Positioning method and apparatus, communication device, and network-side device

Abstract

The application discloses a positioning method and device, a communication device and a network side device, and belongs to the field of mobile communication. The method comprises the following steps: measuring and / or sending a reference signal; determining first information according to the reference signal, wherein the first communication device has at least one of the following characteristics: the real position information of the first communication device is known; the position trajectory of the first communication device is known; the quality of the first position information of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold value; the first position error of the first communication device is smaller than a second threshold value; the movement of the first communication device is controlled or configured by the network side; the first position of the first communication device is controlled or configured by the network side; the panel of the first communication device for measuring or sending the reference signal is specified by the network side device; and the group delay information of the first communication device for measuring or sending the reference information is specified by the network side device, so that the positioning accuracy of the communication device can be improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of mobile communication, and particularly relates to a positioning method and device, a communication device and a network side device. BACKGROUND

[0002] In mobile communication, positioning devices mainly involve terminals (also known as user equipment (UE)), base stations, transmission and reception points (TRPs) and local management functions (LMF). The main positioning methods include UE-based, UE-assisted\LMF-based and NG-RAN node assisted positioning.

[0003] However, due to synchronization errors between network side devices and terminal devices, device group delays and angle errors, etc., the existing positioning methods are not accurate enough. SUMMARY

[0004] The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a positioning method, device, communication device and network side device, which can solve the problem of inaccurate positioning methods.

[0005] In a first aspect, a positioning method is provided, which is executed by a first communication device and includes:

[0006] measuring and / or transmitting a reference signal;

[0007] determining first information according to the reference signal;

[0008] The first communication device has at least one of the following characteristics:

[0009] The real position information of the first communication device is known;

[0010] The position trajectory of the first communication device is known;

[0011] The first position information quality of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold value;

[0012] The first position error of the first communication device is less than a second threshold value

[0013] The motion of the first communication device is controlled or configured by a network side;

[0014] The first position of the first communication device is controlled or configured by a network side;

[0015] The panel of the first communication device for measuring or transmitting a reference signal is specified by a network side device;

[0016] The group delay information of the first communication device for measuring or sending reference information is specified by a network side device.

[0017] In a second aspect, a positioning device is provided, comprising:

[0018] a first measurement module for measuring and / or sending a reference signal;

[0019] a first execution module for determining first information according to the reference signal;

[0020] The positioning device has at least one of the following characteristics:

[0021] The real position information of the positioning device is known;

[0022] The position trajectory of the positioning device is known;

[0023] The first position information quality of the positioning device is higher than a first threshold value;

[0024] The first position error of the positioning device is less than a second threshold value

[0025] The motion of the positioning device is controlled or configured by a network side;

[0026] The first position of the positioning device is controlled or configured by a network side;

[0027] The panel of the positioning device for measuring or sending a reference signal is specified by a network side device;

[0028] The group delay information of the positioning device for measuring or sending reference information is specified by a network side device.

[0029] In a third aspect, a positioning method is provided, executed by a network side device, comprising:

[0030] Receiving first information reported by a first communication device or a second communication device, the first information comprising at least one of:

[0031] Panel information;

[0032] Group delay information;

[0033] Error information;

[0034] Beam information;

[0035] Error compensation information;

[0036] First position information;

[0037] First signal measurement information;

[0038] Second signal measurement information;

[0039] The reported position information has a quality higher than a first threshold value;

[0040] The reported position error is smaller than a second threshold value.

[0041] In a fourth aspect, a positioning apparatus is provided, comprising:

[0042] A second receiving module, configured to receive first information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device;

[0043] A second execution module, configured to perform positioning;

[0044] The first information comprises at least one of:

[0045] Panel information;

[0046] Group delay information;

[0047] Error information;

[0048] Beam information;

[0049] Error compensation information;

[0050] First position information;

[0051] First signal measurement information;

[0052] Second signal measurement information;

[0053] The reported position information has a quality higher than a first threshold value;

[0054] The reported position error is smaller than a second threshold value.

[0055] In a fifth aspect, a positioning method is provided, performed by a second communication device, comprising:

[0056] Receiving first information sent by a first communication device, or

[0057] Receiving second positioning assistance information sent by a network side device;

[0058] The first information comprises at least one of:

[0059] Transmitting and receiving point or base station information;

[0060] Panel information;

[0061] Group delay information;

[0062] Error information;

[0063] Beam information;

[0064] Error compensation information;

[0065] first position information;

[0066] first signal measurement information;

[0067] second signal measurement information;

[0068] the reported position information is of a quality higher than a first threshold;

[0069] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold;

[0070] the second positioning assistance information comprises at least one of:

[0071] TRP or communication device panel information;

[0072] TRP or communication device group delay information;

[0073] TRP or communication device error information;

[0074] TRP or communication device beam information;

[0075] TRP or communication device error compensation information;

[0076] first position information of the first communication device;

[0077] first signal measurement information of the first communication device;

[0078] second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

[0079] In a sixth aspect, a positioning apparatus is provided, comprising:

[0080] a third transceiver module, configured to receive first information sent by a first communication device, or

[0081] receive second positioning assistance information sent by a network side device;

[0082] a third execution module, configured to perform positioning;

[0083] the first information comprises at least one of:

[0084] transmit and receive point or base station information;

[0085] panel information;

[0086] group delay information;

[0087] error information;

[0088] beam information;

[0089] error compensation information;

[0090] first position information;

[0091] first signal measurement information;

[0092] second signal measurement information;

[0093] the reported position information has a quality higher than a first threshold;

[0094] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold;

[0095] the second positioning assistance information comprises at least one of:

[0096] TRP or communication device panel information;

[0097] TRP or communication device group delay information;

[0098] TRP or communication device error information;

[0099] beam information of a TRP or a communication device;

[0100] error compensation information of a TRP or a communication device;

[0101] first position information of the first communication device;

[0102] first signal measurement information of the first communication device;

[0103] second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

[0104] In a seventh aspect, a network-side device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

[0105] In an eighth aspect, a communication device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method according to the fifth aspect.

[0106] In a ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, which stores a program or instructions, and the program or instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method according to the third aspect, or implement the steps of the method according to the fifth aspect.

[0107] In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor are coupled, the processor is configured to run a network side device program or instruction, and implement the method in the first aspect, or implement the method in the third aspect, or implement the steps of the method in the fifth aspect.

[0108] In the embodiments of the present application, the first communication device measures and / or transmits a reference signal, and determines the first information according to the reference signal, so that the positioning accuracy of the communication device can be improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0109] Figure 1 A structural schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied is shown;

[0110] Figure 2 A flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0111] Figure 3 Another flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0112] Figure 4 A network architecture diagram of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0113] Figure 5 Another flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0114] Figure 6 Another flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0115] Figure 7 A structural schematic diagram of a positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0116] Figure 8 Another flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0117] Figure 9 Another structural schematic diagram of a positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0118] Figure 10 Another flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0119] Figure 11 Another structural schematic diagram of a positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0120] Figure 12 A structural schematic diagram of a communication device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown;

[0121] Figure 13 a structure diagram of a first communication device for implementing embodiments of the present application;

[0122] Figure 14 a structure diagram of a network side device for implementing embodiments of the present application;

[0123] Figure 15 a structure diagram of a second communication device for implementing embodiments of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0124] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0125] The terms "first", "second", and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first", "second" are generally of a kind, and are not limited to the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "and / or" in the specification and claims means at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally represents a "or" relationship between the front and rear associated objects.

[0126] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as in other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, although these technologies can also be applied outside the NR system application, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems. th

[0127] Figure 1 ​A structure schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application can be applied is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. The terminal 11 can also be referred to as a terminal device or a user equipment (UE). The terminal 11 can be a terminal side device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a palm computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile Internet device (MID), a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), etc. The wearable device includes a bracelet, a headset, glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The network side device 12 can be a base station or a core network. The base station can be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a base transceiver station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, a transmitting receiving point (TRP), or some other appropriate terminology in the art, as long as the same technical effects are achieved. The base station is not limited to a specific technical term, and the core network device can be a location management device, such as a location management function (LMF, E-SLMC), etc. It should be noted that the base station or the core network device in the embodiments of the present application is only taken as an example in an NR system, but the specific type of the base station or the core network is not limited.

[0128] The positioning provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings, specific embodiments and application scenarios.

[0129] Figure 2 A flowchart of a positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown. The method can be executed by a first communication device, in other words, the method can be executed by software or hardware installed in the communication device. As shown in Figure 2 the method can include the following steps.

[0130] In step S201, a reference signal is measured and / or transmitted.

[0131] Step S202, determining first information according to the reference signal.

