform a measurement at one time instance or time period within the measurement cycle. For example, positioning measurements may be reported once every 10 ms from N different UEs. All the UEs may perform the positioning measurements at the same time instance periodically, e.g., with minimal jitter, for example at 4 ms into the 10 ms cycle. The use of such synchronized measurements may enable more accurate tracking of UE. For example, in contrast, if each UE performed a positioning measurement arbitrarily within the 10 ms period, or if each UE has a misaligned notion of the measurement period, the tracking of the UE&#39;s will be less accurate. 
     In one implementation, the synchronized positioning measurements may be supported if all UEs are configured to transmit UL PRS (SRS for positioning) and/or if all gNBs transmit DL PRS signals within a short window of time at the desired time instance within the measurement period and positioning measurements are performed during that window of time at the desired time instance. 
     As discussed above, a wireless system  100  may be used in various applications for accurate positioning. For example, a UE  104  may be, or may be attached to or embedded inside, a tool, object, part, or component being used in a smart (automated) factory or may be attached to or embedded inside a package, object, or component in a smart (automated) warehouse or supply depot or other non-industrial use cases. For example, a UE  104  may be used in a motion control system, e.g., as discussed in 3GPP Technical Report (TR) 22.804. A motion control system is used for control of moving and/or rotating parts of machines in a well-defined manner. 
       FIG.  7   , by way of example, illustrates a motion control system  700  that may include a UE  104  as a position sensor. As illustrated, a motion controller  702  may periodically send desired set points to one or several actuators  704 , which may be, e.g., linear actuators or servo drives. The actuators  704  perform a corresponding action on one or several processes  706 , e.g., such as a movement or rotation of one or more components. At the same time, sensors  708  determine the current state of the process(es)  706 , e.g., for example the current position and/or rotation of the one or more components. Some or all of the sensors  708  may include a UE  104  and base station  102 . Using wireless signals, such as DL PRS and/or UL PRS, the UE  104  and/or base station  102  may perform positioning measurements. The UE  104  and/or base station  102  may provide to a location server  710  a location report with information related to the positioning measurements, such as the positioning measurements (e.g., in a UE assisted positioning process) or a position estimate (e.g., in a UE based positioning process). The location server  710  may determine the position estimate for the UE  104  based on the received location report. The location server  710  sends the actual values, e.g., positions of the UEs  104 , back to the motion controller  702 . Thus, the sensors  708  (including UE  104  and gNB  102 ) and the location server  710  operate together as illustrated by box  712  to measure and provide the actual values of the sensor positions to the motion controller  702 . 
     The motion control is done in a strictly cyclic and deterministic manner, such that during one communication cycle time T cycle  the motion controller  702  sends updated set points to all  704  actuators, and all sensors  708  send their actual values back to the motion controller  702 , via location server  710  when the sensor  708  includes a UE  104  and/or gNB  102 . For example, within each communication cycle of duration T cycle , the following steps are performed in a strictly cyclic manner. The motion controller  702  may send set points to all actuators  704 . The actuators  704  may take these set points and place them into an internal buffer. All sensors, including the UE  104 , transmit their current actual values from their internal buffer to the motion controller  702 , via location server  710 . Moreover, at a well-defined time point within the current cycle, the actuators  704  retrieve the latest set points received from the motion controller  702  from their internal buffer and act accordingly on the process(es)  706 . At the same time point, the sensors  708 , including the UE  104  and/or gNBs  102 , measure the current state of the process(es)  706  and provide measurement information to the location server  710 , which transmits the new actual values to the motion controller  702 . A high level of synchronicity may be desirable for all devices (motion controller  702 , sensors  708 , actuators  704 ) and in particular for the positioning measurements from the sensors  708 , including UEs  104  and/or gNBs  102 . 
     Currently, however, wireless positioning cannot support the desired measurement synchronicity. For example, current wireless positioning permits periodic reporting, e.g., as described in 3GPP TS 37.355. Table 3 shows a portion of the field descriptions from 3GPP TS 37.355. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
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     Thus, periodic reporting as currently implemented under 3GPP TS 37.355, does support positioning measurements at a specific time point with a period, e.g., so that measurements may be synchronized with a high level of accuracy, e.g., 100 μs. For example, the reporting period under 3GPP TS 37.355 is too long, e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, and 64 seconds. Moreover, the concept of “period” under 3GPP TS 37.355, allows every node to have a different response time, and accordingly, fails to achieve the desired synchronicity. 
     To achieve the position measurement at a specific time point, e.g., to enable synchronous positioning measurements, entities within the wireless network, e.g., serving and neighboring base stations  102 , the UE  104 , and in some implementations, the location server, e.g., LMF  196 , may be assumed to be loosely synchronized in a common time, e.g., on the order of a few μs or tens of μs. The network synchronization accuracy, e.g., the difference in time between different nodes in the network, may be much less than the duration of the window of time around a desired time point during which all positioning measurements are to be performed. For example, typically, gNBs are synchronized to within a few μs within a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, while the window of time around a desired time point for positioning measurements may be on the order of 200 μs. 
     In one implementation, the wireless network, e.g., a location server, such as LMF  196 , may provide UEs  104  with a configuration of measurement periodicity, as well as a time point within a period, or measurement cycle, at which the positioning measurements are to be performed. In some implementations, the UEs  104  may be further provided with a window of time around the time point during which the positioning measurements are to be performed. In some implementations, the reporting of location information, such as the positioning measurements or a position estimate from the UE  104  may be transmitted to the location server at a specified time point, or within a window of time around the time point. Similarly, in some implementations the reporting of the position estimate from the location server to an external client, e.g., a controller in a motion control system, may be transmitted a specified time point, or within a window of time around the time point. The signaling may be provided from location server, e.g., LMF  196 , to base stations  102 , such as gNBs, and UEs  104  using LPP and NRPPa. The LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP), which may be as defined in 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 37.355, may be used to transfer positioning related messages between a location server (e.g. LMF  196 ) and UE  104 . The New Radio Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), which may be as defined in 3GPP TS 38.455, may be used to transfer positioning related messages between a location server (e.g. LMF  196 ) and a base station  102  (e.g. a gNB  102 ). 
     In some implementations, the time point for positioning measurements, as well as reporting the positioning measurements and/or a position estimate, may be relative to a timing event in the wireless network. For example, the timing event may be transmitted in a wireless signal, e.g., by a serving base station or another base station, or the UE  104 . A designated time point may be a specified amount of time, or equivalently a specified number of symbols, after the timing event. An example, of a timing event, for example, may be based on the transmission of PRS, e.g., the start or end of the DL PRS or UL PRS window. In another example, the timing event may be an event in layer 1 (L1), which is PHYSICAL (PHY) layer, or layer 2 (L2), which is Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. For example, the timing event may be semi-periodic Channel State Information Resource Set (CSI-RS) or SRS triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE). In another example, the timing event may be a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission event from the serving base station. 
     If entities in the wireless network is not synchronized in time, the entities may relate their times to the common time, e.g. using real time differences. For example, the UE  104  may track each base station&#39;s timing and determine the timing differences. The UE  104  may return the timing differences to a location server, e.g., LMF  196 , which may generate a real time difference for the base stations. The location server may provide the real time difference to each of the base stations. The base stations may then relate their own time to the common time, e.g., the time of the serving base station. The base stations may then transmit DL PRS or measure UL PRS within the window of time around the desired time point synchronized to the common time. 
       FIG.  8    illustrates aligned timelines  800  including a motion controller  702  timeline  802 , a UE  104  timeline  804 , a base station  102  timeline  806 , a location server  196  timeline  808 , and a common time  810 . As discussed above, the common time  810  may be a common time to which the entities in the wireless network are synchronized. For example, the common time may be a global time, such as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Global Positioning System (GPS) time. Alternatively, the common time may be a time internal to the wireless network, e.g., based on transmission timing for a base station  102 , such as a serving base station for the UE  104 . Where the common time is based on a time internal to the wireless network, synchronization of the base stations and in some implementations, the location server  196  may be necessary, e.g., using Real Time Differences. In some implementations, the entities are synchronized to the common time  810  through use of real time differences. The timelines  800  illustrate a single control cycle and show events and actions performed by the different entities in relation to each other and the common time  810 . The control cycle may be periodic, and thus, the events illustrated in  FIG.  8    may repeat for a set number of cycles or until a termination message is issued. 
     As illustrated on controller timeline  802 , the controller provides a motion command, e.g., to actuators  704  shown in  FIG.  7   , that is globally synchronized, e.g., based on a common time reference. In response, the actuators initiate the motion. The UE  104  serves as a motion/position sensor, and accordingly, the UE  104  timeline  804  shows the start motion aligned with the motion command on the controller timeline  802 . After a time, the motion may be complete, as illustrated on the UE timeline  804 . In some implementations, the motion may continue through the entire control cycle. 
     The base station  102  may transmit a signal that includes a common time reference such as a timing event that is received by the UE  104  as illustrated on the base station timeline  806  and the UE  104  timeline  804 . For example, the timing event may be related to the transmission of PRS, e.g., the start of a DL PRS window, or end of a DL PRS window, e.g., in a prior cycle. In another example, the timing event may be a layer 1 or layer 2 event, such as a transmission of CSI-RS, DCI, MAC-CE, or SSB. In some implementations, the UE  104  may transmit the timing event, e.g., as a start (or end) of a UL PRS window. In another example, the timing event may comprise part of or all of normal transmission timing from base station  102 , such as a signal or marker transmitted from base station  102  indicating the start of each of one or more consecutive subframes transmitted from base station  102 . 
