Aggregation of signal reference signal bandwidth in the network during positioning measurement reporting.

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1 / 74 Aggregation of signal reference bandwidth for signaling probes on the network during measurement reporting. POSITIONING TECHNICAL FIELD

[001] This disclosure relates to wireless communication systems and, more particularly, to the aggregation of signal reference signal bandwidth in the network during position measurement reporting. BACKGROUND

[002] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a new radio network (“NR”) (e.g., a 5th Generation (5G) network) including a 5G core network (5GC) 130, network nodes 120a-b (e.g., 5G base station (gNB)), multiple communication devices 110 (also referred to as user equipment (UE)).

[003] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of an NR architecture to support NR positioning. In this example, the NR location node is a location management function (LMF). There are also interactions between the location node and the gNodeB via the NR Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa). Interactions between the gNodeB and the device are supported via the Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol, while the location node interfaces with the UE via the LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP). LPP is common to both NR and LTE. Although FIG. 2 shows a gNB and an ng-eNB, both may not always be present. Additionally, when both gNB and ng-eNB are present, NG-C is usually present only for one of them.

[004] Currently, NR supports the following radio access technology (RAT) dependent positioning procedures: 1) Down-of-Arrival Link Time Difference (DL-TDOA); 2) Time Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 237 / 357 2 / 74 multi-round trip time (RTT”); 3) Arrival Ascending Link Time Difference (UL-TDOA”); 4) Departure Descending Link Angle (DL-AoD”); 5) Arrival Ascending Link Angle (UL-AoA”); and 6) Enhanced NR Cell Identifier (NR-ECID”).

[005] The DL TDOA positioning procedure makes use of the downlink reference signal time difference (RSTD”) (and optionally the DL positioning reference signal received power (RSRP”) (and PRS”) (and) of downlink signals received from multiple transmission points (TPs) in the UE. The UE measures the DL RSTD (and optionally the DL PRS RSRP) of the received signals using assistance data received from the positioning server, and the resulting measurements are used along with other configuration information to locate the UE relative to neighboring TPs.

[006] The Multi-RTT positioning procedure makes use of UE and DL PRS RSRP measurements of downlink signals received from multiple transmit / receive points (TRPs) measured by UE and gNB Rx-Tx measurements and UL-RSRP probe reference signal (SRS) on multiple TRPs of uplink signals transmitted from UE.

[007] The UL TDOA positioning procedure makes use of UL TDOA (and optionally UL SRS-RSRP) on multiple RPs of uplink signals transmitted from UE. The RPs measure the UL TDOA (and optionally UL SRS-RSRP) of the received signals using assistance data received from the positioning server, and the resulting measurements are used along with other configuration information to estimate the UE location. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 238 / 357 3 / 74

[008] The DL AoD positioning procedure makes use of the DL PRS RSRP measured from downlink signals received from multiple TPs in the UE. The UE measures the DL PRS RSRP of the received signals using assistance data received from the positioning server, and the resulting measurements are used along with other configuration information to locate the UE relative to neighboring TPs.

[009] The UL AoA positioning procedure makes use of the azimuth and zenith of arrival measured at multiple reception points (“RPs”) of uplink signals transmitted from the UE. The RPs measure A-AoA and Z-AoA of the received signals using assistance data received from the positioning server, and the resulting measurements are used along with other configuration information to estimate the UE location.

[010] NR-ECID positioning refers to techniques that use additional UE measurements and / or NR radio capabilities and other measurements to improve UE location estimation.

[011] Positioning modes can be categorized into three areas: 1) EU-assisted; 2) EU-based; and 3) Standalone. EU-assisted can refer to the EU performing measurements with or without network assistance and sending those measurements to the evolved server mobile location center (“E-SMLC”) where position calculation can occur. EU-based can refer to the EU performing measurements and calculating its own position with network assistance. Standalone can refer to the EU performing measurements and calculating its own position without network assistance. SUMMARY

[012] According to some embodiments, a method is provided for operating a second network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a first network node. The method includes transmitting Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 239 / 357 4 / 74 A first message is sent to the first network node. The first message includes a request to configure the communication device with a request for bandwidth aggregation information. The method additionally includes receiving a second message from the first network node. The second message includes an indication of a bandwidth aggregation identifier (ID) and a set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[013] According to other embodiments, a method is provided for operating a second network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a first network node. The method includes transmitting a third message to the first network node. The third message includes a measurement request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communications device and a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of resources to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information. The method further includes, in response to the transmission of the third message, receiving measurement results, including bandwidth aggregation information.

[014] According to other embodiments, a method is provided for operating a first network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a second network node. The method further includes receiving a first message from the second network node. The first message includes a request to configure the communication device with a request for bandwidth aggregation information. The method further includes transmitting a second message to the second network node, the second message including an indication of Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 240 / 357 5 / 74 an identifier, ID, for bandwidth aggregation and a set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[015] According to other embodiments, a method is provided for operating a first network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a second network node. The method includes receiving a message from the second network node. The message includes a measurement request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communications device and a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information. The method further includes performing an aggregation placement measurement procedure using the set of features.

[016] According to other embodiments, a method is provided for operating a communication device in a communication network that includes a network node. The method includes receiving a message from the network node. The message includes a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure. The method further includes performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of resources.

[017] Certain modes may provide one or more of the following technical advantages. In some modes, an indication of a list of aggregated SRS is provided to the LMF so that it can judge the total bandwidth. The LMF can request that measurements be taken at a specific bandwidth, without requesting the exact SRS resources from the TRP, which will save on Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 241 / 357 6 / 74 signaling and will reduce complexity. The TRP / gNB can respond to LMF with the measurement and the list of SRS used for the measurement report. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[018] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated into and form a part of this application, illustrate certain non-limiting embodiments of inventive concepts. In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a 5th generation (“5G”) network; FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an NR architecture for NR positioning support; FIG. 3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an example of SRS bandwidth aggregation signaling in a network according to some modalities; FIG. 4 is a table illustrating an example of a request message for NRPPa positioning information according to some modalities; FIG. 5 is a table illustrating an example of an explanation of a condition associated with the NRPPa positioning information request message from FIG. 4 according to some modalities; FIG. 6 is a table illustrating an example of a Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics message according to some modes; FIG. 7 is a table illustrating an example of a condition explanation associated with the Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics message from FIG. 6 according to some modes; Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 242 / 357 7 / 74 FIG. 8 is a table illustrating an example of an explanation for bandwidth limits associated with the Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics message according to some modes; Figures 9 and 10 are tables illustrating examples of a request message for F1AP positioning information according to some modes; FIG. 11 is a table illustrating an example of SRS Configuration IE according to some modalities; FIG. 12 illustrates an example of explanations for range limits associated with the SRS Configuration IE of FIG. 11 according to some modalities; FIG. 13 is a table illustrating an example of an SRS Configuration IE according to some modalities; FIG. 14 illustrates an example of explanations for range limits associated with the SRS Configuration IE of FIG. 13 according to some modalities; FIG. 15 is a table that illustrates an example of an aggregated SRS Configuration IE according to some modalities; FIG. 16 is a table illustrating an example of a measurement request message according to some modalities; FIG. 17 is a table illustrating an example of explanations of conditions associated with the Measurement Request message in FIG. 16 according to some modalities; Figures 18 to 20 are tables illustrating examples of a positioning measurement request message according to some modalities; FIG. 21 is a table illustrating an example explanation of range limits associated with the positioning measurement request message according to some modalities; Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 243 / 357 8 / 74 FIG. 22 is a table illustrating an exemplary explanation of the conditions associated with the position measurement request message according to some modalities; FIG. 23 is a table illustrating an example of IE of TRP measurement result according to some modalities; FIG. 25 is a table illustrating an example of an SRS resource type IE according to some modalities; FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operations performed by a communication device according to some modes; Figures 27 and 28 are flowcharts illustrating examples of operations performed by a network node according to some modalities; FIG. 29 is a block diagram of a communication system according to some modalities; FIG. 30 is a block diagram of a user device according to some modalities; FIG. 31 is a block diagram of a network node, according to some modalities; FIG. 32 is a block diagram of a host, which may be a embodiment of the host in FIG. 29, according to some embodiments; FIG. 33 is a block diagram of a virtualization environment according to some modalities; and FIG. 34 shows a communication diagram of a host communicating via a network node with a user device through a partially wireless connection according to some modes. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 244 / 357 9 / 74

[019] Some of the embodiments contemplated in this invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments are provided by way of example to convey the scope of the matter to those skilled in the art, in which examples of embodiments of inventive concepts are shown. Inventive concepts can, however, be embodied in many different ways and should not be interpreted as limited to the embodiments defined in the present invention. Instead, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough and complete, and that it fully conveys the scope of the present inventive concepts to those skilled in the art. It should also be noted that these embodiments are not mutually exclusive. It can be tacitly assumed that components of one embodiment may be present / used in another embodiment.

[020] Currently, certain challenges exist. Support for sounding reference signal (“SRS”) bandwidth aggregation across two or three carriers and support for SRS configuration enhancement to indicate the SRS resources from which two or three carriers are linked is desired. Such enhancements require support by NRPPA, the protocol between the positioning server LMF and the NG-RAN, and F1AP, the protocol between the gNB-CU terminating the NRPPA and the gNB-DU hosting the TRP. Currently, it is unclear how signaling in NRPPA and F1AP will be impacted to support SRS bandwidth aggregation for positioning measurements when the gNB or TRP reports the measurement report to the LMF or gNB-CU, respectively. Therefore, the details of NRPPA and F1AP signaling are an open question that needs to be resolved.

[021] Certain aspects of dissemination and its modalities can provide solutions to these or other challenges. In some modalities, an SRS Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 245 / 357 10 / 74 Aggregation is defined in the SRS Resource Type IE present in the TRP Measurement Result IE of the NRPPA and F1AP specification, along with the list of SRS resources used for aggregation. In additional or alternative modes, an Aggregation ID is added to the SRS configuration flagged in F1AP and NRPPA to indicate the SRS resources that have aggregated bandwidth linking.

[022] Several embodiments in the present invention describe the addition of new parameters in NGAP signaling. In some embodiments, during SRS configuration: 1) The LMF requests the gNB-CU via NRPPA message to perform the UE SRS configuration using, if possible, SRS bandwidth aggregation; 2) The gNB-CU requests the gNB-DU via F1AP message to report the UE SRS configuration using, if possible, SRS bandwidth aggregation; 3) The gNB-DU indicates to the gNB-CU in the SRS configuration, the SRS resources, or SRS resource set that are aggregated, and the gNB-CU signals this information to the UE via RRC; and 4) The gNB-CU signals the aggregated SRS resources to the LMF and the gNB-CU indicates in the SRS configuration, the SRS resources or the SRS resource set that were aggregated via an ID.

[023] In additional or alternative modes, during the measurement report: 1) The LMF indicates via NRPPA message a bandwidth aggregation ID to be used for positioning measurement reports; 2) The gNB-CU indicates to the TRPs in the gNB-DU message over F1AP the bandwidth aggregation ID to be used for positioning measurement reports; and 3) The gNB-DU includes in the positioning measurement report whether the positioning measurements were made using the indicated aggregated SRS bandwidth (e.g., by indicating a flag in the TRP report that is associated with the measurement or by listing the SRS resources). Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 246 / 357 11 / 74 used for this measurement report which are part of the aggregate bandwidth).

