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Apple patents method to find devices using signal angles

Apple describes a system where a network asks one device to measure the angle of a signal coming from another nearby device. This data helps determine the relative position of the devices without relying on traditional location services.

Why it mattersThis technique could improve how devices find each other in areas with poor cellular coverage, such as during outdoor activities or in crowded events.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and systems are configured for sending, from a network to an anchor user equipment (UE), a request for data describing a sidelink position reference signal (SL-PRS) transmission from a target UE to the anchor UE; and receiving, at the network from the anchor UE, measurement results data comprising a measurement of a beam that is transmitted from the target UE to the anchor UE in the SL-PRS, the measurement results specifying an angle of arrival (AoA) of the beam that is measured at the anchor UE.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1 - 37. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
ANGLE BASED SIDELINK POSITIONING
Publication number
US20260292767A1
Application number
19473026
Filed
Apr 2, 2024
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
21

Classified under

H04W 64/00 Electricity & electronicsG01S 5/0236 Physics & computingG01S 5/04 Physics & computingH04B 7/0695 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0048 Electricity & electronicsH04W 92/18 Electricity & electronics
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