Patent Publication Number: US-10314000-B2

Title: Method, apparatus and system for measuring a position of a user equipment in a wireless network

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/US/2014/072166, filed Dec. 23, 2014, entitled “METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A POSITION OF A USER EQUIPMENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK”, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/985,338, filed Apr. 28, 2014, the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties for all purposes, except for those sections, if any, that are inconsistent with the specification. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND INFORMATION 
     Several user equipment (UE) positioning methods may be supported under current Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards of 3rd Generation Partnership Project along with any amendments, updates and/or revisions, such as LTE Rel 10 or 11. Examples of the positioning methods may include a global navigation satellite system (AGNSS), an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA), Enhanced Cell-Identifier (Cell-ID). 
     For example, based on the OTDOA method, the UE may measure transmission time difference for a signal transmission from the UE to multiple evolved NodeBs (eNBs), e.g., three or more eNBs. Based on the measured transmission time difference and the position information related to the multiple eNBs, the position of the UE may be calculated. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements. 
         FIG. 1  schematically illustrates an embodiment of a user device to device (D2D) network in compliance with the 3GPP LTE architecture in accordance with various embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  schematically illustrates an embodiment of a signaling procedure for a D2D positioning method under the D2D network in accordance with various embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  schematically illustrates an embodiment of an environment for measuring a position of a target UE with positioning assistance data related to an anchor UE, in accordance with various embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  schematically illustrates a method of measuring the position of the target UE implemented by the target UE, in accordance with various embodiments. 
         FIG. 5  schematically illustrates a method of measuring the position of the target UE implemented by the anchor UE, in accordance with various embodiments. 
         FIG. 6  schematically illustrates an example system in accordance with various embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, methods, systems, and apparatuses for handling in-device coexistence interference in a wireless network. 
     Various aspects of the illustrative embodiments will be described using terms commonly employed by those skilled in the art to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that some alternate embodiments may be practiced using with portions of the described aspects. For purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials, and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the illustrative embodiments. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that alternate embodiments may be practiced without the specific details. In other instances, well-known features are omitted or simplified in order to not obscure the illustrative embodiments. 
     Further, various operations will be described as multiple discrete operations, in turn, in a manner that is most helpful in understanding the illustrative embodiments; however, the order of description should not be construed as to imply that these operations are necessarily order dependent. In particular, these operations need not be performed in the order of presentation. 
     The phrase “in one embodiment” is used repeatedly. The phrase generally does not refer to the same embodiment; however, it may. The terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. The phrase “A/B” means “A or B”. The phrase “A and/or B” means “(A), (B), or (A and B)”. The phrase “at least one of A, B and C” means “(A), (B), (C), (A and B), (A and C), (B and C) or (A, B and C)”. The phrase “(A) B” means “(B) or (A B)”, that is, A is optional. 
     Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that a wide variety of alternate and/or equivalent implementations may be substituted for the specific embodiments shown and described, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the embodiments discussed herein. Therefore, it is manifestly intended that the embodiments of the present disclosure be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof. 
     As used herein, the term “module” may refer to, be part of, or include an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a programmable logic, a processor (shared, dedicated, or group) and/or memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable components that provide the described functionality. 
       FIG. 1  schematically illustrates an embodiment of a user device to device (D2D) wireless communication network  100  in accordance with various embodiments. The D2D communication may refer to a kind of direct communication between the UEs being positioned in proximity with each other by sharing cell resources of the wireless communication network  100 , especially, in compliance with the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards of 3rd Generation Partnership Project along with any amendments, updates and/or revisions. 