[0132] The first communication device has at least one of the following characteristics:

[0133] The real position information of the first communication device is known;

[0134] The position trajectory of the first communication device is known;

[0135] The first position information quality of the first communication device is higher than a first threshold value;

[0136] The first position error of the first communication device is less than a second threshold value

[0137] The motion of the first communication device is controlled or configured by the network side; wherein the motion can include one or more of whether to move, speed, direction, rotation direction and trajectory;

[0138] The first position of the first communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0139] The panel of the first communication device for measuring or transmitting the reference signal is specified by the network side device;

[0140] The group delay information of the first communication device for measuring or transmitting the reference information is specified by the network side device.

[0141] Further, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0142] Transmit and receive point or base station information;

[0143] Panel information;

[0144] Group delay information;

[0145] Beam information, which can include: beam identification information, beam angle information, multi-beam measurement energy information and wave speed error information;

[0146] Error compensation information;

[0147] Synchronization information;

[0148] Error information;

[0149] First position information;

[0150] First signal measurement information.

[0151] In one embodiment, the first information comprises: transmission and reception point or base station information and group delay information; and the group delay information indicates the group delay corresponding to the transmission and reception point. It is worth noting that the group delay can be a transmitted group delay or a received group delay. The group delay information can be used to indicate the group delay between different links within the transmission and reception node, or the group delay between different transmission and reception nodes.

[0152] In another embodiment, the first information comprises: beam information and error information. The information indicates the corresponding beam, such as a transmission beam, a reception beam, or an error corresponding to each antenna element; such as an angle error of a transmission beam, or a shape error of a transmission beam, or a position error of an antenna element, a spacing error, etc.

[0153] It should be noted that the present application includes any combination of the above, which will not be listed one by one here.

[0154] Further, the real position information is obtained according to a Rat-independent positioning technology or an angle-based positioning technology. The Rat-independent positioning technology includes Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, sensor positioning, etc. The angle-based positioning technology includes Angle of Arrival (AoA) positioning technology or Angle of Departure (AoD) positioning technology.

[0155] Further, the first position information comprises at least one of:

[0156] absolute position information;

[0157] relative position information;

[0158] trajectory information;

[0159] path information;

[0160] speed information;

[0161] acceleration information;

[0162] direction information.

[0163] Further, the method for obtaining the first position information comprises at least one of:

[0164] a hybrid positioning method;

[0165] an angle positioning method;

[0166] a time positioning method;

[0167] RAT-independent positioning method.

[0168] Thus, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by measuring and / or transmitting the reference signal and determining the first information according to the reference signal.

[0169] Figure 3 A flowchart of the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the method comprises the following steps. Figure 3

[0170] In step S301, the type information of the first communication device is reported to the network side device.

[0171] Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the first communication device comprises at least one of the following types: Figure 4

[0172] Terminal type; as shown in 401 in FIG. 3; for example, a reference terminal or a non-reference terminal; Figure 4

[0173] Terminal type RoadSide Unit (RSU) or Transmission and Reception Point (TRP); for example, a RSU or TRP of the terminal type whose position or receiving beam direction information is known, or a RSU or TRP of the terminal type whose position or receiving beam direction information is unknown;

[0174] Base station type; as shown in 402 in FIG. 4; Figure 4

[0175] Base station type RoadSide Unit or Transmission and Reception Point; for example, a RSU or TRP of the base station type whose position or receiving beam direction information is known, or a RSU or TRP of the base station type whose position or receiving beam direction information is unknown.

[0176] Further, the type information of the first communication device comprises at least one of the following:

[0177] The first communication device is a reference communication device, and the reference communication device is a communication device specified by the network side device or satisfying a first condition;

[0178] The first communication device is a non-reference communication device.

[0179] Wherein, the reference communication device is specified according to the stored positioning result, the capability information and the position information reported by the UE, etc. The first condition can be agreed by the protocol or configured by the network side. ​​​​

[0180] Further, the type information of the first communication device further comprises at least one of:

[0181] The position of the first communication device is constant;

[0182] The position of the first communication device is constant within a first time interval, i.e., the position of the first communication device is constant within a certain time;

[0183] The position trajectory of the first communication device is constant;

[0184] The position trajectory of the first communication device is constant within a second time interval, i.e., the position trajectory of the first communication device is constant within a certain time;

[0185] The target positioning method supported by the first communication device;

[0186] The target location request information supported by the first communication device for receiving;

[0187] The target location information supported by the first communication device for reporting.

[0188] Further, the target positioning method supported by the first communication device comprises at least one of:

[0189] Hybrid positioning method;

[0190] Angle positioning method;

[0191] Time positioning method;

[0192] RAT-independent positioning method.

[0193] Further, the target location request information supported by the first communication device for receiving comprises at least one of:

[0194] Event-triggered location request information;

[0195] Request information for simultaneously requesting location information and signal measurement information;

[0196] Location request information with quality higher than a third threshold;

[0197] Error request information;

[0198] Group delay request information;

[0199] Error compensation request information;

[0200] Panel configuration request information.

[0201] The target location request information supported for receiving can also be one or more of error request information, group delay request information, and error compensation request information.

[0202] Further, the target position information supported to be reported by the first communication device comprises at least one of:

[0203] at least one of:

[0204] panel information;

[0205] group delay information; the group delay information comprises group delay identification information, for example, the group delay identification information is same when a group delay difference of the two transmitted or measured reference signals is less than a threshold 4;

[0206] the position information and the signal measurement information are reported simultaneously;

[0207] the reported position information is higher than a first threshold in quality;

[0208] the reported position error is less than a second threshold;

[0209] error information;

[0210] error compensation information;

[0211] panel configuration information.

[0212] The target position information supported to be reported can be one or more of error information, group delay information, and error compensation information.

[0213] Step S302, measure and / or transmit a reference signal.

[0214] Step S303, determine first information according to the reference signal.

[0215] The steps S302-S303 can implement the method embodiments of steps S201-S202 in Figure 2 and achieve the same technical effects, and the repeated parts will not be described here.

[0216] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by uploading the type information of the first communication device to the network side device.

[0217] Figure 5 Another flowchart of the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in Figure 5 The method can comprise the following steps.

[0218] Step S501, report the type information of the first communication device to the network side device.

[0219] The step S501 can implement the method embodiments of steps S201-S202 in Figure 3The method embodiment in step S301 is repeated, and the same technical effects are achieved. The repeated parts are not described here again.

[0220] Step S502, receiving position request information, the position request information comprising at least one of:

[0221] Type information request of the first communication device;

[0222] Event triggering condition, for example, Time Error Group (TEG) configuration change, measurement error exceeding threshold, etc.

[0223] Quality threshold or error threshold of the position information;

[0224] Error request information;

[0225] Group delay request information;

[0226] Error compensation request information;

[0227] Panel information for measuring and / or sending reference signals;

[0228] Group delay group information for measuring and / or sending reference signals, for example, group identification information or group number information;

[0229] Transmit and receive point (TRP) information for measurement;

[0230] Measurement information for reporting.

[0231] The position request information can include one or more of the above information, for example, one or more of the error request information, the group delay request information, and the error compensation information.

[0232] Step S503, measuring and / or sending reference signals.

[0233] Step S504, determining first information according to the reference signals.

[0234] The steps S503-S504 can achieve the method embodiment as Figure 2 The method embodiment in steps S201-S202 is repeated, and the same technical effects are achieved. The repeated parts are not described here again.

[0235] Step S505, reporting the first information, the first information comprising at least one of:

[0236] Transmit and receive point or base station information;

[0237] Panel information;

[0238] Group delay information;

[0239] error information;

[0240] beam information;

[0241] error compensation information;

[0242] first position information;

[0243] first signal measurement information;

[0244] second signal measurement information;

[0245] the reported position information is higher than a first threshold;

[0246] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold.

[0247] The reported first information can include one or more of the above information, such as one or more of the error information, the group delay information, and the error compensation information.

[0248] Further, the error information includes at least one of:

[0249] reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement error information;

[0250] reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement error information;

[0251] receive-transmit time difference (Rx-Tx time difference) measurement error information;

[0252] time of arrival (TOA) measurement error information;

[0253] reference signal received power (RSRP) information;

[0254] angle error information;

[0255] transmit beam error information;

[0256] receive beam error information.

[0257] Further, the group delay information includes at least one of:

[0258] group delay identification information;

[0259] group delay group identification information;

[0260] group delay group value information;

[0261] group delay group error information

[0262] group delay difference information;

[0263] reference group delay identification information;

[0264] group delay value information.

