Positioning Method and Device between UEs, Communication Device, and Storage Medium

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium for positioning between UEs. The method includes: receiving a relative position positioning request; and, based on the relative position positioning request, issuing a resource configuration to a first UE and a second UE, respectively; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to transmit an uplink (UL) sounding reference signal (SRS); wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of wireless communications but are not limited to the field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for locating the relative positions of user equipment (UE), a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] Currently, the fifth generation of mobile communication (5 th Multiple positioning technologies have been standardized in the New Radio (NR) of the 5G Generation (5G) to enable UE positioning. The network can initiate positioning of the UE to obtain UE location information, and the UE can also initiate positioning requests to the network to obtain its own location information. This location information represents the UE's absolute position. Currently, NR does not support relative positioning. The so-called relative position indicates the position of one UE relative to another UE, that is, the distance between the two UEs and the angular relationship between the two UEs. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for positioning the relative positions of UEs, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0004] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments (UEs), wherein the method includes:

[0005] Receiving a relative position positioning request;

[0006] According to the phase position positioning request, resource configuration is sent to the first UE and the second UE respectively; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and the second UE to send uplink (UL) sounding reference signals (SRS) respectively; wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0007] A second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments (UEs), which is applied to a first UE and includes:

[0008] Receive resource configuration;

[0009] Sending a UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0010] The UL SRS sent by the second UE is measured according to the resource configuration, and a first measurement result is formed; wherein the first measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0011] A third aspect of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments (UEs), which is applied to a second UE and includes:

[0012] Receive resource configuration;

[0013] Sending a UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0014] The UL SRS sent by the first UE is measured according to the resource configuration, and a second measurement result is formed; wherein the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0015] A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments (UEs), wherein the method includes:

[0016] Receive the request message reported by the UE;

[0017] Sending a relative position positioning request to the access network according to the request message;

[0018] The relative position positioning request is used to trigger the base station to configure transmission resources for transmitting UL SRS for the first UE and / or the second UE, and the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0019] A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a positioning device between UEs, wherein the device includes: a first receiving module and a first sending module;

[0020] The first receiving module is configured to receive a relative position positioning request;

[0021] The first sending module is configured to send resource configuration to the first UE and the second UE respectively according to the phase position positioning request; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink UL sounding reference signal SRS; wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0022] A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a positioning device between user equipments (UEs), wherein the device is applied to a first UE and includes: a second receiving module, a second sending module, and a first measuring module;

[0023] The second receiving module is configured to receive resource configuration;

[0024] The second sending module is configured to send a UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0025] The first measurement module is configured to measure the UL SRS sent by the second UE according to the resource configuration and form a first measurement result; wherein the first measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0026] A seventh aspect of the present disclosure provides a positioning apparatus between user equipments (UEs), which is applied to a second UE and includes:

[0027] A third receiving module is configured to receive resource configuration;

[0028] a third sending module, configured to send a UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0029] The second measurement module is configured to measure the UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the resource configuration and form a second measurement result; wherein the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0030] An eighth aspect of the present disclosure provides a positioning apparatus between user equipments (UEs), wherein the apparatus includes:

[0031] a fourth receiving module, configured to receive a request message reported by the UE;

[0032] a fourth sending module, configured to send a relative position positioning request to the access network according to the request message;

[0033] The relative position positioning request is used to trigger the base station to configure transmission resources for transmitting UL SRS for the first UE and / or the second UE, and the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0034] A ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor executes the methods provided in the first to fourth aspects above when running the executable program.

[0035] A tenth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, which stores an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the methods provided in the first to fourth aspects.

[0036] In the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, a base station configures resources for mutual positioning between UEs. The UEs then transmit and receive UL SRS signals on the transmission resources designated by the resource configuration, thereby measuring the relative position of the two UEs. Furthermore, because the transmission resources for UL SRS transmission by the UEs are configured by the base station, this reduces interference with cellular mobile communications between the UEs and the base station compared to the transmission and reception of positioning reference signals between the two UEs, thereby ensuring the quality of cellular mobile communications. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0038] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0039] Figure 2A This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0040] Figure 2B This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0041] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0042] Figure 4A This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0043] Figure 4B This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0044] Figure 5A This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0045] Figure 5B This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0046] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0047] Figure 7 is a structural diagram of a positioning apparatus between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment; and a positioning method between UEs;

[0048] Figure 8 This is a structural diagram of a positioning device between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0049] Figure 9 This is a structural diagram of a positioning device between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0050] Figure 10 This is a structural diagram of a positioning device between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0051] Figure 11 This is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a positioning method between UEs according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0052] Figure 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0053] Figure 13 The figure is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0054] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, with examples illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, when referring to the drawings, identical numerals in different figures represent identical or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments are not intended to represent all possible implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0055] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0056] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0057] In order to better describe any embodiment of the present disclosure, an embodiment of the present disclosure is illustratively described by taking an application scenario of an electric meter intelligent control system as an example.