     At a designated time point, shown in the common time  810 , the UE  104  and/or base station  102  (and possibly additional base stations not shown in  FIG.  8   ) perform positioning measurements, as illustrated by sensor measurements on the UE timeline  804  and base station timeline  806 . For example, in some implementations, only DL positioning measurements may be performed by the UE  104 , or only UL positioning measurements may be performed by the base station  102  (and possibly by additional base stations), or both DL and UL positioning measurements may be performed by the UE  104  and the base station  102  (and possibly by additional base stations). As illustrated on the common time  810 , the time point may be related to the timing event by an offset  812  which may be a designated amount of time (or equivalently, symbols). In some implementations, the time point may be indicated to UE  104  (e.g. in an LPP message) and/or to base station  102  and possibly to additional base stations (e.g. in an NRPPa message) by location server  196 , in which case, the timing event may be used by UE  104  and/or by base station  102  (and possibly by additional base stations) to help determine when the time point occurs, e.g. based on a known value for offset  812 . Additionally, as illustrated on the common time  810 , a window  814  around the time point may be defined, during which the positioning measurements are to be performed. The window  814 , for example, may be 200 μs. Thus, the positioning measurements by UE  104  and base station  102 , and any other entities not shown, are closely aligned with the defined time point, e.g., within 100 μs. 
     Subsequently, the UE  104  and/or base station  102  (and possibly additional base stations) send the positioning measurements to the location server  196 , as illustrated by the send sensor measurements on the UE timeline  804  and base station timeline  806  and receive sensor measurements on the location server timeline  808 . The positioning measurements may include, e.g., time stamps or indication of a known time interval (e.g. time delay) between performing the positioning measurements and the designated time point. In some implementations, additional messages may be transmitted between the UE  104  and base station  102 , e.g., providing measurement information, such as the time of transmission or time of arrival of PRS signals. Additionally, in some implementations, e.g., a UE based process, the UE  104  may determine a position estimate and the sensor measurements provided by the UE  104  may include the position estimate. In a UE based process, the base station  102  or location server  196  may additionally send to the UE  104  positioning measurements that were obtained by the base station  102  (and possibly by additional base stations), e.g. at or just after the measurement report time (not shown in  FIG.  8   ). The UE  104  may then determine a position estimate based on both positioning measurements obtained by base station  102  (and possibly by additional base stations) and positioning measurements obtained by the UE  104 . 
     As illustrated on the common time  810 , the transmission of the positioning measurements by the UE  104  and/or base station  102  may be at or before a defined time point, e.g., the measurement report time. As illustrated on the common time  810 , the measurement report time may be related to the timing event by an offset  816  which may be a designated amount of time (or equivalently, symbols). In some implementations, the measurement report time may not be defined but may instead be treated as occurring immediately after the positioning measurements have been obtained in order to reduce latency. 
     The location server  196  determines a position estimate for the UE  104  based on the received positioning measurements. For example, the location server may determine the position estimate using the positioning measurements received from the UE  104  and/or the base station  102 . Alternatively, the sensor measurements from the UE  104  may include the position estimate and the location server  196  may use the UE  104  determined position estimate and/or may confirm the position estimate. Subsequently, the location server  196  sends location information including the position estimate to the motion controller  702 , as illustrated by the send location information on the location server timeline  808  and receive location information on the controller timeline  802 . The location information may include the time stamps for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the designated time point. As illustrated on the common time  810 , the transmission of the location information by the location server  196  may be at (or before) a defined time point, e.g., the estimate report time. As illustrated on the common time  810 , the estimate report time may be related to a previous event, e.g., the measurement report time, or more specifically, when the location server  196  receives the sensor measurements, by an offset  818  which may be a designated amount of time. In some implementations, the estimate report time may not be defined but may instead be treated as occurring immediately after the position estimate has been obtained by the location server  196  in order to reduce latency. 
     The motion controller  702  may determine the next motion command, as illustrated by the next motion command computed on the controller timeline  802 , and the control cycle may repeat. The time point, measurement report time, and estimate report time within the period, i.e., the control cycle, may be selected in order to provide enough time during the period for the positioning measurements and all reports to occur within the period. 
       FIG.  9    is a message flow  900  with various messages sent between entities in a wireless system, including a UE  104 , a serving base station  102   s , neighboring base stations  102   n , a location server  902 , and an external client  904 , which may be, e.g., a controller in a motion control system. The serving base station  102   s  and neighboring base stations  102   n  are sometimes referred to as base stations  102 . The UE  104  may be configured to perform UE assisted positioning or UE based positioning, in which the UE itself determines its location using, for example, assistance data provided to it, and may be configured to perform multi-cell RTT positioning (also referred to as multi-RTT positioning). In the message flow  900 , it is assumed that the UE  104  and location server  902  communicate using the LPP positioning protocol, although use of NPP or a combination of LPP and NPP or other future protocol, such as NRPPa, is also possible. It should be understood that preliminary or additional conventional stages not shown in  FIG.  9    may be performed, such as capability requests and responses, requests for assistance data, etc. 
     At stage 1 the location server  902  receives a location request message from the external client  904  requesting one or more location estimates for the UE  104  within a measurement period, e.g., a control cycle, and at a designated time point within the measurement period. For example, the time point may be based on a global time, such as UTC or GPS time. The time point may be a time instant relative to a common time reference during which positioning measurements are to be performed. The common time reference, for example, may be based on the global time. In another implementation, the common time reference may be based on transmission timing for a base station, such as the serving base station  102   s . The entities in the wireless network may be synchronized to a common time, which may include the common time reference. For example, the time point may be relative to a timing event in the wireless network, such as transmission of PRS, e.g., the start or end of a PRS window, or a layer 1 or layer 2 event, such as a transmission of CSI-RS, DCI, MAC-CE, or SSB. Where the common time is based on a time internal to the wireless network, synchronization of the base stations and in some implementations, the location server  196  may be necessary, e.g., using Real Time Differences. For example, the location server  902  may convert the time point in the global time to the common time reference based on a timing event in the wireless network, e.g., based on knowledge by the location server  902  of the relationship, which may be provided by measurements, e.g., of the GPS time versus base station timing, received from the UE  104  and/or base station  102 . The location request may further include a window of time around the time point during which positioning measurements are to be performed. The location request may further include a time point for transmission of location information and/or the position estimate by the UE  104  and/or gNB  102  and/or a time point for transmission of a position estimate to the external client  904 . The location request may be for periodic positioning of the UE  104  and may indicate, e.g., a sequence of time points within each period for obtaining positioning measurements as well as reporting location information and position estimates. 
     At stage 2, the location server  902  requests configuration information and the base stations  102  provide configuration information. 
     At stage 3a, the UE  104  and/or base stations  102  may receive signals from the base stations  102 . At stages 3b1 and/or 3b2, the UE  104  and/or the base stations  102  may determine timing differences between the base stations  102 , which is provided to the location server  902  at stages 3c1 (e.g. using LPP) and/or 3c2 (e.g. using NRPPa). 
     At stages 3d and 3e, the location server  902  determines the Real Time Differences for the base stations  102  and provides the Real Time Differences to the base stations  102  (e.g. using NRPPa). The base stations  102  may use the Real Time Differences to correct any timing misalignment between the base stations  102 , e.g., if the base stations  102  are not synchronized with an external clock, e.g., UTC time or GPS time. If the wireless network is synchronized with an external clock, stages 3a-3e may not be necessary. Alternatively, the base stations  102  may use the Real Time Differences to help determine a common timing applicable to all base stations  102  (e.g. a common timing based on the timing of one of base stations  102 ). The Real Time Differences may also be provided by location server  902  to UE  104  (e.g. at stage 4) to enable UE  102  to determine a common timing (e.g. a common timing based on the timing of any of base stations  102 ). 
     At stage 4, location server  902 , via serving base station  102   s , sends a location request message (e.g. an LPP location request message) to the UE  104 , e.g., requesting location measurements for the UE  104 . The location request may be for periodic positioning of the UE  104  and may indicate, e.g., a sequence of time points within each period for obtaining positioning measurements and reporting location information. In some implementations, location server  902  may provide assistance data to the UE  104 , e.g. at stage 4 or prior to stage 4 (not shown in  FIG.  9   ). In some implementations, the location request message may include a PRS transmission request message to request transmission of UL PRS, or the PRS transmission request message may be separate from the location request message (e.g. may be sent by base station  102   s  to UE  104 ). The PRS transmission request may be for periodic transmission of PRS and may indicate a time point within each period for transmitting the PRS. The location request message includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements based on received DL PRS and/or to transmit UL PRS. The location request message may further include a window of time around the time point during which positioning measurements are to be performed. The location request may further include a time point for reporting positioning measurements. The time points may be relative to a common time reference, which may be a global time or may be internal to the network, such as timing of a base station, such as serving base station  102   s.    
     At stage 5, the location server  902  may send a location request message (e.g. an NRPPa location request message) to the base stations  102 , e.g., requesting location measurements for the UE  104 . The location request may be for periodic positioning of the UE  104  and may indicate, e.g., a sequence of time points within each period for obtaining positioning measurements and reporting location information. In some implementations, the location request message may include a PRS transmission request message to request transmission of DL PRS, or the PRS transmission request message may be separate from the location request message. The PRS transmission request may be for periodic transmission of PRS and may indicate a time point within each period for transmitting the PRS. The location request message includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements based on received UL PRS and/or to transmit DL PRS. The location request message may further include a window of time around the time point during which positioning measurements are to be performed. The location request may further include a time point for reporting positioning measurements. The time points may be relative to a common time reference, which may be a global time or may be internal to the network, such as timing of a base station, such as serving base station  102   s.    
     At stage 6, the serving base station  102   s  may transmit a timing event. For example, the timing event may be transmission of a layer 1 or layer 2 event, such as a transmission of CSI-RS, DCI, MAC-CE, or SSB. In some implementations, the timing event may be related to the transmission of PRS, e.g., the start or end of a PRS window, illustrated in stages 7 and 8, in which case, stage 5 need not be performed. In another example, the timing event may comprise part of or all of normal transmission timing from base station  102   s , such as a signal or marker transmitted from base station  102   s  indicating the start of each of one or more consecutive subframes transmitted from base station  102   s.    
     At stage 7, the base stations  102  may transmit DL PRS, e.g., if the location request in stage 5 instructed the base stations  102  to transmit DL PRS. The transmission of DL PRS may be aligned with the time point for positioning measurements as specified in the location request message of stage 5. In some implementations, the beginning of the transmission of the DL PRS or the end of transmission of the DL PRS, e.g., in a previous measurement period, may serve as the timing event. 
