Communication equipment execution method, base station execution method, communication equipment and base station

Abstract

The invention provides a method executed by communication equipment, a method executed by a base station, the communication equipment and the base station. The method executed by the communication equipment in the communication system comprises the following steps: receiving configuration information related to positioning, wherein the configuration information comprises time domain resource configuration information of a first positioning signal and length information of a first positioning signal sending window; determining a time reference point of a first positioning signal sending window, wherein the time reference point is related to time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal; determining resource configuration of the sending window based on the time reference point and the length information; and sending a first positioning signal in the sending window.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to wireless communications, and more specifically, to a method executed by a communication device and a method executed by a base station in a wireless communication system, and the communication device and the base station. Background Art

[0002] In order to meet the increased demand for wireless data communication services since the deployment of 4G communication systems, efforts have been made to develop improved 5G or quasi-5G communication systems. Therefore, 5G or quasi-5G communication systems are also referred to as "super 4G networks" or "post-LTE systems."

[0003] 5G communication systems are implemented in higher frequency (millimeter wave, mmWave) bands, such as the 60 GHz band, to achieve higher data rates. In order to reduce the propagation loss of radio waves and increase the transmission distance, beamforming, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antennas, analog beamforming, and massive antenna technology are discussed in 5G communication systems.

[0004] In addition, in the 5G communication system, development of system network improvements is underway based on advanced small cells, cloud radio access networks (RAN), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication, wireless backhaul, mobile networks, collaborative communications, coordinated multi-point (CoMP), receiving-end interference cancellation, etc.

[0005] In 5G systems, hybrid FSK and QAM modulation (FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) as advanced coded modulation (ACM), and filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) as advanced access technologies have been developed. Summary of the invention

[0006] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a communication device in a communication system is provided, comprising: receiving configuration information related to positioning, the configuration information comprising time domain resource configuration information of a first positioning signal and length information of a first positioning signal sending window; determining a time reference point of the first positioning signal sending window, wherein the time reference point is related to the time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal; determining the resource configuration of the sending window based on the time reference point and the length information; and sending the first positioning signal within the sending window.

[0007] In one implementation, the determining of the resource configuration of the sending window based on the time reference point and the length information includes at least one of the following: determining the M time domain units forward in the time domain from the time reference point as the resource configuration of the sending window; determining the M time domain units backward in the time domain from the time reference point as the resource configuration of the sending window; determining the M time domain units backward in the time domain from the time reference point and the subsequent M time domain units as the resource configuration of the sending window, wherein M is determined based on the length information.

[0008] In one implementation, the method also includes: receiving indication information related to positioning; determining a state of a first positioning signal sending window based on the indication information, the state including one of activation or deactivation; and executing or not executing sending the first positioning signal with the sending window based on the state of the sending window.

[0009] In an implementation manner, the indication information includes at least one of the following items: at least a portion of the configuration information, information indicating resources of at least one first positioning signal, and a flag indicating whether the first positioning signal sending window is activated.

[0010] In one implementation, the communication device activates or deactivates the sending window according to the indication information N time units after receiving the indication information.

[0011] In one implementation, if the first positioning signal conflicts with other signals in the N time units, then: if it is determined based on the indication information to activate the first positioning signal sending window, the other signals are sent or received in the N time units; if it is determined based on the indication message to deactivate the first positioning signal sending window, the first positioning signal is sent in the N time units.

[0012] In one implementation, the first positioning signal includes all positioning signals within a first time period, one or more or all repetitions of the positioning signal, and frequency hopping of the positioning signal, wherein the first time period includes at least one of the following items: a time unit, a configuration period, a measurement period, a measurement interval, a measurement window, and a positioning signal processing window.

[0013] In one implementation, the indication information is received via DCI or MAC CE.

[0014] In an implementation manner, sending the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes sending the first positioning signal using the same timing advance TA value for frequency hopping in a frequency hopping loop.

[0015] In one implementation, sending the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes sending the first positioning signal based on the same transmission beam configuration in a frequency hopping loop.

[0016] In one implementation, sending the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes sending the first positioning signal using a sending power determined based on the same parameters or using the same sending power or a sending power determined by a path loss determined based on the same downlink reference signal in the frequency hopping loop.

[0017] In one implementation, sending the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes, if information related to adjustment of at least one of TA, power or beam is received, the communication device does not apply the adjusted TA, transmit beam or transmit power in the frequency hopping loop of the first positioning signal.