[0058] Please refer to Figure 1 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 1 As shown, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: several terminals 11 and several base stations 12.

[0059] Terminal 11 may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. Terminal 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN). Terminal 11 may be an IoT terminal, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone), and a computer with an IoT terminal. For example, the terminal may be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted device. Examples include a station (STA), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, user device, or user equipment (terminal). Alternatively, terminal 11 may be a device on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Alternatively, terminal 11 may be an in-vehicle device, such as a vehicle-mounted computer with wireless communication capabilities, or a wireless terminal connected to an external vehicle-mounted computer. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a traffic light or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

[0060] The base station 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth-generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long-term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next-generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be referred to as a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).

[0061] Among them, the base station 12 can be an evolved base station (eNB) adopted in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 12 can also be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the base station 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a centralized unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DU). The centralized unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation method of the base station 12.

[0062] A wireless connection can be established between the base station 12 and the terminal 11 via a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0063] In some embodiments, E2E (End to End) connections can also be established between terminals 11. For example, in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication scenarios such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle), V2I (vehicle to infrastructure), and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian).

[0064] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13 .

[0065] Several base stations 12 are respectively connected to a network management device 13. The network management device 13 can be a core network device in a wireless communication system. For example, the network management device 13 can be a mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet core (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device can also be other core network devices, such as a serving gateway (SGW), a public data network gateway (PGW), a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), or a home subscriber server (HSS). The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the implementation form of the network management device 13.

[0066] like Figure 2A As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments UEs, wherein the method includes:

[0067] S110: receiving a relative position positioning request;

[0068] S120: According to the phase position positioning request, resource configuration is issued; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink UL sounding reference signal SRS; wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0069] For example, if a first UE is separately configured with transmission resources for sending a UL SRS, a second UE can measure the UL SRS sent by the first UE on the configured transmission resources to obtain a measurement result, which can be used by the second UE to determine its relative position to the first UE. If the first UE needs to know the relative position between itself and the second UE, the second UE can report its measured relative position to the base station, which then sends it to the first UE.

[0070] For another example, if a second UE is separately configured with transmission resources for sending UL SRS, the first UE can measure the UL SRS sent by the second UE on the configured transmission resources to obtain a measurement result, which can be used by the first UE to determine the relative position between itself and the second UE. If the second UE needs to know the relative position between itself and the first UE, the first UE can report its measured relative position to the base station, which then sends it to the second UE.

[0071] In another embodiment, the base station sends UL SRS configuration transmission resources to the first UE and the second UE respectively. Figure 2B As shown, the method may further include:

[0072] S130: Receive a second measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the second UE to the first UE;

[0073] S140: Send the second measurement result to the first UE; wherein the second measurement result is used together with the first measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the first UE to the second UE to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0074] UEs can locate each other, but this is done through direct device-to-device connections, which requires the UEs to support direct communication interfaces and increases the complexity of the UEs. In the disclosed embodiments, two UEs that need to locate each other need to complete relative positioning on the uplink Uu interface based on the positioning measurement resources allocated by the base station.

[0075] For example, the two UEs may be located in one cell, in adjacent cells, or in two non-adjacent cells.

[0076] This method is applied to a base station group, which may include one or more base stations. For example, if two UEs to be located are located in the same cell, the base station is the base station where the two UEs reside or are connected. If the two UEs are located in different cells, the base station group may include two adjacent base stations.

[0077] Of course, the above is only an example of an execution subject of the positioning method between UEs. In a specific implementation process, the positioning method between UEs can be applied to access devices of one or more access networks, of which a base station is one type of access device.

[0078] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station participates in the resource configuration for the mutual positioning measurement between the first UE and the second UE, thereby reducing the poor wireless environment caused by the first UE and the second UE randomly selecting resources to send positioning reference signals, and the interference with the normal communication of other UEs, thereby improving the overall communication quality of the cellular cell.

[0079] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resources allocated by the base station side for the first UE and the second UE can both be UL SRS resources. Therefore, the first UE and the second UE will send UL SRS on the UL SRS resources according to the resource configuration, and measure the UL SRS transmitted by other UEs, thereby realizing the measurement of the relative position between the first UE and the second UE through signal measurement.

[0080] The relative positions between the UEs herein may include: a relative distance and a relative angle between the first UE and the second UE.