[0265] It should be understood that the group delay group can be represented as TEG or panel, etc., including Tx TEG, Rx TEG, RxTx TEG, or {Rx TEG, Tx TEG}. The association relationship can be represented by the associated TEG ID; or the sounding reference information (SRS) or positioning measurement results of the same TEG are divided into a group, or other ways. The group delay difference of the same group delay group is less than a threshold, and the delay difference of different group delay groups is greater than the threshold.

[0266] Further, the group delay information is at least one of the following:

[0267] one or more group delay information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point TRP;

[0268] one or more group delay difference value information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point TRP;

[0269] one or more group delay information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group;

[0270] one or more group delay difference value information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group.

[0271] The group delay information is the group delay / group delay difference value information of different Tx TEGs corresponding to one or more TRPs, or the group delay / group delay difference value information of Tx TEGs of different positioning reference signals or reference signal groups.

[0272] In an embodiment, in the case of at least 3 transmission and reception points TRPs, the first communication device uses a link with the same group delay information to measure the at least 3 transmission and reception points TRPs, or uses a link with specified group delay information to measure the at least 3 transmission and reception points TRPs. The 3 TRPs correspond to the same path (e.g., Los, path with the same position, etc.).

[0273] In an embodiment, if the TEG of the first communication device is determined or negligible, the TEG calibration of the TRP can be performed one by one.

[0274] Further, before step S503 is performed, the method further comprises:

[0275] obtaining an association between the panel information and the reference signal;

[0276] obtaining an association between the panel information and the reference signal;

[0277] obtaining an association between the beam information and the reference signal.

[0278] The first communication device receives an association between the Rx TEG and the reference signal, and / or an association between the Tx TEG of the TRP and the positioning reference signal.

[0279] Further, before performing step S503, the method further comprises:

[0280] is instructed to measure at least one of:

[0281] a target transmission and reception point;

[0282] a target group delay information;

[0283] a target reference signal.

[0284] The first device is instructed to measure a specific TRP, and / or a Tx TEG of the specific TRP, and / or a specific reference signal.

[0285] Further, before performing step S503, the method further comprises:

[0286] specifying a relationship between the first signal measurement information or the Rx Beam Index and the group delay information.

[0287] In an implementation, the first device specifies a relationship between the positioning measurement result or the Rx Beam Index and the Rx TEG, the positioning measurement result including a DL-RSTD or a Rx-Tx time difference or other types of measurement results.

[0288] Further, before performing step S503, the method further comprises:

[0289] receiving or being instructed an association between the group delay information and the reference signal, such as an association between the Tx TEG and the positioning reference signal.

[0290] Further, the error compensation information includes at least one of:

[0291] error compensation identification information;

[0292] error compensation value information;

[0293] The error compensation value information is determined according to first signal measurement information and position information of the first communication device.

[0294] Further, the first signal measurement information comprises at least one of:

[0295] Reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information;

[0296] Reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement information;

[0297] Rx-Tx time difference measurement information;

[0298] Time of arrival (TOA) measurement information;

[0299] Reference signal identification information;

[0300] Reference signal received power information;

[0301] Angle measurement information;

[0302] Transmit and receive point identification (TRP ID) information.

[0303] Further, the second signal measurement information comprises at least two of:

[0304] Reference signal received power measurement information;

[0305] Reference signal time difference measurement information;

[0306] Rx-Tx time difference measurement information;

[0307] Time of arrival measurement information;

[0308] Reference signal identification information;

[0309] Time identification information;

[0310] Angle measurement information;

[0311] Transmit and receive point identification information.

[0312] Further, the second signal measurement information comprises:

[0313] Time measurement information, angle measurement information and energy measurement information.

[0314] Thus, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by sending the position request information to the communication device by the network side device, measuring and / or sending the reference signal by the communication device based on the position request information, and sending the obtained first signal to the network side device.

[0315] Figure 6 Another flowchart of the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 6. Figure 6 As shown in FIG. 6, the method comprises the following steps.

[0316] In step S601, the capability request information sent by the network measurement device is received, which is represented by the LPP Request Capabilities message based on the LTE positioning protocol (LPP).

[0317] The capability request information can be sent by the local management function (LMF) through the access and mobility management function (AMF) and the base station / transmission and reception point (gNB / TRP). Among them, the LMF and the AMF realize interaction by using the Namf_Communication_N1N2MessageTranfer message and the Namf_Communication_N1N2MessageNotify message. The AMF and the gNB / TRP realize interaction by using the NGAP Downlink NAS transport message and the NGAP Uplink NAS transport message, and the gNB / TRP and the communication device UE realize interaction by using the RRC DL Information Transfer message and the RRC DL Information Transfer message. The capability request message can include:

[0318] Requesting whether the UE supports reporting the position and the measurement result at the same time;

[0319] Requesting whether the UE supports reporting the quality of the position information;

[0320] Requesting whether the UE supports measuring or reporting one of the following information: error information, group delay information, and one or more of error compensation information;

[0321] Requesting the UE to report the type or the motion state of the UE;

[0322] Requesting whether the UE supports reporting the time-triggered type of position information.

[0323] In step S602, the type information of the first communication device is reported to the network side device, which is represented by the LPP ProvideCapabilities;

[0324] The step S602 can be implemented asFigure 3 The method embodiment in step S301 is repeated, and the same technical effects are achieved. The repeated parts are not described here again.

[0325] Step S603, receiving positioning assistance data, the positioning assistance data including: positioning assistance data for the first communication device, represented by LPP Provide Assistance Data.

[0326] Further, the positioning assistance data for the first communication device includes target information units corresponding to the first communication device or positioning assistance data parsed by the first communication device, that is, only the positioning assistance data that can be parsed by the first communication device is included in the target information unit.

[0327] For example, as shown in the following code:

[0328] NR-DL-TDOA-ProvideAssistanceData-r17::=SEQUENCE{

[0329] nr-SelectedDL-PRS-IndexList-r17 NR-SelectedDL-PRS-IndexList-r17

[0330] OPTIONAL,--Cond UET

[0331] The UET is configured with specific positioning assistance information, and the UET is a specific UE, which can be a specific UE or a UE type, for example, a reference terminal or a first communication device.

[0332] Step S604, receiving position request information, represented by LPP Request Location Information.

[0333] Step S605, measuring and / or sending reference signals, obtained by terminal calculation (UE Measurement);

[0334] Step S606, determining the first information according to the reference signal and reporting the first information, represented by LPP ProvideLocation Information;

[0335] The steps S604-S606 can achieve as Figure 5 The method embodiment in steps S502-S505 is repeated, and the same technical effects are achieved. The repeated parts are not described here again.

[0336] The position request information includes: a request for the type of first information and a request for the content of first information.

[0337] The code for the request of the type of the first information is as follows:

[0338] LocationInformationType ::= ENUMERATED{

[0339] locationEstimateRequired,

[0340] locationMeasurementsRequired,

[0341] locationEstimatePreferred,

[0342] locationMeasurementsPreferred,

[0343] locationEstimateAndlocationMeasurements

[0344] Wherein, the locationEstimateAndlocationMeasurements is used to indicate that the reporting of the position and the measurement information is requested at the same time.

[0345] The code for the request of the content of the first information is as follows:

[0346] OPTIONAL,--Need ON

[0347] nr-panelInforRequest-r17

[0348] ENUMERATED{requested}

[0349] nr-TEGInforRequest-r17

[0350] ENUMERATED{requested}

[0351] nr-DL-PRS-RstdMeasurement&locationInfoRequest-r17

[0352] ENUMERATED{requested}

[0353] nr-locationInfoQualityReques-r17

[0354] ENUMERATED{requested}

[0355] nr-locationStateReques-r17

[0356] ENUMERATED{requested}

[0357] nr-panelInforConfig-r17

[0358] nr-TEGInforConfig-r17 ...

[0360] }

[0361] wherein: nr-panelInforRequest-r17, nr-TEGInforRequest-r17, nr-DL-PRS-RstdMeasurement&locationInfoRequest-r17, nr-locationInfoQualityReques-r17, nr-locationStateReques-r17, nr-panelInforConfig-r17 and nr-TEGInforConfig-r17 are respectively used to indicate panel information, group delay information, simultaneously request to report location and measurement information, location information quality, motion state and motion trajectory, panel information or TEG configuration.

[0362] The first information reported is as follows:

[0363]

[0364]

[0365] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by receiving the positioning assistance information of the network side device before measuring and / or sending the reference signal.

[0366] It should be noted that the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be executed by a positioning device, or a control module in the positioning device for executing the positioning method. In the embodiments of the present application, the positioning device executes the positioning method as an example to illustrate the positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0367] Figure 7 A structure schematic diagram of the positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 7. Figure 7 As shown in FIG. 7, the device includes a first measurement module 701 and a first execution module 702.