[0018] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a communication device in a communication system is provided, comprising: receiving configuration information and window configuration information of positioning signal resources; receiving a positioning signal based on the configuration information and window configuration information of the positioning signal resources, wherein the receiving of the positioning signal comprises: if the timing of any of the positioning signals is within the time domain resource configuration of the window, then receiving the positioning signal, wherein the timing of the positioning signal is determined based on the configuration information of the positioning signal resources, and the time domain resource configuration of the window is determined based on the window configuration information.

[0019] In one implementation, the receiving the positioning signal includes: if the timing of any of the positioning signals is not within the time domain resource configuration of the window, then the positioning signal is not received.

[0020] In one implementation, the window configuration information includes a bit map indicating an activated window among multiple configured windows, and the time domain resource configuration of the window includes at least one activated window or a time period occupied by a start point of a first window to an end point of a last window in at least one activated window.

[0021] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a communication device in a communication system is provided, comprising: receiving one or more frequency hopping of a positioning signal to obtain a measurement result; reporting the measurement result and indication information related to the one or more frequency hoppings, wherein the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping index or a frequency hopping bit map.

[0022] In one implementation, the frequency hopping index is a logical index in a frequency hopping loop.

[0023] In one implementation, the frequency hopping index includes different frequency hopping indexes corresponding to the one or more frequency hoppings.

[0024] In one implementation, if at least one of the following conditions is met, the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping bit map: the number of frequency hopping associated with the measurement result or the ratio of the associated frequency hopping to the total number of frequency hopping is not less than a first threshold value; the number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping bit map is not greater than the number of bits required to report the indication information using a frequency hopping index; the first number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping bit map is not greater than the second number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping index, and the difference between the first number of bits and the second number of bits is not less than a second threshold value.

[0025] In one implementation manner, the communication device is a UE or a positioning reference unit PRU.

[0026] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method executed by a base station in a communication system is provided, comprising: sending configuration information related to positioning, the configuration information comprising time domain resource configuration information of a first positioning signal and length information of a first positioning signal sending window; receiving a first positioning signal sent within the sending window, wherein the resource configuration of the sending window is determined based on a time reference point and the length information, and the time reference point is related to the time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal.

[0027] In one implementation, the resource configuration of the sending window includes at least one of the following: M time domain units forward in the time domain from the time reference point; M time domain units backward in the time domain from the time reference point; M time domain units backward in the time domain from the time reference point and M time domain units after that, wherein M is determined based on the length information.

[0028] In one implementation, the method also includes: sending indication information related to positioning; wherein the indication information is used to determine the state of a first positioning signal sending window, the state including one of activation or deactivation, and the state of the sending window is used to determine whether to send the first positioning signal with the sending window.

[0029] In an implementation manner, the indication information includes at least one of the following items: at least a portion of the configuration information, information indicating resources of at least one first positioning signal, and a flag indicating whether the first positioning signal sending window is activated.

[0030] In one implementation, the first positioning signal includes all positioning signals within a first time period, one or more or all repetitions of the positioning signal, and frequency hopping of the positioning signal, wherein the first time period includes at least one of the following items: a time unit, a configuration period, a measurement period, a measurement interval, a measurement window, and a positioning signal processing window.

[0031] In one implementation, the indication information is sent via DCI or MAC CE.

[0032] In one implementation, the frequency hopping in the frequency hopping loop of the first positioning signal is sent using the same timing advance TA value.

[0033] In one implementation, the frequency hopping in the frequency hopping loop of the first positioning signal is transmitted based on the same transmission beam configuration.

[0034] In one implementation, the frequency hopping in the frequency hopping loop of the first positioning signal is sent using a transmit power determined based on the same parameter or using the same transmit power or a transmit power determined by a path loss determined based on the same downlink reference signal.

[0035] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a base station in a communication system is provided, comprising: sending one or more frequency hopping of a positioning signal; receiving measurement results related to the positioning signal and indication information related to the one or more frequency hoppings, wherein the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping index or a frequency hopping bit map.

[0036] In one implementation, the frequency hopping index is a logical index in a frequency hopping loop.

[0037] In one implementation, the frequency hopping index includes different frequency hopping indexes corresponding to the one or more frequency hoppings.

[0038] In one implementation, if at least one of the following conditions is met, the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping bit map: the number of frequency hopping associated with the measurement result or the ratio of the associated frequency hopping to the total number of frequency hopping is not less than a first threshold value; the number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping bit map is not greater than the number of bits required to report the indication information using a frequency hopping index; the first number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping bit map is not greater than the second number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping index, and the difference between the first number of bits and the second number of bits is not less than a second threshold value.

