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Samsung patents method for precise phone location in 5G/6G

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent application for a way to improve how phones find their location in 5G and 6G networks. The method involves the phone receiving instructions from the network to perform several different types of location measurements and then sending the results back.

Why it mattersThis could make map apps and location-based services more accurate by allowing the network to choose the best measurement method for the situation.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from an LMF, a first message including information for positioning measurement for multiple QoS; sequentially performing measurement on the multiple QoS on the basis of the first message; and transmitting, to the LMF, a second message including a result of the measurement.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1 - 15. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING TERMINAL USING MULTI-ACCURACY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Publication number
US20260313609A1
Application number
19483906
Filed
May 10, 2024
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
17

Classified under

H04W 64/006 Electricity & electronicsH04W 28/0226 Electricity & electronics
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