[0081] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first UE and the second UE reuse the UL SRS originally used for uplink positioning between the base station and the UE to perform relative positioning between the two UEs, which can be compatible with the cellular communication technology in the related technology to the greatest extent and has the characteristics of simple operation.

[0082] The first measurement result and the second measurement result may include at least one of the following:

[0083] RX-TXdifference;

[0084] Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) of the received SRS;

[0085] Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ) of the received SRS;

[0086] Angle-of-Arrival (AOA) of the received SRS.

[0087] After either the first UE or the second UE receives the measurement result of the other UE, the relative position between the first UE and the second UE can be calculated based on its own measurement result.

[0088] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first UE may be: an initializing UE that initiates relative position measurement between UEs, or a target UE that participates in relative position measurement between UEs. Of course, the second UE may also be an initializing UE that initiates relative position measurement between UEs, or a target UE that participates in relative position measurement between UEs.

[0089] In summary, one of the first UE and the second UE is an initialization UE, and the other is a target UE.

[0090] After receiving the second measurement result of the second UE, the base station will forward the second measurement result to the first UE so that the first UE can calculate the relative position with the second UE. In this way, positioning measurement between UEs can be easily achieved while minimizing interference to cellular communications.

[0091] In some embodiments, the relative position positioning request includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE and a relative position measurement indication.

[0092] The relative positioning request may be issued by a network element of the core network, which may include but is not limited to an access management function (AMF) or a location management function (LMF).

[0093] The relative position positioning request may be formed by the inter-UE positioning request sent by the initializing UE. For example, after receiving the positioning request sent by the initializing UE, the AMF or LMF sends the aforementioned relative position positioning request to the base station.

[0094] The AMF or LMF will carry the identification information of the first UE and the second UE in the relative position positioning request, and will also provide a relative position measurement indication. In this way, after the base station receives the relative position positioning request, it can know that the relative position positioning request is used to locate the relative position between the two UEs, rather than the relative position between the UE and the base station, compared with the relative positioning request that only carries the identification information of one UE.

[0095] The relative position measurement indication indicates that the request is for relative positioning. At this time, after receiving the relative position positioning request, the base station will schedule positioning resources according to the request and issue the scheduled resource configuration to facilitate the transmission of positioning reference signals and positioning measurements between UEs.

[0096] In some embodiments, as Figure 3 As shown, the method further includes:

[0097] S121: Send an activation instruction; wherein, the activation instruction is used to activate the transmission resource; after the transmission resource is activated, it is used for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink UL sounding reference signal SRS. After the transmission resource is activated, it is used for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink UL sounding reference signal SRS respectively.

[0098] In some embodiments, after the resource configuration is issued, the resources are merely pre-configured, and activation instructions are required for activation when they are used.

[0099] The activation instruction includes but is not limited to: Downlink Control Information (DCI). In other embodiments, the activation instruction may also be: RRC signaling and / or MAC CE.

[0100] In this way, when the base station finds that the UL SRS is not used for uplink positioning or the UE has no uplink data to send, it sends the activation instruction to activate the transmission resource for mutual positioning between UEs, thereby cleverly resolving resource conflicts in the resource reuse process.

[0101] In some embodiments, the resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS;

[0102] The issuing of resource configuration according to the phase position location request includes:

[0103] The first configuration and the second configuration are sent to the first UE respectively; and / or the first configuration and the second configuration are sent to the second UE respectively.

[0104] The first UE needs to measure the UL SRS sent by the second UE; and similarly, the second UE needs to measure the SRS sent by the first UE. Therefore, when the base station sends the resource configuration, it will not only send the resource configuration of the UL SRS to the first UE, but also send the resource configuration of the UL SRS sent by the second UE, so as to facilitate the first UE to receive the UL SRS sent by the second UE during the transmission of the UL SRS sent by the second UE. Similarly, when the base station sends the resource configuration, it will not only send the resource configuration of the UL SRS to the second UE, but also send the resource configuration of the UL SRS sent by the first UE, so as to facilitate the second UE to receive the UL SRS sent by the first UE during the transmission of the UL SRS sent by the first UE.

[0105] In some embodiments, when sending down the resource configuration, the base station will carry the identification information of the first UE and the second UE, so as to distinguish the transmission resources for sending UL SRS by the first UE and the second UE respectively in the resource configuration.

[0106] The resource configuration for the first UE and the second UE to send UL SRS can be sent in one signaling or in different signalings. The specific method of sending the resource configuration can be specified by the communication protocol or pre-negotiated by the UE and the base station, and will not be further defined here.

[0107] like Figure 4AAs shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments (UEs), which is applied to a first UE and includes:

[0108] S210: receiving resource configuration;

[0109] S220: Sending UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0110] S230: Measure the UL SRS sent by the second UE according to the resource configuration, and generate a first measurement result. The first measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0111] In one embodiment, the first UE may estimate the relative position between itself and the second UE based only on the first measurement result.