[0368] The first measurement module 701 is configured to measure and / or transmit a reference signal; the first execution module 702 is configured to determine first information according to the reference signal;

[0369] The positioning device has at least one of the following features:

[0370] The real position information of the positioning device is known;

[0371] The position trajectory of the positioning device is known;

[0372] The first position information quality of the positioning device is higher than a first threshold value;

[0373] The first position error of the positioning device is less than a second threshold value

[0374] The motion of the positioning device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0375] The first position of the positioning device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0376] The panel of the positioning device for measuring or transmitting the reference signal is specified by the network side device;

[0377] The group delay information of the positioning device for measuring or transmitting the reference information is specified by the network side device.

[0378] Further, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0379] Transmit and receive point or base station information;

[0380] Panel information;

[0381] Group delay information;

[0382] Error information;

[0383] Beam information;

[0384] Error compensation information;

[0385] First position information;

[0386] First signal measurement information;

[0387] Second signal measurement information;

[0388] The quality of the reported position information is higher than a first threshold value;

[0389] The reported position error is less than a second threshold value.

[0390] Further, the real position information is obtained according to a Rat-independent positioning technology or an angle-based positioning technology.

[0391] Further, the first position information comprises at least one of:

[0392] absolute position information;

[0393] relative position information;

[0394] trajectory information;

[0395] path information;

[0396] speed information;

[0397] acceleration information;

[0398] direction information.

[0399] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by measuring and / or sending the reference signal and determining the first information according to the reference signal.

[0400] Based on the above embodiments, further, the first communication device comprises at least one of the following types:

[0401] terminal type;

[0402] terminal type of road side unit or transmission and reception point;

[0403] base station type;

[0404] base station type of road side unit or transmission and reception point.

[0405] Further, the type information of the first communication device comprises at least one of:

[0406] the first communication device is a reference communication device, and the reference communication device is a communication device specified by a network side device or satisfying a first condition;

[0407] the first communication device is a non-reference communication device.

[0408] Further, the type information of the first communication device further comprises at least one of:

[0409] the position of the first communication device is constant;

[0410] the position of the first communication device is constant within a first time interval;

[0411] the position trajectory of the first communication device is constant;

[0412] the position trajectory of the first communication device is constant within a second time interval;

[0413] The target positioning method supported by the first communication device;

[0414] The target position request information received by the first communication device;

[0415] The target position information reported by the first communication device.

[0416] Further, the first execution module is further configured to report type information of the first communication device to a network side device.

[0417] Further, the supported target positioning method or the method for obtaining the first position information comprises at least one of:

[0418] a hybrid positioning method;

[0419] an angle positioning method;

[0420] a time positioning method;

[0421] a RAT-independent positioning method.

[0422] Further, the target position request information received by the first communication device comprises at least one of:

[0423] event-triggered position request information;

[0424] request information for simultaneously requesting position information and signal measurement information;

[0425] position request information with quality higher than a third threshold value;

[0426] error request information;

[0427] group delay request information;

[0428] error compensation request information;

[0429] panel configuration request information.

[0430] Further, the target position information reported by the first communication device comprises at least one of:

[0431] panel information;

[0432] group delay information;

[0433] simultaneously reported position information and signal measurement information;

[0434] the quality of the reported position information is higher than a first threshold value;

[0435] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold value;

[0436] error information;

[0437] error compensation information;

[0438] panel configuration information.

[0439] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by uploading the type information of the first communication device to the network side device.

[0440] Based on the above embodiments, further, the first execution module is further configured to receive position request information, and the position request information comprises at least one of:

[0441] type information request of the first communication device;

[0442] event triggering condition;

[0443] quality threshold or error threshold of the position information;

[0444] error request information;

[0445] group delay request information;

[0446] error compensation request information;

[0447] panel information for measuring and / or sending the reference signal;

[0448] group delay group information for measuring and / or sending the reference signal;

[0449] transmission and reception point information for measurement;

[0450] measurement information for reporting.

[0451] Further, the first execution module is further configured to receive positioning assistance data, and the positioning assistance data comprises:

[0452] positioning assistance data for the first communication device.

[0453] Further, the positioning assistance data for the first communication device comprises target information unit corresponding to the first communication device or positioning assistance data parsed by the first communication device.

[0454] Further, after determining the first information according to the reference signal, the first execution module is further configured to:

[0455] report the first information, and the first information comprises at least one of:

[0456] transmission and reception point or base station information;

[0457] panel information;

[0458] group delay information;

[0459] error information;

[0460] beam information;

[0461] error compensation information;

[0462] first position information;

[0463] first signal measurement information;

[0464] second signal measurement information;

[0465] the reported position information is higher than a first threshold;

[0466] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold.

[0467] Further, the error information comprises at least one of:

[0468] reference signal received power measurement error information;

[0469] reference signal time difference measurement error information;

[0470] received transmission time difference measurement error information;

[0471] time of arrival measurement error information;

[0472] reference signal received power information;

[0473] angle error information;

[0474] transmit beam error information;

[0475] receive beam error information.

[0476] Further, the group delay information comprises at least one of:

[0477] group delay identification information;

[0478] group delay group identification information;

[0479] group delay group value information;

[0480] group delay group error information

[0481] group delay difference information;

[0482] reference group delay identification information;

[0483] group delay value information.

[0484] Further, the group delay information is at least one of:

[0485] one or more group latency information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point, TRP;

[0486] one or more group latency difference information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point, TRP;

[0487] one or more group latency information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group;

[0488] one or more group latency difference information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group.

[0489] Further, in the case of at least 3 transmission and reception points, TRPs, the first communication device measures the at least 3 transmission and reception points, TRPs, using a same group latency information link or using a specified group latency information link.

[0490] Further, before measuring and / or sending a reference signal, the first execution module is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0491] obtain an association relationship between the group latency information and the reference signal;

[0492] obtain an association relationship between the panel information and the reference signal;

[0493] obtain an association relationship between the beam information and the reference signal.

[0494] Further, before measuring and / or sending a reference signal, the first execution module is further configured to:

[0495] indicated to measure at least one of the following:

[0496] a target transmission and reception point;

[0497] a target group latency information;

[0498] a target reference signal.

[0499] Further, before measuring a reference signal, the first execution module is further configured to:

[0500] specify a relationship between the first signal measurement information or the receiving beam and the group latency information.

[0501] Further, before sending a reference signal, the method further comprises:

[0502] receive or be indicated an association relationship between the group latency information and the reference signal.

[0503] Further, the error compensation information comprises at least one of the following:

[0504] error compensation identification information;

[0505] error compensation value information;

[0506] The error compensation value information is determined according to first signal measurement information and position information of the first communication device.

[0507] Further, the first signal measurement information comprises at least one of:

[0508] reference signal received power measurement information;

[0509] reference signal time difference measurement information;

[0510] reception-transmission time difference measurement information;

[0511] time of arrival measurement information;

[0512] reference signal identification information;

[0513] reference signal received power information;

[0514] angle measurement information;

[0515] transmission and reception point identification information.

[0516] Further, the second signal measurement information comprises at least two of:

[0517] reference signal received power measurement information;

[0518] reference signal time difference measurement information;

[0519] reception-transmission time difference measurement information;

[0520] time of arrival measurement information;

[0521] reference signal identification information;

[0522] time identification information;

[0523] angle measurement information;

[0524] transmission and reception point identification information.

[0525] Further, the second signal measurement information comprises:

[0526] time measurement information, angle measurement information and energy measurement information.

[0527] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by sending the location request information and the positioning assistance information to the communication device through the network side device, and measuring and / or sending the reference signal based on the location request information, and sending the obtained first signal to the network side device.

[0528] The positioning apparatus in the embodiments of the present application can be an apparatus, a component, an integrated circuit or a chip in a communication device. The apparatus can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of the terminal 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal can be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0529] The positioning apparatus in the embodiments of the present application can be an apparatus with an operating system. The operating system can be an Android operating system, an ios operating system or other possible operating systems, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0530] The positioning apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application can implement the processes of the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein again. Figures 2 to 6 The method embodiments implement the processes of the positioning apparatus, and thus the details are not described herein again.

[0531] Figure 8 Another flowchart of the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown, which can be executed by the network side device, in other words, the method can be executed by the software or hardware installed in the network side device. As shown in Figure 1 , the method can include the following steps.

[0532] In step S801, the first information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device is received, and the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0533] Panel information;

[0534] Group delay information;

[0535] Error information;

[0536] Beam information;

[0537] Error compensation information;

[0538] First location information;

[0539] First signal measurement information;

[0540] second signal measurement information;

[0541] the reported position information has a quality higher than a first threshold;

[0542] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold.