[0039] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, including: a transceiver configured to send and / or receive signals; and a controller configured to control the communication device to execute the method according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0040] According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a base station is provided, including: a transceiver configured to send and / or receive signals; and a controller configured to control the base station to execute the method according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] Figure 1 An example wireless network according to various embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0042] Figure 2a and Figure 2b Example wireless transmit and receive paths according to the present disclosure are shown;

[0043] Figure 3a An example user device according to the present disclosure is shown, and Figure 3b An example base station according to the present disclosure is shown;

[0044] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of an SRSpos send window (STW) according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0045] Figure 5 A schematic diagram showing example locations of time windows and positioning signal resources according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0046] Figure 6 A schematic diagram showing the structure of a communication device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is shown; and

[0047] Figure 7 A schematic structural diagram of a base station according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the various embodiments of the present disclosure as defined by the claims and their equivalents. This description includes various specific details to facilitate understanding but should be considered as exemplary only. Therefore, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications can be made to the various embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In addition, for the sake of clarity and conciseness, descriptions of well-known functions and structures may be omitted.

[0049] The terms and expressions used in the following specification and claims are not limited to their dictionary meanings, but are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of various embodiments of the present disclosure is provided for illustration purposes only and not for the purpose of limiting the present disclosure as defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0050] It should be understood that the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to "a component surface" includes reference to one or more of such surfaces.

[0051] The term "include" or "may include" refers to the presence of the corresponding disclosed functions, operations or components that can be used in various embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than limiting the presence of one or more additional functions, operations or features. In addition, the term "include" or "have" may be interpreted as indicating certain characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, constituent elements, components or combinations thereof, but should not be interpreted as excluding the possibility of the presence of one or more other characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, constituent elements, components or combinations thereof.

[0052] The term "or" used in various embodiments of the present disclosure includes any of the listed terms and all combinations thereof. For example, "A or B" may include A, may include B, or may include both A and B.

[0053] Unless defined differently, all terms (including technical terms or scientific terms) used in the present disclosure have the same meanings as understood by those skilled in the art described in the present disclosure. Common terms as defined in dictionaries are interpreted as having meanings consistent with the context in the relevant technical field, and should not be interpreted ideally or overly formally unless clearly defined in the present disclosure.

[0054] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: global system for mobile communications (GSM) system, code division multiple access (CDMA) system, wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system, general packet radio service (GPRS), long term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD), universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication system, fifth generation (5G) system or new radio (NR), etc. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to future-oriented communication technologies.

[0055] Figure 1An example wireless network 100 is shown in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Figure 1 The embodiment of the wireless network 100 shown in FIG. 1 is for illustration only. Other embodiments of the wireless network 100 can be used without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0056] Wireless network 100 includes gNodeB (gNB) 101, gNB 102, and gNB 103. gNB 101 communicates with gNB 102 and gNB 103. gNB 101 also communicates with at least one Internet Protocol (IP) network 130, such as the Internet, a private IP network, or other data network.

[0057] Depending on the network type, other well-known terms such as "base station" or "access point" can be used instead of "gNodeB" or "gNB". For convenience, the terms "gNodeB" and "gNB" are used in this patent document to refer to network infrastructure components that provide wireless access to remote terminals. Also, depending on the network type, other well-known terms such as "mobile station", "subscriber station", "remote terminal", "wireless terminal" or "user device" can be used instead of "user equipment" or "UE". For convenience, the terms "user equipment" and "UE" are used in this patent document to refer to a remote wireless device that wirelessly accesses a gNB, whether the UE is a mobile device (such as a mobile phone or smartphone) or a commonly thought of fixed device (such as a desktop computer or vending machine).

[0058] gNB 102 provides wireless broadband access to network 130 for a first plurality of user equipment (UE) within coverage area 120 of gNB 102. The first plurality of UEs include: UE 111, which may be located in a small business (SB); UE 112, which may be located in an enterprise (E); UE 113, which may be located in a WiFi hotspot (HS); UE 114, which may be located in a first residence (R); UE 115, which may be located in a second residence (R); UE 116, which may be a mobile device (M), such as a cellular phone, a wireless laptop, a wireless PDA, etc. gNB 103 provides wireless broadband access to network 130 for a second plurality of UEs within coverage area 125 of gNB 103. The second plurality of UEs include UE 115 and UE 116. In some embodiments, one or more of gNBs 101-103 may be capable of communicating with each other and with UEs 111-116 using 5G, long term evolution (LTE), LTE-A, WiMAX, or other advanced wireless communication technologies.