[024] According to some embodiments, a method is provided for operating a communication device in a communication network that includes a network node. The method includes receiving a message from the network node. The message includes a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of an aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of features to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure. The method further includes determining the set of features based on the aggregation ID. The method further includes performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[025] According to other embodiments, a method is provided for operating a first network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a second network node. The method includes receiving a message from the second network node. The message includes a request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information. The method further includes performing an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[026] According to other embodiments, a method is provided for operating a second network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a first network node. The method includes transmitting a message to the first network node. The message includes a request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the device. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 247 / 357 12 / 74 communication and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of resources to be used to determine bandwidth aggregation information. The method additionally includes, in response to message transmission, receiving positioning information associated with the communication device.

[027] According to other embodiments, a communication device, network node, LMF, host, system, computer program, computer program product, or computer-readable non-transient medium is provided to perform one of the above methods.

[028] FIG. 3 illustrates an example of SRS bandwidth aggregation signaling in the network. The aggregation ID received in block 6 is the same one used by LMF to indicate the bandwidth aggregation to be used in blocks 7-8 for metering reports.

[029] In some embodiments, the LMF indicates a request for SRS bandwidth aggregation in the NRPPA message to the gNB. In some instances, this SRS bandwidth aggregation request is added as an optional IE / Group name as part of the NRPPA POSITION INFORMATION REQUEST message, as in 3GPP TS 38.455 v17.3.0. An example of a required change in section 9.1.1.10 of 3GPP TS 38.455 v17.3.0 is illustrated in FIG. 4. The position information request is a message sent by the LMF to the NG-RAN to request position information.

[030] FIG. 5 illustrates an example of explaining a condition, ifUETegInfoReqPeriodic.

[031] In additional or alternative modalities, the SRS bandwidth aggregation request is included as part of the IE / Group name “Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics” in 3GPP TS 38.455 Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 248 / 35713 / 74 v17.3.0. Note that the “Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics” are part of the NRPPA POSITION INFORMATION REQUEST message in 3GPP TS 38.455 v17.3.0. An example of a necessary change in section 9.2.27 of 3GPP TS 38.455 v17.3.0 is illustrated in FIG. 6. The example below shows the request IEs for “SRS Aggregation Request by SRS Resource Set” and “SRS Aggregation Request by SRS Resource,” which respectively request information about the aggregation to be configured for different SRS resource sets and the aggregation to be configured for different SRS resources. Two or more SRS resources or sets of SRS resources having the same aggregation, indicated by an ID in the response message, are considered configured for SRS bandwidth aggregation.In some example configurations, only one of the two request IEs may be present as part of the "Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics" IE.

[032] In some modes, the LMF requests (recommends) specific configuration for SRS BW (carrier) aggregation, such as: 1) Frequency Region (e.g., Component Carrier lists, ARFCN lists, BWPs, PRBs); 2) Bandwidth per CC for carrier aggregation; and 3) Number of positioning resource sets and resources per BWP. The LMF decides the above parameter based on the analysis of the positioning measurement accuracy that is required; and may be based on (knowledge gain, historical information) of the positioning accuracy of another UE located near the target UE. Information may also be deduced reciprocally based on any DL-PRS BW aggregation information. If the LMF has also configured or previously configured DL-PRS carrier aggregation, it may understand which Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 249 / 357 14 / 74 frequency regions were suitable and may recommend spatial UL carrier aggregation. This is suitable for carrier aggregation when the multi-RTT procedure is used where DL and UL carrier aggregation is required.

[033] The Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics IE includes the requested SRS configuration for the UE.

[034] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of an explanation of a condition, ifResourceTypePeriodic.

[035] FIG. 8 illustrates an example of an explanation for range limits, maxnoSRS-ResourceSets and maxnoSRS-ResourcePerSet.

[036] In some embodiments, the gNB-CU indicates an SRS bandwidth aggregation request in the F1AP message to the gNB-DU. In some instances, this SRS bandwidth aggregation request is added as an optional IE / Group name as part of the F1AP POSITION INFORMATION REQUEST message in 3GPP TS 38.473 v17.3.0. An example of a required change in section 9.1.1.10 of 3GPP TS 38.455 v17.3.0 is illustrated in FIG. 9. This message is sent by the gNB-CU to indicate to the gNB-DU the need to configure the UE to transmit SRS signals for uplink position measurement and also to retrieve the SRS configuration from the gNB-DU.

[037] In additional or alternative modes, the SRS bandwidth aggregation request is included as part of the IE / Group name “Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics” in 3GPP TS 38.473 v17.3.0. Note that the “Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics” are part of the F1AP POSITION INFORMATION REQUEST message in 3GPP TS 38.455 v17.3.0. An example of a necessary change in section 9.3.1.175 of 3GPP TS 38.473 v17.3.0 is illustrated. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 250 / 357 15 / 74 in FIG. 10. In this example, the request IDs for “SRS BW Aggregation Request by SRS Resource Set” and “SRS BW Aggregation Request by SRS Resource” respectively request information about the aggregation to be configured for different SRS resource sets and aggregation to be configured for different SRS resources. It is assumed that two or more SRS resources or SRS resource sets having the same aggregation, indicated by an aggregation ID in the response message, are configured for SRS bandwidth aggregation. In some example embodiments, only one of the two request IDs may be present as part of the “Requested SRS Transmission Characteristics” ID. This ID includes the requested SRS configuration for the UE for positioning purposes.

[038] In additional or alternative modes, after configuring SRS transmission to the UE, gNB-DU indicates to gNB-CU which list of SRS resources can be aggregated, by adding an aggregation ID to the SRS resources in the SRS configuration IE present in TS 38.473 v 17.3.0 section 9. 3.1.192.

[039] In additional or alternative modes, the aggregation ID may be associated with an SRS resource, an SRS Resource Set, a Positioning SRS resource, or a Positioning SRS Resource Set.

[040] In additional or alternative modes, the aggregation ID indicates by SRS resource level when two SRS resources are configured for SRS transmission for BW aggregation.

[041] In additional or alternative modes, the aggregation ID indicates by SRS resource set level when two or more SRS resources within the two SRS resource sets are configured for SRS transmission for BW aggregation. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 251 / 357 16 / 74

[042] FIG. 11 illustrates an example of such an aggregation indication. This SRS Configuration IE includes the SRS configuration configured by gNB-CU for UE.

[043] FIG. 12 illustrates an example of explanations for range limits associated with the SRS Configuration IE of FIG. 11.

[044] In additional or alternative modes, after configuring SRS transmission to the UE, gNB-CU transmits information to the LMF indicating which list of SRS resources can be aggregated, by adding an aggregation ID to the SRS resources in the SRS configuration IE present in TS 38.455 v 17.3.0 section 9.2.28.

[045] In additional or alternative modes, the NRPPA aggregation ID may be associated with an SRS resource, an SRS Resource Set, a Positioning SRS resource, or a Positioning SRS Resource Set. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of such an indication. This SRS Configuration IE includes the SRS configuration configured by NG-RAN for the UE.

[046] FIG. 14 illustrates an example of explanations for range limits associated with the SRS Configuration IE of FIG. 13.

[047] In additional or alternative modes, an aggregation ID is associated only with SRS resource sets (or Positioning SRS resource sets). Which SRS resources within two SRS resource sets can be aggregated are defined by one or more predefined criteria in the 3GPP specifications, including one or more of the following: 1) two SRS resources in the two SRS resource sets can be aggregated if they are configured in the same slot and the same symbol(s) within the slot; (each SRS Resource set and resources to be aggregated would be transmitted in separate BWPs simultaneously); 2) the two resources Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 252 / 357 1) 17 / 74 of the SRS in both sets of SRS resources have the same spatial relationship; 2) both SRS resources have the same number of symbols within the slot; and 3) both SRS resources have the same numerology and comb size.

[048] In additional or alternative modalities, the SRS configuration includes the srs-aggregation-configuration along with the (non-aggregated) SRS configurations per NRPPA.

[049] FIG. 15 illustrates an example of an aggregate SRS configuration IE. This information element includes the aggregate SRS configuration configured by the NG-RAN node for the UE.

[050] In additional or alternative modes, the srs-aggregationconfiguration is signaled along with the SRS (non-aggregated) configurations by F1AP and by RRC for UE.

[051] The modes associated with bandwidth-aggregated measurement reports are described below. In some modes, the LMF triggers an NRPPA message to the gNB to request that the UL measurement be performed on the aggregated bandwidth.

[052] In additional or alternative modes, the LMF includes the aggregation ID received during the SRS configuration described above in the NRPPA measurement request message. Alternatively, the LMF indicates the SRS aggregation configuration that was reported by gNB in ​​the previous step and indicates to use it when reporting positioning measurements.

[053] FIG. 16 illustrates a sample TS 38.455 form shown below, with two options. Option 1 is the LMF indicating the aggregation ID to be used in the MEASUREMENT REQUEST message to generate UL positioning measurements. Option 2 is the LMF indicating the SRS aggregation configuration in the MEASUREMENT REQUEST message. This message is sent Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 253 / 357 18 / 74 by LMF to request that the NG-RAN node set up a positioning measurement.

[054] FIG. 17 illustrates an example of explanations of conditions associated with the Measurement Request message in FIG. 16.

[055] In additional or alternative modes, upon receiving the NRPPA message, the gNB-CU sends an F1AP message to the gNB-DU to request that the UL measurement be performed on the aggregated bandwidth.

[056] In some modes, gNB-CU includes the aggregation ID received during the SRS configuration described in the sections above in the F1AP measurement request message. Alternatively, gNB-CU indicates the SRS aggregation configuration that was reported by gNB-DU in the previous step and indicates to use it when reporting positioning measurements.

[057] FIGS. 18 to 20 illustrate a sample TS 38.473 form, with the two options. Option 1 is gNB-CU indicating the aggregation ID to be used in the POSITION MEASUREMENT REQUEST message to generate UL position measurements. Option 2 is gNB-CU indicating the SRS aggregation configuration in the POSITION MEASUREMENT REQUEST message. This message is sent by gNB-CU to request that gNB-DU configure a position measurement.

[058] FIG. 21 illustrates an example explanation of the range limits associated with the position measurement request message. FIG. 22 illustrates an example explanation of the conditions associated with the position measurement request message.

[059] In additional or alternative embodiments, when reporting UL positioning measurements, an indication of Aggregate SRS is included in the IE of positioning measurement result defined in TS 38.473 section 9.3.1.166 and in the IE of TRP Measurement Result defined in TS 38.455 section 9.2.37. In Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 254 / 357 19 / 74 For example, the aggregation indication is part of the SRS Resource Type IE defined in TS 38.455 and TS 38.473. A non-limiting example of TS 38.455 is illustrated in FIG. 23. The TRP Measurement Result IE includes the measurement result. FIG. 24 illustrates an example of an SRS Resource Type IE.

[060] In some embodiments, the possibility of supporting SRS aggregation for a given measurement report depends on two conditions. First, the UE must have signaled the capability for SRS carrier aggregation. Second, the UE must have sufficient coverage at the time the measurement is requested to reliably transmit SRS on multiple carriers. In the following embodiment, a solution is described to allow the network to handle the case where SRS aggregation is not feasible at the time of a request coming from the LMF.

[061] In additional or alternative modes, during the UE configuration phase, when the SRS bandwidth aggregation request IE is included in the NRPPA or F1AP POSITIONING INFORMATION REQUEST message and the receiving node is unable to configure the aggregated SRS, it may fail the request and send a failure message (NRPPA or F1AP POSITIONING INFORMATION FAILURE message) indicating that the configured aggregated SRS could not be supported at the time of the request.

[062] In additional or alternative modes, when the LMF requests positioning information via NRPPA message (followed by F1AP message to gNB-DU), it includes information on whether the LMF would be interested in a positioning or measurement configuration based on a single SRS (i.e., not SRS aggregation) if gNB / TRP is unable to allocate resources for SRS aggregation (e.g., when coverage of Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 255 / 357 20 / 74 The EU is not sufficient for multiple carriers being allocated, but sufficient for single-carrier measurement.

