Impulse radio ultra-wideband (ir-uwb) using long- term evolution (lte) positioning protocol (lpp)

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12550103-B2
Application number	US-202218256991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2022
Priority date	Feb 8, 2021
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a network entity, a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP) capabilities message, the LPP capabilities message including one or more capability parameters indicating capabilities of the UE to engage in a positioning session with at least one network node, the positioning session comprising an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) ranging procedure between the UE and the at least one network node, receives, from the network entity, an LPP assistance data message, the LPP assistance data message including one or more assistance parameters configuring the UE to perform at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure, and performs at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure based at least on the one or more assistance parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting, to a network entity, a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP) capabilities message, the LPP capabilities message including one or more capability parameters indicating capabilities of the UE to engage in a positioning session with at least one network node, the positioning session comprising an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) ranging procedure between the UE and the at least one network node; receiving, from the network entity, an LPP assistance data message, the LPP assistance data message including one or more assistance parameters configuring the UE to perform at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure; and performing at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure based at least on the one or more assistance parameters, wherein the one or more capability parameters comprise:
an identification of one or more synchronization header (SHR) preambles supported by the UE,
whether the UE supports two-way time of arrival (TW-TOA) IR-UWB ranging procedures,
whether the UE supports symmetric double-sided two-way time of arrival (SDS-TW-TOA) IR-UWB ranging procedures, or
any combination thereof.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more assistance parameters comprise:
an indication of an IR-UWB SHR preamble to use for the IR-UWB ranging procedure, an indication of whether the IR-UWB ranging procedure is a TW-TOA IR-UWB ranging procedure or an SDS-TW-TOW IR-UWB ranging procedure, an indication of a carrier frequency to use for the IR-UWB ranging procedure, an identifier of the at least one network node, or any combination thereof.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more assistance parameters comprise:
an indication of how the IR-UWB ranging procedure will be activated by the network entity, an indication of whether the UE is expected to report results of the IR-UWB ranging procedure, an indication of how the UE is expected to report the results of the IR-UWB ranging procedure, an indication of whether joint positioning using an LTE or New Radio (NR) positioning procedure and the IR-UWB ranging procedure is enabled, or any combination thereof.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing at least the IR-UWB ranging procedure comprises:
transmitting at least one IR-UWB ranging request signal to the at least one network node over an IR-UWB communication link between the UE and the at least one network node; measuring at least one IR-UWB ranging response signal from the at least one network node over the IR-UWB communication link; and receiving a timestamp report from the at least one network node.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the timestamp report comprises an IR-UWB timestamp report, and the IR-UWB timestamp report is received over the IR-UWB communication link.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting a measurement report to a positioning entity using IR-UWB signaling.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the timestamp report comprises an LTE or NR timestamp report, and the LTE or NR timestamp report is received over an LTE or NR communication link between the UE and the at least one network node.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a bandwidth of the IR-UWB communication link overlaps a bandwidth of the LTE or NR communication link.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a bandwidth of the IR-UWB communication link does not overlap a bandwidth of the LTE or NR communication link.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
transmitting a measurement report to a positioning entity using LTE or NR signaling.

11 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
performing, over an LTE or NR communication link between the UE and the at least one network node, an LTE or NR positioning procedure with the at least one network node, in addition to the IR-UWB ranging procedure.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein performing the LTE or NR positioning procedure comprises:
transmitting a measurement report for the LTE or NR positioning procedure to a positioning entity.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein transmitting the LPP capabilities message comprises:
transmitting the measurement report to the positioning entity using IR-UWB signaling.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein transmitting the LPP capabilities message comprises:
transmitting the measurement report to the positioning entity using LTE or NR signaling.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a bandwidth of the IR-UWB communication link overlaps a bandwidth of the LTE or NR communication link.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a bandwidth of the IR-UWB communication link does not overlap a bandwidth of the LTE or NR communication link.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein:
the UE is equipped with an IR-UWB transceiver and an LTE or NR transceiver, the IR-UWB transceiver and the LTE or NR transceiver are synchronized, the IR-UWB ranging procedure is performed using the IR-UWB transceiver, and the LTE or NR positioning procedure is performed using the LTE or NR transceiver.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
adjusting one or more measurement results from the LTE or NR positioning procedure based on one or more measurement results from the IR-UWB ranging procedure.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the IR-UWB ranging request signal, the IR-UWB ranging response signal, or both are mapped to one or more positioning reference signal (PRS) resources scheduled on the LTE or NR communication link to enable the UE to adjust the one or more measurement results from the LTE or NR positioning procedure based on the one or more measurement results from the IR-UWB ranging procedure.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein:
the one or more PRS resources are scheduled periodically, and the IR-UWB ranging request signal, the IR-UWB ranging response signal, or both are scheduled on-demand.

21 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more assistance parameters comprise:
an indication of a frequency band, cell, component carrier, or any combination thereof associated with the IR-UWB ranging request signal, the IR-UWB ranging response signal, or both, a configuration of PRS resources scheduled on the LTE or NR communication link, an indication of resource association between the LTE or NR communication link and the IR-UWB communication link, or any combination thereof.

22 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
aggregating the IR-UWB communication link and the LTE or NR communication link based on carrier aggregation, dual connectivity, or both.

23 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the IR-UWB communication link comprises an NR communication link having an effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) limit less than or equal to 41 decibel-milliwatts (dBm) and a channel bandwidth of 500 megahertz (MHz).

24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein a waveform of the IR-UWB ranging request signal, the IR-UWB ranging response signal, or both is:
an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform, an IR-based waveform.

25 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the at least one network node, a trigger to perform the IR-UWB ranging procedure in a medium access control control element (MAC-CE), downlink control information (DCI), or both.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Takeda Kazuki
• Rico Alvarino Alberto
• Saha Chiranjib
• Sengupta Ayan
• Manolakos Alexandros

Classifications

• H04B1/7163

  using impulse radio · CPC title

• G01S13/76

  wherein pulse-type signals are transmitted · CPC title

• G01S13/0209

  Systems with very large relative bandwidth, i.e. larger than 10 %, e.g. baseband, pulse, carrier-free, ultrawideband · CPC title

• H04W76/16

  Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer · CPC title

• H04W72/1215

  for collaboration of different radio technologies · CPC title