[0543] Further, the first communication device has at least one of the following features:

[0544] the real position information of the communication device is known;

[0545] the position trajectory of the communication device is known;

[0546] the first position information of the communication device has a quality higher than a first threshold;

[0547] the first position error of the communication device is smaller than a second threshold

[0548] the motion of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0549] the first position of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0550] the panel of the communication device for measuring or sending the reference signal is specified by the network side device;

[0551] the group delay information of the communication device for measuring or sending the reference information is specified by the network side device.

[0552] Further, the first position information includes at least one of the following:

[0553] absolute position information;

[0554] relative position information;

[0555] quality information of the position information

[0556] trajectory information;

[0557] path information;

[0558] speed information;

[0559] acceleration information;

[0560] direction information.

[0561] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by obtaining the reported first information of the communication device from the network side device.

[0562] Based on the above embodiments, further, the first communication device includes at least one of the following types:

[0563] terminal type;

[0564] terminal type of a road side unit or a transmission and reception point;

[0565] base station type;

[0566] base station type of a road side unit or a transmission and reception point.

[0567] Further, the type information of the first communication device comprises at least one of:

[0568] The communication device is a reference communication device, and the reference communication device is a communication device specified by a network side device or satisfying a first condition;

[0569] The communication device is a non-reference communication device.

[0570] Further, the type information of the first communication device further comprises at least one of:

[0571] The position of the communication device is constant;

[0572] The position of the communication device is constant within a first time interval;

[0573] The position trajectory of the communication device is constant;

[0574] The position trajectory of the communication device is constant within a second time interval;

[0575] A target positioning method supported by the communication device;

[0576] Target location request information supported by the communication device for receiving;

[0577] Target location information supported by the communication device for reporting.

[0578] Further, before receiving the first information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device, the method further comprises:

[0579] Receiving type information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device.

[0580] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by obtaining the type information of the communication device.

[0581] Based on the above embodiments, further, before receiving the first information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device, the method further comprises:

[0582] sending position request information to the first communication device or the second communication device, so that the first communication device measures and / or sends a reference signal, and determines first information according to the reference signal;

[0583] wherein the position request information comprises at least one of:

[0584] type information of the communication device;

[0585] event triggering condition;

[0586] quality threshold or error threshold of the position information;

[0587] error request information;

[0588] group delay request information;

[0589] error compensation request information;

[0590] panel information for measuring and / or sending the reference signal;

[0591] group delay group information for measuring and / or sending the reference signal;

[0592] transmission and reception point information for measurement;

[0593] measurement information for reporting.

[0594] Further, the error information comprises at least one of:

[0595] reference signal received power measurement error information;

[0596] reference signal time difference measurement error information;

[0597] reception transmission time difference measurement error information;

[0598] time of arrival measurement error information;

[0599] reference signal received power information;

[0600] angle error information;

[0601] transmit beam error information;

[0602] receive beam error information.

[0603] Further, the group delay information comprises at least one of:

[0604] group delay identification information;

[0605] group delay group identification information;

[0606] group delay group value information;

[0607] group delay group error information

[0608] group delay difference information

[0609] reference group delay identification information

[0610] group delay value information

[0611] Further, the group delay information is at least one of:

[0612] one or more group delay information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point (TRP);

[0613] one or more group delay difference value information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point (TRP);

[0614] one or more group delay information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group;

[0615] one or more group delay difference value information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group. Further, before receiving the first information reported by the communication device, the method further comprises: sending at least one of the following to the communication device:

[0616] the association relationship between the group delay information and the reference signal;

[0617] the association relationship between the panel information and the reference signal;

[0618] the association relationship between the beam information and the reference signal.

[0619] Further, before receiving the first information reported by the communication device, the method further comprises:

[0620] indicating to the communication device to measure at least one of the following:

[0621] target transmission and reception point;

[0622] target group delay information;

[0623] target reference signal.

[0624] Further, before receiving the location information reported by the communication device, the method further comprises: specifying the first signal measurement information or the relationship between the reception beam and the group delay information to the communication device. Further, before receiving the location information reported by the communication device, the method further comprises: sending or indicating the association relationship between the group delay information and the reference signal to the communication device.

[0625] Further, the error compensation information includes at least one of:

[0626] error compensation identification information;​

[0627] error compensation value information;

[0628] The error compensation value information is determined according to first signal measurement information and position information of the communication device.

[0629] Further, the first signal measurement information comprises at least one of:

[0630] reference signal received power measurement information;

[0631] reference signal time difference measurement information;

[0632] reception-transmission time difference measurement information;

[0633] time of arrival measurement information;

[0634] reference signal identification information;

[0635] reference signal received power information;

[0636] angle measurement information;

[0637] transmission and reception point identification information.

[0638] Further, the second signal measurement information comprises at least two of:

[0639] reference signal received power measurement information;

[0640] reference signal time difference measurement information;

[0641] reception-transmission time difference measurement information;

[0642] time of arrival measurement information;

[0643] reference signal identification information;

[0644] time identification information;

[0645] angle measurement information;

[0646] transmission and reception point identification information.

[0647] Further, the second signal measurement information comprises:

[0648] time measurement information, angle measurement information and energy measurement information.

[0649] Thus, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by sending the position request information to the communication device by the network side device, measuring and / or sending the reference signal by the communication device based on the position request information, and sending the obtained first signal to the network side device.

[0650] Further, before sending the location request information to the first communication device, the method further comprises:

[0651] sending the positioning assistance data to the first communication device, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises the positioning assistance data for the communication device.

[0652] Further, after receiving the first information reported by the first communication device, the method further comprises:

[0653] sending the second positioning assistance data to the second communication device, wherein the second positioning assistance data comprises at least one of:

[0654] TRP or network device or communication device panel information;

[0655] TRP or network device or communication device group delay information;

[0656] TRP or network device or communication device error information;

[0657] TRP or network device or communication device beam information;

[0658] TRP or network device or communication device error compensation information;

[0659] first location information of the first communication device;

[0660] first signal measurement information of the first communication device;

[0661] second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

[0662] Further, the second positioning assistance data for the communication device comprises target information units corresponding to the communication device or positioning assistance data parsed by the communication device.

[0663] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by sending the positioning assistance information to the communication device before the communication device measures and / or sends the reference signal.

[0664] It should be noted that the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be executed by a positioning device, or a control module in the positioning device for executing the positioning method. In the embodiments of the present application, the positioning device executes the positioning method as an example to illustrate the positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0665] Figure 9 Another structural schematic diagram of the positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 6. Figure 7As shown, the apparatus comprises: a second transceiving module 901 and a second execution module 902.

[0666] The second transceiving module 901 is configured to receive first information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device; and the second execution module 902 is configured to perform positioning.

[0667] The first information comprises at least one of the following:

[0668] Panel information;

[0669] Group delay information;

[0670] Error information;

[0671] Beam information;

[0672] Error compensation information;

[0673] First position information;

[0674] First signal measurement information;

[0675] Second signal measurement information;

[0676] The reported position information is higher than a first threshold;

[0677] The reported position error is smaller than a second threshold.

[0678] Further, the first communication device comprises at least one of the following features:

[0679] The real position information of the communication device is known;

[0680] The position trajectory of the communication device is known;

[0681] The quality of the first position information of the communication device is higher than a first threshold;

[0682] The first position error of the communication device is smaller than a second threshold

[0683] The motion of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0684] The first position of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0685] The panel of the communication device for measuring or sending reference signals is specified by the network side device;

[0686] The group delay information of the communication device for measuring or sending reference information is specified by the network side device.

[0687] Further, the first position information comprises at least one of the following:

[0688] absolute position information;

[0689] relative position information;

[0690] quality information of position information

[0691] trajectory information;

[0692] path information;

[0693] speed information;

[0694] acceleration information;

[0695] direction information.

[0696] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by obtaining the first information reported by the communication device from the network side device.

[0697] Based on the above embodiments, further, the first communication device includes at least one of the following types:

[0698] terminal type;

[0699] terminal type of road side unit or transmission and reception point;

[0700] base station type;

[0701] base station type of road side unit or transmission and reception point.

[0702] Further, the type information of the first communication device includes at least one of the following:

[0703] The communication device is a reference communication device, and the reference communication device is a communication device specified by the network side device or satisfying a first condition;

[0704] The communication device is a non-reference communication device.

[0705] Further, the type information of the first communication device further includes at least one of the following:

[0706] The position of the communication device is constant;

[0707] The position of the communication device is constant within a first time interval;

[0708] The position trajectory of the communication device is constant;

[0709] The position trajectory of the communication device is constant within a second time interval;

[0710] The target positioning method supported by the communication device;

[0711] The target position request information received by the communication device;

[0712] The communication device supports reporting target position information.

[0713] Further, the second transceiver module is further configured to receive type information reported by the first communication device or the second communication device.

[0714] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by obtaining the type information of the communication device.