[063] In additional or alternative modes, the gNB / TRP response / report based on an LMF request for aggregated SRS measurement may report a single-carrier SRS measurement. Such a measurement may be reported when the LMF has indicated that single-carrier measurement would be an acceptable alternative to multi-carrier SRS aggregation, as an alternative to the positioning message failure being reported.

[064] The fallback report can also be reported by gNB to LMF as below, using the SRS Transmission Status. The UE can report the fallback to non-aggregated SRS to gNB using RRC, and gNB can report / retransmit the fallback to LMF using the NRPPa below (for example). The below can also be used to retransmit if the UE is currently transmitting SRS using a single carrier or an aggregated carrier, or if it has a fallback from aggregated carrier to single carrier for SRS transmission.

[065] This message is sent by the NG-RAN node to indicate that a change has occurred in the SRS configuration.

[066] FIG. 25 illustrates an example of a positioning information update message. This message can be sent by the NGRAN node to indicate that a change has occurred in the SRS configuration.

[067] In additional or alternative modes, the receiving node sends the configured SRS resources to the requesting node without any indication of aggregation. The LMF will interpret that the SRS resources could not be configured by the receiver. The measurement request would be made following legacy handling. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 256 / 357 21 / 74

[068] In additional or alternative modes, the failure of the receiving node to report the configuration or positioning measurement with SRS bandwidth aggregation may be indicated as a new cause value in the F1AP and NRPPA messages.

[069] The operations of the communication device 3000 (implemented using the block diagram structure of FIG. 30) will now be discussed with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 26, according to some embodiments of the inventive concepts. For example, modules can be stored in memory 3010 of FIG. 30, and these modules can provide instructions so that, when the instructions of a module are executed by the respective set of processing circuits 3002 of the communication device, the set of processing circuits 3002 performs the respective operations of the flowchart.

[070] FIG. 26 illustrates an example of operations performed by a communication device in a communication network that includes a network node.

[071] In block 2610, the processing circuitry 3002 transmits, via communication interface 3012, an indication of the communication device's ability to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

[072] In block 2620, the processing circuitry set 3002 receives, via communication interface 3012, an indication of an association between a set of resources and a bandwidth aggregation ID (and / or an aggregation ID).

[073] In block 2630, the processing circuitry 3002 receives, via communication interface 3012, a request to perform Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 257 / 357 22 / 74 is a measurement procedure for aggregation positioning and an indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[074] In block 2640, the processing circuit set 3002 determines the resource set based on the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[075] In block 2650, the processing circuitry 3002 performs the aggregation position measurement procedure using the feature set. In some embodiments, performing the position measurement procedure includes transmitting a plurality of SRS (Search Reference Signals) on multiple carriers using the feature set. In additional or alternative embodiments, performing the position measurement procedure includes transmitting position measurements to a second network node configured to provide a location management function, LMF. In additional or alternative embodiments, performing the position measurement procedure includes determining that the communication device will have sufficient coverage to perform the aggregation position measurement procedure.

[076] Several operations in the flowchart of FIGS. 26 may be optional with respect to some modalities of communication devices and related methods.

[077] Operations of a RAN 3100 node (implemented using the structure of FIG. 31) will now be discussed with reference to the flowchart of FIGS. 27 and 28, according to some embodiments of the inventive concepts. For example, modules can be stored in memory 3104 of FIG. 31, and these modules can provide instructions so that when the instructions of a module are executed by the respective set of circuits of Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 258 / 357 23 / 74 processing of RAN node 3102, the RAN node 3100 performs the respective operations of the flowchart.

[078] FIG. 27 illustrates an example of a first network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a second network node. In some embodiments, the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF. In additional or alternative embodiments, the first network node includes a distributed unit and a central unit.

[079] In block 2710, the processing circuitry 3102 receives, via communication interface 3106, an indication of the communication device's capability to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure. In some embodiments, a request for positioning information from the New Radio Positioning Protocol A, NRPPA, is received, including an indication of the communication device's capability to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

[080] In block 2720, the processing circuitry 3102 receives, via communication interface 3106, a request to configure the communication device with a request for bandwidth aggregation information.

[081] In block 2730, the processing circuitry 3102 transmits, via communication interface 3106, an indication of an association between a set of resources and a bandwidth aggregation ID to the communication device.

[082] In block 2740, the processing circuitry 3102 transmits, via communication interface 3106, an indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID and the set of resources associated with the aggregation ID. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 259 / 357 24 / 74 for the second network node. In some embodiments, the first network node provides the second network with an indication of a plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each bandwidth aggregation ID of the plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs.

[083] In additional or alternative modes, an NRPPA positioning information response is transmitted and includes the indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID and the set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[084] In block 2750, the processing circuit set 3102 receives, via communication interface 3106, a request from the second network node to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID indicating a set of resources. In some embodiments, an NRPPA measurement request message is received in block 2750 and includes the request from the LMF.

[085] In block 2760, processing circuitry 3102 performs the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the feature set. In some embodiments, performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure includes transmitting instructions to the communication device to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID. In some instances, transmitting instructions to the communication device includes transmitting instructions to cause the communication device to transmit a plurality of SRS (Sensing Reference Signals) signals on multiple carriers using the feature set. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 260 / 357 25 / 74

[086] In additional or alternative embodiments, performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure includes transmitting a positioning report to the second network node. The positioning report may include positioning measurements associated with the communication device and an indication of whether the positioning measurements were obtained using aggregation bandwidth.

[087] In additional or alternative modalities, performing the positioning measurement procedure includes transmitting the bandwidth aggregation ID to a neighboring network node.

[088] FIG. 28 illustrates an example of a second network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a first network node. In some embodiments, the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF. In additional or alternative embodiments, the first network node includes a distributed unit and a central unit.

[089] In block 2810, the processing circuitry 3102 transmits, via communication interface 3106, a request to configure a communication device with a request for bandwidth aggregation information.

[090] In block 2820, the processing circuit set 3102 receives, via communication interface 3106, an indication of an association between a set of resources and a bandwidth aggregation ID from the first network node. In some embodiments, the first network node provides the second network with an indication of a plurality of aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each bandwidth aggregation ID of the plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 261 / 357 26 / 74

[091] In additional or alternative modes, an NRPPA positioning information response is received and includes the indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID and the set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[092] In block 2830, the processing circuitry 3102 transmits, via communication interface 3106, a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID.

[093] In block 2840, the processing circuitry 3102 receives, via communication interface 3106, positioning information associated with the communication device. In some embodiments, the feature set includes SRS, SRS, and aggregation signal probing features. The bandwidth aggregation information includes aggregation measurements associated with the SRS features.

[094] In additional or alternative modalities, receiving positioning information includes receiving a positioning report from the first network node. The positioning report may include positioning measurements associated with the communication device and an indication of whether the positioning measurements were obtained using aggregation bandwidth.

[095] Several operations in the flowchart of FIGS. 27 and 28 may be optional with respect to some RAN node modalities and related methods.

[096] Example modalities are described below.

[097] Modality 1. A method for operating a communication device in a communication network that includes a network node, the method comprising: Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 262 / 357 27 / 74 receive (2630) a message from the network node, the message including a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of an aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure; determine (2640) the feature set based on the aggregation ID; perform (2650) the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the feature set.

[098] Mode 2. The method of Mode 1, in which performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises: To transmit a plurality of sounding reference signals (SRS) on multiple carriers using the feature set.

[099] Mode 3. The method of either Mode 1 or 2, in which performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises: transmit positional measurements to a second network node configured to provide a location management function, LMF.

[100] Mode 4. The method of any of Modes 1 to 3, in which performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises: To determine that the communication device will have sufficient coverage to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

[101] Modality 5. The method of any of the Modalities 1 to 4 additionally comprising: Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 263 / 357 28 / 74 before receiving the message, transmit (2610) an indication of a communication device's capability to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

[102] Modality 6. The method of any of the Modalities 1 to 5 additionally comprising: before receiving the message, receive (2620) a radio resource control message, RRC, from the network node, including an indication of the set of resources associated with the aggregation ID.

[103] Modality 7. A method for operating a first network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a second network node, the method comprising: receive (2750) a message from the second network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and perform (2760) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[104] Mode 8. The method of Mode 7, in which performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure comprises transmitting instructions to the communication device to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of the aggregation ID.

[105] Mode 9. The Mode 8 method, in which transmitting instructions to the communication device comprises: Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 264 / 357 29 / 74 transmit instructions to cause the communication device to transmit a plurality of SRS (Sensing Reference Signals) signals on multiple carriers using the feature set.

[106] Mode 10. The method of any of Modes 7 to 9, in which performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure comprises transmitting a positioning report to the second network node, the positioning report including positioning measurements associated with the communication device and an indication of whether the positioning measurements were obtained using aggregation bandwidth.

[107] Mode 11. The method of any of Modes 7 to 10, in which performing the positioning measurement procedure involves transmitting the aggregation ID to a neighboring network node.

[108] Mode 12. The method of any of Modes 7 to 11, in which the message comprises a third message, the method additionally comprising: receive (2720) a first message from the second network node, the first message including a request to configure the communication device to collect aggregation positioning information; and transmit (2740) a second message to the second network node, the second message including an indication of the aggregation ID and the set of resources associated with the aggregation ID.

[109] Mode 13. The Mode 12 method, in which the second message includes an indication of a plurality of aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each aggregation ID of the plurality of aggregation IDs. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 265 / 357 30 / 74

[110] Mode 14. The method of either of Modes 12 and 13, wherein the first message comprises a request for positioning information from the New Radio Positioning Protocol A, NRPPA, wherein the second message comprises a response of positioning information from NRPPA and wherein the third message includes a measurement request message from NRPPA.

[111] Modality 15. The method of any of the Modalities 7 to 14 additionally comprising: before receiving the message, receive (2710) an indication of a communication device's ability to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

[112] Modality 16. The method of any of the Modalities 7 to 15 additionally comprising: before receiving the message, transmit (2730) a radio resource control message, RRC, to the communication device, including an indication of the set of resources associated with the aggregation ID.

[113] Mode 17. The method of any of Modes 7 to 16, wherein the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF, and wherein the first network node comprises a distributed unit and a central unit.

[114] Modality 18. A method for operating a second network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a first network node, the method comprising: transmit (2830) a message to the first network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 266 / 357 31 / 74 associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of resources to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and in response to message transmission, receive (2840) positioning information associated with the communication device.

[115] Mode 19. The Mode 18 method, wherein the set of features comprises sounding reference signal features, SRS, aggregation and wherein the aggregation positioning information comprises aggregation measurements associated with the SRS features.

[116] Modality The method of either of the Modalities 18 and 19, in which the message comprises a third message, the method additionally comprising: transmit (2810) a first message to the first network node, the first message including a request to configure the communication device to collect aggregation positioning information; and receive (2820) a second message from the first network node, the second message including an indication of the aggregation ID and the set of resources associated with the aggregation ID.

[117] Mode 21. The Mode 20 method, in which the second message includes an indication of a plurality of aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each aggregation ID of the plurality of aggregation IDs.

[118] Mode 22. The method of either of Modes 20 and 21, wherein the first message comprises a request for positioning information of new radio positioning protocol A, NRPPA, Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 267 / 357 32 / 74 where the second message comprises a response with NRPPA positioning information and the third message includes a request for NRPPA measurement.

[119] Mode 23. The method of any of Modes 18 to 22, in which receiving positioning information comprises receiving a positioning report from the first network node, the positioning report including positioning measurements associated with the communication device and an indication of whether the positioning measurements were obtained using aggregation bandwidth.