     As illustrated, the wireless communication network  100  may comprise an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)  101 , an Evolved Packet Core (EPC)  102 , a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)  103 , and/or others. 
     In various embodiments, the E-UTRAN  101  may comprise a plurality of user equipments (UEs)  112   1 - 112   5  configured to operate under the 3GPP LTE architecture and/or under a wireless local access networks (WLAN) architecture, a serving evolved NodeB (eNB)  113  connecting the UEs  112   1 - 112   5  with the EPC  102 , and/or others. The EPC  102  may further comprise a plurality of servers, such as a Mobility Management Entity/Serving-Gateway (MME/S-GW)  120 , a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW)  122 , a LTE location base server (LTE LBS server)  124 , and/or others. In an embodiment, the LBS server  124  may communicate with any of the UEs  102   1 - 102   5  via an interface (such as a S1/S2 interface for the LTE implementation or a 802.11 interface for the WLAN implementation) for location positioning purposes whose details would be provided later. 
     In accordance with various embodiments, the UEs  102   1 - 102   5  may be embodied as, without limitation, a smart phone, a cellular telephone, a tablet, a consumer electronic device, a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a mobile computing system, a processor-based system, and/or any other mobile communication device configured to measure its position with use of positioning assistance data from a device, such as the LBS server  124 . 
     It should be understood that other embodiments may implement other technologies for the wireless communication network  100 . For example, the E-UTRAN  101  may comprise more than one eNB, such as a neighboring eNB  114 . 
       FIG. 2  schematically illustrates an embodiment of a signaling procedure for a D2D positioning method under the wireless communication network  100  in accordance with various embodiments. 
     In some embodiments, an UE of the UEs  110   1 - 110   5  may be referred as a target UE (such as UE  110   1 ), which may be configured to measure its position through a known position of another UE of the UEs  110   1 - 110   5  (such as UE  110   2 ), which may be provided by the LBS server  124 . Hereinafter, the UE  110   2 - 110   5  may be referred as anchor UEs, if their positions are known to the LBS server  124 . It should be understood that other embodiments may implement other technologies for the target UE  110   1  or the anchor UE  110   2 . For example, the target UE  110   1  and/or the anchor UE  110   2  may be configured to measure its position. For another example, the position information may be obtained from other devices than the LBS server  124 , such as from the serving eNB  113  and/or the neighboring eNB  114 . More details may be provided below. 
     In some embodiments, the LBS server  124  may transmit a LTE positioning protocol A (LPPa) message including positioning assistance data to the serving eNB  113  (signaling  201 ). The LPPa message may be transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) connection. In some embodiments, the positioning assistance data may provide position information related to the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  which may be known to the LBS server  124 , and/or other devices such as the serving eNB  113 . In some embodiments, the position information may include a position indication of the anchor UE  110   2 - 110   5  having various information elements (IEs), for example, but not limited to, a physical cell identifier (PhysCellId) for a serving cell where the anchor eNB may be located, a device identifier (deviceID) of the anchor eNB, and other IEs which may help the LBS server  124  or the serving eNB  113  to locate the anchor UE  110   2 - 110   5 , e.g., finding the position of the anchor UE  110   2  through using the position indication of the PhysCellId and the deviceID as an index. 
     The positioning assistance data may further comprise information elements (IEs), such as a positioning reference signal type (PrsType) which may specify whether the type of the positioning reference signal (e.g., the PhysCellId and deviceID) is feasible for the positioning measurement between the target device and an anchor UE (such as the anchor UE  110   2 ), for example, feasible for a D2D positioning measurement and/or for a cellular positioning measurement. In some embodiments, the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  may locate in the same serving cell as the target UE  110   1 . In other embodiments, the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  may locate in a different serving cell as the target UE  110   1 . 
     In some embodiments, the positioning assistance data may be embodied as a d2d-positioning-anchor-list having the IEs as stated in the above. In other embodiments, the positioning assistance data may include multiple d2d-positioning-anchor-lists, each d2d-positioning-anchor-list may correspond to each anchor UE. For example, a d2d-positioning-anchor-list may comprise a deviceID of an anchor UE, a physCellId and a PrsType related to the anchor UE. In this way, the positioning assistance data may match the anchor UE with the positioning related information (e.g., phyCellId, deviceIDList, prsType, etc.). Example of the d2d-positioning-anchor-list may be embedded into LTE standard TS 36.355, section 6.5.1.1 and provided as in the below: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 --ASNISTART 
               