[0112] In another embodiment, Figure 4B As shown, the method further includes:

[0113] S240: Receive a second measurement result formed by the second UE measuring the UL SRS sent by the first UE;

[0114] S250: Determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE according to the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0115] In this way, the first UE will receive the second measurement result of the second UE, and thus combine the first measurement result and the second measurement result to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE, which is equivalent to determining the relative position between the first UE and the second UE based on a single first measurement result, which will be more accurate and more precise.

[0116] The positioning method is applied to a first UE, and the first UE may be an initialization UE or a target UE for performing relative position positioning between UEs.

[0117] After receiving the resource configuration, the first UE will send UL SRS according to the resource configuration, and will also measure the UL SRS of the second UE according to the resource configuration to form a first measurement result. The second measurement result may include the aforementioned RX-TX time difference, AOA, SRS-SRSQ / SRSP.

[0118] For example, the second UE sends UL SRS according to the resource configuration. Therefore, the first UE can determine the transmission time of the UL SRS sent by the second UE according to the resource configuration, and then calculate the transmission and reception time difference based on the reception time of the UL SRS sent by the second UE.

[0119] For another example, the UL SRS sent by the second UE may carry an accurate transmission time. Thus, the first UE can accurately calculate the transmission and reception time difference based on the reception time of the UL SRS sent by the second UE.

[0120] The measurement of the UL SRS transmitted by the first UE by the second UE is similar to the measurement of the UL SRS transmitted by the second UE by the first UE, and will not be repeated here.

[0121] By combining the first measurement of the second UE with the second measurement result of the first UE, the relative position between the first UE and the second UE can be determined.

[0122] This method is used to measure the phase position between the first UE and the second UE, which can reduce the poor wireless environment caused by directly sending the positioning reference signal for positioning measurement without resource scheduling of the base station, or reduce the interference with cellular mobile communications.

[0123] In some embodiments, the resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS;

[0124] The S210 includes: receiving the first configuration and / or the second configuration.

[0125] In an embodiment, the sending of the UL SRS according to the resource configuration includes: sending the UL SRS according to the first configuration.

[0126] The receiving, according to the resource configuration, the UL SRS sent by the second UE to form the first measurement result includes: receiving, according to the second configuration, the UL SRS sent by the second UE to form the first measurement result.

[0127] The resource configuration received by the first UE is a resource configuration in which two UEs send UL SRSs respectively. Therefore, the first UE can perform signal measurement and further positioning according to the resource configuration.

[0128] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0129] Receive activation instructions;

[0130] According to the activation instruction, the transmission resource corresponding to the resource configuration is activated; wherein the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resource.

[0131] The activation instruction may be: DCI or RRC signaling or MAC CE, so that the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resource according to the activation instruction, thereby reducing the conflict of UL SRS resource multiplexing.

[0132] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0133] Send a request message to the core network, wherein the request message is used to request measurement of the relative position between the first UE and the second UE, and trigger the core network to send a relative position positioning request to the access network to trigger the access network to send the resource configuration.

[0134] For example, the first UE sends a request message to the core network through transparent transmission of the base station, and specifically sends the request message to the access management function (AMF) or location management function (LMF) of the core network.

[0135] For example, the first UE sends a Positioning Protocol (LPP) message or a NAS message to the core network, where the LPP message or the NAS message carries the request information.

[0136] The request information requests measurement of a phase position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0137] After receiving the request information, the core network will send a relative position positioning request to the base station. The relative position positioning request sent to the base station can directly carry the request message, or extract the information content of the request message and re-encapsulate it into the relative position positioning request.

[0138] like Figure 5A As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments (UEs), which is applied to a second UE and includes:

[0139] S310: receiving resource configuration;

[0140] S320: Send a UL SRS according to the resource configuration; wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the second UE and the first UE.

[0141] In another embodiment, Figure 5B As shown, the method further includes:

[0142] S330: Measure the UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the resource configuration, and form a second measurement result;

[0143] S340: Send the second measurement result to the base station; after the base station sends the second measurement result to the first UE, the second measurement result is used to form a first measurement result formed by measuring the UL SRS sent by the second UE with the first UE to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0144] In some embodiments, the resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS;

[0145] The receiving resource configuration includes: receiving the first configuration and / or the second configuration.

[0146] The sending of UL SRS according to the resource configuration includes: sending UL SRS according to the first configuration; and / or, measuring the UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the resource configuration and forming a second measurement result includes: receiving the UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the first configuration and forming the second measurement result.

