Measurement method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11201715-B2
Application number	US-201917275660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2019
Priority date	Sep 26, 2018
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

The present application relates to the field of wireless communications, in particular, to a measurement method and device, used for solving the problem in the art that there is no specific solution for a terminal to perform OTDOA measurement in a NR system. In embodiments of the present application, a terminal determines a detected first beam reference signal, and sends a request message to an LMF entity, receive first positioning assistance data comprising second beam information of a second beam reference signal sent by the LMF entity, measure the second beam reference signal of an adjacent base station according to the first positioning assistance data. Therefore, it is ensured that the LMF entity can accurately provide the positioning assistance data to a UE according to first beam information of the first beam reference signal, the time and power consumption of the terminal for searching the second beam reference signal are reduced, and the system performance is further improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measurement method, comprising:
determining, by a terminal, a first beam reference signal detected by said terminal, and sending a request message to a Location Management Function, LMF, entity, wherein the request message contains first beam information of the first beam reference signal, to allow the LMF entity to determine second beam information of second beam reference signals according to the first beam information, the second beam reference signals being sent from adjacent base stations and detectable by the terminal;
receiving, by the terminal, first positioning assistance data containing the second beam information sent by the LMF entity; and
measuring, by the terminal, the second beam reference signals from the adjacent base stations according to the first positioning assistance data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first beam reference signal is a Downlink Reference Signal, DL-RS, used to support data communication and/or a Positioning Reference Signal, PRS, used to support positioning;
the second beam reference signals each is a PRS used to support positioning.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first beam information comprises a part or all of:
a DL-RS beam identifier, DL-RS signal strength, a PRS beam identifier.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second beam information comprises a PRS beam identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the terminal measures the second beam reference signals from the adjacent base stations according to the first positioning assistance data, the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal, positioning information obtained by measurements; and
sending, by the terminal, the positioning information and the second beam information of the second beam reference signals used for measurement to the LMF entity, to allow the LMF entity to determine a position of the terminal according to the positioning information and the second beam information of the second beam reference signals used for measurement.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal, a first beam reference signal detected by said terminal, comprises:
determining, by the terminal, the first beam reference signal detected by said terminal when said terminal needs to acquire the first positioning assistance data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the terminal receives the first positioning assistance data containing the second beam information of the second beam reference signals sent by the LMF entity, and before the terminal measures the second beam reference signals from the adjacent base stations according to the first positioning assistance data, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, a positioning request message sent by the LMF entity.

8. A measurement method, comprising:
receiving, by an LMF entity, a request message sent by a terminal; wherein the request message contains first beam information of a first beam reference signal detected by the terminal;
determining, by the LMF entity, second beam information of second beam reference signals according to the first beam information, the second beam reference signals being sent from adjacent base stations and detectable by the terminal; and
sending, by the LMF entity, first positioning assistance data containing the second beam information to the terminal, to allow the terminal to measure the second beam reference signals from the adjacent base stations according to the first positioning assistance data.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein after the LMF entity sends the first positioning assistance data containing the second beam information to the terminal, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the LMF entity, positioning information sent from the terminal, and determining a position of the terminal according to the positioning information; wherein the positioning information is obtained by the terminal through measuring the second beam reference signals of the adjacent base stations according to the first positioning assistance data.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving, by the LMF entity, the second beam information of the second beam reference signals used for measurement sent by the terminal;
determining, by the LMF entity, a position of the terminal according to the positioning information, comprises:
determining, by the LMF entity, the position of the terminal according to the positioning information and the second beam information of the second beam reference signals used for measurement.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein before the LMF entity determines the second beam reference signals sent from the adjacent base stations and detectable by the terminal, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the LMF entity, second positioning assistance data reported by each base station and contains third beam information of a third beam reference signal sent by the each base station.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining, by the LMF entity,
second beam information of second beam reference signals sent by adjacent base stations and detectable by the terminal, comprises:
determining, by the LMF entity, the second beam information of the second beam reference signals sent by the adjacent base stations and detectable by the terminal according to the first beam information of the first beam reference signal detected by the terminal contained in the request message and the second positioning assistance data.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the third beam reference signal is a DL-RS used to support data communication and/or a PRS used to support positioning.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the third beam information comprises part or all of:
PRS beam identifier, PRS beam direction, PRS beam width, DL-RS beam identifier, DL-RS beam direction, DL-RS beam width, and Quasi Co Located, QCL, association relationship between DL-RS beam and PRS beam.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first beam reference signal is a beam communication Reference Signal, DL-RS, used to support data communication and/or a beam Positioning Reference Signal, PRS, used to support positioning;
the second beam reference signals each is a beam PRS used to support positioning.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first beam information comprises part or all of:
DL-RS beam identifier, DL-RS signal strength, PRS beam identifier.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second beam information comprises a PRS beam identifier.

18. A terminal, comprising: a processor, a memory and a transceiver;
wherein the processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform:
determining a first beam reference signal detected by said terminal, and sending a request message to a Location Management Function, LMF, entity, wherein the request message contains first beam information of the first beam reference signal, to allow the LMF entity to determine second beam information of second beam reference signals according to the first beam information, the second beam reference signals being sent from adjacent base stations and detectable by the terminal;
receiving first positioning assistance data containing the second beam information sent by the LMF entity; and
measuring the second beam reference signals from the adjacent base stations according to the first positioning assistance data.

19. An LMF entity, comprising: a processor, a memory and a transceiver;
wherein the processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform t

Assignees

• Datang mobile communications equipment co ltd

Inventors

• Da Ren
• Ren Bin
• Quan Haiyang
• Li Hui
• Gao Xueyuan
• Gao Qiubin

Classifications

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04L5/0058 Primary

  Allocation criteria · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W64/00 Primary

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

• G01S5/0036

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