               
                 d2d-positioning-anchor-list::=SEQUENCE { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                  physCellId       
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                  deviceIDList 
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                  prsType 
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                  ..., 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 } 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 --ASNISTOP 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The LBS server  124  may further transmit a location positioning protocol (LPP) message to the target UE  110   1  through a RRC connection (signaling  202 ), which message may include the similar or same positioning assistance data as stated with respect to the signaling  201 . In response to the LPP message, the target UE  110   1  may transmit a request message to the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  through a RRC connection (signaling  203 ), which message may inquire the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  about whether their position information may be known to the target UE  110   1 . For example, the message may be embodied as an “Position-Known” message having an IE of an inquiry about whether it is true to know the absolute position of the anchor UE  110   2 . Example of the “Position-Known” message may be embedded into LTE standard TS 36.355, section 6.5.1.1 and included the below: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 --ASNISTART 
               
               
                   
                 eNB PositionKnown::=SEQUENCE { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  isTrue    
                 OPTIONAL,-- 
               
               
                   
                  ..., 
                   
               
               
                   
                 } 
                   
               
               
                   
                 --ASNISTOP 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In some embodiments, in response to the request message as stated above, one of the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  (e.g., anchor UE  110   2 ) may determine that its position message is knowable to the target UE  110   1  based on various factors especially including security, and send a response to the target UE  110   1  via the RRC connection (signaling  204 ). The response message may include position information related to the anchor UE  110   2 , such as the deviceID of the anchor UE  110   2 , PrsType specifying the position reference signal type which is feasible for the positioning measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE (such as D2D measurement, cellular measurement, etc.), and/or others. In some embodiments, the anchor UE  110   2  may further include the PhysCellId for the serving cell where the anchor UE  110   2  is located into its response message (i.e., signaling  204 ), which may help the target UE  110   1  to omit the work of retrieve the PhysCellId from the Example of the “PositioningPairDeviceSuccess” message may be embedded into LTE standard TS 36.355, section 6.5.1.1 and include the below: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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                 positioningPairDeviceSuccess::=SEQUENCE{ 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                  device         
                 INTEGER (0 ...503) 
                   
               
               
                  prs Type 
                 ENUMERATED 
                 OPTIONAL, -- Cond PRS 
               
               
                  ..., 
                   
                   
               
               
                 } 
                   
                   
               