[0715] Based on the above embodiments, further, the second transceiver module is further configured to send position request information to the first communication device or the second communication device, so that the first communication device measures and / or sends reference signals, and determines the first information according to the reference signals;

[0716] The position request information includes at least one of the following:

[0717] Type information request of the communication device;

[0718] Event triggering condition;

[0719] Quality threshold or error threshold of the position information;

[0720] Error request information;

[0721] Group delay request information;

[0722] Error compensation request information;

[0723] Panel information for measuring and / or sending reference signals;

[0724] Group delay group information for measuring and / or sending reference signals;

[0725] Transmitting and receiving point information for measurement;

[0726] Measurement information for reporting.

[0727] Further, the error information includes at least one of the following:

[0728] Reference signal received power measurement error information;

[0729] Reference signal time difference measurement error information;

[0730] Receiving-transmitting time difference measurement error information;

[0731] Arrival time measurement error information;

[0732] Reference signal received power information;

[0733] Angle error information;

[0734] Transmit beam error information;

[0735] Receive beam error information.

[0736] Further, the group delay information comprises at least one of:

[0737] Group delay identification information;

[0738] Group delay group identification information;

[0739] Group delay group value information;

[0740] Group delay group error information

[0741] Group delay difference information;

[0742] Reference group delay identification information;

[0743] Group delay value information.

[0744] Further, the group delay information is at least one of:

[0745] One or more group delay information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point (TRP);

[0746] One or more group delay difference value information of the corresponding at least one transmission and reception point (TRP);

[0747] One or more group delay information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group;

[0748] One or more group delay difference value information of the corresponding at least one reference signal or reference signal group.

[0749] Further, before receiving the first information reported by the communication device, the second transceiver module is further configured to send at least one of the following to the communication device:

[0750] The association relationship between the group delay information and the reference signal;

[0751] The association relationship between the panel information and the reference signal;

[0752] The association relationship between the beam information and the reference signal.

[0753] Further, before receiving the first information reported by the communication device, the second transceiver module is further configured to indicate to the communication device to measure at least one of the following:

[0754] Target transmission and reception point;

[0755] Target group delay information;

[0756] Target reference signal.

[0757] Furthermore, before receiving the location information reported by the communication device, the second transceiver module is also used to specify the relationship between the first signal measurement information or the received beam and group delay information to the communication device.

[0758] Furthermore, before receiving the location information reported by the communication device, the second transceiver module is also used to send or indicate the association relationship between the group delay information and the reference signal to the communication device.

[0759] Furthermore, the error compensation information includes at least one of the following:

[0760] Error compensation identification information;

[0761] Error compensation value information;

[0762] The error compensation value information is determined based on the first signal measurement information and the location information of the communication device.

[0763] Furthermore, the first signal measurement information includes at least one of the following:

[0764] Reference signal received power measurement information;

[0765] Reference signal time difference measurement error information;

[0766] Receive transmission time difference measurement information;

[0767] Arrival time measurement information;

[0768] Reference signal identification information;

[0769] Reference signal received power information;

[0770] Angle measurement information;

[0771] Transmitter and receiver identification information.

[0772] Furthermore, the second signal measurement information includes at least two of the following:

[0773] Reference signal received power measurement information;

[0774] Reference signal time difference measurement information;

[0775] Receive transmission time difference measurement information;

[0776] Arrival time measurement information;

[0777] Reference signal identification information;

[0778] Time stamp information;

[0779] angle measurement information;

[0780] transmit and receive point identification information.

[0781] Further, the second signal measurement information includes:

[0782] time measurement information, angle measurement information, and energy measurement information.

[0783] Thus, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by sending the location request information to the communication device by the network side device, measuring and / or sending the reference signal by the communication device based on the location request information, and sending the obtained first signal to the network side device.

[0784] Based on the above embodiments, further, before sending the location request information to the first communication device, the second transceiver module is further configured to send positioning assistance data to the first communication device, and the positioning assistance data includes: positioning assistance data for the communication device.

[0785] Further, after receiving the first information reported by the first communication device, the second transceiver module is further configured to send second positioning assistance data to the second communication device, and the second positioning assistance includes at least one of:

[0786] TRP or network device or communication device panel information;

[0787] TRP or network device or communication device group delay information;

[0788] TRP or network device or communication device error information;

[0789] TRP or network device or communication device beam information;

[0790] TRP or network device or communication device error compensation information;

[0791] first location information of the first communication device;

[0792] first signal measurement information of the first communication device;

[0793] second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

[0794] Further, the second positioning assistance data for the communication device includes target information units corresponding to the communication device or positioning assistance data parsed by the communication device.

[0795] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by sending the positioning assistance information to the communication device before the communication device measures and / or sends the reference signal.

[0796] The positioning apparatus in the embodiments of the present application can be an apparatus, a component in a terminal, an integrated circuit, or a chip. The apparatus can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of the terminal 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal can be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0797] The positioning apparatus in the embodiments of the present application can be an apparatus with an operating system. The operating system can be an Android operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0798] The positioning apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application can implement the processes of the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein. Figure 8 The positioning apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application can implement the processes of the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein.

[0799] Figure 10 Another flowchart of the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown, which is performed by a second communication device, in other words, the method can be performed by software or hardware installed in the communication device. As shown in Figure 10 , the method can include the following steps.

[0800] Step S1001, receiving first information sent by a first communication device, or

[0801] receiving second positioning assistance information sent by a network side device;

[0802] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0803] transmission and reception point or base station information;

[0804] panel information;

[0805] group delay information;

[0806] error information;

[0807] beam information;

[0808] error compensation information;

[0809] first position information;

[0810] first signal measurement information;

[0811] second signal measurement information;

[0812] the reported position information has a quality higher than a first threshold;

[0813] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold;

[0814] the second positioning assistance information comprises at least one of:

[0815] TRP or communication device panel information;

[0816] TRP or communication device group delay information;

[0817] TRP or communication device error information;

[0818] beam information of a TRP or communication device;

[0819] error compensation information of a TRP or communication device;

[0820] first position information of the first communication device;

[0821] first signal measurement information of the first communication device;

[0822] second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

[0823] Further, the first communication device has at least one of the following characteristics:

[0824] the real position information of the communication device is known;

[0825] the position trajectory of the communication device is known;

[0826] the quality of the first position information of the communication device is higher than a first threshold;

[0827] the first position error of the communication device is smaller than a second threshold

[0828] the motion of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0829] the first position of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0830] the panel of the communication device for measuring or sending reference signals is specified by the network side device;

[0831] the group delay information of the communication device for measuring or sending reference information is specified by the network side device.

[0832] Further, the second communication device determines at least one of the following of the second communication device according to the first information and / or the second positioning assistance data:

[0833] first position information;

[0834] first signal measurement information.

[0835] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by receiving the first information sent by the first communication device or the second positioning assistance information sent by the network side device.

[0836] It should be noted that the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can be executed by the positioning device or the control module in the positioning device for executing the positioning method. In the embodiments of the present application, the positioning device executes the positioning method as an example to illustrate the positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0837] Figure 11 Another structural schematic diagram of the positioning device provided by the embodiments of the present application is shown in FIG. 11. Figure 11 As shown in FIG. 11, the device includes a third transceiver module 1101 and a third execution module 1102.

[0838] The third transceiver module 1101 is configured to receive the first information sent by the first communication device, or

[0839] receive the second positioning assistance information sent by the network side device; and the third execution module 1102 is configured to execute positioning.

[0840] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0841] transmitting and receiving point or base station information;

[0842] panel information;

[0843] group delay information;

[0844] error information;

[0845] beam information;

[0846] error compensation information;

[0847] first position information;

[0848] first signal measurement information;

[0849] second signal measurement information;

[0850] the quality of the reported position information is higher than a first threshold value;

[0851] the reported position error is smaller than a second threshold value;

[0852] The second positioning assistance information comprises at least one of:

[0853] TRP or communication device panel information;

[0854] TRP or communication device group delay information;

[0855] TRP or communication device error information;

[0856] Beam information of the TRP or communication device;

[0857] Error compensation information of the TRP or communication device;

[0858] First position information of the first communication device;

[0859] First signal measurement information of the first communication device;

[0860] Second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

[0861] Further, the first communication device has at least one of the following characteristics:

[0862] The real position information of the communication device is known;

[0863] The position trajectory of the communication device is known;

[0864] The first position information quality of the communication device is higher than a first threshold value;

[0865] The first position error of the communication device is less than a second threshold value

[0866] The motion of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0867] The first position of the communication device is controlled or configured by the network side;

[0868] The panel of the communication device for measuring or sending reference signals is specified by the network side device;

[0869] The group delay information of the communication device for measuring or sending reference information is specified by the network side device.