[0059] The dashed lines illustrate the approximate extents of coverage areas 120 and 125, which are shown as approximately circular for purposes of illustration and explanation only. It should be clearly understood that coverage areas associated with gNBs, such as coverage areas 120 and 125, can have other shapes, including irregular shapes, depending on the configuration of the gNB and variations in the radio environment associated with natural and man-made obstacles.

[0060] As described in more detail below, one or more of gNB 101, gNB 102, and gNB 103 include a 2D antenna array as described in embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, one or more of gNB 101, gNB 102, and gNB 103 support codebook design and structure for a system with a 2D antenna array.

[0061] although Figure 1 One example of a wireless network 100 is shown, but Figure 1 Various changes may be made. For example, wireless network 100 can include any number of gNBs and any number of UEs in any suitable arrangement. Also, gNB 101 can communicate directly with any number of UEs and provide those UEs with wireless broadband access to network 130. Similarly, each gNB 102-103 can communicate directly with network 130 and provide UEs with direct wireless broadband access to network 130. In addition, gNBs 101, 102, and / or 103 can provide access to other or additional external networks, such as an external telephone network or other type of data network.

[0062] Figure 2a and Figure 2b Example wireless transmit and receive paths according to the present disclosure are shown. In the following description, transmit path 200 can be described as being implemented in a gNB (such as gNB 102) and receive path 250 can be described as being implemented in a UE (such as UE 116). However, it should be understood that receive path 250 can be implemented in a gNB and transmit path 200 can be implemented in a UE. In some embodiments, receive path 250 is configured to support codebook design and structure for a system with a 2D antenna array as described in embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0063] The transmit path 200 includes a channel coding and modulation block 205, a serial to parallel (S to P) block 210, an N-point inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) block 215, a parallel to serial (P to S) block 220, an add cyclic prefix block 225, and an upconverter (UC) 230. The receive path 250 includes a downconverter (DC) 255, a remove cyclic prefix block 260, a serial to parallel (S to P) block 265, an N-point fast Fourier transform (FFT) block 270, a parallel to serial (P to S) block 275, and a channel decoding and demodulation block 280.

[0064] In the transmit path 200, the channel coding and modulation block 205 receives a set of information bits, applies coding (such as low-density parity check (LDPC) coding), and modulates the input bits (such as using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)) to generate a sequence of frequency-domain modulation symbols. The serial-to-parallel (S-to-P) block 210 converts (such as demultiplexes) the serial modulation symbols into parallel data to generate N parallel symbol streams, where N is the number of IFFT / FFT points used in the gNB 102 and the UE 116. The N-point IFFT block 215 performs an IFFT operation on the N parallel symbol streams to generate a time-domain output signal. The parallel-to-serial block 220 converts (such as multiplexes) the parallel time-domain output symbols from the N-point IFFT block 215 to generate a serial time-domain signal. The add cyclic prefix block 225 inserts a cyclic prefix into the time-domain signal. The up-converter 230 modulates (such as up-converts) the output of the add cyclic prefix block 225 to an RF frequency for transmission via a wireless channel. The signal can also be filtered at baseband before conversion to RF frequency.

[0065] The RF signal transmitted from gNB 102 arrives at UE 116 after passing through a wireless channel, and an operation opposite to that at gNB 102 is performed at UE 116. Downconverter 255 downconverts the received signal to a baseband frequency, and remove cyclic prefix block 260 removes the cyclic prefix to generate a serial time-domain baseband signal. Serial-to-parallel block 265 converts the time-domain baseband signal into a parallel time-domain signal. N-point FFT block 270 performs an FFT algorithm to generate N parallel frequency-domain signals. Parallel-to-serial block 275 converts the parallel frequency-domain signals into a sequence of modulated data symbols. Channel decoding and demodulation block 280 demodulates and decodes the modulated symbols to recover the original input data stream.

[0066] Each of gNBs 101-103 may implement a transmit path 200 similar to that for transmitting in the downlink to UEs 111-116 and may implement a receive path 250 similar to that for receiving in the uplink from UEs 111-116. Similarly, each of UEs 111-116 may implement a transmit path 200 for transmitting in the uplink to gNBs 101-103 and may implement a receive path 250 for receiving in the downlink from gNBs 101-103.

[0067] Figure 2a and Figure 2b Each of the components in can be implemented using hardware only, or a combination of hardware and software / firmware. As a specific example, Figure 2a and Figure 2b At least some of the components in can be implemented with software, while other components can be implemented by configurable hardware or a mixture of software and configurable hardware. For example, FFT block 270 and IFFT block 215 can be implemented as a configurable software algorithm, in which the value of the number of points N can be modified according to the implementation.