[0147] The resource configuration includes: a first configuration of transmission resources for sending a UL SRS to a first UE, and a second configuration of transmission resources for sending a UL SRS to a second UE.

[0148] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first UE sends a UL SRS according to a first configuration, and receives a UL SRS sent by a second UE according to a second configuration to form a first measurement result.

[0149] In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0150] Receive activation instructions;

[0151] According to the activation instruction, the transmission resource corresponding to the resource configuration is activated; wherein the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resource.

[0152] According to the activation instruction, after the transmission resources indicated by the resource configuration are activated, the first UE transmits and receives UL SRS to obtain a first measurement result, and receives a second measurement result of the second UE from the base station to easily complete the measurement of the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0153] like Figure 6 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method between user equipments UEs, wherein the method includes:

[0154] S410: Receive a request message reported by the UE;

[0155] S420: Sending a relative position positioning request to the access network according to the request message;

[0156] The relative position positioning request is used to trigger the base station to configure transmission resources for transmitting UL SRS for the first UE and / or the second UE, and the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0157] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the core network, for example, in the AMF or LMF of the core network.

[0158] After receiving the request message reported by the UE, a relative position positioning request is sent to the base station to trigger the base station to provide resources for the first UE and the second UE to perform relative position measurement between the UEs, so that the first UE and the second UE can perform relative position measurement under the transmission resources configured by the base station, thereby reducing resource interference with cellular communications.

[0159] In some embodiments, the request message includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE, and a relative position measurement indication;

[0160] The relative position positioning request includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE and a relative position measurement indication.

[0161] By carrying the identification information of the first UE and the second UE and the relative position measurement indication in the relative position positioning request, the base station can know which UEs need to be configured with transmission resources for transmitting UL SRS to perform relative position measurement between the UEs.

[0162] like Figure 7 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning device between UEs, wherein the device includes: a first receiving module 110 and a first sending module 120;

[0163] The first receiving module 110 is configured to receive a relative position positioning request;

[0164] The first sending module 120 is configured to send resource configuration to the first UE and the second UE respectively according to the phase position positioning request; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink UL sounding reference signal SRS;

[0165] The first receiving module 110 is further configured to receive a second measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the second UE to the first UE; and / or,

[0166] The first receiving module 110 is further configured to send the second measurement result to the first UE; wherein the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE together with the first measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the first UE to the second UE.

[0167] In some embodiments, the first sending module 120 and the first receiving module 110 may be program modules; after the program modules are executed by a processor, the aforementioned sending and receiving operations can be implemented.

[0168] In some other embodiments, the first transmitting module 120 and the first receiving module 110 may be a combination of hardware and software modules, including but not limited to programmable arrays, including but not limited to field programmable arrays and complex programmable arrays.

[0169] In some other embodiments, the first sending module 120 and the first receiving module 110 may be pure hardware modules, including but not limited to application specific integrated circuits.

[0170] In some embodiments, the relative position positioning request includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE and a relative position measurement indication.

[0171] In some embodiments, the first sending module 120 is configured to send an activation instruction; wherein, the activation instruction is used to activate the transmission resource; after the transmission resource is activated, the first UE and / or the second UE are used to send an uplink UL sounding reference signal SRS respectively.

[0172] In some embodiments, the resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS;

[0173] The first sending module 120 is configured to send the first configuration and the second configuration to the first UE respectively; and send the first configuration and the second configuration to the second UE respectively.

[0174] like Figure 8 As shown, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning device between user equipments UE, wherein the device is applied to a first UE and includes: a second receiving module 210, a second sending module 220, and a first measuring module 230;

[0175] The second receiving module 210 is configured to receive resource configuration;

[0176] The second sending module 220 is configured to send a UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0177] The first measurement module 230 is configured to measure the UL SRS sent by the second UE according to the resource configuration and form a first measurement result; the first measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0178] In another embodiment, the second receiving module 210 is configured to receive a second measurement result formed by the second UE measuring the UL SRS sent by the first UE; the apparatus further includes: a determining module;

[0179] The determining module is configured to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE according to the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

[0180] In some embodiments, the second sending module 220 , the second receiving module 210 , and the first measuring module 230 may be program modules; after being executed by a processor, the program modules can implement the aforementioned operations.

[0181] In other embodiments, the second sending module 220, the second receiving module 210, and the first measuring module 230 may be a combination of soft and hard modules, including but not limited to programmable arrays, including but not limited to field programmable arrays and complex programmable arrays.

[0182] In some other embodiments, the second sending module 220, the second receiving module 210, and the first measuring module 230 may be pure hardware modules, which include but are not limited to application specific integrated circuits.

[0183] In some embodiments, the resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS.

[0184] The second receiving module 210 is configured to receive the first configuration and / or the second configuration.