[120] Mode 24. The method of any of Modes 18 to 23, in which the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF.

[121] Modality 25. A communication device (3000), the communication device comprising: processing circuitry (3002); and memory (3010) coupled to the processing circuitry and having instructions stored therein which are executable by the processing circuitry to cause the communication device to perform operations comprising any of the operations of Modes 1 to 6.

[122] Mode 26. A computer program comprising program code to be executed by a set of processing circuits (3002) of a communication device (3000), whereby the execution of the program code causes the communication device to perform operations comprising any operations of Modes 1 to 6. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 268 / 357 33 / 74

[123] Modality 27. A computer program product comprising a non-transient storage medium (3010) including program code to be executed by a set of processing circuits (3002) of a communication device (3000), whereby the execution of the program code causes the entity to perform operations comprising any operations of Modalities 1 to 6.

[124] Mode 28. A non-transient computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein which are executable by a set of processing circuits (3002) of a communication device (3000) to cause the communication device to perform operations comprising any of the operations in Modes 1 to 6.

[125] Mode 29. A network node (3100), the network node comprising: a set of processing circuits (3102); and memory (3104) coupled to the set of processing circuits and having instructions stored in it that are executable by the set of processing circuits to cause the network node to perform operations comprising any of the operations of Modes 7 to 24.

[126] Mode 30. A computer program comprising program code to be executed by the processing circuitry (3102) of a network node (3100), whereby the execution of the program code causes the network node to perform operations comprising any operations of Modes 7 to 24.

[127] Modality 31. A computer program product comprising a non-transient storage medium (3104) including program code to be executed by the circuitry of Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 269 / 357 34 / 74 processing (3102) of a network node (3100), whereby the execution of the program code causes the network node to perform operations comprising any operations of Modes 7 to 24.

[128] Mode 32. A non-transient computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein which are executable by a set of processing circuits (3102) of a network node (3100) to cause the network node to perform operations comprising any of the operations in Modes 7 to 24.

[129] Mode 33. A host configured to operate in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service, the host comprising: A set of processing circuits configured to provide user data; and a network interface configured to initiate the transmission of user data to a network node on a cellular network for transmission to a user device (UE), the network node having a communication interface and a set of processing circuits, the network node's set of processing circuits configured to perform the following operations to transmit user data from the host to the UE: receive (2730) a message from the second network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and perform (2740) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[130] Mode 34. The host of the previous mode, in which: Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 270 / 357 35 / 74 The host processing circuitry is configured to run a host application that provides user data; and the UE comprises a set of processing circuits configured to run a client application associated with the host application to receive the user data transmission from the host.

[131] Mode 35. A method implemented on a host configured to operate in a communication system that additionally includes a network node and a user device (UE), the method comprising: to provide user data to the UE; and to initiate a transmission carrying the user data to the UE via a cellular network comprising the network node, wherein the network node performs the following operations to transmit the user data from the host to the UE: receive (2730) a message from the second network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and perform (2740) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[132] Mode 36. The method of the previous mode, additionally comprising, at the network node, the transmission of user data provided by the host to the UE.

[133] Mode 37. The method of either of the 2 previous modes, in which user data is provided on the host when executing a Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 271 / 357 36 / 74 host application that interacts with a client application running in UE, the client application being associated with the host application.

[134] Mode 38. A communication system configured to provide an over-the-top service, the communication system comprising: a host comprising: A set of processing circuits configured to provide user data to a user device (UD), the user data being associated with the over-the-top service; and a network interface configured to initiate the transmission of user data towards a cellular network node for transmission to the UD, the network node having a communication interface and a set of processing circuits, the network node's set of processing circuits configured to perform the following operations to transmit user data from the host to the UD: receive (2730) a message from the second network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and perform (2740) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[135] Mode 39. The communication system of the previous mode, additionally comprising: the network node; and / or the user equipment. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 272 / 357 37 / 74

[136] Mode 40. The communication system of the 2 previous modes, in which: The host's processing circuitry is configured to run a host application, thereby providing user data; and the host application is configured to interact with a client application running on the UE, the client application being associated with the host application.

[137] Mode 41. A host configured to operate in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service, the host comprising: A set of processing circuits configured to initiate the reception of user data; and a network interface configured to receive user data from a network node on a cellular network, the network node having a communication interface and a set of processing circuits, the network node's set of processing circuits configured to perform the following operations to receive user data from the UE to the host: receive (2730) a message from the second network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and perform (2740) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[138] Mode 42. The host of the 2 previous modes, in which: The host's processing circuitry is configured to run a host application, thereby providing user data; and Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 273 / 357 38 / 74 The host application is configured to interact with a client application running in UE, the client application being associated with the host application.

[139] Mode 43. The host of either of the 2 previous modes, in which the beginning of receiving user data comprises the request for user data.

[140] Mode 44. A method implemented by a host configured to operate in a communication system that additionally includes a network node and a user device (UE), the method comprising: On the host, initiate the reception of user data from the UE. The user data originates from a transmission that the network node received from the UE, where the network node performs the following operations to receive the user data from the UE to the host: receive (2730) a message from the second network node, the message including a request for aggregation positioning information associated with the communication device and an aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the aggregation positioning information; and perform (2740) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

[141] Mode 45. The method of the previous mode, additionally comprising at the network node, transmitting the received user data to the host.

[142] Mode 46. A host configured to operate in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service, the host comprising: Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 274 / 357 39 / 74 a set of processing circuits configured to provide user data; and a network interface configured to initiate transmission of user data to a cellular network for transmission to a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE comprises a communication interface and a set of processing circuits, the communication interface and the set of processing circuits of the UE being configured to perform the following operations to receive user data from the host: receive (2630) a message from the network node, the message including a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of an aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure; determine (2640) the feature set based on the aggregation ID; and perform (2650) the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the feature set.

[143] Mode 47. The host of the previous mode, in which the cellular network additionally includes a network node configured to communicate with the UE to transmit user data to the UE from the host.

[144] Mode 48. The host of the 2 previous modes, in which: The host's processing circuitry is configured to run a host application, thereby providing user data; and the host application is configured to interact with a client application running on the UE, the client application being associated with the host application. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 275 / 357 40 / 74

[145] Mode 49. A method implemented by a host operating in a communication system that additionally includes a network node and a user device (UE), the method comprising: to provide user data to the UE; and to initiate a transmission carrying the user data to the UE via a cellular network comprising the network node, wherein the UE performs the following operations to receive the user data from the host: receive (2630) a message from the network node, the message including a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of an aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure; determine (2640) the feature set based on the aggregation ID; and perform (2650) the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the feature set.

[146] Modality 50. The method of the previous modality, additionally comprising: On the host, run a host application associated with a client application running on the UE to retrieve user data from the UE.

[147] Modality 51. The method of the previous modality, additionally comprising: On the host, transmit input data to the client application running on the UE, with the input data being provided when the host application runs, where user data is provided by the client application in response to input data from the host application. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 276 / 357 41 / 74

[148] Mode 52. A host configured to operate in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service, the host comprising: A set of processing circuits configured to utilize user data; and a network interface configured to receive transmission of user data to a cellular network for transmission to a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE comprises a communication interface and sets of processing circuits, the communication interface and set of processing circuits of the UE being configured to perform the following operations to transmit user data to the host: receive (2630) a message from the network node, the message including a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of an aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure; determine (2640) the feature set based on the aggregation ID; and perform (2650) the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the feature set.

[149] Mode 53. The host of the previous mode, in which the cellular network additionally includes a network node configured to communicate with the UE to transmit user data from the UE to the host.

[150] Mode 54. The host of the 2 previous modes, in which: the host's processing circuitry is configured to run a host application, thereby providing user data; and Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 277 / 357 42 / 74 The host application is configured to interact with a client application running on the UE, with the client application being associated with the host application.

[151] Mode 55. A method implemented by a host configured to operate in a communication system that additionally includes a network node and a user device (UE), the method comprising: On the host, receive user data transmitted to the host via the network node by the UE, where the UE performs the following operations to transmit the user data to the host: receive (2630) a message from the network node, the message including a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of an aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure; determine (2640) the feature set based on the aggregation ID; and perform (2650) the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the feature set.

[152] Modality 56. The method of the previous modality, additionally comprising: On the host, run a host application associated with a client application running on the UE to retrieve user data from the UE.

[153] Modality 57. The method of the previous modalities, additionally comprising: On the host, transmit input data to the client application running on the UE, with the input data being provided when the host application is running. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 278 / 357 43 / 74 where user data is provided by the client application in response to input data from the host application.

[154] FIG. 29 shows an example of a 2900 communication system according to some modalities.

[155] In the example, the communication system 2900 includes a telecommunications network 2902 which includes an access network 2904, such as a radio access network (RAN), and a core network 2906, which includes one or more core network nodes 2908. The access network 2904 includes one or more access network nodes, such as network nodes 2910a and 2910b (one or more of which may generally be referred to as network nodes 2910) or any other similar 3GPP (3GPP) access node or non-3GPP access point. Furthermore, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, network nodes 2910 are not necessarily limited to an implementation in which a radio portion and a baseband portion are provided and integrated by a single vendor. Thus, it will be understood that network nodes 2910 may include disaggregated implementations or parts thereof. For example, in some embodiments, the telecommunications network 2902 includes one or more Open RAN (ORAN) network nodes.An ORAN network node is a node in the 2902 telecommunications network that supports an ORAN specification (for example, a specification published by the O-RAN Alliance or any similar organization) and may operate alone or in conjunction with other nodes to implement one or more functionalities of any node in the 2902 telecommunications network, including one or more 2910 network nodes and / or 2908 core network nodes.

[156] Examples of an ORAN network node include an open radio unit (O-RU), an open distributed unit (O-DU), an open central unit (O-CU), including an O-CU control plane (O-CU-CP) or an O-CU user plane (O-CU-UP), an intelligent RAN controller (near-time) Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 279 / 357 44 / 74 (real-time or not real-time) that hosts software or software plug-ins, such as a near real-time RAN control application (e.g., xApp) or a non-real-time RAN automation application (e.g., rApp) or any combination thereof (the adjective “open” designates support for an ORAN specification). The network node may support a specification, for example, by supporting an interface defined by the ORAN specification, such as an A1, F1, W1, E1, E2, X2, Xn interface, an open fronthaul user plane interface, or an open fronthaul management plane interface. The content-aware intents and notifications described in the present invention may be communicated from a 3GPP network node or an ORAN network node via 3GPP-defined interfaces (e.g., N2, N3) and / or ORAN Alliance-defined interfaces (e.g., A1, O1). Furthermore, an ORAN network node can be a logical node on a physical node.Furthermore, an ORAN network node can be deployed in a virtualization environment (described further below), in which one or more network functions are virtualized. For example, the virtualization environment might include an O-Cloud computing platform orchestrated by a Service Management and Orchestration Framework via an O-2 interface defined by the O-RAN Alliance. 2910 network nodes facilitate the direct or indirect connection of user equipment (UE), such as connecting 2912a, 2912b, 2912c, and 2912d wireless devices (one or more of which may be generally referred to as 2912 UEs) to the 2906 core network via one or more wireless connections. The 2910 network nodes facilitate the direct or indirect connection of user equipment (UE), such as connecting UEs 2912a, 2912b, 2912c, and 2912d (one or more of which may be generally referred to as UEs 2912) to the 2906 core network via one or more wireless connections. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 280 / 357 45 / 74

[157] Examples of wireless communications via a wireless connection include transmitting and / or receiving wireless signals using electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared waves, and / or other types of signals suitable for carrying information without the use of wires, cables, or other conductive materials. Furthermore, in different embodiments, the 2900 communication system may include any number of wired or wireless networks, network nodes, UEs, and / or any other components or systems that may facilitate or participate in the communication of data and / or signals, whether via wired or wireless connections. The 2900 communication system may include and / or interface with any type of communication, telecommunications, data, cellular, radio network, and / or other similar type of system.