[0068] In addition, although described as using FFT and IFFT, this is illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure. Other types of transforms can be used, such as discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) functions. It should be understood that for DFT and IDFT functions, the value of variable N can be any integer (such as 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), while for FFT and IFFT functions, the value of variable N can be any integer as a power of 2 (such as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc.).

[0069] although Figure 2a and Figure 2b An example of a wireless transmit and receive path is shown, but the Figure 2a and Figure 2b Make various changes. For example, Figure 2a and Figure 2b The various components in can be combined, further subdivided or omitted, and additional components can be added according to specific needs. Figure 2a and Figure 2b It is intended to illustrate examples of the types of transmit and receive paths that can be used in a wireless network. Any other suitable architecture can be used to support wireless communications in a wireless network.

[0070] Figure 3a An example UE 116 according to the present disclosure is shown. Figure 3a The embodiment of UE 116 shown in FIG. 1 is for illustration only, and Figure 1UEs 111-115 can have the same or similar configurations. However, UEs have a variety of configurations, and Figure 3a The scope of the present disclosure is not limited to any particular implementation of the UE.

[0071] UE 116 includes antenna 305, radio frequency (RF) transceiver 310, transmit (TX) processing circuit 315, microphone 320, and receive (RX) processing circuit 325. UE 116 also includes speaker 330, processor / controller 340, input / output (I / O) interface 345, input device(s) 350, display 355, and memory 360. Memory 360 includes operating system (OS) 361 and one or more applications 362.

[0072] The RF transceiver 310 receives incoming RF signals from the antenna 305 transmitted by the gNB of the wireless network 100. The RF transceiver 310 downconverts the incoming RF signals to generate an intermediate frequency (IF) or baseband signal. The IF or baseband signal is sent to the RX processing circuit 325, where the RX processing circuit 325 generates a processed baseband signal by filtering, decoding and / or digitizing the baseband or IF signal. The RX processing circuit 325 sends the processed baseband signal to the speaker 330 (such as for voice data) or to the processor / controller 340 (such as for web browsing data) for further processing.

[0073] The TX processing circuit 315 receives analog or digital voice data from the microphone 320, or receives other outgoing baseband data (such as network data, email, or interactive video game data) from the processor / controller 340. The TX processing circuit 315 encodes, multiplexes, and / or digitizes the outgoing baseband data to generate a processed baseband or IF signal. The RF transceiver 310 receives the outgoing processed baseband or IF signal from the TX processing circuit 315 and up-converts the baseband or IF signal to an RF signal that is transmitted via the antenna 305.

[0074] The processor / controller 340 can include one or more processors or other processing devices and execute an OS 361 stored in the memory 360 to control the overall operation of the UE 116. For example, the processor / controller 340 can control the reception of forward channel signals and the transmission of reverse channel signals through the RF transceiver 310, the RX processing circuit 325, and the TX processing circuit 315 according to well-known principles. In some embodiments, the processor / controller 340 includes at least one microprocessor or microcontroller.

[0075] The processor / controller 340 is also capable of executing other processes and programs resident in the memory 360, such as operations for channel quality measurement and reporting for a system with a 2D antenna array as described in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor / controller 340 is capable of moving data into or out of the memory 360 as needed for the executed process. In some embodiments, the processor / controller 340 is configured to execute applications 362 based on the OS 361 or in response to signals received from the gNB or operator. The processor / controller 340 is also coupled to the I / O interface 345, where the I / O interface 345 provides the UE 116 with the ability to connect to other devices such as laptops and handheld computers. The I / O interface 345 is the communication path between these accessories and the processor / controller 340.

[0076] Processor / controller 340 is also coupled to input device(s) 350 and display 355. An operator of UE 116 can input data into UE 116 using input device(s) 350. Display 355 can be a liquid crystal display or other display capable of presenting text and / or at least limited graphics (such as from a website). Memory 360 is coupled to processor / controller 340. A portion of memory 360 can include random access memory (RAM), while another portion of memory 360 can include flash memory or other read-only memory (ROM).

[0077] although Figure 3a An example of UE 116 is shown, but it is possible to Figure 3a Make various changes. For example, Figure 3a The various components in can be combined, further subdivided, or omitted, and additional components can be added according to specific needs. As a specific example, processor / controller 340 can be divided into multiple processors, such as one or more central processing units (CPUs) and one or more graphics processing units (GPUs). Moreover, although Figure 3a The UE 116 is shown configured as a mobile phone or smart phone, but the UE can be configured to operate as other types of mobile or stationary devices.

