Transmission of control information associated with sidelink positioning reference signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025055625-A1
Application number	US-202418928840-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 28, 2024
Priority date	Jul 19, 2022
Publication date	Feb 13, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transmission of control information associated with sidelink positioning reference signal. In an example method, a first terminal device in a radio access network comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first terminal device to: transmit, to a second terminal device in the radio access network, control information associated with a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) during a SL positioning session for positioning of the second terminal device, using a resource for the control information in a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) symbol or in at least one symbol dedicated for the control information. In this way, the first terminal device can efficiently transmit control information to the second terminal device with backward compatibility.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A first terminal device in a radio access network, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first terminal device to: transmit, to a second terminal device in the radio access network, control information associated with a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) during a SL positioning session for positioning of the second terminal device, using a resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS in a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) symbol or in at least one symbol dedicated for the control information associated with the SL PRS.

2 . The first terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the control information associated with the SL PRS indicates at least one of:
a resource for the SL PRS, the resource for the SL PRS being comprised in at least one of: at least one Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbol or at least one symbol dedicated for the SL PRS, an identifier of a resource pool comprising the resource for the SL PRS, and an offset indicating the number of slots after which the SL PRS is to be transmitted.

3 . The first terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the first terminal device is further caused to:
receive, from a network device in the radio access network, configuration information associated with SL positioning sessions for positioning of at least one terminal device in the radio access network; and determine the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS and the resource for the SL PRS based on the configuration information.

4 . The first terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal device is further caused to:
transmit, to the second terminal device, the control information associated with the SL PRS, using the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS in at least one Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) symbol.

5 . The first terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the first terminal device is an anchor terminal device, the first terminal device is further caused to determine the resource for the SL PRS based on at least one of:
a number of terminal devices in the radio access network in SL positioning sessions, criticality of the SL positioning session indicated in a positioning quality of service (QoS), and resource availability at the anchor terminal device.

6 . The first terminal device of claim 2 , wherein:
the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS and the resource the SL PRS are comprised in a resource pool.

7 . The first terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the control information associated with the SL PRS is comprised in a sidelink control information (SCI).

8 . The first terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the configuration information indicates at least one of:
a plurality of slots for SL positioning sessions, whether the resource for control information associated with the SL PRS is in at least one PSFCH symbol, at least one PSCCH symbol, and at least one symbol dedicated for the control information, whether the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS and the resource for the SL PRS are in different resource pools, and whether the resource for SL PRS is in at least one DRMS symbol or the at least one symbol dedicated for the SL PRS.

9 . The first terminal device of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is comprised in a broadcast downlink (DL) radio resource control (RRC) system information block (SIB) message.

10 . A second terminal device in a radio access network, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the second terminal device to: receive, from a first terminal device in the radio access network, control information associated with a sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) during a SL positioning session for positioning of the second terminal device, using the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS in a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) symbol or in at least one symbols dedicated for the control information associated with the SL PRS.

11 . The second terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the control information associated with the SL PRS indicates at least one of:
a resource for the SL PRS, the resource for the SL PRS being comprised in at least one of: at least one Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbol or at least one symbol dedicated for the SL PRS, an identifier of a resource pool comprising the resource for the SL PRS, and an offset indicating the number of slots after which the SL PRS is to be transmitted.

12 . The second terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the second terminal device is further caused to:
receive, from a network device in a radio access network, configuration information associated with SL positioning sessions for positioning of at least one terminal device in the radio access network.

13 . The second terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the second terminal device is further caused to:
receive, from the first terminal device, the control information using the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS in at least one Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) symbol.

14 . The second terminal device of claim 11 , wherein:
the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS and the resource for the SL PRS are comprised in a resource pool.

15 . The second terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the control information associated with the SL PRS is comprised in a sidelink control information (SCI).

16 . The second terminal device of claim 12 , wherein the configuration information associated with SL PRS indicates at least one of:
a plurality of slots associated with SL positioning sessions, whether the resource for control information associated with the SL PRS is in at least one PSFCH symbol, at least one PSCCH symbol, and at least one symbol dedicated for the control information associated with the SL PRS, and whether the resource for the control information associated with the SL PRS and the resource for the SL PRS are in different resource pools.

17 . The second terminal device of claim 16 , wherein the configuration information is comprised in a broadcast downlink (DL) radio resource control (RRC) system information block (SIB) message.

18 . A network device in a radio access network, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network device to: transmit to at least one terminal device in the radio access network, configuration information associated with sidelink (SL) positioning sessions for positioning of at least one terminal device in the radio access network.

19 . The network device of claim 18 , wherein the configuration information indicates at least one of:
a plurality of slots for SL positioning sessions, whether resource for control information is in at least one of: a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) symbol, at least one Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) symbol, and at least one symbol dedicated for the control information,

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Sahin Taylan
• Wildschek Torsten
• Michalopoulos Diomidis
• Liu Yong
• Säily Mikko
• Panzner Berthold
• Kumar Dileep

Classifications

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W72/25 Primary

  between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

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