[158] UEs 2912 can be any of a wide variety of communication devices, including wireless devices arranged, configured and / or operable to communicate wirelessly with network nodes 2910 and other communication devices. Similarly, network nodes 2910 are arranged, capable, configured and / or operable to communicate directly or indirectly with UEs 2912 and / or with other network nodes or equipment in the telecommunications network 2902 to enable and / or provide network access, such as wireless network access, and / or to perform other functions, such as administration in the telecommunications network 2902.

[159] In the example depicted, core network 2906 connects network nodes 2910 to one or more hosts, such as host 2916. These connections can be direct or indirect via one or more intermediate networks or devices. In other examples, network nodes may be directly coupled to hosts. Core network 2906 includes one or more core network nodes (e.g., core network node 2908) that are structured with hardware and software components. Attributes of these components may be substantially similar to those Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 281 / 357 46 / 74 described with respect to UEs, network nodes and / or hosts, such that the descriptions thereof are generally applicable to the corresponding components of the core network node 2908. Examples of core network nodes include functions of one or more of a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), Mobility Management Entity (MME), Home Subscriber Server (HSS), Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), Authentication Server Function (AUSF), Signature Identifier Unmasking Function (SIDF), Unified Data Management (UDM), Security Edge Protection Proxy (SEPP), Network Exposure Function (NEF) and / or a User Plane Function (UPF).

[160] Host 2916 may be owned or controlled by a service provider other than an operator or provider of the access network 2904 and / or the telecommunications network 2902 and may be operated by or on behalf of the service provider. Host 2916 may host a variety of applications to provide one or more services. Examples of such applications include live and pre-recorded audio / video content, data collection services such as retrieval and compilation of data under various environmental conditions detected by a plurality of UEs, analytics functionality, social media, functions to control or otherwise interact with remote devices, functions for an alarm and surveillance center, or any other function performed by a server.

[161] As a whole, the 2900 communication system of FIG. 29 enables connectivity between UEs, network nodes and hosts. In this sense, the communication system can be configured to operate according to predefined rules or procedures, such as specific standards that include, but are not limited to: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM); System of Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 282 / 357 47 / 74 Universal Mobile Telecommunications (UMTS); Long Term Evolution (LTE) and / or other suitable 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G standards or any applicable future generation standard (e.g., 6G); wireless local area network (WLAN) standards, such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standards; and / or any other appropriate wireless communication standard, such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Bluetooth, Z-Wave, Near Field Communication (NFC), ZigBee, LiFi and / or any low-power geographically distributed network (LPWAN) standards, such as LoRa and Sigfox.

[162] In some instances, the 2902 telecommunications network is a cellular network that implements standardized 3GPP attributes. Consequently, the 2902 telecommunications network can support network slicing to provide different logical networks for different devices that are connected to the 2902 telecommunications network. For example, the 2902 telecommunications network can provide Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) services to some UEs, while providing Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) services to other UEs and / or Massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) / Massive IoT services to additional UEs.

[163] In some examples, UEs 2912 are configured to transmit and / or receive information without direct human interaction. For example, a UE may be designed to transmit information to the access network 2904 at a predetermined rate when triggered by an internal or external event or in response to requests from the access network 2904. Additionally, a UE may be configured to operate in single or multi-RAT or multi-pattern mode. For example, a UE may operate with any one or a combination of Wi-Fi, NR (New Radio), and LTE, i.e., being configured for dual connectivity via multiple radio (MR-DC), such as New Radio E Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 283 / 357 48 / 74 UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) - Dual Connectivity (EN-DC).

[164] In the example, hub 2914 communicates with access network 2904 to facilitate indirect communication between one or more UEs (e.g., UE 2912c and / or 2912d) and network nodes (e.g., network node 2910b). In some examples, hub 2914 may be a controller, router, content and analytics source, or any of the other communication devices described in this invention relating to UEs. For example, hub 2914 may be a broadband router that enables access to core network 2906 for UEs. As another example, hub 2914 may be a controller that sends commands or instructions to one or more actuators in the UEs. Commands or instructions can be received from UEs, 2910 network nodes, or by executable code, script, process, or other instructions on the 2914 hub. As another example, the 2914 hub can be a data collector that acts as temporary storage for UE data and, in some embodiments, can perform analysis or other processing of the data.As another example, the 2914 hub can be a content source. For instance, for a UE that is a VR headset, display, speaker, or other media delivery device, the 2914 hub can retrieve VR assets, video, audio, or other media or sensory-related data via a network node, which the 2914 hub then provides to the UE directly, after performing local processing and / or after adding additional local content. In yet another example, the 2914 hub acts as a proxy server or orchestrator for UEs, particularly if one or more of the UEs are low-power IoT devices.

[165] Hub 2914 may have a constant / persistent or intermittent connection to network node 2910b. Hub 2914 may also allow a different communication and / or scaling scheme between hub 2914 and the Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 284 / 357 49 / 74 UEs (e.g., UE 2912c and / or 2912d) and between hub 2914 and core network 2906. In other examples, hub 2914 is connected to core network 2906 and / or one or more UEs via a wired connection. Furthermore, hub 2914 can be configured to connect to an M2M service provider via access network 2904 and / or to another UE via a direct connection. In some scenarios, UEs can establish a wireless connection with network nodes 2910 while still connected via hub 2914 through a wired or wireless connection. In some embodiments, hub 2914 can be a dedicated hub – that is, a hub whose primary function is to route communications to / from UEs to / from network node 2910b. In other configurations, the 2914 hub may be a non-dedicated hub – that is, a device that is capable of operating to route communications between the UEs and the 2910b network node, but which is additionally capable of operating as a communication start and / or endpoint for certain data channels.

[166] FIG. 30 shows a UE 3000 according to some embodiments. As used in the present invention, a UE refers to a device capable, configured, arranged and / or operable to communicate wirelessly with network nodes and / or other UEs. Examples of a UE include, but are not limited to, a smartphone, mobile phone, cellular phone, voice over IP (VoIP) phone, wireless local loop phone, desktop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), wireless cameras, gaming console or device, music storage device, playback appliance, wearable terminal device, wireless endpoint, mobile station, tablet, laptop, laptop embedded equipment (LEE), laptop mounted equipment (LME), smart device, wireless customer premises equipment (CPE), vehicle mounted or embedded / integrated wireless device, etc.Other examples include any UE identified by the 3GPP Partnership Project, including a narrowband Internet of Things UE. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 285 / 357 50 / 74 (NB-IoT), a machine-type communication (MTC) UE and / or an enhanced MTC UE (eMTC).

[167] A UE can support device-to-device (D2D) communication, for example, when implementing a 3GPP standard for side-link communication, Dedicated Shortband Communication (DSRC), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), or vehicle-to-everything (V2X). In other examples, a UE may not necessarily have a user in the sense of a human user who owns and / or operates the relevant device. Instead, a UE may represent a device that is intended for sale or operation by a human user, but which may not be, or may not initially be, associated with a specific human user (e.g., a smart sprinkler controller). Alternatively, a UE may represent a device that is not intended for sale or operation by an end user, but which may be associated with or operated for the benefit of a user (e.g., a smart power meter).

[168] The UE 3000 includes a set of processing circuits 3002 that is operationally coupled via a bus 3004 to an input / output interface 3006, a power supply 3008, a memory 3010, a communication interface 3012 and / or any other component or any combination thereof. Certain UEs may use all or a subset of the components shown in FIG. 30. The level of integration between the components may vary from one UE to another UE. Additionally, certain UEs may contain multiple instances of a component, such as multiple processors, memories, transceivers, transmitters, receivers, etc.

[169] The 3002 processing circuitry is configured to process instructions and data and can be configured to implement any operational sequential state machine to execute instructions. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 286 / 357 51 / 74 stored as machine-readable computer programs in memory 3010. The 3002 processing circuitry may be implemented as one or more hardware-implemented state machines (e.g., discrete logic, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), etc.); programmable logic along with appropriate firmware; one or more stored computer programs, general-purpose processors such as a microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP), along with appropriate software; or any combination of the above. For example, the 3002 processing circuitry may include multiple central processing units (CPUs).

[170] In the example, the 3006 input / output interface can be configured to provide an interface or interfaces for an input device, an output device, or one or more input and / or output devices. Examples of an output device include a speaker, a sound card, a video card, a display, a monitor, a printer, an actuator, a transmitter, a smart card, another output device, or any combination thereof. An input device can allow a user to capture information on the UE 3000. Examples of an input device include a touch-sensitive or presence-sensitive display, a camera (e.g., a digital camera, a digital video camera, a webcam, etc.), a microphone, a sensor, a mouse, a command ball, a directional pad, a trackpad, a scroll wheel, a smart card, and the like.The presence-sensitive display may include a capacitive or resistive touch sensor to detect user input. A sensor could be, for example, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a tilt sensor, a force sensor, a magnetometer, an optical sensor, a proximity sensor, or a... Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 287 / 357 52 / 74 biometric sensor etc. or any combination thereof. An output device may use the same type of interface port as an input device. For example, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port may be used to provide both an input and an output device.

[171] In some embodiments, the 3008 power source is structured as a battery or battery bank. Other types of power sources, such as an external power source (e.g., an electrical outlet), photovoltaic devices, or power cells, may be used. The 3008 power source may additionally include a power circuit assemblies to distribute power from the 3008 power source itself and / or an external power source to the various parts of the UE 3000 via an input circuit assemblies or an interface, such as an electrical power cable. Power distribution may, for example, be for charging the 3008 power source. The power circuit assemblies may perform any shaping, conversion, or other modification to the power from the 3008 power source to make the power suitable for the respective UE 3000 components to which power is supplied.

[172] The 3010 memory may be or be configured to include memory such as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), read-only programmable memory (PROM), read-only erasable programmable memory (EPROM), read-only electrically erasable programmable memory (EEPROM), magnetic disks, optical disks, hard disks, removable cartridges, flash drives, and so forth. In one example, the 3010 memory includes one or more application programs 3014, such as an operating system, web browser application, a widget, a gadget engine, or other application and corresponding data 3016. The 3010 memory may store, for use by the UE 3000, any of a Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 288 / 357 53 / 74 variety of various operating systems or combinations of operating systems.

[173] The 3010 memory can be configured to include a number of physical drive units, such as redundant independent disk array (RAID), flash memory, USB flash drive, external hard disk drive, thumb drive, pen drive, key drive, high-density digital versatile disc (HD-DVD) optical disc drive, internal hard disk drive, Blu-ray optical disc drive, holographic digital data storage (HDDS) optical disc drive, external dual in-line mini memory module (DIMM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), external micro-DIMM SDRAM, smart card memory, such as a tamper-evident module in the form of a universal integrated circuit card (UICC), including one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs), such as a USIM and / or ISIM, other memory or any combination thereof.The UICC can, for example, be an embedded UICC (eUICC), an integrated UICC (iUICC), or a removable UICC commonly known as a SIM card. Memory 3010 can allow the UE 3000 to access instructions, application programs, and the like, stored in transient or non-transient memory media, to download or upload data. A manufactured article, such as one that utilizes a communication system, can be tangibly modalized as or in memory 3010, which can be or comprise a device-readable storage medium.

