US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on Aug. 25 for "Virtual positioning reference unit for positioning" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,464, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Virtual positioning reference unit for positioning" was invented by Jingchao Bao (San Diego), Yuxiang Peng (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Weimin Duan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects presented herein may enable a network entity (e.g., a location server, an LMF, etc.) to generate and configure virtual anchors and/or virtual positioning reference units (VPRUs) for a UE for UE-based positioning. In one aspect, a network entity receives an indication to perform UE-based positioning for a UE. The network entity configures, for the UE, assistance data that includ...