[0185] The second sending module 220 is configured to send a UL SRS according to the first configuration; and / or the first measurement module 230 is configured to receive a UL SRS sent by the second UE according to the second configuration and form the first measurement result.

[0186] In some embodiments, the second receiving module 210 is further configured to receive an activation instruction;

[0187] The device further comprises:

[0188] An activation module is configured to activate the transmission resources corresponding to the resource configuration according to the activation instruction; wherein the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resources.

[0189] In some embodiments, the second sending module 220 is further configured to send a request message to the core network, wherein the request message is used to request measurement of the relative position between the first UE and the second UE, and trigger the core network to send a relative position positioning request to the access network to trigger the access network to send the resource configuration.

[0190] like Figure 9 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning apparatus between user equipments (UEs), which is applied to a second UE and includes:

[0191] The third receiving module 310 is configured to receive resource configuration;

[0192] A third sending module 320 is configured to send a UL SRS according to the resource configuration;

[0193] The second measurement module 330 is configured to measure the UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the resource configuration and form a second measurement result; the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0194] In other embodiments, the third sending module 320 is further configured to send the second measurement result to the base station; after the base station sends the first UE, the second measurement result is used to measure the first measurement result formed by the UL SRS sent by the second UE with the first UE to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0195] In some embodiments, the third sending module 320 , the third receiving module 310 , and the second measuring module 330 may be program modules; after being executed by a processor, the program modules can implement the aforementioned operations.

[0196] In other embodiments, the third transmitting module 320, the third receiving module 310, and the second measuring module 330 may be a combination of hardware and software modules, including but not limited to programmable arrays, including but not limited to field programmable arrays and complex programmable arrays.

[0197] In some other embodiments, the third sending module 320, the third receiving module 310, and the second measuring module 330 may be pure hardware modules, including but not limited to application specific integrated circuits.

[0198] In some embodiments, the resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS;

[0199] The third receiving module 310 is configured to receive the first configuration and / or the second configuration.

[0200] therefore,

[0201] The third sending module 320 is configured to send a UL SRS according to the first configuration; and / or the second measurement module 330 is configured to receive a UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the first configuration and form the second measurement result.

[0202] In some embodiments, the third receiving module 310 is configured to receive an activation instruction;

[0203] The device further comprises:

[0204] The second activation module is configured to activate the transmission resources corresponding to the resource configuration according to the activation instruction; wherein the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resources.

[0205] like Figure 10 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning device between user equipments UEs, wherein the device includes:

[0206] The fourth receiving module 410 is configured to receive a request message reported by the UE;

[0207] The fourth sending module 420 is configured to send a relative position positioning request to the access network according to the request message;

[0208] The relative position positioning request is used to trigger the base station to configure transmission resources for transmitting UL SRS for the first UE and / or the second UE, and the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

[0209] In some embodiments, the fourth sending module 420 and the fourth receiving module 410 may be program modules; after the program modules are executed by a processor, the aforementioned operations can be implemented.

[0210] In other embodiments, the fourth sending module 420 and the fourth receiving module 410 may be a combination of soft and hard modules, including but not limited to programmable arrays, including but not limited to field programmable arrays or complex programmable arrays.

[0211] In some other embodiments, the fourth sending module 420 and the fourth receiving module 410 may be pure hardware modules, including but not limited to application specific integrated circuits.

[0212] In some embodiments, the request message includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE, and a relative position measurement indication;

[0213] The relative position positioning request includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE and a relative position measurement indication.

[0214] The present disclosure provides a positioning method between UEs, which may include: after the UE sends a relative position positioning request, the network configures the initialization UE and the target UE to send an uplink positioning reference signal, and the initialization UE and the target UE respectively measure the uplink positioning reference signal sent by the other party, the target UE sends the measurement result to the initialization UE through the base station, and the initialization UE completes the relative position positioning of the target UE. For example, reference Figure 11 As shown, UE1 sends a request message to AMF / LMF through a non-access stratum (NAS) message to request the relative location of UE2;

[0215] After receiving the request information sent by UE1, the AMF or LMF identifies the initialization UE1 and the target UE2 identifiers, and sends a relative position positioning request to the gNB or transceiver point (TRP).

[0216] The relative position positioning request includes: the identifier of UE1, the identifier of UE2, and the relative position request of UE1 to UE2;

[0217] The gNB configures UL SRS resources for UE1 and UE2. These UL SRS resources are used by UE1 and UE2 to send UL SRS. The gNB also sends UE1's SRS configuration to UE2 and UE2's SRS configuration to UE1. This resource configuration can be accomplished through a single RRC message.

