Method for configuring PRS resource, method for configuring measurement gap, and related device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12019174-B2
Application number	US-202117511965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2021
Priority date	Apr 29, 2019
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

A method for configuring a positioning reference signal resource, a method for configuring a measurement gap, and a related device are provided. The method includes: determining a resource position of a PRS within a BWP based on a start PRB position of a PRS resource and the number of PRBs; and performing measurement on the resource position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for configuring a measurement gap, comprising:
sending, by a terminal, first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used to indicate to a network device that the terminal requests to perform measurement by using a measurement gap;
wherein the first signaling is positioning capability reporting signaling, and the positioning capability reporting signaling comprises bandwidth part (BWP) bandwidth information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first signaling is signaling sent to the network device by the terminal, and the first signaling is used to indicate a measurement gap configuration expected by the terminal; or
the first signaling is signaling sent to the network device by the terminal and comprising positioning assistance information, and the first signaling is used to indicate configuring the measurement gap configuration associated with the positioning assistance information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first signaling is further used to indicate to the network device that the terminal performs measurement by using the measurement gap, or the first signaling is further used to assist the network device in configuring the measurement gap for measuring a PRS.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein in a case that the first signaling is used to indicate the measurement gap configuration expected by the terminal, the first signaling comprises at least one of the following:
frequency information of a PRS resource, PRS measurement offset information, measurement gap pattern identification information, measurement gap timing advance, and the number of measurement gaps.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the positioning assistance information comprises at least one of the following:
search window information of a PRS resource, PRS time domain configuration information, PRS muting pattern information, and cell timing information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending second signaling, by the terminal, wherein the second signaling is used to indicate to the network device that the terminal is to stop performing measurement by using the measurement gap.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending first signaling, by the terminal comprises:
if PRS resource is not in an active BWP of the terminal, sending the first signaling; or
if part of the PRS resource is in the active BWP of the terminal, sending the first signaling; or
if part of the PRS resource is in the active BWP of the terminal and a first condition is satisfied, sending the first signaling; or
if a numerology of the PRS resource does not match a numerology of the active BWP of the terminal, sending the first signaling.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein that the first condition is satisfied comprises at least one of the following:
a bandwidth of the part of PRS resource in the active BWP of the terminal is less than a bandwidth threshold;
a bandwidth of the part of PRS resource in the active BWP of the terminal fails to meet a measurement accuracy requirement; and
a numerology of the part of PRS resource in the active BWP of the terminal does not match a numerology of the active BWP of the terminal.

9. A terminal, comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the following steps of the method for configuring a measurement gap is implemented:
sending, by the terminal, first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used to indicate to a network device that the terminal requests to perform measurement by using a measurement gap;
wherein the first signaling is positioning capability reporting signaling, and the positioning capability reporting signaling comprises bandwidth part (BWP) bandwidth information.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the first signaling is signaling sent to the network device by the terminal, and the first signaling is used to indicate a measurement gap configuration expected by the terminal; or
the first signaling is signaling sent to the network device by the terminal and comprising positioning assistance information, and the first signaling is used to indicate configuring a measurement gap configuration associated with the positioning assistance information.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the first signaling is further used to indicate to the network device that the terminal performs measurement by using the measurement gap, or the first signaling is further used to assist the network device in configuring the measurement gap for measuring a PRS.

12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the following steps of the method for configuring the measurement gap is further implemented:
sending second signaling, by the terminal, wherein the second signaling is used to indicate to the network device that the terminal is to stop performing measurement by using the measurement gap.

13. The terminal according to 9 , wherein the sending first signaling, by the terminal comprises:
if PRS resource is not in an active BWP of the terminal, sending the first signaling; or
if part of the PRS resource is in the active BWP of the terminal, sending the first signaling; or
if part of the PRS resource is in the active BWP of the terminal and a first condition is satisfied, sending the first signaling; or
if a numerology of the PRS resource does not match a numerology of the active BWP of the terminal, sending the first signaling.

14. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein that a first condition is satisfied comprises at least one of the following:
a bandwidth of the part of PRS resource in the active BWP of the terminal is less than a bandwidth threshold;
a bandwidth of the part of PRS resource in the active BWP of the terminal fails to meet a measurement accuracy requirement; and
a numerology of the part of PRS resource in the active BWP of the terminal does not match a numerology of the active BWP of the terminal.

15. A network device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the method for configuring a measurement gap is implemented, wherein the method comprises:
receiving first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used to indicate to the network device that a terminal requests to perform measurement by using a measurement gap; and
configuring, according to the first signaling, the measurement gap for measuring a PRS;
wherein the first signaling is positioning capability reporting signaling, and the positioning capability reporting signaling comprises bandwidth part (BWP) bandwidth information.

16. The network device according to claim 15 , wherein the first signaling is used to indicate a measurement gap configuration expected by the terminal; or
the first signaling comprises positioning assistance information, and the first signaling is used to indicate configuring the measurement gap configuration associated with the positioning assistance information.

17. The network device according to claim 16 , wherein the first signaling is further used to indicate to the network device that the terminal performs measurement by using the measurement gap, or the first signaling is further used to indicate to the network device that the terminal requests to perform measurement by using the measurement gap.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Si Ye
• Sun Peng
• Wu Huaming

Classifications

• H04W24/10 Primary

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L27/26025

  Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003) · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

  Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title