Positioning method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12289706-B2
Application number	US-202117486703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2021
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

This application provides a positioning method and an apparatus. The method includes: A location management device provides assistance information for a terminal device, where the assistance information includes information about one or more cells used for positioning of the terminal device and reference signal configuration information of each of the one or more cells. The location management device provides a first request message for the terminal device, where the first request message includes measurement reporting configuration information. The location management device receives a reference signal measurement result of each of the one or more cells from the terminal device, where the reference signal measurement result is obtained based on the measurement reporting configuration information. The location management device obtains a DAOD of the terminal device relative to each of the one or more cells based on the reference signal measurement result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a location management device or a chip of a location management device, the method comprising:
sending to a terminal device a request message requesting capability information of the terminal device;
receiving capability information of the terminal device from the terminal device; and
determining reference signal configuration information and measurement reporting configuration information based on the capability information of the terminal device, wherein the capability information of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following:
a quantity of receive beams;
a quantity of receive antenna panels;
whether path power reporting is supported; and
a quantity of paths whose powers can be reported when path power reporting is supported;

providing assistance information for the terminal device, the assistance information comprising information about one or more cells for determining position of the terminal device and the reference signal configuration information of each of the one or more cells, the reference signal configuration information including at least one of time domain resource information, frequency domain resource information or sequence information;
providing a first request message for the terminal device, the first request message comprising the measurement reporting configuration information, the measurement reporting configuration information including a report of a power metric;
receiving, from the terminal device, a reference signal measurement result of each of the one or more cells, the reference signal measurement result being obtained based on the measurement reporting configuration information; and
determining, based on the reference signal measurement result, a downlink angle of departure (DAOD) of the terminal device relative to each of the one or more cells.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal comprises any one of the following: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), or a synchronization signal block (SSB).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal configuration information comprises baseline resource configuration information used by the terminal device for path power measurement.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement reporting configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
a quantity of to-be-reported reference signal received powers (RSRPs);
whether a path power needs to be reported; and
a quantity of powers to be reported in a path when the path power needs to be reported.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal measurement result comprises at least one of reference signal received power (RSRP) and path power.

6. A positioning method performed by a terminal device or a chip of a terminal device, comprising:
receiving a request message requesting capability information of the terminal device from a location management device;
sending capability information of the terminal device to the location management device, wherein the capability information of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following: a quantity of receive beams, a quantity of receive antenna panels, whether path power reporting is supported, and a quantity of powers can be reported in a path when path power reporting is supported;
receiving assistance information from the location management device, the assistance information comprising information about one or more cells for determining position of the terminal device and reference signal configuration information of each of the one or more cells, the reference signal configuration information including at least one of time domain resource information, frequency domain resource information or sequence information;
receiving a first request message from the location management device, wherein the first request message comprises measurement reporting configuration information, the measurement reporting configuration information including a report of a power metric;
receiving a reference signal from the one or more cells based on the reference signal configuration information;
measuring the received reference signal based on the measurement reporting configuration information to obtain a reference signal measurement result of the one or more cells; and
sending a positioning message to the location management device, wherein the positioning message comprises the reference signal measurement result of the one or more cells.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the reference signal comprises any one of the following: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), or a synchronization signal block (SSB).

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the reference signal configuration information comprises baseline resource configuration information used by the terminal device for path power measurement.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the measurement reporting configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
a quantity of to-be-reported reference signal received powers (RSRPs);
whether a path power needs to be reported; and
a quantity of powers to be reported in a path when the path power needs to be reported.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the reference signal measurement result comprises at least one of reference signal received power (RSRP) and path power.

11. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following steps:
sending to a terminal device a request message requesting capability information of the terminal device;
receiving capability information of the terminal device from the terminal device; and
determining reference signal configuration information and measurement reporting configuration information based on the capability information of the terminal device, wherein the capability information of the terminal device comprises at least one of the following:
a quantity of receive beams;
a quantity of receive antenna panels;
whether path power reporting is supported; and
a quantity of paths whose powers can be reported when path power reporting is supported;

providing assistance information for the terminal device, the assistance information comprising information about one or more cells for determining position of the terminal device and the reference signal configuration information of each of the one or more cells, the reference signal configuration information including at least one of time domain resource information, frequency domain resource information or sequence information;
providing a first request message for the terminal device, the first request message comprising the measurement reporting configuration information, the measurement reporting configuration information including a report of a power metric;
receiving, from the terminal device, a reference signal measurement result of each of the one or more cells, the reference signal measurement result being obtained based on the measurement reporting configuration information;
determining, based on the reference signal measurement result, a downlink angle of departure (DAOD) of the terminal device relative to each of the one or more cells.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the reference signal comprises any one of the following: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a position

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yi

Classifications

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

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

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W52/42

  in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity · CPC title

• H04W52/367

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title