[0870] Therefore, the positioning method provided by the embodiments of the present application can improve the positioning accuracy of the communication device by receiving the first information sent by the first communication device or the second positioning assistance information sent by the network side device.

[0871] Optionally, as Figure 12As shown, the embodiments of the present application further provide a communication device 1200, which comprises a processor 1201, a memory 1202, and a program or instruction stored in the memory 1202 and executable on the processor 1201. For example, when the communication device 1200 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1201 to implement the above-mentioned positioning method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. When the communication device 1200 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1201 to implement the above-mentioned positioning method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0872] Optionally, the first communication device can be a terminal, Figure 13 A hardware structure diagram of the first communication device according to the embodiments of the present application is shown.

[0873] The communication device 1300 includes, but is not limited to, a radio frequency unit 1301, a network module 1302, an audio output unit 1303, an input unit 1304, a sensor 1305, a display unit 1306, a user input unit 1307, an interface unit 1308, a memory 1309, and a processor 1310, etc.

[0874] Those skilled in the art can understand that the communication device 1300 can further include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component. The power supply can be logically connected to the processor 1310 through a power management system, so as to realize functions such as power management, discharge, and power consumption management through the power management system. Figure 13 The communication device structure shown in the figure is not a limitation on the communication device. The communication device can include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which are not described herein.

[0875] It should be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the input unit 1304 can include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 13041 and a microphone 13042. The graphics processing unit 13041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1306 can include a display panel 13061, which can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1307 includes a touch panel 13071 and other input devices 13072. The touch panel 13071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 13071 can include a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 13072 can include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, on-off keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, etc., which are not described herein.

[0876] In this embodiment, the radio frequency unit 1301 receives downlink data from the network-side device and processes it for the processor 1310; additionally, it sends uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 1301 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0877] The memory 1309 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1309 may primarily include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. The program or instruction storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 1309 may include high-speed random access memory and non-volatile memory, which may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device.

[0878] Processor 1310 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 1310 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles the operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into processor 1310.

[0879] The processor 1310 is used to measure and / or transmit a reference signal; and to determine first information based on the reference signal.

[0880] The embodiments of this application can improve the positioning accuracy of communication devices.

[0881] Specifically, embodiments of this application also provide a network-side device. For example... Figure 14 As shown, the network device 1400 includes an antenna 141, a radio frequency (RF) device 142, and a baseband device 143. The antenna 141 is connected to the RF device 142. In the uplink direction, the RF device 142 receives information through the antenna 141 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 143 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 143 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 142. The RF device 142 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 141.

[0882] The above band processing apparatus can be located in the baseband apparatus 143, and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband apparatus 143 including the processor 144 and the memory 145.

[0883] The baseband apparatus 143 can include at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged, for example, as shown in the following figure. Figure 14 One of the chips is, for example, the processor 144, which is connected with the memory 145 to invoke the program in the memory 145 and perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiments.

[0884] The baseband apparatus 143 can further include a network interface 146 for interacting information with the radio frequency apparatus 142, which is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0885] Specifically, the network side device of the embodiments of the present application further includes instructions or programs stored in the memory 145 and executable on the processor 144, and the processor 144 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 145 to perform the method shown in the above embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described here. Figure 6

[0886] Optionally, the second communication device can be a terminal, Figure 15 A hardware structure diagram of the second communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0887] The communication device 1500 includes but is not limited to a radio frequency unit 1501, a network module 1502, an audio output unit 1503, an input unit 1504, a sensor 1505, a display unit 1506, a user input unit 1507, an interface unit 1508, a memory 1509, and a processor 1510, etc.

[0888] Those skilled in the art can understand that the communication device 1500 can also include a power supply (such as a battery) for powering each component, and the power supply can be logically connected with the processor 1510 through a power management system, so as to realize the functions of power management, discharge management, and power consumption management through the power management system. Figure 15 The communication device structure shown in the above figure does not constitute a limitation on the communication device, and the communication device can include more or fewer components than the figure, or combine certain components, or different component arrangements, which are not described here.

[0889] ​It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the input unit 1504 can include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 15041 and a microphone 15042. The graphics processing unit 15041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1506 can include a display panel 15061, which can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1507 includes a touch panel 15071 and other input devices 15072. The touch panel 15071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 15071 can include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 15072 can include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, on-off keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, and the like, which will not be described here.

[0890] In the embodiments of the present application, the radio frequency unit 1501 receives the downlink data from the network side device and processes it by the processor 1510. In addition, the radio frequency unit 1501 sends the uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 1501 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0891] The memory 1509 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1509 can mainly include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program or instruction storage area can store an operating system, at least one application program or instruction required by a function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 1509 can include a high-speed random access memory, and can also include a non-volatile memory, which can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. For example, at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state memory device.

[0892] The processor 1510 can include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1510 can integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and an application program or instruction, etc., and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It can be understood that the above-mentioned modem processor can also not be integrated into the processor 1510.

[0893] The radio frequency unit 1501 receives first information sent by the first communication device, or receives second positioning assistance information sent by the network side device.

[0894] By the embodiments of the present application, the positioning accuracy of the communication device can be improved.

[0895] The embodiments of the present application also provide a readable storage medium, which stores a program or instructions, and the program or instructions are executed by a processor to implement the processes of the positioning method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0896] The processor is the processor in the communication device in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer readable only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

[0897] The embodiments of the present application also provide a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used to run a network side device program or instructions to implement the processes of the positioning method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0898] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as a system chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system on chip, etc.

[0899] It should be noted that in this document, the terms "comprising", "including", or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that processes, methods, articles or devices including a series of elements not only include those elements, but also include other elements not explicitly listed, or include elements inherent to such processes, methods, articles or devices. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "including a" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the order of performing the functions as shown or discussed, but can also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order, for example, the described method can be performed in an order different from the described order, and various steps can be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to some examples can be combined in other examples.

[0900] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand the above-mentioned embodiment method can be realized by means of software and the necessary general hardware platform, of course, also can be through hardware, but many cases the former is the better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application essentially or say the part of the prior art to make contributions can be embodied in the form of software products, the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disc, optical disc), including a number of instructions to make a terminal (may be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network equipment, etc.) executes the method described in various embodiments of the present application.

[0901] The embodiments of the present application are described above in combination with the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, the above-mentioned specific embodiments are only illustrative, but not limited, those skilled in the art can make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of the claims under the inspiration of the present application, all belong to the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A positioning method, characterized in that, Performed by the first communication device, including: Report the type information of the first communication device to the network-side device; Measure the reference signal; The first information is determined based on the reference signal; The first information is reported to the network-side device, and the first information includes first location information and at least one of the following: First signal measurement information; Second signal measurement information; Wherein, the actual location information of the first communication device is known; the type of the first communication device is a terminal type; the type information of the first communication device includes that the first communication device is a reference communication device; the first information of the first communication device is used by the network-side device or the second communication device to determine at least one of the following of the second communication device: First location information; First signal measurement information; Wherein, the first signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information; and / or, the second signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first information also includes at least one of the following: The quality of the reported location information is higher than the first threshold. The reported position error is less than the second threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The actual location information is obtained using Rat-independent positioning technology or angle-based positioning technology.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first location information includes at least one of the following: Absolute location information; Relative position information; Track information; Path information; Speed ​​information; Acceleration information; Directional information.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The reference communication device is a communication device specified by the network-side device or that meets the first condition.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The type information of the first communication device also includes at least one of the following: The position of the first communication device remains unchanged; The location of the first communication device remains unchanged during the first time interval; The location trajectory of the first communication device remains unchanged; The location trajectory of the first communication device remains unchanged during the second time interval; The target positioning method supported by the first communication device; The first communication device supports receiving target location request information; The first communication device supports reporting target location information.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The supported target localization method or the method for obtaining the first location information includes at least one of the following: Hybrid positioning methods; Angle positioning method; Time-based positioning methods; RAT-independent localization method.

8. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The target location request information that supports receiving includes at least one of the following: A request for both location information and signal measurement information; Location requests for information where the quality is above the third threshold.

9. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The target location information that supports reporting includes at least one of the following: Simultaneously, location information and signal measurement information are reported; The quality of the reported location information is higher than the first threshold. The reported position error is less than the second threshold.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, Before measuring the reference signal, the method further includes: Receive location request information, wherein the location request information includes at least one of the following: Specify the transmitting and receiving point information for the measurement; Specify the measurement information to be reported.

