Positioning information transmission method and apparatus, terminal, and network-side device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12439405-B2
Application number	US-202218147561-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2022
Priority date	Jul 3, 2020
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

This application discloses an information transmission method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network-side device, which belongs to the field of communications technology. The information transmission method of this application includes: determining a physical channel used for transmitting positioning information, where the physical channel includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel PUCCH or a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; and sending the physical channel, where the positioning information is mapped to the physical channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information transmission method performed by a terminal, comprising:
determining a physical channel used for transmitting positioning information, wherein the physical channel comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and
sending the physical channel, wherein the positioning information is mapped to the physical channel;
wherein the determining a physical channel used for transmitting positioning information comprises:
determining the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information according to first information; and
the first information comprises at least one of the following:
feature information of the positioning information; or
feature information of the physical channel;
wherein the feature information of the positioning information comprises at least one of the following:
a periodicity feature of the positioning information, content of the positioning information, or a priority of the positioning information; and/or
the feature information of the physical channel comprises at least one of the following:
a type of the physical channel,
a scheduling time of the physical channel, or a scheduling resource of the physical channel.

2. The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the PUSCH comprises a configured grant PUSCH.

3. The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning information comprises at least one of the following:
location information;
location measurement information; or
positioning state information.

4. The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the physical channel comprises:
according to a mapping rule, mapping the positioning information to the physical channel, and sending the physical channel, wherein
the mapping rule comprises a first mapping rule specified in a protocol, a second mapping rule indicated by higher layer signaling, or a third mapping rule indicated by downlink control information (DCI).

5. The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the physical channel comprises:
determining a mapping priority of the positioning information; and
according to the mapping priority of the positioning information, mapping the positioning information to the physical channel, and sending the physical channel.

6. The information transmission method according to claim 5 , wherein the according to the mapping priority of the positioning information, mapping the positioning information to the physical channel comprises:
in a case that the mapping priority of the positioning information is higher than a mapping priority of first information, preferentially mapping the positioning information to the physical channel, wherein the first information is information that needs to be mapped to the physical channel.

7. The information transmission method according to claim 5 , wherein the determining a mapping priority of the positioning information comprises:
determining the mapping priority of the positioning information according to second information sent by a network device, features of the positioning information, and/or a protocol agreement.

8. The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the physical channel comprises:
sending the physical channel according to a transmission priority of the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information.

9. The information transmission method according to claim 8 , wherein the transmission priority is determined according to a priority of the physical channel, features of the positioning information, and/or second information sent by a network device.

10. The information transmission method according to claim 7 , wherein the second information is used for indicating at least one of the following:
the priority of the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information;
a priority of the positioning information; or
the mapping priority of the positioning information.

11. The information transmission method according to claim 10 , wherein the second information is carried by request information of the positioning information, or the second information is carried by downlink control information (DCI), or the second information is carried by a radio resource control (RRC) message, or the second information is carried by a media access layer control (MAC) message.

12. The information transmission method according to claim 8 , wherein the sending the physical channel according to a transmission priority of the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information comprises:
in a case that at least two resources overlap, sending a first resource according to transmission priorities of the at least two resources, wherein
the first resource is the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information.

13. The information transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information is the PUCCH, the positioning information further comprises:
indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that information to be reported is the location information or the location measurement information.

14. The information transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein in a case that the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information is the configured grant PUSCH, configuration information of the configured grant PUSCH comprises at least one of the following:
a period;
a time domain offset;
a priority;
indication information; or
resource information.

15. The information transmission method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
in a case that the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information is the configured grant PUSCH, activating the configured grant PUSCH in at least one of the following manners;
activating the configured grant PUSCH through DCI scrambled by a configured scheduling-radio network temporary identifier (CS-RNTI);
activating the configured grant PUSCH through RRC configuration;
simultaneously activating the configured grant PUSCH through activating reference signal measurement; or
activating the configured grant PUSCH through a medium access control control element (MAC CE).

16. The information transmission method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
in a case that the physical channel used for transmitting the positioning information is the configured grant PUSCH, deactivating the configured grant PUSCH in at least one of the following manners;
deactivating the configured grant PUSCH through DCI scrambled by a CS-RNTI;
deactivating the configured grant PUSCH through RRC reconfiguration;
simultaneously deactivating the configured grant PUSCH through deactivating reference signal measurement;
deactivating the configured grant PUSCH through a MAC CE; or
deactivating the configured grant PUSCH through timer expiration.

17. A terminal, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing a program or instruction that is executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to:
determine a physical channel used for transmitting positioning information, wherein the physical channel comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and
send the physical channel, w

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yuanyuan
• Wu Huaming
• Si Ye
• Zhuang Zixun

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/566

  of the information or information source or recipient · CPC title

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04L5/0069

  Allocation based on distance or geographical location · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title