     At stage 8, the UE  104  may transmit UL PRS, e.g., if the location request in stage 4 instructed the UE  104  to transmit UL PRS. The transmission of UL PRS may be aligned with the time point for positioning measurements as specified in the location request message of stage 4. In some implementations, the beginning of the transmission of the UL PRS or the end of transmission of the UL PRS, e.g., in a previous measurement period, may serve as the timing event. 
     At stage 9a, the UE  104  performs positioning measurements using received DL PRS. The positioning measurements are performed at the time point within the measurement period specified in the location request in stage 4. In some implementations, the positioning measurements may be performed within the window of time around the time point specified in the location request in stage 4, which may be relative to the timing event shown in stage 5 or discussed in stages 7 and 8. The UE  104  may perform positioning methods such as time of arrival (TOA), reference signal time difference (RSTD), time difference of arrival (TDOA), reference signal received power (RSRP), time difference between reception and transmission of signals (Rx-Tx), etc. 
     At stages 9b and 9c, the base stations  102  may perform positioning measurements using received UL PRS. The positioning measurements are performed at the time point within the measurement period specified in the location request in stage 5, which may be relative to the timing event shown in stage 5 or discussed in stages 7 and 8. In some implementations, the positioning measurements may be performed within the window of time around the time point specified in the location request in stage 5. The base stations  102  may perform positioning methods such as time of arrival (TOA), reference signal received power (RSRP), time difference between reception and transmission of signals (Rx−Tx), etc. 
     At stage 10, the base stations  102 , or the serving base station  102   s  or the location server  196 , may send positioning information to the UE  104 , such as the positioning measurements performed at stages 9b and 9c, the time of transmission of DL PRS and the time of arrival of the UL PRS, which may be used by the UE  104  for positioning methods such as Rx-Tx, RTT, or multi-cell RTT. Stage 10 may occur after stage 13 when location server  902  sends positioning information to the UE  104  at stage 10. 
     At stage 11, the UE  104  may optionally determine a position estimate using the positioning measurements performed at stage 9a and the positioning information received at stage 10, as well as positions of the base stations  102 , which may be provided in the assistance data provided, e.g., at stage 4. 
     At stage 12, the UE  104  may transmit a location information report to the location server  902  (e.g. using LPP). The location information report may provide the position measurements and/or position estimate, if determined, from stage 11 and may include time stamps for the position measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the time point within the measurement period. The location information report may be provided at or before a time point specified for the location information report in the location request in stage 4, which may be relative to the timing event shown in stage 5 or discussed in stages 7 and 8. 
     At stage 13, the base stations  102  may transmit a location information report to the location server  902  (e.g. using NRPPa). The location information report may provide the position measurements and may include time stamps for the position measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the time point within the measurement period. The location information report may be provided at or before a time point specified for the location information report in the location request in stage 5, which may be relative to the timing event shown in stage 5 or discussed in stages 7 and 8. 
     At stage 14, the location server  1102  may determine a position estimate for the UE  104  based on positioning measurements received in the location information reports from stages 12 and 13, or may verify a position estimate for the UE  104  if received in the location information report at stage 12. 
     At stage 15, the location server  1102  may provide a location report to the external client  904  that includes the position estimate for the UE  104 . The location report may include the time stamps for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known time interval (e.g. a time delay) between performing the positioning measurements and the time point within the measurement period. The location report may be provided at or before a time point specified for the location report in the location request in stage 1, which may be relative to a previous event, such as receiving the location information in stages 12 and 13. 
       FIG.  10    shows a flowchart for an exemplary method  1000  for performing positioning of a user equipment (e.g. a UE  104 ) within a wireless network performed by an entity in the wireless network. 
     At block  1002 , the entity receives a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference, e.g., as discussed at stages 4 and 5 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1004 , positioning reference signals (PRS) are received from one or more other entities in the wireless network, e.g., as discussed at stages 7 and 8 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1006 , the positioning measurements are performed using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements, e.g., as discussed at stages 9a, 9b, and 9c of  FIG.  9   . At block  1008 , a location report related to the positioning measurements is transmitted to a location server, e.g., as discussed at stages 12 and 13 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location request message may further include a second time point within the measurement period for providing the location report, wherein the location report is transmitted to the location server at or before the second time point, wherein the second time point may be relative to the common time reference, e.g., as discussed at stages 4, 5, 12, and 13 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the common time reference may be based on transmission timing for a base station, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the base station may be the serving base station, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity in the wireless network may be the UE and the PRS are downlink PRS, e.g., as discussed stages 4 and 7 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity in the wireless network is a base station (e.g. a base station  102 ) and the PRS are uplink PRS, e.g., as discussed stages 5 and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location request message may further include a window around the first time point within the measurement period for performing the positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities are performed within the window around the first time point, e.g., as discussed at stages 4, 5, 9a, 9b, and 9c of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the common time reference may be a timing event in the wireless network, e.g., as discussed at stages 6, 7, and 8 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the timing event in the wireless network may be a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event, e.g., as discussed at stage 6 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the timing event in the wireless network may be one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), e.g., as discussed at stages 6, 7, and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity and the one or more other entities in the wireless network may be synchronized to a common time, e.g., as discussed at  FIG.  8    and stages 3a-3e of  FIG.  9   . The common time may include the common time reference, e.g., as discussed at  FIG.  8    and stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity may be the UE and the one or more other entities may be one or more base stations, where the one or more other entities in the wireless network are not synchronized in time. The UE may determine a timing difference between two or more base stations and transmit the timing difference to the location server to generate or update a Real Time Difference to be provided by the location server to at least one of the two or more base stations and another UE, or a combination thereof, e.g., as discussed at  FIG.  8    and stages 3a-3e of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity may be the UE and the one or more other entities may be one or more base stations, and the UE may determine a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning measurements, and the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the position estimate for the UE, e.g., as discussed at stages 11 and 12 of  FIG.  9   . The UE may receive positioning measurements from at least one of a location server, a serving base station, the one or more other entities, or a combination thereof, where the position estimate for the UE is further determined based on the positioning measurements received from the at least one of the location server, the serving base station, the one or more other entities, or the combination thereof, e.g., as discussed at stages 10 and 11 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location report related to the positioning measurements may be the positioning measurements, e.g., as discussed at stages 12 and 13 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, a request is received to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period, e.g., as discussed at stages 4 and 5 of  FIG.  9   . The PRS is transmitted to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS, e.g., as discussed at stages 7 and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location report related to the positioning measurements may include a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period, e.g., as discussed at stages 12 and 13 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the UE may be a sensor in a motion control system, e.g., as discussed in  FIG.  7   . 
       FIG.  11    shows a flowchart for an exemplary method  1100  for performing positioning of a user equipment (e.g. a UE  104 ) within a wireless network performed by an entity in the wireless network. 
     At block  1102 , the entity receives a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message (e.g. an NRPPa message sent by a location server such as an LMF  196 ) that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference, e.g., as discussed at stages 4 and 5 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1104 , the PRS is transmitted at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS, e.g., as discussed at stages 7 and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the common time reference may be based on transmission timing for a base station (e.g. a base station  102 ), e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the base station may be the serving base station, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity in the wireless network may be the UE and the PRS are uplink PRS, e.g., as discussed at stages 4 and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the entity in the wireless network may be a base station and the PRS are downlink PRS, e.g., as discussed at stages 5 and 7 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the PRS transmission request message may further include a window around the time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the PRS is transmitted during the window around the time point, e.g., as discussed at stages 4 and 5 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the common time reference may be a timing event in the wireless network, e.g., as discussed at stages 6, 7, and 8 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the timing event in the wireless network may be a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event, e.g., as discussed at stage 6 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the timing event in the wireless network may be one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), e.g., as discussed at stages 6, 7, and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the UE may be a sensor in a motion control system, e.g., as discussed in  FIG.  7   . 
       FIG.  12    shows a flowchart for an exemplary method  1200  for performing positioning of a user equipment (e.g. a UE  104 ) within a wireless network performed by a location server in the wireless network (e.g. an LMF  196 ). 
     At block  1202 , the location server receives a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1204 , a second location request message is transmitted to one or more entities in the wireless network requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message, e.g., as discussed at stages 4 and 5 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1206 , a location report is received from the one or more entities based on positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point, e.g., as discussed at stages 12 and 13 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1208 , a position estimate for the UE is determined based on the positioning report, e.g., as discussed at stage 14 of  FIG.  9   . At block  1210 , the position estimate for the UE is transmitted to the first entity, e.g., as discussed at stage 15 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the first time point may be relative to the common time reference, wherein the second time point is the same as the first time point, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the common reference time may be based on transmission timing for a base station, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the base station may be the serving base station, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the first location request message may include a third time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate, wherein the third time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the position estimate is transmitted to the first entity at or before the third time point, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the first location request message may further include a window around the second time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate for the UE, wherein the second location request message transmitted to the one or more entities includes the window around the second time point, and wherein the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report are performed within the window around the second time point, e.g., as discussed at stage 1 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the common time reference may be a timing event in the wireless network, e.g., as discussed at stages 6, 7, and 8 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the timing event in the wireless network may be a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event, e.g., as discussed at stage 6 of  FIG.  9   . For example, the timing event in the wireless network may be one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), e.g., as discussed at stages 6, 7, and 8 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location report based on positioning measurements for the UE may be one of positioning measurements performed by the UE based on downlink (DL) positioning reference signals (PRS) received by the UE, positioning measurements performed by a base station based on uplink (UL) PRS transmitted by the UE, or a combination thereof, and the position estimate for the UE is determined using the positioning measurements for the UE received in the positioning report, e.g., as discussed at stages 12, 13, and 14 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location report based on positioning measurements for the UE may be the position estimate for the UE that is determined by the UE, e.g., as discussed at stage 12 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the location report based on to the positioning measurements for the UE may include a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period, and wherein the position estimate for the UE includes the time stamp for the positioning measurements or the indication of the known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period, e.g., as discussed at stages 12, 13, and 15 of  FIG.  9   . 