11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first information also includes at least one of the following: Information on transmitting and receiving points or base stations; Group latency information; Error compensation information; The quality of the reported location information is higher than the first threshold. The reported position error is less than the second threshold.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The group delay information includes at least one of the following: Group latency identification information; Group delay group identification information; Group delay group value information; Group delay group error information Group delay difference information; Reference group delay identification information; Group latency information.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The group delay information is at least one of the following: One or more group delay information corresponding to at least one transmit and receive point (TRP); Information on one or more group delay differences for at least one corresponding transmit and receive point (TRP); One or more group delay information corresponding to at least one reference signal or a group of reference signals; Information on the group delay difference of at least one reference signal or one or more groups of reference signals.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, In the case of at least three transmit and receive points (TRPs), the first communication device measures the at least three transmit and receive points (TRPs) using links with the same group delay information, or measures the at least three transmit and receive points (TRPs) using links with specified group delay information.

15. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, Before measuring the reference signal, the method further includes at least one of the following: Obtain the correlation between the group delay information and the reference signal.

16. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, Before measuring the reference signal, the method further includes: Instructed to measure at least one of the following: Target launch and receiving points; Target group latency information; Target reference signal.

17. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The error compensation information includes at least one of the following: Error compensation identification information; Error compensation value information; The error compensation value information is determined based on the first signal measurement information and the location information of the first communication device.

18. The method according to claim 1 or 11, characterized in that, The first signal measurement information also includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power measurement information; Reference signal time difference measurement error information; Receive transmission time difference measurement information; Arrival time measurement information; Reference signal received power information; Angle measurement information.

19. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The second signal measurement information also includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power measurement information; Reference signal time difference measurement information; Receive transmission time difference measurement information; Arrival time measurement information; Time stamp information; Angle measurement information.

20. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The second signal measurement information also includes: Time measurement information, angle measurement information, and energy measurement information.

21. A positioning device, characterized in that, include: The first execution module is used to report the type information of the positioning device to the network-side device; The first measurement module is used to measure the reference signal; The first execution module is further configured to determine first information based on the reference signal; and report the first information to the network-side device, wherein the first information includes first location information and at least one of the following: First signal measurement information; Second signal measurement information; Wherein, the actual location information of the positioning device is known; the type of the positioning device is a terminal type; the type information of the positioning device includes that the positioning device is a reference communication device; the first information of the positioning device is used by the network-side device or the second communication device to determine at least one of the following of the second communication device: First location information; First signal measurement information; Wherein, the first signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information; and / or, the second signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information.

22. A positioning method, characterized in that, Performed by network-side devices, including: Receive type information reported by the first communication device; Receive first information reported by the first communication device, the first information including first location information and at least one of the following: First signal measurement information; Second signal measurement information; The actual location information of the first communication device is known; the type of the first communication device is a terminal type; the type information of the first communication device includes that the first communication device is a reference communication device; the first information of the first communication device is used by the network-side device or the second communication device to determine at least one of the following of the second communication device: First location information; First signal measurement information; Wherein, the first signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information; and / or, the second signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information.

23. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The first location information includes at least one of the following: Absolute location information; Relative position information; Location information quality information Track information; Path information; Speed ​​information; Acceleration information; Directional information.

24. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The reference communication device is a communication device specified by the network-side device or that meets the first condition.

25. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The type information of the first communication device also includes at least one of the following: The position of the communication device remains unchanged; The location of the communication device remains unchanged during the first time interval; The location trajectory of the communication device remains unchanged; The location trajectory of the communication device remains unchanged during the second time interval; The target positioning method supported by the communication device; The communication device supports receiving target location request information; The communication device supports reporting target location information.

26. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, Before receiving the first information reported by the first communication device, the method further includes: Send a location request message to the first communication device so that the first communication device measures a reference signal and determines first information based on the reference signal; The location request information includes at least one of the following: Request for information on the type of communication device; Event triggering conditions; Quality threshold or error threshold for location information; Error request information; Group latency request information; Error compensation request information; Panel information used to measure reference signals; Group delay group information used to measure the reference signal; Specify the transmitting and receiving point information for the measurement; Specify the measurement information to be reported.

27. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, After receiving the first information reported by the first communication device, the method further includes: Send second positioning assistance information to the second communication device, the second positioning assistance information including at least one of the following: TRP or network or communication equipment panel information; TRP or latency information for network devices or communication device groups; TRP or network or communication device error information; Beam information of TRP or network or communication equipment; TRP or error compensation information for network or communication equipment; First location information of the first communication device; First signal measurement information of the first communication device; Second signal measurement information of the first communication device.

28. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The first information also includes group delay information; the group delay information includes at least one of the following: Group latency identification information; Group delay group identification information; Group delay group value information; Group delay group error information Group delay difference information; Reference group delay identification information; Group latency information.

29. The method according to claim 28, characterized in that, The group delay information is at least one of the following: One or more group delay information corresponding to at least one transmit and receive point (TRP); Information on one or more group delay differences for at least one corresponding transmit and receive point (TRP); One or more group delay information corresponding to at least one reference signal or a group of reference signals; Information on the group delay difference of at least one reference signal or one or more groups of reference signals.

30. The method according to claim 28, characterized in that, Before receiving the first information reported by the first communication device, the method further includes: Send at least one of the following to the first communication device: The relationship between the group delay information and the reference signal.

31. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, Before receiving the first information reported by the first communication device, the method further includes: Instruct the first communication device to measure at least one of the following: Target launch and receiving points; Target group latency information; Target reference signal.

32. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The first information also includes error compensation information; the error compensation information includes at least one of the following: Error compensation identification information; Error compensation value information; The error compensation value information is determined based on the first signal measurement information and the location information of the first communication device.

33. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The first signal measurement information also includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power measurement information; Reference signal time difference measurement error information; Receive transmission time difference measurement information; Arrival time measurement information; Reference signal received power information; Angle measurement information.

34. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The second signal measurement information also includes at least one of the following: Reference signal received power measurement information; Reference signal time difference measurement information; Receive transmission time difference measurement information; Arrival time measurement information; Time stamp information; Angle measurement information.

35. The method according to claim 22, characterized in that, The second signal measurement information also includes: Time measurement information, angle measurement information, and energy measurement information.

36. A positioning device, characterized in that, include: The second transceiver module is used to receive type information reported by the first communication device; Receive the first information reported by the first communication device; The actual location information of the first communication device is known; the type of the first communication device is a terminal type; the type information of the first communication device includes that the first communication device is a reference communication device. The second execution module is used to perform positioning. The first information includes first location information and at least one of the following: First signal measurement information; Second signal measurement information; The first information of the first communication device is used by the positioning device or the second communication device to determine at least one of the following of the second communication device: First location information; First signal measurement information; Wherein, the first signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information; and / or, the second signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information.

37. A positioning method, characterized in that, Performed by a second communication device, including: Receive the first information sent by the first communication device, or Receive second positioning assistance information sent by network-side devices; The first information includes first location information and at least one of the following: First signal measurement information; Second signal measurement information; The second positioning assistance information includes at least one of the following: TRP or communication device panel information; TRP or communication device group latency information; TRP or communication device error information; Beam information of TRP or communication equipment; Error compensation information for TRP or communication equipment; First location information of the first communication device; First signal measurement information of the first communication device; Second signal measurement information of the first communication device; Wherein, the actual location information of the first communication device is known; the type of the first communication device is a terminal type; the type information of the first communication device includes that the first communication device is a reference communication device; Based on the first information and / or the second positioning assistance information, the second communication device determines at least one of the following: First location information; First signal measurement information; Wherein, the first signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information; and / or, the second signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information.

38. A positioning device, characterized in that, include: The third transceiver module is used to receive the first information sent by the first communication device, or Receive second positioning assistance information sent by network-side devices; The third execution module is used to perform positioning. The first information includes first location information and at least one of the following: First signal measurement information; Second signal measurement information; The second positioning assistance information includes at least one of the following: TRP or communication device panel information; TRP or communication device group latency information; TRP or communication device error information; Beam information of TRP or communication equipment; Error compensation information for TRP or communication equipment; First location information of the first communication device; First signal measurement information of the first communication device; Second signal measurement information of the first communication device; Wherein, the actual location information of the first communication device is known; the type of the first communication device is a terminal type; the type information of the first communication device includes that the first communication device is a reference communication device; Based on the first information and / or the second positioning assistance information, the second communication device determines at least one of the following: First location information; First signal measurement information; Wherein, the first signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information; and / or, the second signal measurement information includes transmitting and receiving point identification information and reference signal identification information.

39. A communication device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the positioning method as described in any one of claims 1 to 20.

40. A network-side device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the positioning method as described in any one of claims 22 to 35.

41. A communication device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the positioning method as described in claim 37.

42. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The readable storage medium stores a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the positioning method as described in any one of claims 1-20, or implement the steps of the positioning method as described in any one of claims 22-35, or implement the steps of the positioning method as described in claim 37.

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