User devices, network entities, methods for supporting user device location, and immutant storage media

Abstract

The invention relates to user equipment, network entities, a method for supporting user equipment location, and a means of storing immutable data. User equipment (UE) generates location information (PSI) reports which are transmitted in a lower-layer channel container, for example, in a physical channel or environmental access control channel, to network entities for latency reduction. The PS1 report is generated based on multiple PSI report elements identified from uplink (UL), downlink (DL), or UL and DL positioning measurements performed by the UE. Each PSI report element includes information related to positioning measurements performed by the UE. Transmission of at least one PSI report element generated by the UE may be delayed and not included in the current PSI report. The PSI report includes one or more deferred reports, indicating one or more PSI report elements that have been deferred. The serving base station may allocate a lower-level channel container for a second PSI report to hold the previously deferred PSI report elements.