     In one implementation, the UE and location server may be a sensor and the first entity may be a motion controller in a motion control system, e.g., as discussed in  FIG.  7   . 
       FIG.  13    shows a schematic block diagram illustrating certain exemplary features of a UE  1300 , e.g., which may be UE  104  shown in  FIG.  1   , that is configured to perform positioning within a wireless network, e.g., at a defined time point within a measurement period, as described herein. The UE  1300 , in one example, may be a sensor in a motion control system. The UE  1300  may, for example, include one or more processors  1302 , memory  1304 , an external interface such as a at least one wireless transceiver  1310  (e.g., wireless network interface), which may be operatively coupled with one or more connections  1306  (e.g., buses, lines, fibers, links, etc.) to non-transitory computer readable medium  1320  and memory  1304 . The UE  1300  may further include a clock  1316  that may be synchronized in a common time with the wireless network. The UE  1300  may further include additional items, which are not shown, such as a user interface that may include e.g., a display, a keypad or other input device, such as virtual keypad on the display, through which a user may interface with the UE, or a satellite positioning system receiver. In certain example implementations, all or part of UE  1300  may take the form of a chipset, and/or the like. Wireless transceiver  1310  may, for example, include a transmitter  1312  enabled to transmit one or more signals over one or more types of wireless communication networks and a receiver  1314  to receive one or more signals transmitted over the one or more types of wireless communication networks. 
     In some embodiments, UE  1300  may include antenna  1311 , which may be internal or external. UE antenna  1311  may be used to transmit and/or receive signals processed by wireless transceiver  1310 . In some embodiments, UE antenna  1311  may be coupled to wireless transceiver  1310 . In some embodiments, measurements of signals received (transmitted) by UE  1300  may be performed at the point of connection of the UE antenna  1311  and wireless transceiver  1310 . For example, the measurement point of reference for received (transmitted) RF signal measurements may be an input (output) terminal of the receiver  1314  (transmitter  1312 ) and an output (input) terminal of the UE antenna  1311 . In a UE  1300  with multiple UE antennas  1311  or antenna arrays, the antenna connector may be viewed as a virtual point representing the aggregate output (input) of multiple UE antennas. In some embodiments, UE  1300  may measure received signals including signal strength and TOA measurements and the raw measurements may be processed by the one or more processors  1302 . 
     The one or more processors  1302  may be implemented using a combination of hardware, firmware, and software. For example, the one or more processors  1302  may be configured to perform the functions discussed herein by implementing one or more instructions or program code  1308  on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as medium  1320  and/or memory  1304 . In some embodiments, the one or more processors  1302  may represent one or more circuits configurable to perform at least a portion of a data signal computing procedure or process related to the operation of UE  1300 . 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may store instructions or program code  1308  that contain executable code or software instructions that when executed by the one or more processors  1302  cause the one or more processors  1302  to operate as a special purpose computer programmed to perform the techniques disclosed herein. As illustrated in UE  1300 , the medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include one or more components or modules that may be implemented by the one or more processors  1302  to perform the methodologies described herein. While the components or modules are illustrated as software in medium  1320  that is executable by the one or more processors  1302 , it should be understood that the components or modules may be stored in memory  1304  or may be dedicated hardware either in the one or more processors  1302  or off the processors. 
     A number of software modules and data tables may reside in the medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  and be utilized by the one or more processors  1302  in order to manage both communications and the functionality described herein. It should be appreciated that the organization of the contents of the medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  as shown in UE  1300  is merely exemplary, and as such the functionality of the modules and/or data structures may be combined, separated, and/or be structured in different ways depending upon the implementation of the UE  1300 . 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a location request module  1322  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to receive from a location server, e.g., via wireless transceiver  1310 , a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE. The location request message may additionally or alternatively request transmission of UL PRS at the first time point within the measurement period. The location request message may include additional time points, for example, for providing a location report to a location server. The time point may be relative to a timing event in the wireless network such as a start or an end of a PRS window, a semi-periodic CSI-RS, SRS triggering DCI or MAC-CE, or an SSB. The location request message may further include a window around the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a timing event module  1324  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to monitor or generate a timing event in the wireless network such as a start or an end of a PRS window, a semi-periodic CSI-RS, SRS triggering DCI or MAC-CE, or an SSB. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a time point module  1326  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to perform specific actions, such as transmitting UL PRS, performing positioning measurements, and location reporting at the requested time points or within the window around the time points relative to detected timing event, e.g., after a designated amount of time (or number of symbols) after the timing event. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a DL PRS receive module  1328  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to receive, via the wireless transceiver  1310 , DL PRS transmitted by one or more base stations. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a UL PRS transmit module  1330  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to transmit, via the wireless transceiver  1310 , multiple UL PRS, e.g., SRS for positioning. The one or more processors  1302  may be configured to transmit the UL PRS at the requested time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a positioning measurement module  1332  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to perform positioning measurements using received DL PRS and/or UL PRS at the requested time point within the measurement period. For example, the positioning measurements may be, e.g., TOA, RSTD, OTDOA, Rx-Tx, RSRP, RTT, multi-RTT, AoA, or AoD. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a location information module  1334  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to receive, via the wireless transceiver  1310 , location information from one or more base stations. The location information, for example, may include positioning measurements including the time of transmission of transmitted DL PRS and the time of arrival of received UL PRS. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a positioning estimate module  1336  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to estimate a position of the UE  1300  in a UE based positioning process using the position measurements performed by the UE  1300  and location information provided by base stations, along with the locations of the base stations, e.g., received in assistance data, which may be received with the location request message or in a separate assistance data provide message. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a time stamp module  1338  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to associate a positioning measurement with the time that the positioning measurement was performed using a time stamp or with an indication of a known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a report module  1340  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to transmit to a location server, via the wireless transceiver  1310 , a location report related to the positioning measurements, which may be the positioning measurements and/or position estimate, and a time stamp or the indication of a known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. The location report may be transmitted at or before a designated time point, e.g., relative to a timing event. 
     The medium  1320  and/or memory  1304  may include a timing difference module  1342  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1302  configures the one or more processors  1302  to determine a timing difference between base stations based on received signals from the base stations and to transmit the timing difference to a location server location server to generate a Real Time Difference to be provided to the two or more base stations. 
     The methodologies described herein may be implemented by various means depending upon the application. For example, these methodologies may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the one or more processors  1302  may be implemented within one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, electronic devices, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof. 
     For a firmware and/or software implementation, the methodologies may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. Any machine readable medium tangibly embodying instructions may be used in implementing the methodologies described herein. For example, software codes may be stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium  1320  or memory  1304  that is connected to and executed by the one or more processors  1302 . Memory may be implemented within the one or more processors or external to the one or more processors. As used herein the term “memory” refers to any type of long term, short term, volatile, nonvolatile, or other memory and is not to be limited to any particular type of memory or number of memories, or type of media upon which memory is stored. 
     If implemented in firmware and/or software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or program code  1308  on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as medium  1320  and/or memory  1304 . Examples include computer readable media encoded with a data structure and computer readable media encoded with a computer program  1308 . For example, the non-transitory computer readable medium including program code  1308  stored thereon may include program code  1308  to support positioning of a UE at a specified time point with a measurement period in a manner consistent with disclosed embodiments. Non-transitory computer readable medium  1320  includes physical computer storage media. A storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such non-transitory computer readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code  1308  in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer; disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media. 
     In addition to storage on computer readable medium  1320 , instructions and/or data may be provided as signals on transmission media included in a communication apparatus. For example, a communication apparatus may include a wireless transceiver  1310  having signals indicative of instructions and data. The instructions and data are configured to cause one or more processors to implement the functions outlined in the claims. That is, the communication apparatus includes transmission media with signals indicative of information to perform disclosed functions. 
     Memory  1304  may represent any data storage mechanism. Memory  1304  may include, for example, a primary memory and/or a secondary memory. Primary memory may include, for example, a random access memory, read only memory, etc. While illustrated in this example as being separate from one or more processors  1302 , it should be understood that all or part of a primary memory may be provided within or otherwise co-located/coupled with the one or more processors  1302 . Secondary memory may include, for example, the same or similar type of memory as primary memory and/or one or more data storage devices or systems, such as, for example, a disk drive, an optical disc drive, a tape drive, a solid state memory drive, etc. 
     In certain implementations, secondary memory may be operatively receptive of, or otherwise configurable to couple to a non-transitory computer readable medium  1320 . As such, in certain example implementations, the methods and/or apparatuses presented herein may take the form in whole or part of a computer readable medium  1320  that may include computer implementable code  1308  stored thereon, which if executed by one or more processors  1302  may be operatively enabled to perform all or portions of the example operations as described herein. Computer readable medium  1320  may be a part of memory  1304 . 
     An entity in a wireless network, such as UE  1300 , may be configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network and may include a means for receiving a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference, which may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the location request module  1322 . A means for receiving positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the DL PRS receive module  1328 . A means for performing the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the timing event module  1324 , the time point module  1326 , and the positioning measurement module  1332 . A means for transmitting to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the report module  1340 . 
     In one implementation, the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, wherein the one or more other entities in the wireless network are not synchronized in time. The UE may further include a means for determining a timing difference between two or more base stations, which may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the timing difference module  1342 . A means for transmitting the timing difference to the location server for generating or updating a Real Time Difference to be provided by the location server to at least one of the two or more base stations and another UE or a combination thereof may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the timing difference module  1342 . 
     In one implementation, the entity may be the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, and the UE may further include a means for determining a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning measurements, which may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the position estimate module  1336 . The location report related to the positioning measurements may include the position estimate for the UE. 
     In one implementation, the entity may further include a means for receiving positioning measurements from at least one of a location server, a serving base station, the one or more other entities, or a combination thereof, and wherein determining the position estimate for the UE is further based on the positioning measurements received from the at least one of the location server, the serving base station, the one or more other entities, or the combination thereof, which may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the location information module  1334 . 