[174] The processing circuitry 3002 can be configured to communicate with an access network or another network using the communication interface 3012. The communication interface 3012 may comprise one or more communication subsystems and may include or be communicatively coupled to an antenna 3022. The interface of Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 289 / 357 54 / 74 communication 3012 may include one or more transceivers used to communicate, such as by communicating with one or more remote transceivers of another device capable of wireless communication (e.g., another UE or a network node in an access network). Each transceiver may include a transmitter 3018 and / or a receiver 3020 suitable for providing network communications (e.g., optical, electrical, frequency allocations, and so on). Furthermore, the transmitter 3018 and the receiver 3020 may be coupled to one or more antennas (e.g., antenna 3022) and may share circuit components, software, or firmware, or alternatively, be implemented separately.

[175] In the embodiment illustrated, communication functions of the 3012 communication interface may include cellular communication, Wi-Fi communication, LPWAN communication, data communication, voice communication, multimedia communication, short-band communications such as Bluetooth, field proximity communication, location-based communication such as the use of the global positioning system (GPS) to determine a location, other related communication function or any combination thereof. Communications may be implemented in accordance with one or more communication protocols and / or standards, such as IEEE 802.11. Code Division Multiplexing (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), GSM, LTE, New Radio (NR), UMTS, WiMax, Ethernet, Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), QUIC, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and so on.

[176] Regardless of the sensor type, an UE can provide an output of data captured by its sensors, through its interface. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 290 / 357 55 / 74 communication 3012, via a wireless connection to a network node. Data captured by sensors in one UE can be communicated wirelessly to a network node via another UE. The output can be periodic (e.g., once every 15 minutes if reporting the sensed temperature), random (e.g., to balance the reporting load of multiple sensors), in response to a trigger event (e.g., when humidity is detected, an alert is sent), in response to a request (e.g., a user-initiated request), or a continuous stream (e.g., a live video feed of a patient).

[177] As another example, a UE comprises an actuator, a motor, or a switch connected to a communication interface configured to receive wireless input from a network node via a wireless connection. In response to the received wireless input, the states of the actuator, motor, or switch may change. For example, the UE may comprise a motor that adjusts the control surfaces or rotors of a drone in flight according to the received input or a robotic arm that performs a medical procedure according to the received input.

[178] A UE, when in the form of an Internet of Things (IoT) device, may be a device for use in one or more application domains, these domains comprising, but not limited to, urban wearable technology, extended industrial application and healthcare. Non-limiting examples of such an IoT device are devices that are or are embedded in: a connected refrigerator or freezer, a TV, a connected lighting device, an electricity meter, a robot vacuum cleaner, a voice-controlled smart speaker, a home security camera, a motion detector, a thermostat, a smoke detector, a door / window sensor, a flood / humidity sensor, an electric lock, a Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 291 / 357 56 / 74 connected doorbell, an air conditioning system such as a heat pump, an autonomous vehicle, a surveillance system, a weather monitoring device, a vehicle parking monitoring device, an electric vehicle charging station, a smartwatch, a fitness tracker, a head-mounted display for Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR), a wearable for tactile augmentation or sensory enhancement, a water sprinkler, an animal or item tracking device, a sensor for monitoring a plant or animal, an industrial robot, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and any type of medical device, such as a heart rate monitor or a remotely controlled surgical robot.An UE in the form of an IoT device comprises a set of circuits and / or software depending on the intended application of the IoT device, in addition to other components, as described in relation to the UE 3000 shown in FIG. 30.

[179] As yet another specific example, in an IoT scenario, a UE can represent a machine or other device that performs monitoring and / or measurements and transmits the results of such monitoring and / or measurements to another UE and / or a network node. The UE can, in this case, be an M2M device, which in a 3GPP context can be referred to as an MTC device. As a particular example, the UE can implement the 3GPP NB-IoT standard. In other scenarios, a UE can represent a vehicle, such as a car, a bus, a truck, a ship, and an airplane, or other equipment that is capable of monitoring and / or reporting its operational status or other functions associated with its operation.

[180] In practice, any number of UEs can be used together in relation to a single use case. For example, a first UE could be or be integrated into a drone and provide the drone's speed information (obtained Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 292 / 357 57 / 74 via a speed sensor) to a second UE which is a remote controller that operates the drone. When the user makes changes from the remote controller, the first UE can adjust the throttle on the drone (e.g., by controlling an actuator) to increase or decrease the drone's speed. The first and / or second UE may also include more than one of the functionalities described above. For example, a UE may understand the sensor and the actuator and handle data communication for both the speed sensor and the actuators.

[181] FIG. 31 shows a network node 3100 according to some embodiments. As used in the present invention, network node refers to equipment capable, configured, arranged and / or operable to communicate directly or indirectly with a UE and / or with other network nodes or equipment, in a telecommunication network. Examples of network nodes include, but are not limited to, access points (APs) (e.g., radio access points), base stations (BSs) (e.g., radio base stations, B nodes, evolved B nodes (eNBs), NR B nodes (gNBs)), O-RAN nodes or components of an O-RAN node (e.g., intelligent controller, O-RU, O-DU, O-CU).

[182] Base stations can be categorized based on the amount of coverage they provide (or, in other words, their transmission power level) and, therefore, depending on the amount of coverage provided, can be referred to as femto base stations, pico base stations, micro base stations, or macro base stations. A base station can be a relay node or a relay donor node that controls a relay. A network node can also include one or more (or all) parts of a distributed base radio station, such as centralized digital units and / or remote radio units (RRUs), sometimes referred to as Remote Radio Heads (RRHs). Such remote radio units can or Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 293 / 357 58 / 74 cannot be integrated into an antenna like an antenna-integrated radio. Parts of a distributed base radio station may also be referred to as nodes in a distributed antenna system (DAS).

[183] ​​Other examples of network nodes include 5G multi-transmission point (multi-TRP) access nodes, multi-standard radio equipment (MSR), such as MSR BSs, network controllers, such as radio network controllers (RNCs) or base station controllers (BSCs), base transceiver stations (BTSs), transmission points, transmission nodes, multicellular / multicast coordination entities (MCEs), Operation and Maintenance (O&M) nodes, Operations Support System (OSS) nodes, Self-Organizing Network (SON) nodes, positioning nodes (e.g., Evolved Server Mobile Location Centres (E-SMLCs)) and / or Minimization Drive Tests (MDTs).

[184] Network node 3100 includes a set of processing circuits 3102, a memory 3104, a communication interface 3106, and a power supply 3108. Network node 3100 may be composed of multiple physically separate components (e.g., a B-Node component and an RNC component or a BTS component and a BSC component, etc.), each of which may have its own respective components. In certain scenarios where network node 3100 comprises multiple separate components (e.g., BTS and BSC components), one or more separate components may be shared among several network nodes. For example, a single RNC may control multiple B-Nodes. In this scenario, each unique pair of B-Node and RNC may, in some cases, be considered a single separate network node. In some embodiments, network node 3100 may be configured to support multiple radio access technologies (RATs).In such configurations, some components may be duplicated (for example). Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 294 / 357 59 / 74 example, separate memory 3104 for different RATs) and some components can be reused (for example, the same antenna 3110 can be shared by different RATs). The network node 3100 can also include multiple sets of the various components illustrated for different wireless technologies integrated into the network node 3100, for example, GSM, WCDMA, LTE, NR, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Z-wave, LoRaWAN, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or Bluetooth wireless technologies. These wireless technologies can be integrated into the same chip or into a different chip or set of chips and other components within the network node 3100.

[185] The processing circuitry set 3102 may comprise a combination of one or more of a microprocessor, controller, microcontroller, central processing unit, digital signal processor, application-specific integrated circuit, field-programmable gate array or any other suitable computing device, feature or combination of hardware, software and / or operable coded logic to provide, alone or in conjunction with other network node components 3100, such as memory 3104, to provide network node functionality 3100.

[186] In some embodiments, the processing circuitry 3102 includes a system-on-a-chip (SOC). In some embodiments, the processing circuitry 3102 includes one or more of the radio frequency (RF) transceiver circuitry 3112 and the baseband processing circuitry 3114. In some embodiments, the radio frequency (RF) transceiver circuitry 3112 and the baseband processing circuitry 3114 may be on chips (or chip assemblies), boards, or separate units, such as radio units and digital units. In alternative embodiments, part or all of the RF transceiver circuitry 3112 and baseband processing circuitry 3114 may be on chips (or chip assemblies), boards, or separate units, such as radio units and digital units. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 295 / 357 60 / 74 baseband processing circuits 3114 may be on the same chip or chip set, boards or units.

[187] Memory 3104 may comprise any form of computer-readable volatile or non-volatile memory, including, without limitation, persistent storage, solid-state memory, remotely mounted memory, magnetic media, optical media, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), mass storage media (e.g., a hard disk), removable storage media (e.g., a flash drive, a Compact Disc (CD), or a Digital Video Disc (DVD)), and / or any other device-readable and / or computer-executable non-transient volatile or non-volatile memory devices that store information, data, and / or instructions that can be used by the processing circuitry 3102.Memory 3104 can store any suitable instructions, data, or information, including a computer program, software, an application including one or more logic, rules, code, tables, and / or other instructions capable of being executed by the processing circuitry 3102 and used by the network node 3100. Memory 3104 can be used to store any calculations performed by the processing circuitry 3102 and / or any data received via the communication interface 3106. In some embodiments, the processing circuitry 3102 and memory 3104 are integrated.

[188] The 3106 communication interface is used in wired or wireless signaling and / or data communication between a network node, access network and / or UE. As illustrated, the 3106 communication interface comprises port(s) / terminal(s) 3116 for sending and receiving data, for example, to and from a network via a wired connection. The 3106 communication interface also includes a set of 3118 radio front-end circuits that can be coupled. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 296 / 357 61 / 74 a, or, in certain embodiments, be a part of antenna 3110. The radio front-end circuit assembly 3118 comprises filters 3120 and amplifiers 3122. The radio front-end circuit assembly 3118 can be connected to an antenna 3110 and processing circuit assembly 3102. The radio front-end circuit assembly can be configured to condition the signals communicated between antenna 3110 and processing circuit assembly 3102. The radio front-end circuit assembly 3118 can receive digital data that must be sent to other network nodes or UEs via a wireless connection. The radio front-end circuitry 3118 can convert the digital data into a radio signal having the appropriate channel and bandwidth parameters using a combination of filters 3120 and / or amplifiers 3122. The radio signal can then be transmitted via the antenna 3110.Similarly, upon receiving data, antenna 3110 can collect radio signals which are then converted into digital data by the radio front-end circuitry 3118. The digital data can be passed to the processing circuitry 3102. In other embodiments, the communication interface may comprise different components and / or different combinations of components.

[189] In certain alternative embodiments, the network node 3100 does not include a separate radio front-end circuit set 3118; instead, the processing circuit set 3102 includes a radio front-end circuit set and is connected to antenna 3110. Similarly, in some embodiments, all or part of the RF transceiver circuit set 3112 is part of the communication interface 3106. In still other embodiments, the communication interface 3106 includes one or more ports or terminals 3116, the radio front-end circuit set 3118, and the RF transceiver circuit set 3112, as part of a radio unit (not shown), and Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 297 / 357 62 / 74 the 3106 communication interface communicates with the 3114 baseband processing circuitry, which is part of a digital unit (not shown).

[190] Antenna 3110 may include one or more antennas, or antenna arrays, configured to send and / or receive wireless signals. Antenna 3110 may be coupled to radio front-end circuitry 3118 and may be any type of antenna capable of transmitting and receiving data and / or signals wirelessly. In certain embodiments, antenna 3110 is separate from network node 3100 and may be connected to network node 3100 via an interface or port.