               
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     In some embodiments, the target UE  110   1  may retrieve position information related to the anchor UE  110   2  based on the response received from the anchor UE  110   2 . For example, the target UE  110   1  may retrieve, from the d2d-position-anchor-list corresponding to the deviceID received from the anchor UE  110   2 , the physCellId for the serving cell where the anchor UE  110   2  may be located. Alternatively, the anchor UE  110   2  may include the physCellId in its response to the target UE  110   1 , so that the target UE  110   1  may not need to retrieve the PhysCellId from its d2d-position-anchor-list. 
     In some embodiments, the target UE  110   1  may estimate a delta position for the target UE  110   1  with respect to the anchor UE  110   2  by other means besides LTE, such as light focus method and sonar. For implementation, the target UE  110   1  may estimate the distance between the target UE  110   1  and the anchor UE  110   2  based on the measurement of round trip time for a sonar wave or a light wave to the anchor UE  110   2 . 
     In some embodiments, the target UE  110   1  may generate its position information based on the position information related to the anchor UE  110   1  (i.e., the position indication including the PhysCellId and the deviceID) and the delta position for the target UE  110   1  with respect to the anchor UE  110   2 . The target UE  110   1  may further report its position information to the serving eNB  113  and the LBS server  124  (signaling  206 ) via the RRC connection, so that the serving eNB  113  and/or the LBS server  124  may calculate the position of the target UE  110   1  by adding the position of anchor UE  110   2  obtained through using the position indication of the anchor UE  110   2  as an index to the delta position between the target UE  110   1  and the anchor UE  110   2 . 
       FIG. 3  schematically illustrates an embodiment of an environment for measuring a position of a target UE  110   1  with positioning assistance data related to an anchor UE  110   2 , in accordance with various embodiments. As shown in  FIG. 3 , the target UE  110   1  may communicate with the anchor UE  110   2  via a wireless communication network in compliance with the 3GPP LTE standards along with any amendments, updates and/or revisions, or WLAN standards. 
     In some embodiments, the target UE  110   1  may include a communication module  301 , a control module  302 , an Input/Output (I/O) device  303 , and/or others. The anchor UE  310  may include a communication module  311 , a control module  312 , an I/O device  313 , and/or others. The communication module  301  of the target UE  110   1  may receive or transmit information from or to the communication module  311  of the anchor UE  110   2 , such as the signaling  203 - 205 . The communication module  301  of the target UE  110   1  may further comprise several layer implementations, such as a physical layer  3010 , a L2 layer  3011 , a RRC layer  3012  and other layers. Similarly, the communication module  311  of the anchor UE  110   2  may include several layer implementations, such as a physical layer  3110 , a L2 layer  3111 , a RRC layer  3112 , and other layers. More particularly, the RRC layer  3012  of the target UE  110   1  may receive a LLP message (signaling  201 ) including the positioning assistance data from the LBS  124  via the RRC connection. The RRC layer  3012  may further transmit and receive the signaling  203 - 204  to and from the RRC layer  3112 . The I/O  303  device may include peripheral component devices, such as a microphone or a camera, which may be capable to implement a delta position measurement between the target UE  110   1  and the anchor UE  110   2  via a light focus method and/or sonar. The control module  302  may collect the position information related to the anchor UE  110   2  from the communication module  301  such as the PhysCellId and deviceID and the delta positioning data from the I/O device  303  measured via the method such as light focus method and sonar. The control module  302  may further generate its position report based on the position information related to the anchor UE  110   2  (e.g., the position indication including the PhysCellId and the deviceID) and the delta position for the target UE  110   1  with respect to the anchor UE  110   2 , and the RRC layer  3012  may further transmit the position report to the serving eNB  113 . The position report for the target UE  110   1  may help the serving eNB  113  and/or LBS sever  124  to obtain the position of the target UE  110   1  by adding the position of anchor UE  110   2  to the delta position between the target UE  110   1  and the anchor UE  110   2 . 
     However, it should be understood that other embodiments may implement other technologies for the target UE  110   1  or the anchor UE  110   2 . For example, it may be other layers rather than the RRC layer  3012  of the target UE  110   1  to receive or transmit signaling and data from or to the anchor UE  110   2 . Similarly, it may be other layers rather than the RRC layer  3112  of the anchor UE  110   2  to receive or transmit signaling and data from or to the target UE  110   1 . 
       FIG. 4  schematically illustrates a method of measuring the position of the target UE implemented by the target UE, in accordance with various embodiments. In block  401 , the communication module  301  or other devices of target UE  110   1  may receive the LPP message including the positioning assistance data from the target UE  110   1  via the RRC connection. In some embodiments, the positioning assistance data may provide position information related to the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5 , e.g., the position indication of the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  which are known to the LBS server  124 , and/or other devices such as the serving eNB  113 . The position indication of the anchor UE  110   2 - 110   5  may include various information elements (IEs), for example, but not limited to, a physical cell identifier (PhysCellId) for a serving cell where the anchor eNB may be located, a device identifier (deviceID) of the anchor eNB, and other IEs which may help the LBS server  124  or the serving eNB  113  to locate the anchor UE  110   2 - 110   5 , e.g., finding the position of the anchor UE  110   2  through using the position indication of the corresponding PhysCellId and the deviceID as an index. 
     The positioning assistance data may further comprise information elements (IEs), such as a positioning reference signal type (PrsType) which may specify whether the type of the positioning reference signal (e.g., the PhysCellId and deviceID) (correct?) is feasible for the positioning measurement between the target device and an anchor UE (such as the anchor UE  110   2 ), for example, feasible for a D2D positioning measurement and/or for a cellular positioning measurement. In some embodiments, the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  may locate in the same serving cell as the target UE  110   1 . In other embodiments, the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  may locate in a different serving cell as the target UE  110   1 . 
     In some embodiments, the positioning assistance data may be embodied as a d2d-positioning-anchor-list having the IEs as stated in the above. In other embodiments, the positioning assistance data may include multiple d2d-positioning-anchor-lists, each d2d-positioning-anchor-list may correspond to each anchor UE. For example, a d2d-positioning-anchor-list may comprise a deviceID of an anchor UE, a physCellId and a PrsType related to the anchor UE. In this way, the positioning assistance data may match the anchor UE with the positioning related information (e.g., phyCellId, deviceIDList, prsType, etc.). Example of the d2d-positioning-anchor-list may be embedded into LTE standard TS 36.355, section 6.5.1.1 and provided as in the below: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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                 d2d-positioning-anchor-list::=SEQUENCE { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
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                  prsType 
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                 --ASNISTOP 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In block  402 , the communication module  301  or other device of UE  110   1  may transmit a request message to the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  through a RRC connection (signaling  203 ), which message may inquire the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  about whether their position information may be known to the target UE  110   1 . For example, the message may be embodied as an “Position-Known” message having an IE of an inquiry about whether it is true to know the position information of the anchor UE  110   2 . Example of the “Position-Known” message may be embedded into LTE standard TS 36.355, section 6.5.1.1 and included the below: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 --ASNISTART 
               
