Method and device for positioning terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12593306-B2
Application number	US-202218261828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2022
Priority date	Jan 18, 2021
Publication date	Mar 31, 2026
Grant date	Mar 31, 2026

Abstract

A method and a device for positioning a terminal are provided. The method includes: measuring, by the terminal, a downlink positioning reference signal of a TRP, to obtain a measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal, where at least one downlink positioning reference signal is measured by using at least two reception beams to obtain at least two measurement results; and transmitting, by the terminal, the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal of the TRP to a network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of positioning a terminal, comprising:
measuring, by the terminal, a downlink positioning reference signal of a transmission and reception point (TRP), to obtain a measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal, wherein at least one downlink positioning reference signal is measured by using at least two reception beams to obtain at least two measurement results; and transmitting, by the terminal, the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal of the TRP to a network; wherein before the measuring the downlink positioning reference signal of the TRP the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal, positioning measurement configuration information sent by the network, wherein the positioning measurement configuration information comprises configuration information on T TRPs and on a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals of each TRP; and determining, by the terminal based on the positioning measurement configuration information and/or a terminal measurement capability, the quantity of measurement results for each downlink positioning reference signal of each TRP, wherein different measurement results correspond to different reception beams of the terminal, respectively, and at least one downlink positioning reference signal has at least two measurement results; wherein the terminal measurement capability comprises at least one of the following: the terminal supports reporting a maximum of P measurement results for a same downlink positioning reference signal; the terminal supports reporting a maximum of Q measurement results for a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals of a same TRP; or, the terminal supports reporting a maximum of R measurement results for a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals of a plurality of TRPs; wherein the determining, by the terminal based on the positioning measurement configuration information and/or the terminal measurement capability, the quantity of measurement results for the each downlink positioning reference signal of the each TRP comprises: in a case that downlink positioning reference signals configured by the positioning measurement configuration information are beyond the terminal measurement capability, determining, by the terminal, the quantity of measurement results for each downlink positioning reference signal of each TRP based on the following items with a priority order in the sequence listed: the quantity of TRPs to be measured; the quantity of downlink positioning reference signals to be measured; the quantity of measurement results for one downlink positioning reference signal at a plurality of reception beams.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal comprises: a received quality measurement value of the downlink positioning reference signal and corresponding reception beam indication information; wherein the reception beam indication information comprises one or more of the following: a beam index of a reception beam, beam response information of the reception beam, a beam feature of the reception beam, or a beamforming weight of the reception beam.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal further comprises:
line-of-sight/non-line-of-sight indication information corresponding to the received quality measurement value of the downlink positioning reference signal; wherein the line-of-sight/non-line-of-sight indication information comprises one or more of the following: a line of sight, a non-line of sight, a probability for line of sight, a probability for non-line of sight, a probability distribution curve for line of sight, or a probability distribution curve for non-line of sight.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning measurement configuration information is further used to indicate reporting a processing result corresponding to line of sight only; and
the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal of the TRP, which is transmitted by the terminal, correspond to the line of sight.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the terminal, quantity information of reception beams supported by the terminal to the network.

6 . A method of positioning a terminal, comprising:
transmitting, by a network side device, positioning measurement configuration information to the terminal, wherein the positioning measurement configuration information comprises configuration information on T transmission and reception points (TRPs) and on a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals of each TRP; receiving, by a network side device, measurement results for downlink positioning reference signals of a plurality of TRPs transmitted by the terminal, wherein the quantity of measurement results for each downlink positioning reference signal of each TRP is determined based on the positioning measurement configuration information and/or a terminal measurement capability, different measurement results correspond to different reception beams of the terminal, respectively, and at least one downlink positioning reference signal has two measurement results corresponding to at least two reception beams of the terminal respectively; and performing, by the network side device, terminal positioning based on the measurement results for the downlink positioning reference signals of the plurality of TRPs; wherein the terminal measurement capability comprises at least one of the following: the terminal supports reporting a maximum of P measurement results for a same downlink positioning reference signal; the terminal supports reporting a maximum of Q measurement results for a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals of a same TRP; or, the terminal supports reporting a maximum of R measurement results for a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals of a plurality of TRPs; wherein the determining, by the terminal based on the positioning measurement configuration information and/or the terminal measurement capability, the quantity of measurement results for the each downlink positioning reference signal of the each TRP comprises: in a case that downlink positioning reference signals configured by the positioning measurement configuration information are beyond the terminal measurement capability, determining, by the terminal, the quantity of measurement results for each downlink positioning reference signal of each TRP based on the following items with a priority order in the sequence listed: the quantity of TRPs to be measured; the quantity of downlink positioning reference signals to be measured; the quantity of measurement results for one downlink positioning reference signal at a plurality of reception beams.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving, by the network side device, quantity information of reception beams supported by the terminal that is sent by the terminal; and determining, by the network side device, the positioning measurement configuration information based on the quantity information of reception beams supported by the terminal.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal comprises:
a received quality measurement value of the downlink positioning reference signal and corresponding reception beam indication information; wherein the reception beam indication information comprises one or more of the following: a beam index of a reception beam, beam response information of the reception beam, a beam feature of the recep

Assignees

• Datang mobile communications equipment co ltd

Inventors

• Li Hui
• Ren Bin
• Ren Xiaotao
• Da Ren

Classifications

• H04W24/10

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• H04L5/0051

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• H04L5/0035

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• G01S5/0036

  of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station · CPC title

• G01S5/0218

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