[191] The antenna 3110, the communication interface 3106 and / or the processing circuitry 3102 can be configured to perform any reception operations and / or certain acquisition operations described in the present invention as being performed by the network node. Any information, data and / or signals can be received from a UE, another network node and / or any other network equipment. Similarly, the antenna 3110, the communication interface 3106 and / or the processing circuitry 3102 can be configured to perform any transmission operations described in the present invention as being performed by the network node. Any information, data and / or signals can be transmitted to a UE, another network node and / or any other network equipment.

[192] The power source 3108 provides power to the various components of the network node 3100 in a manner suitable for the respective components (e.g., at a voltage and current level required for each respective component). The power source 3108 may additionally comprise or be coupled to the power management circuitry to provide power to the components of the network node 3100 for Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 298 / 357 63 / 74 perform the functionality described in the present invention. For example, the network node 3100 may be connectable to an external power source (e.g., the electrical grid, a power outlet) via an input circuit or interface, such as an electrical cable, whereby the external power source supplies power to the power circuit assembly of power source 3108. As a further example, power source 3108 may comprise a power source in the form of a battery or battery bank that is connected to or integrated into the power circuit assembly. The battery may provide backup power in case the external power source fails.

[193] The embodiments of the 3100 network node may include additional components beyond those shown in FIG. 31, to provide certain aspects of network node functionality, including any of the functionalities described in the present invention and / or any functionality necessary to support the matter described in the present invention. For example, the 3100 network node may include user interface equipment to allow input of information into the 3100 network node and to allow output of information from the 3100 network node. This may allow a user to perform diagnostics, maintenance, repair, and other administrative functions for the 3100 network node.

[194] FIG. 32 is a block diagram of a 3200 host, which may be an embodiment of the 2916 host of FIG. 29, according to various aspects described in the present invention. As used in the present invention, the 3200 host may be or comprise various combinations of hardware and / or software, including a standalone server, a blade server, a cloud-deployed server, a distributed server, a virtual machine, container, or processing resources in a server farm. The 3200 host may provide one or more services to one or more UEs. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 299 / 357 64 / 74

[195] The host 3200 includes a set of processing circuits 3202 that are operationally coupled via a bus 3204 to an input / output interface 3206, a network interface 3208, a power supply 3210, and a memory 3212. Other components may be included in other embodiments. The attributes of these components may be substantially similar to those described with respect to the devices of previous figures, such as FIGS. 30 and 31, so that the descriptions thereof are generally applicable to the corresponding components of the host 3200.

[196] Memory 3212 may include one or more computer programs, including one or more host application programs 3214 and data 3216, which may include user data, for example, data generated by a UE for host 3200 or data generated by host 3200 for a UE. Host 3200 configurations may utilize only a subset or all of the components shown. Host application programs 3214 can be implemented in a container-based architecture and can provide support for video codecs (e.g., Versatile Video Coding (VVC), High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), Advanced Video Coding (AVC), MPEG, VP9) and audio codecs (e.g., FLAC, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), MPEG, G.711), including transcoding for multiple classes, types, or implementations of different UEs (e.g., handsets, desktop computers, wearable display systems, heads-up display systems).Host 3214 application programs can also provide user authentication and licensing checks and can periodically report health, routes, and content availability to a central node, such as a device within or at the edge of a core network. Correspondingly, host 3200 can select and / or specify a different host for over-the-top services. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 300 / 357 65 / 74 one EU. Host application programs 3214 can support various protocols, such as HTTP Live Streaming Protocol (HLS), Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH), etc.

[197] FIG. 33 is a block diagram illustrating a 3300 virtualization environment in which functions implemented by some embodiments can be virtualized. In the present context, virtualizing means creating virtual versions of appliances or devices, which may include virtualization hardware platforms, storage devices, and network resources. As used in the present invention, virtualization can be applied to any device described in the present invention, or components thereof, and refers to an implementation in which at least a portion of the functionality is implemented as one or more virtual components.Some or all of the functions described in the present invention can be implemented as virtual components executed by one or more virtual machines (VMs) deployed in one or more 3300 virtual environments hosted by one or more hardware nodes, such as a hardware computing device operating as a network node, UE, core network node, or host. Additionally, in embodiments where the virtual node does not require radio connectivity (e.g., a core network node or host), then the node can be fully virtualized. In some embodiments, the 3300 virtualization environment includes components defined by the O-RAN Alliance, such as an O-Cloud environment orchestrated by a Service Management and Orchestration Framework via an O-2 interface.

[198] 3302 applications (which may alternatively be called software instances, virtual appliances, network functions, virtual nodes, virtual network functions, etc.) run in the Q400 virtualization environment for Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 301 / 357 66 / 74 implement some of the attributes, functions and / or benefits of some of the modalities disclosed in the present invention.

[199] The 3304 hardware includes a set of processing circuits, memory that stores software and / or instructions executable by the hardware processing circuits, and / or other hardware devices as described in the present invention, such as a network interface, input / output interface, and so forth. Software may be executed by the processing circuits to instantiate one or more 3306 virtualization layers (also referred to as hypervisors or virtual machine monitors (VMMs)), provide 3308a and 3308b VMs (one or more of which may be generally referred to as 3308 VMs), and / or perform any of the functions, attributes, and / or benefits described in relation to some embodiments described in the present invention. The 3306 virtualization layer may present a virtual operating platform that appears as network hardware for the 3308 VMs.

[200] 3308 VMs comprise virtual processing, virtual memory, virtual network or interface, and virtual storage and may be run by a corresponding 3306 virtualization layer. Different instance modes of a 3302 virtual appliance may be implemented on one or more of the 3308 VMs, and the implementations may be done in different ways. Hardware virtualization is, in some contexts, referred to as network function virtualization (NFV). NFV can be used to consolidate many types of network equipment into high-volume, industry-standard server hardware, physical switches, and physical storage, which may be located in data centers, and equipment within the customer's premises. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 302 / 357 67 / 74

[201] In the context of NFV, a 3308 VM can be a software implementation of a physical machine that executes programs as if they were running on a non-virtualized physical machine. Each of the 3308 VMs and that part of the 3304 hardware that runs that VM, whether hardware dedicated to that VM and / or hardware shared by that VM with other VMs, form separate virtual network elements. Also in the context of NFV, a virtual network function is responsible for handling specific network functions that are executed on one or more 3308 VMs on top of the 3304 hardware and corresponds to the 3302 application.

[202] 3304 hardware can be implemented in a standalone network node with generic or specific components. 3304 hardware can implement some functions via virtualization. Alternatively, 3304 hardware can be part of a larger hardware cluster (for example, such as in a data center or CPE), where many hardware nodes work together and are managed via 3310 management and orchestration, which, among other things, oversees the application lifecycle management 3302. In some embodiments, 3304 hardware is coupled to one or more radio units, each including one or more transmitters and one or more receivers that can be coupled to one or more antennas. Radio units can communicate directly with other hardware nodes via one or more appropriate network interfaces and can be used in combination with virtual components to provide a virtual node with radio capabilities, such as a radio access node or a base station.In some embodiments, some signaling may be provided by the use of a 3312 control system, which may alternatively be used for communication between hardware nodes and radio units. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 303 / 357 68 / 74

[203] FIG. 34 shows a communication diagram of a host 3402 communicating via a network node 3404 with a UE 3406 by a partially wireless connection according to some embodiments. Example implementations, according to various embodiments, of the UE (such as a UE 2912a of FIG. 29 and / or UE 3000 of FIG. 30), network node (such as network node 2910a of FIG. 29 and / or network node 3100 of FIG. 31), and host (such as host 2916 of FIG. 29 and / or host 3200 of FIG. 32) discussed in the preceding paragraphs will now be described with reference to FIG. 34.

[204] Like the 3200 host, 3402 host modalities include hardware, such as a communication interface, processing circuitry, and memory. The 3402 host also includes software, which is stored or accessible by the 3402 host and executable by the processing circuitry. The software includes a host application that can be operated to provide a service to a remote user, such as the UE 3406 connecting via an over-the-top (OTT) 3450 connection that extends between the UE 3406 and the 3402 host. In providing the service to the remote user, a host application can provide user data that is transmitted using the OTT 3450 connection.

[205] Network node 3404 includes hardware that enables it to communicate with host 3402 and UE 3406. Connection 3460 can be direct or traverse a core network (such as core network 2906 in FIG. 29) and / or one or more other intermediate networks, such as one or more public, private, or hosted networks. For example, an intermediate network could be a backbone network or the Internet.

[206] The UE 3406 includes hardware and software, which is stored or accessible by the UE 3406 and executable by the UE's processing circuitry. The software includes a client application, such as a web browser or operator-specific “application” that may be operable for Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 304 / 357 69 / 74 To provide a service to a human or non-human user via UE 3406 with support from host 3402. On host 3402, a running host application can communicate with a running client application via the OTT 3450 connection terminating on UE 3406 and host 3402. When providing the service to the user, the UE client application can receive request data from the host application and provide user data in response to the request data. The OTT 3450 connection can transfer the request data and the user data. The UE client application can interact with the user to generate the user data that it provides to the host application through the OTT 3450 connection.

[207] The OTT 3450 connection can be extended via a 3460 connection between host 3402 and network node 3404 and via a 3470 wireless connection between network node 3404 and UE 3406 to provide the connection between host 3402 and UE 3406. The 3460 connection and the 3470 wireless connection, by which the OTT 3450 connection can be provided, were abstractly designed to illustrate communication between host 3402 and UE 3406 via network node 3404, without explicit reference to any intermediate devices and the precise routing of messages via those devices.

[208] As an example of transmitting data via the OTT 3450 connection, in step 3408, host 3402 provides user data, which can be performed when running a host application. In some embodiments, the user data is associated with a particular human user interacting with UE 3406. In other embodiments, the user data is associated with a UE 3406 that shares data with host 3402 without explicit human interaction. In step 3410, host 3402 initiates a transmission carrying the user data toward UE 3406. Host 3402 can initiate the transmission in response to a request transmitted by UE 3406. The request can be caused by human interaction with UE 3406 or by application operation. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 305 / 357 70 / 74 client running on UE 3406. The transmission can pass through network node 3404, according to the teachings of the modes described throughout this disclosure. Therefore, in step 3412, network node 3404 transmits to UE 3406 the user data that was carried over in the transmission that host 3402 initiated, according to the teachings of the modes described throughout this disclosure. In step 3414, UE 3406 receives the user data carried over in the transmission, which can be performed by a client application running on UE 3406 associated with the host application running on host 3402.

[209] In some instances, UE 3406 runs a client application that provides user data to host 3402. The user data may be provided in reaction to or response to data received from host 3402. Therefore, in step 3416, UE 3406 may provide user data, which may be performed when running the client application. When providing user data, the client application may additionally consider user input received from the user via an input / output interface of UE 3406. Regardless of the specific way in which the user data was provided, UE 3406 initiates, in step 3418, the transmission of user data toward host 3402 via network node 3404. In step 3420, in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure, network node 3404 receives user data from UE 3406 and initiates transmission of the received user data toward host 3402.In step 3422, host 3402 receives the user data ported in the transmission initiated by UE 3406.

[210] One or more of the various modes improve the performance of OTT services provided to UE 3406 using the OTT connection 3450, in which the wireless connection 3470 forms the last segment. More precisely, the teachings of these modes may allow the indication of a list of aggregated SRS for LMF in order to judge the bandwidth. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 306 / 357 71 / 74 total. The LMF can request that measurements be taken at a specific bandwidth without specifying the exact SRS resources from the TRP, which will save on signaling and reduce complexity. The TRP / gNB responds to the LMF with the measurement and the list of SRS used for the measurement report.