               
                   
                 eNB PositionKnown::=SEQUENCE { 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  isTrue     
                 OPTIONAL,-- 
               
               
                   
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                 } 
                   
               
               
                   
                 --ASNISTOP 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In block  403 , the communication module  301  or other device of the target UE  110   1  may receive a response from one of the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  (e.g., anchor UE  110   2 ) which may determine that its positioning message is knowable to the target UE  110   1 . In some embodiments, the anchor UE  110   2  may determine that its positioning message is knowable to the target UE  110   1  based on various factors especially including security. The response message may include position information related to the anchor UE  110   2 , such as the deviceID of the anchor UE  110   2 , prsType specifying the positioning reference signal type which is feasible for the positioning measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE (such as D2D measurement, cellular measurement, etc.), and/or others. 
     In some embodiments, the target UE  110   1  may retrieve position information related to the anchor UE  110   2  based on the response received from the anchor UE  110   2 . For example, the target UE  110   1  may retrieve, from the d2d-position-anchor-list corresponding to the deviceID received from the anchor UE  110   2 , the physCellId for the serving cell where the anchor UE  110   2  may be located. Alternatively, the anchor UE  110   2  may include the physCellId in its response to the target UE  110   1 , so that the target UE  110   1  may not need to retrieve the PhysCellId from its d2d-position-anchor-list. 
     Example of the “PositioningPairDeviceSuccess” message may be embedded into LTE standard TS 36.355, section 6.5.1.1 and include the below: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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     In block  404 , the I/O device  303  or other device of target UE  110   1  may measure the delta position for UE  110   1  with respect to the anchor UE  110   2  via the method such as light focus method and sonar. In block  405 , the control module  302  or other device of the target UE  110   1  may collect the position information related to the anchor UE  110   2  from the communication module  301  (e.g., PhysCellId and DeviceID) and the delta position from the I/O device  303  measured via the method such as light focus method and sonar. The control module  302  or other device may further generate the position report for the target UE  110   1  based on the position information of the anchor UE  110   2  and the delta position between the target UE  110   1  and  110   2 . The position report for the target UE  110   1  may help the serving eNB  113  and/or LBS sever  124  to obtain the position of the target UE  110   1  by adding the position of anchor UE  110   2  to the delta position between the target UE  110   1  and the anchor UE  110   2 . In block  406 , the communication module or other device of the target UE  110   1  (e.g., RRC layer  3012 ) may further transmit the relative position for the target UE  110   1  to the serving eNB  113 . 
     It should be understood that other technologies may implement other embodiments for the method of  FIG. 4 . For example, it may be other layers rather than the RRC layer  3012  of the target UE  110   1  to receive or transmit signaling and data from or to the anchor UE  110   2 . Similarly, it may be other layers rather than the RRC layer  3112  of the anchor UE  110   2  to receive or transmit signaling and data from or to the target UE  110   1 . 
       FIG. 5  schematically illustrates a method of measuring the position of the target UE implemented by the anchor UE, in accordance with various embodiments. 
     In block  501 , the communication module or other device of the anchor UE  110   2  may transmit its position information to the LBS  124 , such as the position indication (e.g., the phyCellId, deviceId and prsType information related to the anchor UE  110   2 ). In block  502 , the communication module  311  or other device of the anchor UE  1102  may receive the request message from the target UE  110   1 , which message may inquire the anchor UEs  110   2 - 110   5  about whether their position information is known to the target UE  110   1 . For example, the request message may be referred as the “position-known” message. In block  503 , the communication module  311  or other device of the anchor UE  110   2  may transmit a response to the request to the target UE  110   1 . For example, the response may be embodied as the “PositioningPairDeviceSuccess” message including device information related to the anchor UE  110   2 , such as the deviceId of the anchor UE  110   2 , prsType specifying the positioning reference signal type which is feasible for the positioning measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE, and/or others (such as D2D measurement, LTE measurement, etc.). 
       FIG. 6  schematically illustrates an example system in accordance with various embodiments. 
     In an embodiment, the system  600  may comprise one or more processor(s)  604 , system control logic  608  coupled with at least one of the processor(s)  604 , system memory  612  coupled with system control logic  608 , non-volatile memory (NVM)/storage  616  coupled with system control logic  608 , and a network interface  620  coupled with system control logic  608 . 
     Processor(s)  604  may include one or more single-core or multi-core processors. Processor(s)  604  may include any combination of general-purpose processors and dedicated processors (e.g., graphics processors, application processors, baseband processors, etc.). In an embodiment in which the system  600  implements the target UE  110   1 , processors(s)  604  may be configured to execute one or more embodiment(s) as illustrated in  FIGS. 1-4  in accordance with various embodiments. In an embodiment in which the system  600  implements the anchor UE  110   1 , processors(s)  604  may be configured to execute one or more embodiment(s) as illustrated in  FIGS. 1-3  and  FIG. 5  in accordance with various embodiments. 