     In one implementation, the entity may further include a means for receiving a request to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period, which may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the location request module  1322 . A means for transmitting PRS to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the UL PRS transmit module  1330 . 
     An entity in a wireless network, such as UE  1300 , may be configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network and may include a means for receiving a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference, which may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the location request module  1322 . A means for transmitting the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1310  and one or more processors  1302  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1304  and/or medium  1320  such as the UL PRS transmit module  1330 . 
       FIG.  14    shows a schematic block diagram illustrating certain exemplary features of a base station  1400 , e.g., which may be base station  102  shown in  FIG.  1   , that is configured to perform positioning for a UE within a wireless network, e.g., at a defined time point within a measurement period, as described herein. The UE, in one example, may be a sensor in a motion control system. The base station  1400  may, for example, include one or more processors  1402 , memory  1404 , an external interface such as a at least one wireless transceiver  1410  (e.g., wireless network interface) and communications interface  1418  (e.g., wireline or wireless network interface to other base stations and/or the core network and a location server), which may be operatively coupled with one or more connections  1406  (e.g., buses, lines, fibers, links, etc.) to non-transitory computer readable medium  1420  and memory  1404 . The base station  1400  may further include a clock  1416  that may be synchronized in time with a common time. In certain example implementations, all or part of base station  1400  may take the form of a chipset, and/or the like. Wireless transceiver  1410  may, for example, include a transmitter  1412  enabled to transmit one or more signals over one or more types of wireless communication networks and a receiver  1414  to receive one or more signals transmitted over the one or more types of wireless communication networks. 
     In some embodiments, base station  1400  may include antenna  1411 , which may be internal or external. UE antenna  1411  may be used to transmit and/or receive signals processed by wireless transceiver  1410 . In some embodiments, UE antenna  1411  may be coupled to wireless transceiver  1410 . In some embodiments, measurements of signals received (transmitted) by base station  1400  may be performed at the point of connection of the antenna  1411  and wireless transceiver  1410 . For example, the measurement point of reference for received (transmitted) RF signal measurements may be an input (output) terminal of the receiver  1414  (transmitter  1412 ) and an output (input) terminal of the antenna  1411 . In a base station  1400  with multiple antennas  1411  or antenna arrays, the antenna connector may be viewed as a virtual point representing the aggregate output (input) of multiple UE antennas. In some embodiments, base station  1400  may measure received signals including signal strength and TOA measurements and the raw measurements may be processed by the one or more processors  1402 . 
     The one or more processors  1402  may be implemented using a combination of hardware, firmware, and software. For example, the one or more processors  1402  may be configured to perform the functions discussed herein by implementing one or more instructions or program code  1408  on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as medium  1420  and/or memory  1404 . In some embodiments, the one or more processors  1402  may represent one or more circuits configurable to perform at least a portion of a data signal computing procedure or process related to the operation of base station  1400 . 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may store instructions or program code  1408  that contain executable code or software instructions that when executed by the one or more processors  1402  cause the one or more processors  1402  to operate as a special purpose computer programmed to perform the techniques disclosed herein. As illustrated in base station  1400 , the medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include one or more components or modules that may be implemented by the one or more processors  1402  to perform the methodologies described herein. While the components or modules are illustrated as software in medium  1420  that is executable by the one or more processors  1402 , it should be understood that the components or modules may be stored in memory  1404  or may be dedicated hardware either in the one or more processors  1402  or off the processors. 
     A number of software modules and data tables may reside in the medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  and be utilized by the one or more processors  1402  in order to manage both communications and the functionality described herein. It should be appreciated that the organization of the contents of the medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  as shown in base station  1400  is merely exemplary, and as such the functionality of the modules and/or data structures may be combined, separated, and/or be structured in different ways depending upon the implementation of the base station  1400 . 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a location request module  1422  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to receive from a location server, e.g., via communications interface  1418 , a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE. The location request message may additionally or alternatively request transmission of DL PRS at the first time point within the measurement period. The location request message may include additional time points, for example, for providing a location report to a location server. The time point may be relative to a timing event in the wireless network such as a start or an end of a PRS window, a semi-periodic CSI-RS, SRS triggering DCI or MAC-CE, or an SSB. The location request message may further include a window around the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a timing event module  1424  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to monitor or generate a timing event in the wireless network such as a start or an end of a PRS window, a semi-periodic CSI-RS, SRS triggering DCI or MAC-CE, or an SSB. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a time point module  1426  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to perform specific actions, such as transmitting DL PRS or performing positioning measurements, and location reporting at the requested time points or within the window around the time points relative to detected timing event, e.g., after a designated amount of time (or number of symbols) after the timing event. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a DL PRS transmit module  1428  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to transmit DL PRS, via the wireless transceiver  1410 . The one or more processors  1402  may be configured to transmit the DL PRS at the requested time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a UL PRS receive module  1430  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to receive, via the wireless transceiver  1410 , UL PRS, e.g., SRS for positioning, from the UE. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a positioning measurement module  1432  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to perform positioning measurements using received UL PRS and/or DL PRS at the requested time point within the measurement period. For example, the positioning measurements may be, e.g., TOA, RSTD, OTDOA, Rx-Tx, RSRP, RTT, multi-RTT, AoA, or AoD. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a location information module  1434  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to transmit, via the wireless transceiver  1410 , location information to the UE. The location information, for example, may include positioning measurements including the time of transmission of transmitted DL PRS and the time of arrival of received UL PRS. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a time stamp module  1438  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to associate a positioning measurement with the time that the positioning measurement was performed using a time stamp or with an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a report module  1440  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to transmit to a location server, via the communications interface  1418 , a location report related to the positioning measurements, which may be the positioning measurements and a time stamp or with an indication of a known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. The location report may be transmitted at or before a designated time point, e.g., relative to a timing event. 
     The medium  1420  and/or memory  1404  may include a Real Time Difference module  1442  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1402  configures the one or more processors  1402  to receive a Real Time Difference from a location server, e.g., via the communications interface  1418 . The one or more processors  1402  may be configured to use the Real Time Difference to synchronize in time with other entities in the wireless network. 
     The methodologies described herein may be implemented by various means depending upon the application. For example, these methodologies may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the one or more processors  1402  may be implemented within one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, electronic devices, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof. 
     For a firmware and/or software implementation, the methodologies may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. Any machine readable medium tangibly embodying instructions may be used in implementing the methodologies described herein. For example, software codes may be stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium  1420  or memory  1404  that is connected to and executed by the one or more processors  1402 . Memory may be implemented within the one or more processors or external to the one or more processors. As used herein the term “memory” refers to any type of long term, short term, volatile, nonvolatile, or other memory and is not to be limited to any particular type of memory or number of memories, or type of media upon which memory is stored. 
     If implemented in firmware and/or software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or program code  1408  on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as medium  1420  and/or memory  1404 . Examples include computer readable media encoded with a data structure and computer readable media encoded with a computer program  1408 . For example, the non-transitory computer readable medium including program code  1408  stored thereon may include program code  1408  to support positioning of a UE at a specified time point with a measurement period in a manner consistent with disclosed embodiments. Non-transitory computer readable medium  1420  includes physical computer storage media. A storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such non-transitory computer readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code  1408  in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer; disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media. 
     In addition to storage on computer readable medium  1420 , instructions and/or data may be provided as signals on transmission media included in a communication apparatus. For example, a communication apparatus may include a wireless transceiver  1410  having signals indicative of instructions and data. The instructions and data are configured to cause one or more processors to implement the functions outlined in the claims. That is, the communication apparatus includes transmission media with signals indicative of information to perform disclosed functions. 
     Memory  1404  may represent any data storage mechanism. Memory  1404  may include, for example, a primary memory and/or a secondary memory. Primary memory may include, for example, a random access memory, read only memory, etc. While illustrated in this example as being separate from one or more processors  1402 , it should be understood that all or part of a primary memory may be provided within or otherwise co-located/coupled with the one or more processors  1402 . Secondary memory may include, for example, the same or similar type of memory as primary memory and/or one or more data storage devices or systems, such as, for example, a disk drive, an optical disc drive, a tape drive, a solid state memory drive, etc. 
     In certain implementations, secondary memory may be operatively receptive of, or otherwise configurable to couple to a non-transitory computer readable medium  1420 . As such, in certain example implementations, the methods and/or apparatuses presented herein may take the form in whole or part of a computer readable medium  1420  that may include computer implementable code  1408  stored thereon, which if executed by one or more processors  1402  may be operatively enabled to perform all or portions of the example operations as described herein. Computer readable medium  1420  may be a part of memory  1404 . 
     An entity in a wireless network, such as base station  1400 , may be configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network and may include a means for receiving a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference, which may be, e.g., the communications interface  1418  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the location request module  1422 . A means for receiving positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1410  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the UL PRS receive module  1430 . A means for performing the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1410  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the timing event module  1424 , the time point module  1426 , and the positioning measurement module  1432 . A means for transmitting to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements may be, e.g., the communications interface  1418  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the report module  1440 . 
     In one implementation, the entity may further include a means for receiving a request to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period, which may be, e.g., the communications interface  1418  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the location request module  1422 . A means for transmitting PRS to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1410  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the DL PRS transmit module  1428 . 
     An entity in a wireless network, such as base station  1400 , may be configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network and may include a means for receiving a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference, which may be, e.g., the communications interface  1418  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the location request module  1422 . A means for transmitting the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS may be, e.g., the wireless transceiver  1410  and one or more processors  1402  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1404  and/or medium  1420  such as the DL PRS transmit module  1428 . 