[0078] Figure 3b An example gNB 102 according to the present disclosure is shown. Figure 3b The embodiment of the gNB 102 shown in FIG. is for illustration only, and Figure 1 Other gNBs can have the same or similar configurations. However, gNBs have a variety of configurations, and Figure 3b The scope of the present disclosure is not limited to any particular implementation of the gNB. It should be noted that gNB 101 and gNB 103 can include the same or similar structure as gNB 102.

[0079] like Figure 3b As shown in FIG. 1 , gNB 102 includes multiple antennas 370a-370n, multiple RF transceivers 372a-372n, transmit (TX) processing circuitry 374, and receive (RX) processing circuitry 376. In some embodiments, one or more of the multiple antennas 370a-370n include a 2D antenna array. gNB 102 also includes a controller / processor 378, a memory 380, and a backhaul or network interface 382.

[0080] The RF transceivers 372a-372n receive incoming RF signals from the antennas 370a-370n, such as signals transmitted by a UE or other gNB. The RF transceivers 372a-372n downconvert the incoming RF signals to generate IF or baseband signals. The IF or baseband signals are sent to the RX processing circuitry 376, which generates processed baseband signals by filtering, decoding, and / or digitizing the baseband or IF signals. The RX processing circuitry 376 sends the processed baseband signals to the controller / processor 378 for further processing.

[0081] The TX processing circuit 374 receives analog or digital data (such as voice data, network data, email, or interactive video game data) from the controller / processor 378. The TX processing circuit 374 encodes, multiplexes, and / or digitizes the outgoing baseband data to generate a processed baseband or IF signal. The RF transceivers 372a-372n receive the outgoing processed baseband or IF signals from the TX processing circuit 374 and up-convert the baseband or IF signals to RF signals that are transmitted via the antennas 370a-370n.

[0082] The controller / processor 378 can include one or more processors or other processing devices that control the overall operation of the gNB 102. For example, the controller / processor 378 can control the reception of forward channel signals and the transmission of reverse channel signals through the RF transceivers 372a-372n, the RX processing circuitry 376, and the TX processing circuitry 374 in accordance with well-known principles. The controller / processor 378 can also support additional functionality, such as more advanced wireless communication functionality. For example, the controller / processor 378 can perform a Blind Interference Sensing (BIS) process, such as performed through a Blind Interference Sensing (BIS) algorithm, and decode a received signal with an interference signal subtracted. The controller / processor 378 can support any of a variety of other functions in the gNB 102. In some embodiments, the controller / processor 378 includes at least one microprocessor or microcontroller.

[0083] The controller / processor 378 can also execute programs and other processes resident in the memory 380, such as a basic OS. The controller / processor 378 can also support channel quality measurement and reporting for systems with 2D antenna arrays as described in embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the controller / processor 378 supports communications between entities such as web RTC. The controller / processor 378 can move data into or out of the memory 380 as needed by the executing process.

[0084] The controller / processor 378 is also coupled to a backhaul or network interface 382. The backhaul or network interface 382 allows the gNB 102 to communicate with other devices or systems via a backhaul connection or via a network. The backhaul or network interface 382 can support communication via any suitable (multiple) wired or wireless connections. For example, when the gNB 102 is implemented as part of a cellular communication system (such as a cellular communication system supporting 5G or new radio access technology or NR, LTE or LTE-A), the backhaul or network interface 382 can allow the gNB 102 to communicate with other gNBs via a wired or wireless backhaul connection. When the gNB 102 is implemented as an access point, the backhaul or network interface 382 can allow the gNB 102 to communicate with a larger network (such as the Internet) via a wired or wireless local area network or via a wired or wireless connection. The backhaul or network interface 382 includes any suitable structure that supports communication via a wired or wireless connection, such as an Ethernet or RF transceiver.

[0085] The memory 380 is coupled to the controller / processor 378. A portion of the memory 380 can include RAM, while another portion of the memory 380 can include flash memory or other ROM. In some embodiments, a plurality of instructions such as a BIS algorithm are stored in the memory. The plurality of instructions are configured to cause the controller / processor 378 to perform the BIS process and decode the received signal after subtracting at least one interference signal determined by the BIS algorithm.

[0086] As described in more detail below, the transmit and receive paths of gNB 102 (implemented using RF transceivers 372a-372n, TX processing circuitry 374, and / or RX processing circuitry 376) support aggregated communications with FDD cells and TDD cells.

[0087] although Figure 3b An example of a gNB 102 is shown, but the Figure 3b For example, gNB 102 can include any number of Figure 3a. As a specific example, an access point can include a number of backhaul or network interfaces 382, ​​and the controller / processor 378 can support routing functions to route data between different network addresses. As another specific example, while shown as including a single instance of TX processing circuitry 374 and a single instance of RX processing circuitry 376, the gNB 102 can include multiple instances of each (such as one for each RF transceiver).