     System control logic  608  for one embodiment may include any suitable interface controllers to provide for any suitable interface to at least one of the processor(s)  604  and/or to any suitable device or component in communication with system control logic  608 . 
     System control logic  608  for one embodiment may include one or more memory controller(s) to provide an interface to system memory  612 . System memory  612  may be used to load and store data and/or instructions, for example, for system  600 . System memory  612  for one embodiment may include any suitable volatile memory, such as suitable dynamic random access memory (DRAM), for example. 
     NVM/storage  616  may include one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media used to store data and/or instructions, for example. NVM/storage  616  may include any suitable non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, for example, and/or may include any suitable non-volatile storage device(s), such as one or more hard disk drive(s) (HDD(s)), one or more compact disk (CD) drive(s), and/or one or more digital versatile disk (DVD) drive(s), for example. 
     The NVM/storage  616  may include a storage resource physically part of a device on which the system  600  is installed or it may be accessible by, but not necessarily a part of, the device. For example, the NVM/storage  616  may be accessed over a network via the network interface  620 . 
     System memory  612  and NVM/storage  616  may respectively include, in particular, temporal and persistent copies of instructions  624 . Instructions  624  may include instructions that when executed by at least one of the processor(s)  604  result in the system  600  implementing the method as described with reference to  FIG. 4 or 5 . In various embodiments, instructions  624 , or hardware, firmware, and/or software components thereof, may additionally/alternatively be located in the system control logic  608 , the network interface  620 , and/or the processor(s)  604 . 
     Network interface  620  may include a radio frequency module (RF module), a baseband module, a LTE module, a WiFi module, and so on to provide a radio interface for system  600  to communicate over one or more network(s) and/or with any other suitable device. In various embodiments, the network interface  620  may be integrated with other components of system  600 . For example, the network interface may include a processor of the processor(s)  604 , memory of the system memory  612 , NVM/Storage of NVM/Storage  616 , and/or a firmware device (not being illustrated) having instructions that when executed by at least one of the processor(s)  604  result in the system  600  implementing the method as described with reference to  FIG. 4 or 5 . 
     Network interface  620  may further include any suitable hardware and/or firmware, such as a plurality of antennas to provide a multiple input, multiple output radio interface. Network interface  620  for one embodiment may be, for example, a network adapter, a wireless network adapter, a telephone modem, and/or a wireless modem. 
     For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s)  604  may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) of system control logic  608 . For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s)  604  may be packaged together with logic for one or more controllers of system control logic  608  to form a System in Package (SiP). For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s)  604  may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of system control logic  608 . For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s)  604  may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of system control logic  608  to form a System on Chip (SoC). 
     The system  600  may further include input/output (I/O) devices  632 . The I/O devices  632  may include user interfaces designed to enable user interaction with the system  600 , peripheral component interfaces designed to enable peripheral component interaction with the system  600 , and/or sensors designed to determine environmental conditions and/or location information related to the system  600 . 
     In various embodiments, the user interfaces could include, but are not limited to, a display (e.g., a liquid crystal display, a touch screen display, etc.), a speaker, a microphone, one or more cameras (e.g., a still camera and/or a video camera), a flashlight (e.g., a light emitting diode flash), and a keyboard. 
     In various embodiments, the peripheral component interfaces may include, but are not limited to, a non-volatile memory port, an audio jack, and a power supply interface. 
     In various embodiments, the sensors may include, but are not limited to, a gyro sensor, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a positioning unit. The positioning unit may also be part of, or interact with, the network interface  620  to communicate with components of a positioning network, e.g., a global positioning system (GPS) satellite. 
     The disclosure may include various example embodiments disclosed below. 
     In example embodiment 1, a method, employed by a target user equipment (UE) in a wireless network may comprise receiving a first message from a device in the wireless network, wherein the first message includes position information related to one or more anchor UEs; transmitting a second message to the anchor UEs in the wireless network, wherein the second message includes an inquiry about whether a position of at least one of the anchor UEs is knowable to the target UE; and receiving a third message from the at least one anchor UE, wherein the third message includes a response to the inquiry indicating that the position of the at least one anchor UE is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 2, the position information according to the example embodiment 1 may comprise relative positions of the anchor UEs, which include a device identifier (deviceID) for each of the anchor UEs, a physical cell identifier (physCellId) for each of one or more serving cells that the anchor UEs are located in, and/or an indicator (prsType) specifying a position reference signal type which is feasible for a position measurement between the target UE and at least one of the anchor UEs. 