       FIG.  15    shows a schematic block diagram illustrating certain exemplary features of a location server  1500 , e.g., LMF  196  in  FIG.  1   , that is configured to perform positioning for a UE within a wireless network, e.g., at a defined time point within a measurement period, as described herein. The UE, in one example, may be a sensor in a motion control system. Location server  1500  may, for example, include one or more processors  1502 , memory  1504 , an external interface, which may include an external interface  1518  (e.g., wireline or wireless network interface to base stations and/or entities in the core network), which may be operatively coupled with one or more connections  1506  (e.g., buses, lines, fibers, links, etc.) to non-transitory computer readable medium  1520  and memory  1504 . The location server  1500  may further include a clock  1516  that may be synchronized in a common time with the wireless network. In certain example implementations, all or part of location server  1500  may take the form of a chipset, and/or the like. 
     The one or more processors  1502  may be implemented using a combination of hardware, firmware, and software. For example, the one or more processors  1502  may be configured to perform the functions discussed herein by implementing one or more instructions or program code  1508  on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as medium  1520  and/or memory  1504 . In some embodiments, the one or more processors  1502  may represent one or more circuits configurable to perform at least a portion of a data signal computing procedure or process related to the operation of location server  1500 . 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may store instructions or program code  1508  that contain executable code or software instructions that when executed by the one or more processors  1502  cause the one or more processors  1502  to operate as a special purpose computer programmed to perform the techniques disclosed herein. As illustrated in location server  1500 , the medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include one or more components or modules that may be implemented by the one or more processors  1502  to perform the methodologies described herein. While the components or modules are illustrated as software in medium  1520  that is executable by the one or more processors  1502 , it should be understood that the components or modules may be stored in memory  1504  or may be dedicated hardware either in the one or more processors  1502  or off the processors. 
     A number of software modules and data tables may reside in the medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  and be utilized by the one or more processors  1502  in order to manage both communications and the functionality described herein. It should be appreciated that the organization of the contents of the medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  as shown in location server  1500  is merely exemplary, and as such the functionality of the modules and/or data structures may be combined, separated, and/or be structured in different ways depending upon the implementation of the location server  1500 . 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a location request receive module  1522  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to receive from another entity, such as a controller, e.g., via external interface  1518 , a location request message requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within the measurement period. The location request message may include additional time points, for example, for providing a location report to the location server or providing a position estimate to the requesting entity. The time point may be relative to a timing event in the wireless network such as a start or an end of a PRS window, a semi-periodic CSI-RS, SRS triggering DCI or MAC-CE, or an SSB. The location request message may further include a window around the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a location request transmit module  1524  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to transmit to the UE and/or base stations, e.g., via external interface  1518 , to transmit a location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE performed at the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message. The location request message may additionally or alternatively request transmission of PRS at the first time point within the measurement period. The location request message may include additional time points, for example, for providing a location report to a location server. The time point may be relative to a timing event in the wireless network such as a start or an end of a PRS window, a semi-periodic CSI-RS, SRS triggering DCI or MAC-CE, or an SSB. The location request message may further include a window around the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a timing event module  1526  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to monitor a timing event in the wireless network, such as when a location report is received from the UE or one or more base stations. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a time point module  1528  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to perform specific actions, such as transmitting a position estimate at or before a requested time, e.g., after a designated amount of time after the timing event. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a location information receive module  1530  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to receive, via the external interface  1518 , a location report with location information from the UE and/or one or more base stations. The location information, for example, may include positioning measurements performed by the UE and/or one or more base stations at the requested time point, a position estimate determined by the UE, and time stamps associated with the time the positioning measurements were performed or an indication of a known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a position estimate module  1532  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to determine a position estimate for the UE, e.g., by generating a position estimate for the UE using the position measurements performed by the UE and/or the base stations along with the locations of the base stations, or using a position estimate provided by the UE. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a time stamp module  1534  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to associate with the position estimate a time stamp for the positioning measurements or the indication of the known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a report module  1536  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to transmit the position estimate to the requesting entity, via the external interface  1518 , which may include a time stamp or the indication of the known delay between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. The location report may be transmitted at or before a designated time point, e.g., relative to a timing event. 
     The medium  1520  and/or memory  1504  may include a timing difference module  1538  that when implemented by the one or more processors  1502  configures the one or more processors  1502  to receive from the UE, via the external interface  1518 , a timing difference between base stations based on received signals from the base stations, and to determine a Real Time Difference between the base stations, and to transmit the Real Time Difference, via the external interface  1518 , to the two or more base stations. 
     The methodologies described herein may be implemented by various means depending upon the application. For example, these methodologies may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the one or more processors  1502  may be implemented within one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, electronic devices, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof. 
     For a firmware and/or software implementation, the methodologies may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. Any machine readable medium tangibly embodying instructions may be used in implementing the methodologies described herein. For example, software codes may be stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium  1520  or memory  1504  that is connected to and executed by the one or more processors  1502 . Memory may be implemented within the one or more processors or external to the one or more processors. As used herein the term “memory” refers to any type of long term, short term, volatile, nonvolatile, or other memory and is not to be limited to any particular type of memory or number of memories, or type of media upon which memory is stored. 
     If implemented in firmware and/or software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or program code  1508  on a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as medium  1520  and/or memory  1504 . Examples include computer readable media encoded with a data structure and computer readable media encoded with a computer program  1508 . For example, the non-transitory computer readable medium including program code  1508  stored thereon may include program code  1508  to support positioning of a UE at a specified time point with a measurement period in a manner consistent with disclosed embodiments. Non-transitory computer readable medium  1520  includes physical computer storage media. A storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such non-transitory computer readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code  1508  in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer; disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media. 
     In addition to storage on computer readable medium  1520 , instructions and/or data may be provided as signals on transmission media included in a communication apparatus. For example, a communication apparatus may include an external interface  1518  having signals indicative of instructions and data. The instructions and data are configured to cause one or more processors to implement the functions outlined in the claims. That is, the communication apparatus includes transmission media with signals indicative of information to perform disclosed functions. 
     Memory  1504  may represent any data storage mechanism. Memory  1504  may include, for example, a primary memory and/or a secondary memory. Primary memory may include, for example, a random access memory, read only memory, etc. While illustrated in this example as being separate from one or more processors  1502 , it should be understood that all or part of a primary memory may be provided within or otherwise co-located/coupled with the one or more processors  1502 . Secondary memory may include, for example, the same or similar type of memory as primary memory and/or one or more data storage devices or systems, such as, for example, a disk drive, an optical disc drive, a tape drive, a solid state memory drive, etc. 
     In certain implementations, secondary memory may be operatively receptive of, or otherwise configurable to couple to a non-transitory computer readable medium  1520 . As such, in certain example implementations, the methods and/or apparatuses presented herein may take the form in whole or part of a computer readable medium  1520  that may include computer implementable code  1508  stored thereon, which if executed by one or more processors  1502  may be operatively enabled to perform all or portions of the example operations as described herein. Computer readable medium  1520  may be a part of memory  1504 . 
     An location server in a wireless network, such as location server  1500 , may be configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network and may include a means for receiving a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period, which may be, e.g., the external interface  1518  and one or more processors  1502  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1504  and/or medium  1520  such as the location request receive module  1522 . A means for transmitting to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message may be, e.g., the external interface  1518  and one or more processors  1502  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1504  and/or medium  1520  such as the location request transmit module  1524 . A means for receiving a location report from the one or more entities based on positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point may be, e.g., the external interface  1518  and one or more processors  1502  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1504  and/or medium  1520  such as the location information receive module  1530 . A means for determining a position estimate for the UE based on the location report may be, e.g., the one or more processors  1502  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1504  and/or medium  1520  such as the position estimate module  1532 . A means for transmitting the position estimate for the UE to the first entity may be, e.g., the external interface  1518  and one or more processors  1502  with dedicated hardware or implementing executable code or software instructions in memory  1504  and/or medium  1520  such as the report module  1536 . 
     Reference throughout this specification to “one example”, “an example”, “certain examples”, or “exemplary implementation” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the feature and/or example may be included in at least one feature and/or example of claimed subject matter. Thus, the appearances of the phrase “in one example”, “an example”, “in certain examples” or “in certain implementations” or other like phrases in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same feature, example, and/or limitation. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in one or more examples and/or features. 
     Some portions of the detailed description included herein are presented in terms of algorithms or symbolic representations of operations on binary digital signals stored within a memory of a specific apparatus or special purpose computing device or platform. In the context of this particular specification, the term specific apparatus or the like includes a general purpose computer once it is programmed to perform particular operations pursuant to instructions from program software. Algorithmic descriptions or symbolic representations are examples of techniques used by those of ordinary skill in the signal processing or related arts to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm is here, and generally, is considered to be a self-consistent sequence of operations or similar signal processing leading to a desired result. In this context, operations or processing involve physical manipulation of physical quantities. Typically, although not necessarily, such quantities may take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, or otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to such signals as bits, data, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, numerals, or the like. It should be understood, however, that all of these or similar terms are to be associated with appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels. Unless specifically stated otherwise, as apparent from the discussion herein, it is appreciated that throughout this specification discussions utilizing terms such as “processing,” “computing,” “calculating,” “determining” or the like refer to actions or processes of a specific apparatus, such as a special purpose computer, special purpose computing apparatus or a similar special purpose electronic computing device. In the context of this specification, therefore, a special purpose computer or a similar special purpose electronic computing device is capable of manipulating or transforming signals, typically represented as physical electronic or magnetic quantities within memories, registers, or other information storage devices, transmission devices, or display devices of the special purpose computer or similar special purpose electronic computing device. 
     In the preceding detailed description, numerous specific details have been set forth to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subject matter. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that claimed subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods and apparatuses that would be known by one of ordinary skill have not been described in detail so as not to obscure claimed subject matter. 
     The terms, “and”, “or”, and “and/or” as used herein may include a variety of meanings that also are expected to depend at least in part upon the context in which such terms are used. Typically, “or” if used to associate a list, such as A, B or C, is intended to mean A, B, and C, here used in the inclusive sense, as well as A, B or C, here used in the exclusive sense. In addition, the term “one or more” as used herein may be used to describe any feature, structure, or characteristic in the singular or may be used to describe a plurality or some other combination of features, structures, or characteristics. Though, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example and claimed subject matter is not limited to this example. 