[211] In one example scenario, factory status information can be collected and analyzed by the 3402 host. As another example, the 3402 host can process audio and video data that may have been retrieved from a UE for use in map creation. As another example, the 3402 host can collect and analyze real-time data to assist in vehicle congestion control (e.g., traffic light control). As another example, the 3402 host can store surveillance video that has been uploaded by a UE. As another example, the 3402 host can store or control access to media content, such as video, audio, VR, or AR, which can be broadcast, multicast, or unicast to the UEs. As other examples, the 3402 host can be used for energy billing, remote control of non-critical electrical load in time to balance power generation needs, location services, presentation services (such as compiling diagrams, etc.).(of data collected from remote devices) or any other function of collecting, retrieving, storing, analyzing and / or transmitting data.

[212] In some examples, a measurement procedure may be provided for the purpose of monitoring data rate, latency, and other factors in which one or more modes improve. There may additionally be an optional network functionality to reconfigure the OTT 3450 connection between host 3402 and UE 3406 in response to variations in measurement results. The measurement procedure and / or the network functionality to reconfigure the OTT connection may be implemented in software and hardware of host 3402 and / or UE 3406. In some modes, sensors (not shown) Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 307 / 357 72 / 74 can be deployed on or in conjunction with other devices through which the OTT 3450 connection passes; the sensors can participate in the measurement procedure by providing values ​​of the monitored quantities exemplified above, or by providing values ​​of other physical quantities from which the software can compute or estimate the monitored quantities. Reconfiguration of the OTT 3450 connection may include message format, retransmission settings, preferred routing, etc.; reconfiguration does not need to directly alter the operation of the network node 3404. Such procedures and functionalities may be known and practiced in the state of the art. In certain embodiments, measurements may involve proprietary UE signaling that facilitates measurements of throughput, propagation times, latency, and the like, by the host 3402.Measurements can be implemented in such a way that the software causes messages to be transmitted, in particular dummy or empty messages, using the OTT 3450 connection while monitoring propagation times, errors, etc.

[213] Although the computing devices described in the present invention (e.g., UEs, network nodes, hosts) may include the illustrated combination of hardware components, other embodiments may comprise computing devices with different combinations of components. It should be understood that these computing devices may comprise any suitable combination of hardware and / or software necessary to perform tasks, attributes, functions, and methods disclosed in the present invention. Determining, calculating, obtaining, or similar operations described in the present invention may be performed by a set of processing circuits, which may process information, for example, by converting the obtained information into other information, comparing the obtained information or converted information with the information Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 308 / 357 73 / 74 stored in the network node, and / or perform one or more operations based on the information obtained or converted information and, as a result of said processing, make a determination. Furthermore, although the components are depicted as single boxes located within a larger box or nested within multiple boxes, in practice, computing devices may comprise multiple different physical components that make up a single illustrated component, and functionality may be partitioned between separate components. For example, a communication interface may be configured to include any of the components described in the present invention, and / or the functionality of the components may be partitioned between the processing circuitry and the communication interface.In another example, the non-computationally intensive functions of any of these components can be implemented in software or firmware, and the computationally intensive functions can be implemented in hardware.

[214] In certain embodiments, some or all of the functionality described in the present invention may be provided by a set of processing circuits that execute instructions stored in memory, which in certain embodiments may be a product of a computer program in the form of a non-transient, computer-readable storage medium. In alternative embodiments, all or part of the functionality may be provided by the set of processing circuits without executing the instructions stored in a separate or discrete device-readable storage medium, such as in a hard-wired manner. In any of these particular embodiments, whether executing instructions stored in a non-transient, computer-readable storage medium or not, the set of processing circuits may be configured to perform the Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 309 / 357 74 / 74 functionality described. The benefits provided by such functionality are not limited to the processing circuitry alone or to other components of the computing device, but are enjoyed by the computing device as a whole and / or by end users and a wireless network in general. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 310 / 357

Claims

1 / 10 CLAIMS 1. Method for operating a second network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a first network node, the method characterized in that it comprises: transmitting (2810) a first message to the first network node, the first message including a request to configure the communication device with a request for bandwidth aggregation information; and receiving (2820) a second message from the first network node, the second message including an indication of a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, and a set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the second message includes an indication of a plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each bandwidth aggregation ID of the plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs.

3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the second message includes an indication of a plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each bandwidth aggregation ID of the plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs.

4. Method, according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first message comprises a request for positioning information from the New Radio Positioning Protocol A, NRPPA, Petition 870250090224, dated 10 / 03 / 2025, pp. 348 / 357 2 / 10, wherein the second message comprises a response of positioning information from NRPPA.

5. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF.

6. A method, according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first message comprises a request for positioning information from a Frequency 1 Application Protocol, F1AP, wherein the second message comprises a response of F1AP positioning information.

7. Method, according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it further comprises: transmitting (2830) a third message to the first network node, the third message including a measurement request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communication device and a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information; and in response to the transmission of the third message, receiving (2840) measurement results, including bandwidth aggregation information.

8. Method for operating a second network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a first network node, the method characterized in that it comprises: transmitting (2830) a third message to the first network node, the third message including a measurement request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communication device and a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information; and in response to the transmission of the third message, receiving (2840) measurement results, including bandwidth aggregation information.

9. A method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that receiving the measurement results comprises receiving a positioning report from the first network node, the positioning report including positioning measurements associated with the communication device and an indication of whether the positioning measurements were obtained using aggregation bandwidth.

10. Method, according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the third message includes a request message for NRPPA measurement.

11. Method according to claim 10, characterized in that the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF.

12. Method, according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the third message comprises a measurement request message for F1AP.

13. Method, according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the feature set comprises sounding reference signal (SRS) aggregation features and wherein the bandwidth aggregation information comprises aggregation measurements associated with the SRS features. Petition 870250090224, dated 10 / 03 / 2025, pp. 350 / 357 4 / 10 14. Method for operating a first network node in a communications network that includes a communication device and a second network node, the method characterized in that it comprises: receiving (2720) a first message from the second network node, the first message including a request to configure the communication device with a request for bandwidth aggregation information; and transmitting (2740) a second message to the second network node, the second message including an indication of a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, and a set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that the second message includes an indication of a plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs and an indication of a set of resources associated with each bandwidth aggregation ID of the plurality of bandwidth aggregation IDs.

16. A method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the second network node is configured to provide a location management function, LMF, and wherein the first network node comprises a distributed unit and a central unit.

17. Method according to claim 16, characterized in that the first message comprises a request for positioning information from a new radio positioning protocol A, NRPPA, and the second message comprises a response of positioning information from NRPPA. Petition 870250090224, dated 10 / 03 / 2025, pp. 351 / 357 5 / 10 18. Method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the second network node comprises a central unit and the first network node comprises a distributed unit.

19. Method according to claim 18, characterized in that the first message comprises a request for positioning information from a frequency 1 application protocol, F1AP, wherein the second message comprises a response of F1AP positioning information.

20. Method, according to any one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that it further comprises: before receiving the message, receiving (2710) an indication of a capability of the communication device to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

21. Method, according to any one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that it further comprises: before receiving the message, transmitting (2730) a radio resource control message, RRC, to the communication device, including an indication of the set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

22. Method, according to any one of claims 14 to 21, characterized in that it further comprises: receiving (2750) a third message from the second network node, the third message including a measurement request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communication device and a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information; and Petition 870250090224, 10 / 03 / 2025, p. 352 / 357 6 / 10 performing (2760) an aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of features.

23. Method for operating a first network node in a communications network that includes a communications device and a second network node, the method characterized in that it comprises: receiving (2750) a message from the second network node, the message including a measurement request for bandwidth aggregation information associated with the communications device and a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, indicating a set of features to be used to determine the bandwidth aggregation information; and performing (2760) an aggregation placement measurement procedure using the set of features.

24. Method according to claim 22 or 23, characterized in that the third message comprises a request message for measurement of new radio positioning protocol A, NRPPA.

25. Method, according to claim 22 or 23, characterized in that the third message comprises a frequency 1 application protocol measurement request message, F1AP.

26. A method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, characterized in that performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure comprises transmitting instructions to the communication device to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of the bandwidth aggregation ID.

27. Method according to claim 26, characterized in that transmitting instructions to the communication device comprises: Petition 870250090224, dated 10 / 03 / 2025, pp. 353 / 357 7 / 10 transmitting instructions to cause the communication device to transmit a plurality of SRS (Sensory Reference Signals) on multiple carriers using the feature set.

28. A method according to any one of claims 22 to 27, characterized in that performing the aggregation positioning measurement procedure comprises transmitting a positioning report to the second network node, the positioning report including positioning measurements associated with the communication device and an indication of whether the positioning measurements were obtained using aggregation bandwidth.

29. A method, according to any one of claims 22 to 28, characterized in that performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises transmitting the bandwidth aggregation ID to a neighboring network node.

30. Method for operating a communication device in a communications network that includes a network node, the method characterized in that it comprises: receiving (2630) a message from the network node, the message including a request to perform an aggregation positioning measurement procedure and an indication of a bandwidth aggregation identifier, ID, associated with a set of resources to be used as part of the aggregation positioning measurement procedure; and performing (2650) the aggregation positioning measurement procedure using the set of resources.

31. Method according to claim 30, characterized in that it further comprises: Petition 870250090224, dated 10 / 03 / 2025, pp. 354 / 357 8 / 10 determining (2640) the set of resources based on the bandwidth aggregation ID.

32. Method, according to claim 30 or 31, characterized in that performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises: transmitting a plurality of sounding reference signals, SRS, on multiple carriers using the feature set.

33. A method according to any one of claims 30 to 32, characterized in that the network node is a first network node, wherein performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises: transmitting positional measurements to a second network node configured to provide a location management function, LMF.

34. A method, according to any one of claims 30 to 33, characterized in that performing the positioning measurement procedure comprises: determining that the communication device will have sufficient coverage to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

35. Method, according to any one of claims 30 to 34, characterized in that it further comprises: before receiving the message, transmitting (2610) an indication of a capability of the communication device to perform the aggregation positioning measurement procedure.

36. Method, according to any one of claims 30 to 35, characterized in that it further comprises: Petition 870250090224, dated 10 / 03 / 2025, pp. 355 / 357 9 / 10 before receiving the message, receiving (2620) a radio resource control message, RRC, from the network node, including an indication of the set of resources associated with the bandwidth aggregation ID.

37. Network node (3100), characterized in that it is adapted to perform operations comprising any of the operations defined in any of claims 1 to 29.

38. Computer program, characterized in that it comprises program code to be executed by the set of processing circuits (3102) of a network node (3100), whereby the execution of the program code causes the network node to perform operations comprising any operations defined in any of claims 1 to 29.

39. Computer program product, characterized in that it comprises a non-transient storage medium (3104) including program code to be executed by the processing circuitry (3102) of a network node (3100), whereby the execution of the program code causes the network node to perform operations comprising any operations defined in any of claims 1 to 29.

40. Communication device, characterized in that it is adapted to perform operations comprising any of the operations defined in any of claims 30 to 36.

41. Computer program, characterized in that it comprises program code to be executed by a set of processing circuits (3002) of a communication device (3000), whereby the execution of the program code causes the communication device to perform operations comprising any operations defined in any of claims 30 to 36.

42. Computer program product, characterized in that it comprises a non-transient storage medium (3010) including program code to be executed by the processing circuitry (3002) of a communication device (3000), whereby the execution of the program code causes the entity to perform operations comprising any operations defined in any of claims 30 to 36.

43. Product, process, system, kit, means or use, characterized in that it comprises one or more elements described in the descriptive report, claims, drawings, sequence listing, or summary of this application, when applicable. Petition 870250090224, dated 03 / 10 / 2025, pp. 357 / 357

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