[0218] For example, two RRC signaling messages are sent to UE1 and UE2 respectively, each of which carries the resource configuration for UE1 and UE2 to send UL SRS. Alternatively, one RRC signaling message is sent to UE1 and UE2 respectively, each of which carries the resource configuration for UE1 and UE2 to send UL SRS.

[0219] The gNB activates UL SRS transmission for UE1 and UE2. The activation message may be a MAC CE.

[0220] UE1 measures UE2's UL SRS and obtains a measurement result of a transmit / receive time difference (Rx–Tx time difference) and SRS-RSRP or SRS-RSRQ, where SRS-RSRP or SRS-RSRQ is optional; UE2 measures UE1's UL SRS and obtains a measurement result, which includes but is not limited to: a transmit / receive time difference (Rx–Tx time difference) and SRS-RSRP / RSRQ, where SRS-RSRP / RSRQ is optional;

[0221] UE2 sends the measurement results to the gNB.

[0222] The gNB sends the measurement results of UE2 to UE1.

[0223] UE1 completes the relative position calculation between itself and UE2.

[0224] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein when the processor runs the executable program, the positioning method between UEs provided by any of the aforementioned technical solutions is executed in a first UE, a second UE, a base station, or a network element of a core network.

[0225] The communication device may be the aforementioned base station or UE or a network element of the core network.

[0226] The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-temporary computer storage media that can continue to store information after the communication device loses power. Here, the communication device includes a base station or a user equipment.

[0227] The processor can be connected to the memory via a bus, etc., and is used to read the executable program stored in the memory, and can execute the positioning method between UEs provided in any of the above embodiments, for example, Figures 2A to 6 and Figure 11 At least one of them.

[0228] The present disclosure provides a computer storage medium storing an executable program. After the executable program is executed by a processor, the positioning method between UEs provided in any of the above embodiments can be implemented, for example, Figures 2A to 6 and Figure 11 At least one of them.

[0229] Figure 128 is a block diagram of a UE 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0230] Reference Figure 12 UE 800 may include at least one of the following components: a processing component 802 , a memory 804 , a power component 806 , a multimedia component 808 , an audio component 810 , an input / output (I / O) interface 812 , a sensor component 814 , and a communication component 816 .

[0231] The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include at least one processor 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the above-described method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include at least one module to facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0232] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the UE 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0233] The power component 806 provides power to various components of the UE 800. The power component 806 may include a power management system, at least one power supply, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to the UE 800.

[0234] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes at least one touch sensor to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of a touch or slide action, but also detect the wake-up time and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the UE 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0235] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0236] I / O interface 812 provides an interface between processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, such as a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0237] The sensor assembly 814 includes at least one sensor for providing various aspects of the status assessment of the UE 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 can detect the open / closed state of the UE 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 can also detect changes in the position of the UE 800 or a component of the UE 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the UE 800, and changes in the temperature of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0238] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the UE 800 and other devices. The UE 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

[0239] In an exemplary embodiment, UE800 may be implemented by at least one application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic component to perform the above method.

[0240] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is further provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 820 of the UE 800 to perform the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0241] like Figure 13 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station or core network. For example, the base station or core network 900 can be provided as a network device. Figure 13 , the base station or core network 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes at least one processor, and a memory resource represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922, such as an application. The application stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the aforementioned methods applied to the base station, such as Figures 2A to 6 and Figure 11 The method shown.

[0242] The base station or core network 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station or core network 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. The base station or core network 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0243] Other embodiments of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention that follow from the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The description and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0244] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A positioning method between user equipments UE, wherein: Applied in a base station, the method includes: Receiving a relative position positioning request; issuing a resource configuration according to the relative position positioning request; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink sounding reference signal (UL SRS); wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE; and no direct communication interface exists between the first UE and the second UE; receiving a second measurement result of a UL SRS sent by the second UE to the first UE; The second measurement result is sent to the first UE; wherein the second measurement result is used together with the first measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the first UE to the second UE to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The relative position positioning request includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE and a relative position measurement indication.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The method further comprises: Sending an activation instruction; wherein, the activation instruction is used to activate the transmission resource; after the transmission resource is activated, the first UE and / or the second UE are used to send UL SRS respectively.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS; The sending of resource configuration according to the relative position positioning request includes: Sending the first configuration and the second configuration to the first UE respectively; and / or The first configuration and the second configuration are sent to the second UE respectively.

5. A positioning method between user equipments UE, wherein: Applied to the first UE, including: Receive resource configuration; Sending an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS according to the resource configuration; Measuring a UL SRS sent by a second UE according to the resource configuration, and forming a first measurement result; wherein no direct communication interface exists between the first UE and the second UE; receiving a second measurement result formed by the second UE measuring the UL SRS sent by the first UE; Determine a relative position between the first UE and the second UE according to the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS; The receiving resource configuration includes: receiving the first configuration and / or the second configuration.