     While there has been illustrated and described what are presently considered to be example features, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from claimed subject matter. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teachings of claimed subject matter without departing from the central concept described herein. 
     In view of this description, embodiments may include different combinations of features. Implementation examples are described in the following numbered clauses: 
     Clause 1. A method performed by an entity in a wireless network for positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     receiving a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; 
     receiving positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; 
     performing the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and 
     transmitting to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 2. The method of clause 1, wherein the location request message further includes a second time point within the measurement period for providing the location report, wherein the location report is transmitted to the location server at or before the second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to the common time reference. 
     Clause 3. The method of either of clauses 1 or 2, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 4. The method of clause 3, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 5. The method of any of clauses 1-4, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 6. The method of any of clauses 1-4, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 7. The method of any of clauses 1-6, wherein the location request message further includes a window around the first time point within the measurement period for performing the positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities are performed within the window around the first time point. 
     Clause 8. The method of any of clauses 1-7, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 9. The method of clause 8, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 10. The method of clause 8, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 11. The method of any of clauses 1-10, wherein the entity and the one or more other entities in the wireless network are synchronized to a common time. 
     Clause 12. The method of clause 11, wherein the common time includes the common time reference. 
     Clause 13. The method of any of clauses 1-12, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, wherein the one or more other entities in the wireless network are not synchronized in time, the method further comprising: 
     determining a timing difference between two or more base stations; and 
     transmitting the timing difference to the location server for generating or updating a Real Time Difference to be provided by the location server to at least one of the two or more base stations and another UE or a combination thereof. 
     Clause 14. The method of any of clauses 1-13, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, the method further comprising: 
     determining a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning measurements; 
     wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the position estimate for the UE. 
     Clause 15. The method of clause 14, further comprising receiving positioning measurements from at least one of a location server, a serving base station, the one or more other entities, or a combination thereof, and wherein determining the position estimate for the UE is further based on the positioning measurements received from the at least one of the location server, the serving base station, the one or more other entities, or the combination thereof. 
     Clause 16. The method of any of clauses 1-15, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 17. The method of any of clauses 1-16, further comprising: 
     receiving a request to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period; and 
     transmitting PRS to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 18. The method of any of clauses 1-17, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 19. The method of any of clauses 1-18, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 20. The method of any of clauses 1-19, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 21. An entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     an external interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a network entity in the wireless network; 
     at least one memory; 
     at least one processor coupled to the external interface and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: 
     receive, via the external interface, a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; 
     receive, via the external interface, positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; 
     perform the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and 
     transmit, via the external interface, to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 22. The entity of clause 21, wherein the location request message further includes a second time point within the measurement period for providing the location report, wherein the location report is transmitted to the location server at or before the second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to the common time reference. 
     Clause 23. The entity of either of clauses 21 or 22, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 24. The entity of clause 23, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 25. The entity of any of clauses 21-24, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 26. The entity of any of clauses 21-24, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 27. The entity of any of clauses 21-26, wherein the location request message further includes a window around the first time point within the measurement period for performing the positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities are performed within the window around the first time point. 
     Clause 28. The entity of any of clauses 21-27, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 29. The entity of clause 28, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 30. The entity of clause 28, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 31. The entity of any of clauses 21-30, wherein the entity and the one or more other entities in the wireless network are synchronized to a common time. 
     Clause 32. The entity of clause 31, wherein the common time includes the common time reference. 
     Clause 33. The entity of any of clauses 21-32, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, wherein the one or more other entities in the wireless network are not synchronized in time, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: 
     determine a timing difference between two or more base stations; and 
     transmit, via the external interface, the timing difference to the location server for generating or updating a Real Time Difference to be provided by the location server to at least one of the two or more base stations and another UE or a combination thereof. 
     Clause 34. The entity of any of clauses 21-33, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: 
     determine a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning measurements; 
     wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the position estimate for the UE. 
     Clause 35. The entity of clause 34, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive positioning measurements from at least one of a location server, a serving base station, the one or more other entities, or a combination thereof, and wherein the position estimate for the UE is determined further based on the positioning measurements received from the at least one of the location server, the serving base station, the one or more other entities, or the combination thereof. 
     Clause 36. The entity of any of clauses 21-35, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 37. The entity of any of clauses 21-36, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: 
     receive, via the external interface, a request to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period; and 
     transmit, via the external interface, PRS to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 38. The entity of any of clauses 21-37, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 39. The entity of any of clauses 21-38, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 40. The entity of any of clauses 21-39, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 41. An entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     means for receiving a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; 
     means for receiving positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; 
     means for performing the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and 
     means for transmitting to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 42. The entity of clause 41, wherein the location request message further includes a second time point within the measurement period for providing the location report, wherein the location report is transmitted to the location server at or before the second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to the common time reference. 
     Clause 43. The entity of either of clauses 41 or 42, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 44. The entity of clause 43, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 45. The entity of any of clauses 41-44, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 46. The entity of any of clauses 41-44, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 47. The entity of any of clauses 41-46, wherein the location request message further includes a window around the first time point within the measurement period for performing the positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities are performed within the window around the first time point. 
     Clause 48. The entity of any of clauses 41-47, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 49. The entity of clause 48, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 50. The entity of clause 48, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 51. The entity of any of clauses 41-50, wherein the entity and the one or more other entities in the wireless network are synchronized to a common time. 
     Clause 52. The entity of clause 51, wherein the common time includes the common time reference. 
     Clause 53. The entity of any of clauses 41-52, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, wherein the one or more other entities in the wireless network are not synchronized in time, the entity further comprising: 
     means for determining a timing difference between two or more base stations; and 
     means for transmitting the timing difference to the location server for generating or updating a Real Time Difference to be provided by the location server to at least one of the two or more base stations and another UE or a combination thereof. 
     Clause 54. The entity of any of clauses 41-53, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, the entity further comprising: 
     means for determining a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning measurements; 
     wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the position estimate for the UE. 
     Clause 55. The entity of clause 54, further comprising means for receiving positioning measurements from at least one of a location server, a serving base station, the one or more other entities, or a combination thereof, and wherein the means for determining the position estimate for the UE further uses the positioning measurements received from the at least one of the location server, the serving base station, the one or more other entities, or the combination thereof. 
     Clause 56. The entity of any of clauses 41-55, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 57. The entity of any of clauses 41-56, further comprising: 
     means for receiving a request to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period; and 
     means for transmitting PRS to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 58. The entity of any of clauses 41-57, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 59. The entity of any of clauses 41-58, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 60. The entity of any of clauses 41-59, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 61. A non-transitory storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in an entity in a wireless network to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, the program code including instructions to: 
     receive a location request message that includes a measurement period and a first time point within the measurement period for performing positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the first time point is relative to a common time reference; 
     receive positioning reference signals (PRS) from one or more other entities in the wireless network; 
     perform the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for performing the positioning measurements; and 
     transmit to a location server a location report related to the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 62. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 61, wherein the location request message further includes a second time point within the measurement period for providing the location report, wherein the location report is transmitted to the location server at or before the second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to the common time reference. 
     Clause 63. The non-transitory storage medium of either of clauses 61 or 62, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 64. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 63, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 65. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-64, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 66. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-64, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 67. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-66, wherein the location request message further includes a window around the first time point within the measurement period for performing the positioning measurements for the UE, wherein the positioning measurements using the PRS from the one or more other entities are performed within the window around the first time point. 
     Clause 68. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-67, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 69. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 68, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 70. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 68, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 71. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-70, wherein the entity and the one or more other entities in the wireless network are synchronized to a common time. 
     Clause 72. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 71, wherein the common time includes the common time reference. 
     Clause 73. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-72, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, wherein the one or more other entities in the wireless network are not synchronized in time, the program code further including instructions to: 
     determine a timing difference between two or more base stations; and 
     transmit the timing difference to the location server for generating or updating a Real Time Difference to be provided by the location server to at least one of the two or more base stations and another UE or a combination thereof. 
     Clause 74. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-73, wherein the entity is the UE and the one or more other entities comprise one or more base stations, the program code further including instructions to: 
     determine a position estimate for the UE based on the positioning measurements; 
     wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the position estimate for the UE. 
     Clause 75. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 74, the program code further including instructions to receive positioning measurements from at least one of a location server, a serving base station, the one or more other entities, or a combination thereof, and wherein the program code further including instructions to determine the position estimate for the UE further uses the positioning measurements received from the at least one of the location server, the serving base station, the one or more other entities, or the combination thereof. 
     Clause 76. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-75, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises the positioning measurements. 
     Clause 77. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-76, the program code further including instructions to: 
     receive a request to transmit PRS at the first time point within the measurement period; and 
     transmit PRS to the one or more other entities at the first time point within the measurement period specified in the location request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 78. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-77, wherein the location report related to the positioning measurements comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known time interval between performing the positioning measurements and the first time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 79. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-78, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 80. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 61-79, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 81. A method performed by an entity in a wireless network for positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     receiving a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and 
     transmitting the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 82. The method of clause 81, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 83. The method of clause 82, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 84. The method of any of clauses 81-83, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 85. The method of any of clauses 81-83, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 86. The method of any of clauses 81-85, wherein the PRS transmission request message further includes a window around the time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the PRS is transmitted during the window around the time point. 
     Clause 87. The method of any of clauses 81-86, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 88. The method of clause 87, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 89. The method of clause 87, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 90. The method of any of clauses 81-89, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 91. The method of any of clauses 81-90, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 92. An entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     an external interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a network entity in the wireless network; 
     at least one memory; 
     at least one processor coupled to the external interface and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: 
     receive, via the external interface, a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and 
     transmit, via the external interface, the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 93. The entity of clause 92, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 94. The entity of clause 93, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 95. The entity of any of clauses 92-94, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 96. The entity of any of clauses 92-94, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 97. The entity of any of clauses 92-96, wherein the PRS transmission request message further includes a window around the time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the PRS is transmitted during the window around the time point. 