[0088] The time domain unit (also called time unit) in the present application can be: an OFDM symbol, an OFDM symbol group (consisting of multiple OFDM symbols), a time slot, a time slot group (consisting of multiple time slots), a subframe, a subframe group (consisting of multiple subframes), a system frame, a system frame group (consisting of multiple system frames); it can also be an absolute time unit, such as 1 millisecond, 1 second, etc.; the time unit can also be a combination of multiple granularities, such as N1 time slots plus N2 OFDM symbols.

[0089] The frequency domain unit (also called frequency unit) in the present application can be: a subcarrier, a subcarrier group (consisting of multiple subcarriers), a resource block (resource block, RB), which can also be called a physical resource block (physicalresource block, PRB), a resource block group (consisting of multiple RBs), a bandwidth part (bandwidth part, BWP), a band part group (consisting of multiple BWPs), a band / carrier, a band group / carrier group; it can also be an absolute frequency domain unit, such as 1 Hz, 1 kHz, etc.; the frequency domain unit can also be a combination of multiple granularities, such as M1 PRBs plus M2 subcarriers.

[0090] Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0091] The text and drawings are provided as examples only to help readers understand the present disclosure. They are not intended and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present disclosure in any way. Although certain embodiments and examples have been provided, it is obvious to those skilled in the art based on what is disclosed herein that the embodiments and examples shown may be changed without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0092] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless expressly stated, the singular forms "one", "said", and "the" used herein may also include plural forms. It should be further understood that the term "comprising" used in the specification of the present application refers to the presence of the features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and / or groups thereof. It should be understood that when we refer to an element as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it may be directly connected or coupled to the other element, or there may be an intermediate element. In addition, the "connection" or "coupling" used herein may include wireless connection or wireless coupling. The term "and / or" used herein includes all or any unit and all combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0093] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as those generally understood by those skilled in the art to which this application belongs. It should also be understood that terms such as those defined in general dictionaries should be understood to have meanings consistent with those in the context of the prior art, and will not be interpreted with idealized or overly formal meanings unless specifically defined as here.

[0094] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the "terminal" and "terminal device" used herein include both devices with wireless signal receivers, which are devices with only wireless signal receivers without transmission capabilities, and devices with receiving and transmitting hardware, which are devices with receiving and transmitting hardware capable of two-way communication over a two-way communication link. Such devices may include: cellular or other communication devices, which have a single-line display or a multi-line display or a cellular or other communication device without a multi-line display; PCS (Personal Communications Service), which may combine voice, data processing, fax and / or data communication capabilities; PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which may include a radio frequency receiver, a pager, Internet / intranet access, a web browser, a notepad, a calendar and / or a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver; conventional laptop and / or palmtop computers or other devices, which have and / or include a conventional laptop and / or palmtop computer or other device with and / or including a radio frequency receiver. The "terminal" or "terminal device" used herein may be portable, transportable, installed in a vehicle (air, sea and / or land), or adapted and / or configured to operate locally, and / or in a distributed form, at any other location on the earth and / or in space. The "terminal" or "terminal device" used herein may also be a communication terminal, an Internet terminal, a music / video playing terminal, such as a PDA, a MID (Mobile Internet Device) and / or a mobile phone with a music / video playing function, or a smart TV, a set-top box and other devices.

[0095] Without departing from the scope of the present invention, the term "send" in the present invention may be used interchangeably with "transmit", "report", "notify" and the like.

[0096] The text and drawings are provided as examples only to help readers understand the present disclosure. They are not intended and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present disclosure in any way. Although certain embodiments and examples have been provided, it is obvious to those skilled in the art based on what is disclosed herein that the embodiments and examples shown may be changed without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0097] The transmission links of the wireless communication system mainly include: the downlink communication link from 5G gNB to user equipment (UE), and the uplink communication link from UE to the network.

[0098] The nodes used for positioning measurement in a wireless communication system, such as the current wireless communication system, include: a UE that initiates a positioning request message, a positioning management entity (Location Management Function, LMF) for UE positioning and sending positioning assistance data, a gNB or a transmission-reception point (Transmission-Reception Point, TRP) that broadcasts positioning assistance data and performs uplink positioning measurement, and a UE used for downlink positioning measurement. In addition, the method of the present invention can also be extended to other communication systems, such as vehicle-to-everything (V2X), i.e., sidelink communication, in which case the transmission-reception point or UE can be any device in V2X.