     In example embodiment 3, the first message according to any of the example embodiments 1-2 may include a plurality of d2d-positioning-anchor-lists, each having a device identifier (deviceID) for one of the anchor UEs, a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that one of the anchor UEs is located, and one indicator about whether a device to device positioning measurement to measure a delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE is feasible (prsType). 
     In example embodiment 4, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 1-3 may include a device identifier (deviceID) of the anchor UE whose position is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 5, the method according to any of the example embodiments 1-4 may comprise searching for a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located, based on the deviceID received from the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 6, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 1-5 may further comprise a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located. 
     In example embodiment 7, the method according to any of the example embodiments 1-6 may further comprise measuring a delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE whose position is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 8, the delta position according to the example embodiment 7 may be measured based on a light focus means or sonar. 
     In example embodiment 9, the device according to any of the example embodiments 1-8 may be a location base service (LBS) server. 
     In example embodiment 10, the method according to any of the example embodiments 1-9 may comprise generating a relative position for the target UE, based on the position of the anchor UE and the delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE; and transmitting, through a radio resource control (RRC) connection, a fourth message including the relative position to a serving eNB. 
     In example embodiment 11, the method according to any of the example embodiments 1-10, wherein at least one of the first message, the second message and the third message may be transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) connection between the target UE and the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 12, the wireless network according to any of the example embodiments 1-11 may comply with Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards of 3rd Generation Partnership Project along with any amendments, updates and/or revisions. 
     In example embodiment 13, the wireless network according to any of the example embodiments 1-11 may comply with wireless local area networks (WLAN) standards. 
     In example embodiment 14, a method, employed by an anchor user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, may comprise transmitting a first message to a device in the wireless network, wherein the first message includes position information related to the anchor UE; receiving a second message to a target UE in the wireless network, wherein the second message includes an inquiry about whether a position of the anchor UE is knowable to the target UE; and transmitting a third message from the anchor UE, wherein the third message includes a response to the inquiry indicating that the position of the anchor UE is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 15, the position information according to the example embodiment 14 may comprise a relative position of the anchor UE, which includes a device identifier (deviceID) for the anchor UE, a physical cell identifier (physCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located in, and/or an indicator (prsType) specifying a position reference signal type which is feasible for a position measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 16, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 14-15 may include a device identifier (deviceID) of the anchor UE and an indicator (prsType) specifying a position reference signal type which is feasible for a position measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 17, the method according to any of the example embodiments 14-16 may further comprise searching for a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located, based on the deviceID received from the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 18, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 14-17 may further include a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located. 
     In example embodiment 19, the method according to any of the example embodiments 14-18 may further comprise measuring a delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE based on a light focus means or sonar. 
     In example embodiment 20, the device according to any of the example embodiments 14-19 may be a location base service (LBS) server. 
     In example embodiment 21, the method according to any of the example embodiments 14-20 may further comprise determine that the position of the anchor UE is knowable to the target UE based on a security factor. 
     In example embodiment 22, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 14-21, wherein at least one of the first message, the second message and the third message is transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) connection between the anchor UE and the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 23, a target user equipment (UE) in a wireless network may comprise a communication module to: receive a first message from a device in the wireless network, wherein the first message includes position information related to one or more anchor UEs; transmit a second message to the anchor UEs in the wireless network, wherein the second message includes an inquiry about whether a position of at least one of the anchor UEs is knowable to the target UE; and receive a third message from the at least one anchor UE, wherein the third message includes a response to the inquiry indicating that the position of the at least one anchor UE is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 24, the position information according to the example embodiment 23 may comprise relative positions of the anchor UEs, which include a device identifier (deviceID) for each of the anchor UEs, a physical cell identifier (physCellId) for each of one or more serving cells that the anchor UEs are located in, and/or an indicator (prsType) specifying a position reference signal type which is feasible for a position measurement between the target UE and at least one of the anchor UEs. 
