Enabling target localization with bi/multi-static measurements in NR

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12405362-B2
Application number	US-202118032047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2021
Priority date	Oct 14, 2020
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed herein associated with enabling target localization with bi/multi-static measurements in new radio (NR). Bi-static or multi-static configurations with potential targets may be formed with nodes (e.g., WTRUs, gNBs, etc.) of mobile wireless communication systems, for example, to enable target localization applications. Target localization may be enhanced based on using determined configurations to reduce target localization estimation errors.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising,
a processor configured to:
send a localization request to a set of WTRUs;
receive a plurality of localization responses, wherein each localization response in the plurality of localization responses is associated with a respective WTRU in the set of WTRUs;
determine, based on the received plurality of localization responses, a first subset of WTRUs, wherein the first subset of WTRUs is a subset of the set of WTRUs;
send initial measurement configuration information to the first subset of WTRUs, wherein the initial measurement configuration information indicates a reference signal transmission parameter;
receive a first reference signal from a second WTRU, wherein the second WTRU is in the first subset of WTRUs;
perform a first measurement associated with a first object using the first reference signal; and
determine, based on the first measurement, the first object and a first object estimation error.

2. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine if the first object estimation error is above a threshold; and
select a second subset of WTRUs based on a determination that the first object estimation error is above the threshold, wherein the second subset of WTRUs is a subset of the first subset of WTRUs.

3. The first WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
send a second reference signal associated with the first WTRU to a third WTRU, wherein the third WTRU is a receiving WTRU in the second subset of WTRUs;
receive a second measurement from the third WTRU, wherein the second measurement is associated with the second reference signal; and
determine, based on the second measurement, a second object and a second object estimation error, wherein the second object is a refined estimate of the first object, and wherein the second object estimation error is a refined estimate of the first object estimation error.

4. The first WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform a second measurement with a second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal is from the second subset of WTRUs; and
determine, based on the second measurement, a second object and a second object estimation error, wherein the second object is a refined estimate of the first object, and wherein the second object estimation error is a refined estimate of the first object estimation error.

5. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal transmission parameter is associated with the first subset of WTRUs.

6. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
send one or more of the first object, the first object estimation error, a second object, or a second object estimation error to one or more of a network or one or more WTRUs.

7. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first object estimation error is an estimation error associated with a location associated with the first object.

8. A method for a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising,
sending a localization request to a set of WTRUs;
receiving a plurality of localization responses, wherein each localization response in the plurality of localization responses is associated with a respective WTRU in the set of WTRUs;
determining, based on the received plurality of localization responses, a first subset of WTRUs, wherein the first subset of WTRUs is a subset of the set of WTRUs;
sending initial measurement configuration information to the first subset of WTRUs, wherein the initial measurement configuration information indicates a reference signal transmission parameter;
receiving a first reference signal from a second WTRU, wherein the second WTRU is in the first subset of WTRUs;
performing a first measurement associated with a first object using the first reference signal; and
determining, based on the first measurement, the first object and a first object estimation error.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining if the first object estimation error is above a threshold; and
selecting a second subset of WTRUs based on a determination that the first object estimation error is above the threshold, wherein the second subset of WTRUs is a subset of the first subset of WTRUs.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending a second reference signal associated with the first WTRU to a third WTRU, wherein the third WTRU is a receiving WTRU in the second subset of WTRUs;
receiving a second measurement from the third WTRU, wherein the second measurement is associated with the second reference signal; and
determining, based on the second measurement, a second object and a second object estimation error, wherein the second object is a refined estimate of the first object, and wherein the second object estimation error is a refined estimate of the first object estimation error.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
performing a second measurement with a second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal is from the second subset of WTRUs; and
determining, based on the second measurement, a second object and a second object estimation error, wherein the second object is a refined estimate of the first object, and wherein the second object estimation error is a refined estimate of the first object estimation error.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the reference signal transmission parameter is associated with the first subset of WTRUs.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending one or more of the first object, the first object estimation error, a second object, or a second object estimation error to one or more of a network or one or more WTRUs.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first object estimation error is an estimation error associated with a location associated with the first object.

Assignees

• Interdigital Patent Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Goyal Sanjay
• Beluri Mihaela
• Kanhere Ojas
• Pragada Ravikumar
• Elkotby Hussain
• Cabrol Patrick
• Haque Tanbir
• Demir Alpaslan

Classifications

• G01S7/003

  Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations · CPC title

• G01S7/40

  Means for monitoring or calibrating · CPC title

• G01S13/003 Primary

  Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems · CPC title