     Clause 98. The entity of any of clauses 92-97, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 99. The entity of clause 98, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 100. The entity of clause 98, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 101. The entity of any of clauses 92-100, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 102. The entity of any of clauses 92-101, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 103. An entity in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     means for receiving a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and 
     means for transmitting the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 104. The entity of clause 103, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 105. The entity of clause 104, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 106. The entity of any of clauses 103-105, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 107. The entity of any of clauses 103-106, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 108. The entity of any of clauses 103-107, wherein the PRS transmission request message further includes a window around the time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the PRS is transmitted during the window around the time point. 
     Clause 109. The entity of any of clauses 103-108, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 110. The entity of clause 109, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 111. The entity of clause 109, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 112. The entity of any of clauses 103-111, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 113. The entity of any of clauses 103-112, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 114. A non-transitory storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in an entity in a wireless network to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, the program code including instructions to: 
     receive a positioning reference signals (PRS) transmission request message that includes a measurement period and a time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the time point is relative to a common time reference; and 
     transmit the PRS at the time point within the measurement period specified in the PRS transmission request message for transmitting the PRS. 
     Clause 115. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 114, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 116. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 115, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 117. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 114-116, wherein the entity in the wireless network comprises the UE and the PRS are uplink PRS. 
     Clause 118. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 114-116, wherein the entity in the wireless network is a base station and the PRS are downlink PRS. 
     Clause 119. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 114-118, wherein the PRS transmission request message further includes a window around the time point within the measurement period for transmitting PRS, wherein the PRS is transmitted during the window around the time point. 
     Clause 120. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 114-119, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 121. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 120, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 122. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 120, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 123. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 114-122, wherein the location request message is for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 124. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 114-123, wherein the UE is a sensor in a motion control system. 
     Clause 125. A method performed by a location server in a wireless network for positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     receiving a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; 
     transmitting to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; 
     receiving a location report from the one or more entities based on the positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; 
     determining a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and 
     transmitting the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     Clause 126. The method of clause 125, wherein the first time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the second time point is the same as the first time point. 
     Clause 127. The method of either of clauses 125 or 126, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 128. The method of clause 127, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 129. The method of any of clauses 125-128, wherein the first location request message further includes a third time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate, wherein the third time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the position estimate is transmitted to the first entity at or before the third time point. 
     Clause 130. The method of any of clauses 125-129, wherein the first location request message further includes a window around the second time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate for the UE, wherein the second location request message transmitted to the one or more entities includes the window around the second time point, and wherein the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report are performed within the window around the second time point. 
     Clause 131. The method of any of clauses 125-130, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 132. The method of clause 131, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 133. The method of clause 131, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 134. The method of any of clauses 125-133, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises one of positioning measurements performed by the UE based on downlink (DL) positioning reference signals (PRS) received by the UE, positioning measurements performed by a base station based on uplink (UL) PRS transmitted by the UE, or a combination thereof; and wherein determining the position estimate for the UE comprises generating the position estimate using the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report. 
     Clause 135. The method of any of clauses 125-134, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises the position estimate for the UE that is determined by the UE. 
     Clause 136. The method of any of clauses 125-135, wherein the location report based on to the positioning measurements for the UE comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period, and wherein the position estimate for the UE includes the time stamp for the positioning measurements or the indication of the known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 137. The method of any of clauses 125-136, wherein the first location request message and the second location request message are for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 138. The method of any of clauses 125-137, wherein the UE and the location server are a sensor and the first entity is a motion controller in a motion control system. 
     Clause 139. A location server in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     an external interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a network entity in the wireless network; 
     at least one memory; 
     at least one processor coupled to the external interface and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: 
     receive, via the external interface, a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; 
     transmit, via the external interface, to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; 
     receive, via the external interface, a location report from the one or more entities based on the positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; 
     determine a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and 
     transmit, via the external interface, the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     Clause 140. The location server of clause 139, wherein the first time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the second time point is the same as the first time point. 
     Clause 141. The location server of either of clauses 139 or 140, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 142. The location server of clause 141, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 143. The location server of any of clauses 139-142, wherein the first location request message further includes a third time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate, wherein the third time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the position estimate is transmitted to the first entity at or before the third time point. 
     Clause 144. The location server of any of clauses 139-143, wherein the first location request message further includes a window around the second time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate for the UE, wherein the second location request message transmitted to the one or more entities includes the window around the second time point, and wherein the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report are performed within the window around the second time point. 
     Clause 145. The location server of any of clauses 139-144, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 146. The location server of clause 145, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 147. The location server of any of clauses 139-146, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 148. The location server of any of clauses 139-147, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises one of positioning measurements performed by the UE based on downlink (DL) positioning reference signals (PRS) received by the UE, positioning measurements performed by a base station based on uplink (UL) PRS transmitted by the UE, or a combination thereof; and wherein the position estimate for the UE is determined using the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report. 
     Clause 149. The location server of any of clauses 139-148, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises the position estimate for the UE that is determined by the UE. 
     Clause 150. The location server of any of clauses 139-149, wherein the location report based on to the positioning measurements for the UE comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period, and wherein the position estimate for the UE includes the time stamp for the positioning measurements or the indication of the known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 151. The location server of any of clauses 139-150, wherein the first location request message and the second location request message are for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 152. The location server of any of clauses 139-151, wherein the UE and the location server are a sensor and the first entity is a motion controller in a motion control system. 
     Clause 153. A location server in a wireless network configured to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, comprising: 
     means for receiving a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; 
     means for transmitting to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; 
     means for receiving a location report from the one or more entities based on the positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; 
     means for determining a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and 
     means for transmitting the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     Clause 154. The location server of clause 153, wherein the first time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the second time point is the same as the first time point. 
     Clause 155. The location server of either of clauses 153 or 154, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 156. The location server of clause 155, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 157. The location server of any of clauses 153-156, wherein the first location request message further includes a third time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate, wherein the third time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the position estimate is transmitted to the first entity at or before the third time point. 
     Clause 158. The location server of any of clauses 153-157, wherein the first location request message further includes a window around the second time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate for the UE, wherein the second location request message transmitted to the one or more entities includes the window around the second time point, and wherein the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report are performed within the window around the second time point. 
     Clause 159. The location server of any of clauses 153-158, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 160. The location server of any of clauses 153-159, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 161. The location server of clause 160, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 162. The location server of any of clauses 153-161, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises one of positioning measurements performed by the UE based on downlink (DL) positioning reference signals (PRS) received by the UE, positioning measurements performed by a base station based on uplink (UL) PRS transmitted by the UE, or a combination thereof; and wherein the means for determining the position estimate for the UE comprises means for generating the position estimate using the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report. 
     Clause 163. The location server of any of clauses 153-162, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises the position estimate for the UE that is determined by the UE. 
     Clause 164. The location server of any of clauses 153-163, wherein the location report based on to the positioning measurements for the UE comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period, and wherein the position estimate for the UE includes the time stamp for the positioning measurements or the indication of the known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 165. The location server of any of clauses 153-164, wherein the first location request message and the second location request message are for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 166. The location server of any of clauses 153-165, wherein the UE and the location server are a sensor and the first entity is a motion controller in a motion control system. 
     Clause 167. A non-transitory storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in a location server in a wireless network to perform positioning of a user equipment (UE) within the wireless network, the program code including instructions to: 
     receive a first location request message from a first entity requesting locations for the UE at a first time point within a measurement period; 
     transmit to one or more entities in the wireless network a second location request message requesting positioning measurements for the UE at a second time point, wherein the second time point is relative to a common time reference and is synchronized to the first time point within the measurement period received in the first location request message; 
     receive a location report from the one or more entities based on the positioning measurements for the UE performed at the second time point; 
     determine a position estimate for the UE based on the location report; and 
     transmit the position estimate for the UE to the first entity. 
     Clause 168. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 167, wherein the first time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the second time point is the same as the first time point. 
     Clause 169. The non-transitory storage medium of either of clauses 167 or 168, wherein the common time reference is based on transmission timing for a base station. 
     Clause 170. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 169, wherein the base station is a serving base station for the UE. 
     Clause 171. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-170, wherein the first location request message further includes a third time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate, wherein the third time point is relative to the common time reference, wherein the position estimate is transmitted to the first entity at or before the third time point. 
     Clause 172. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-171, wherein the first location request message further includes a window around the second time point within the measurement period for providing the position estimate for the UE, wherein the second location request message transmitted to the one or more entities includes the window around the second time point, and wherein the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report are performed within the window around the second time point. 
     Clause 173. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-172, wherein the common time reference comprises a timing event in the wireless network. 
     Clause 174. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 173, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises a layer 1 event or a layer 2 event. 
     Clause 175. The non-transitory storage medium of clause 173, wherein the timing event in the wireless network comprises one of a start or an end of a downlink PRS window, a semi-periodic Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering Downlink Control Information (DCI) or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC-CE), or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). 
     Clause 176. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-175, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises one of positioning measurements performed by the UE based on downlink (DL) positioning reference signals (PRS) received by the UE, positioning measurements performed by a base station based on uplink (UL) PRS transmitted by the UE, or a combination thereof; and wherein the instruction to determine the position estimate for the UE comprises instructions to generate the position estimate using the positioning measurements for the UE received in the location report. 
     Clause 177. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-176, wherein the location report based on the positioning measurements for the UE comprises the position estimate for the UE that is determined by the UE. 
     Clause 178. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-177, wherein the location report based on to the positioning measurements for the UE comprises a time stamp for the positioning measurements or an indication of a known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period, and wherein the position estimate for the UE includes the time stamp for the positioning measurements or the indication of the known delay between when the positioning measurements were performed and the second time point within the measurement period. 
     Clause 179. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-178, wherein the first location request message and the second location request message are for periodic positioning of the UE. 
     Clause 180. The non-transitory storage medium of any of clauses 167-179, wherein the UE and the location server are a sensor and the first entity is a motion controller in a motion control system. 
     Therefore, it is intended that claimed subject matter not be limited to the particular examples disclosed, but that such claimed subject matter may also include all aspects falling within the scope of appended claims, and equivalents thereof.