     In example embodiment 25, the first message according to any of the example embodiments 23-24 may include a plurality of d2d-positioning-anchor-lists, each having a device identifier (deviceID) for one of the anchor UEs, a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that one of the anchor UEs is located, and one indicator about whether a device to device positioning measurement to measure a delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE is feasible (prsType). 
     In example embodiment 26, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 23-25 may include a device identifier (deviceID) of the anchor UE whose position is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 27, the target UE according to any of the example embodiments 23-26 may further comprise: a control module to search for a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located, based on the deviceID received from the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 28, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 23-27 may further include a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located. 
     In example embodiment 29, the target UE according to any of the example embodiments 23-28 may further comprise an input/output device to measure a delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE whose position is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 30, the delta position according to any of the example embodiments 23-29 may be measured based on a light focus means or sonar. 
     In example embodiment 31, the device according to any of the example embodiments 23-30 may be a location base service (LBS) server. 
     In example embodiment 32, the control module according to any of the example embodiments 27-31 may further generate a relative position for the target UE, based on the position of the anchor UE and the delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE; and the communication module is further to transmit, through a radio resource control (RRC) connection, a fourth message including the relative position to a serving eNB. 
     In example embodiment 33, the wireless network according to any of the example embodiments 23-32 may comply with Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards of 3rd Generation Partnership Project along with any amendments, updates and/or revisions. 
     In example embodiment 34, the wireless network according to any of the example embodiments 23-33 may comply with wireless local area networks (WLAN) standards. 
     In example embodiment 35, the anchor UE may comprise a communication module to transmit a first message to a device in the wireless network, wherein the first message includes position information related to the anchor UE; receive a second message to a target UE in the wireless network, wherein the second message includes an inquiry about whether a position of the anchor UE is knowable to the target UE; and transmit a third message from the anchor UE, wherein the third message includes a response to the inquiry indicating that the position of the anchor UE is knowable to the target UE. 
     In example embodiment 36, the position information in the first message according to the example embodiment 35 may comprise a relative position of the anchor UE, which includes a device identifier (deviceID) for the anchor UE, a physical cell identifier (physCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located in, and/or an indicator (prsType) specifying a position reference signal type which is feasible for a position measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 37, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 35-36 may include a device identifier (deviceID) of the anchor UE and an indicator (prsType) specifying a position reference signal type which is feasible for a position measurement between the target UE and the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 38, the anchor UE according to any of the example embodiments 35-37 may further comprise a control module to: search for a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located, based on the deviceID received from the anchor UE. 
     In example embodiment 39, the third message according to any of the example embodiments 35-38 may further include a physical cell identifier (phyCellId) for a serving cell that the anchor UE is located. 
     In example embodiment 40, the anchor UE according to any of the example embodiments 35-39 may further comprise: an input/output device to measure a delta position between the target UE and the anchor UE based on a light focus means or sonar. 
     In example embodiment 41, the device according to any of the example embodiments 35-40 may be a location base service (LBS) server. 
     In example embodiment 42, the control module according to any of the example embodiments 38-41 may further determine that the position of the anchor UE is knowable to the target UE based on a security factor. 
     Although certain embodiments have been illustrated and described herein for purposes of description, a wide variety of alternate and/or equivalent embodiments or implementations calculated to achieve the same purposes may be substituted for the embodiments shown and described without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the embodiments discussed herein. Therefore, it is manifestly intended that embodiments described herein be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof.