A method for reducing collisions in transmitted wireless position measurement signals (316, 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, 340, 342), the method comprising: obtaining, by a base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), a pattern formula that identifies, for a given positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) of a plurality of positioning occasions (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), a designated symbol selected from a resource block having a series of successive symbols associated with the given positioning occasion, wherein each symbol of the resource block has a unique ordered position within each slot of the given positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314); identifying, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), for a first positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) of the plurality of positioning occasions (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), using the pattern formula, the designated symbol for the first positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) having a first ordered position; transmitting, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), during the designated symbol for the first positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), at least a portion of a first wireless position measurement signal (318, 322, 326, 330, 334, 338, 342) on a first subcarrier frequency band of a plurality of subcarrier frequency bands; identifying, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), for a second positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) of the plurality of positioning occasions (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), using the pattern formula, the designated symbol for the second positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) having a second ordered position different than the first ordered position; and transmitting, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), during the designated symbol for the second positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), at least a portion of a second wireless position measurement signal (318, 322, 326, 330, 334, 338, 342) on the first subcarrier frequency band. obtaining, by a base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), a pattern formula that identifies, for a given positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) of a plurality of positioning occasions (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), a designated symbol selected from a resource block having a series of successive symbols associated with the given positioning occasion, wherein each symbol of the resource block has a unique ordered position within each slot of the given positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314); identifying, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), for a first positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) of the plurality of positioning occasions (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), using the pattern formula, the designated symbol for the first positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) having a first ordered position; transmitting, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), during the designated symbol for the first positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), at least a portion of a first wireless position measurement signal (318, 322, 326, 330, 334, 338, 342) on a first subcarrier frequency band of a plurality of subcarrier frequency bands; identifying, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), for a second positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) of the plurality of positioning occasions (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), using the pattern formula, the designated symbol for the second positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314) having a second ordered position different than the first ordered position; and transmitting, by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3), during the designated symbol for the second positioning occasion (302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314), at least a portion of a second wireless position measurement signal (318, 322, 326, 330, 334, 338, 342) on the first subcarrier frequency band.