Positioning method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10075934-B2
Application number	US-201615267932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2016
Priority date	Mar 17, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a positioning method and apparatus. The positioning method includes: sending, by a serving base station, a terminal side measurement request based on a positioning node reference signal to a target terminal according to configuration information of the positioning node reference signal; performing, by the serving base station, a base station side measurement based on the positioning node reference signal, and obtaining base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal; and then sending terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal and the base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal to a location server, so that the location server calculates location information of the target terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A base station, comprising:
a transmitter, configured to send, after a location measurement request is received from a location server a terminal side measurement request based on a positioning node reference signal to a target terminal according to configuration information of the positioning node reference signal, wherein the target terminal is in a scenario in which a plurality of positioning nodes shares a same cell identity, wherein the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal comprises a transmission timing of the positioning node reference signal, a transmission period of the positioning node reference signal, and a frequency-domain transmission position of the positioning node reference signal, and wherein the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal further comprises a positioning node identity or a positioning node reference signal identity;
a receiver, configured to receive, from the target terminal, terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal; and
a processor, configured to perform a base station side measurement based on the positioning node reference signal, and obtain base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal;
wherein the transmitter is further configured to send the terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal and the base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal to the location server, wherein the terminal side measurement information and the base station side measurement information are for the location server to calculate location information of the target terminal.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
before the transmitter sends the terminal side measurement request based on the positioning node reference signal to the target terminal according to the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal, determine whether the positioning node reference signal has been configured for the target terminal; and
in response to determining that the processor has configured the positioning node reference signal for the target terminal, the transmitter is configured to send the terminal side measurement request based on the positioning node reference signal to the target terminal according to the configuration information of the configured positioning node reference signal; or
in response to determining that the processor has not configured the positioning node reference signal for the target terminal, the transmitter is further configured to:
send the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal to the target terminal; and
send the terminal side measurement request based on the positioning node reference signal to the target terminal according to the configuration information that is of the positioning node reference signal and sent to the target terminal.

3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine, after the receiver receives the location measurement request from the location server, that the target terminal is in the scenario in which a plurality of positioning nodes shares the same cell identity.

4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal comprises the cell identity, the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity, and a terminal side reception-transmission time difference corresponding to the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity; and
the base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal comprises the cell identity, the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity, and a base station side reception-transmission time difference corresponding to the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity, or, the cell identity, the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity, a base station side reception-transmission time difference corresponding to the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity, and an angle of arrival of a received signal transmitted by the target terminal.

5. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning node reference signal is a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

6. A device the device comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a terminal side measurement request that is based on a positioning node reference signal and from a positioning apparatus according to configuration information of the positioning node reference signal, wherein the device is in a scenario in which a plurality of positioning nodes shares a same cell identity, wherein the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal comprises a transmission timing of the positioning node reference signal, a transmission period of the positioning node reference signal, and a frequency-domain transmission position of the positioning node reference signal, and wherein the positioning node reference signal further comprises a positioning node identity or a positioning node reference signal identity;
a processor, configured to perform, according to the terminal side measurement request, a terminal side measurement based on the positioning node reference signal; and
a transmitter, configured to send terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal to the positioning apparatus.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning apparatus is a serving base station, and the receiver is further configured to:
receive the configuration information that is of the positioning node reference signal and from the serving base station.

8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning apparatus is a location server.

9. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal comprises a cell identity, the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity, and a terminal side reception-transmission time difference corresponding to the positioning node identity or positioning node reference signal identity.

10. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning node reference signal is a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

11. A location server for positioning a terminal, the location server comprising:
a transmitter, configured to send a base station side measurement request based on a positioning node reference signal to a serving base station of a target according to configuration information of the positioning node reference signal, and send a terminal side measurement request based on the positioning node reference signal to the target terminal, wherein the terminal is in a scenario in which a plurality of positioning nodes shares a same cell identity, wherein the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal comprises a transmission timing of the positioning node reference signal, a transmission period of the positioning node reference signal, and a frequency-domain transmission position of the positioning node reference signal, and wherein the positioning node reference signal further comprises a positioning node identity or a positioning node reference signal identity;
a receiver, configured to receive base station side measurement information based on the positioning node referen

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cui Jie
• Li Anjian

Classifications

• G01S5/0036

  of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station · CPC title

• G01S5/0081

  Transmission between base stations · CPC title

• H04W64/00 Primary

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• G01S5/0205

  Details · CPC title