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein: The method further comprises: Receive activation instructions; According to the activation instruction, the transmission resource corresponding to the resource configuration is activated; wherein the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resource.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein The method further comprises: A request message is sent to the core network, wherein the request message is used to request measurement of the relative position between the first UE and the second UE, and trigger the core network to send a relative position positioning request to the base station to trigger the base station to send the resource configuration.

9. A positioning method between user equipments UE, wherein: Applied to the second UE, including: Receive resource configuration; Sending an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS according to the resource configuration; Measuring a UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the resource configuration, and forming a second measurement result; wherein no direct communication interface exists between the first UE and the second UE; The second measurement result is sent to the base station; after the base station sends the second measurement result to the first UE, the first UE determines the relative position between the first UE and the second UE based on the second measurement result and the first measurement result formed by the first UE measuring the UL SRS sent by the second UE.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein: The resource configuration includes: a first configuration for the first UE to send a UL SRS and / or a second configuration for the second UE to send a UL SRS; The receiving resource configuration includes: receiving the first configuration and / or the second configuration.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The method further comprises: Receive activation instructions; According to the activation instruction, the transmission resource corresponding to the resource configuration is activated; wherein the UL SRS is transmitted on the activated transmission resource.

12. A positioning method between user equipments UE, wherein: Applied in a core network, the method includes: Receive the request message reported by the UE; Sending a relative position positioning request to a base station according to the request message; The relative position positioning request is used to trigger the base station to send resource configuration; the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS, wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE; there is no direct communication interface between the first UE and the second UE; The resource configuration is also used to trigger the base station to receive a second measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the UE to the first UE; and send the second measurement result to the first UE; wherein the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE together with the first measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the first UE to the second UE.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The request message includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE, and a relative position measurement indication; The relative position positioning request includes identification information of the first UE, identification information of the second UE and a relative position measurement indication.

14. A positioning device between user equipments (UEs), wherein: The device includes: a first receiving module and a first sending module; The first receiving module is configured to receive a relative position positioning request; The first sending module is configured to send a resource configuration according to the relative position positioning request; wherein the resource configuration is used to configure a transmission resource for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS; wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE; and there is no direct communication interface between the first UE and the second UE; The first receiving module is further configured to receive a second measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the second UE to the first UE; The first sending module is further configured to send the second measurement result to the first UE; wherein the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE together with the first measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the first UE to the second UE.

15. A positioning device between user equipments (UEs), wherein: Applied in a first UE, comprising: a second receiving module, a second sending module, a first measuring module and a determining module; The second receiving module is configured to receive resource configuration; The second sending module is configured to send an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS according to the resource configuration; The first measurement module is configured to measure the UL SRS sent by the second UE according to the resource configuration and form a first measurement result; wherein there is no direct communication interface between the first UE and the second UE; The second receiving module is further configured to receive a second measurement result formed by the second UE measuring the UL SRS sent by the first UE; The determining module is configured to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE according to the first measurement result and the second measurement result.

16. A positioning device between user equipments (UEs), wherein: Applied to the second UE, including: A third receiving module is configured to receive resource configuration; A third sending module is configured to send an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS according to the resource configuration; a second measurement module configured to measure a UL SRS sent by the first UE according to the resource configuration and form a second measurement result; wherein no direct communication interface exists between the first UE and the second UE; The third sending module is further configured to send the second measurement result to the base station; after the base station sends the second measurement result to the first UE, the first UE determines the relative position between the first UE and the second UE based on the second measurement result and the first measurement result formed by the first UE measuring the UL SRS sent by the second UE.

17. A positioning device between user equipments (UEs), wherein: The device comprises: a fourth receiving module, configured to receive a request message reported by the UE; A fourth sending module is configured to send a relative position positioning request to the base station according to the request message; The relative position positioning request is used to trigger the base station to send resource configuration; the resource configuration is used to configure transmission resources for the first UE and / or the second UE to send an uplink sounding reference signal UL SRS, wherein the UL SRS is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE; there is no direct communication interface between the first UE and the second UE; The resource configuration is also used to trigger the base station to receive a second measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the UE to the first UE; and send the second measurement result to the first UE; wherein the second measurement result is used to determine the relative position between the first UE and the second UE together with the first measurement result of the UL SRS sent by the first UE to the second UE.

18. A communication device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein: When the processor runs the executable program, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, 5 to 8, 9 to 11 or 12 to 13 is performed.

19. A computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, it can implement the method described in any one of claims 1 to 4, 5 to 8, 9 to 11 or 12 to 13.

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