[0099] In one embodiment of the present invention, a method and apparatus for sending and receiving signals for positioning proposed by the present invention will be introduced. In a wireless communication system, different UEs may have different capabilities. For example, some UEs support large bandwidths, some UEs can only support limited bandwidths, or some UEs are configured with a small bandwidth of a single frequency band; and these UEs may not be able to directly measure and / or send large bandwidth signals; therefore, through the method provided by the present invention, such UEs can perform transmission and / or reception measurements of large bandwidth signals. The meanings of the signal for positioning and / or the reference signal for positioning and / or the positioning signal and / or the positioning reference signal in the present invention are interchangeable and include a combination of one or more of the following:

[0100] ●SSB (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block)

[0101] ●PRS (Positioning reference signal)

[0102] ●CSI-RS (Channel state information reference signal)

[0103] TRS (tracking reference signal)

[0104] ●SRS for positioning (SRSpos)

[0105] ●SRS for MIMO

[0106] In the present invention, when the UE sends a positioning signal, the positioning signal is described by taking SRSpos as an example; when the UE receives a positioning signal, the positioning signal is described by taking PRS as an example.

[0107] When the UE receives and / or sends positioning signals according to the requirements of the positioning service, the operations performed include at least one or a combination of the following:

[0108] ● Receive configuration information of the positioning signal; the configuration information of the positioning signal includes at least one of the following:

[0109] ■ A configuration index containing configuration information of a positioning signal;

[0110] ■An index of a positioning signal

[0111] ■The time domain configuration information of a positioning signal includes at least one item:

[0112] ◆The number of time domain units occupied by a positioning signal,

[0113] ◆The time interval between the starting position of the time domain unit occupied by a positioning signal and a reference time point, where the reference time point can be SFN 0, the starting point of the time domain unit where the positioning signal is located, or a time reference position configured by other nodes (such as network equipment);

[0114] ◆Configuration cycle size, i.e., M time domain units; indicating that the time domain and / or frequency domain position and size of one or more positioning signals in each time domain configuration cycle are the same, i.e., repeated. ;

[0115] ◆The number of repetitions of a positioning signal, optionally the number of repetitions within a certain time period;

[0116] ◆ A muting pattern of one or more positioning signals; a muting pattern indicates that one or more positioning signals have not been sent and / or do not need to be received within a certain period of time;

[0117] ■The frequency domain configuration information of a positioning signal includes at least one item:

[0118] ◆The frequency domain starting position of a positioning signal includes a starting frequency domain unit index and / or a starting frequency domain unit determined according to the interval of N frequency domain units relative to a frequency domain reference point; optionally, the frequency domain starting position of a positioning signal also includes a frequency domain starting position within a certain frequency domain range;

[0119] ◆The number and / or position of frequency domain units occupied by a positioning signal; optionally, the number of frequency domain units occupied also includes the number and / or position of frequency domain units occupied within a certain frequency domain range, such as the number and / or position of REs (or subcarriers) occupied by a PRB;

[0120] ◆ Frequency hopping indication (and / or configuration) information and / or frequency hopping pattern configuration information of a positioning reference signal,

[0121] ◆The one frequency domain reference point may be an absolute frequency domain reference point A (point A), and / or a frequency domain starting position StartPRB of a frequency band part; optionally, the frequency band part is a frequency domain position determined according to a frequency hopping pattern, such as a frequency hopping band part and / or a frequency hopping resource block set;

[0122] ◆The certain frequency domain range may be a frequency domain unit, a frequency hopping resource block set of a positioning signal, or a frequency hopping frequency band portion of a positioning signal;

[0123] ■Related configuration information of the first positioning signal sending window (for example, but not limited to the SRSpos sending window (SRSposTx Window, STW), which is described below using STW as an example of the first positioning signal sending window). For example, in the case of SRSpos frequency hopping transmission, the configuration information related to STW can better ensure the integrity of SRSpos transmission, thereby effectively protecting the receiving performance of SRSpos; the configuration information related to STW can include, for example, at least one of the following:

[0124] ◆STW time domain starting position (or referred to as reference position, time reference point), including a time domain unit offset (offset) from the time domain reference point (for example, X time domain units), the time domain reference point may be the starting point of SFN0, the starting point of a time slot; optionally, the STW time domain starting position may be determined based on the time domain unit position of one or more SRSpos to be sent, the time domain unit position of one or more SRSpos to be sent includes the time unit occupied by one or more SRSpos to be sent, and the center position or starting position or ending position of the (one or more) time unit;

[0125] STW time domain position (e.g., number of occupied time domain units and / or location),

[0126] Optionally, an extended time domain length of the STW may also be received, for example, X time units (thereby, the time domain length of a STW may be determined according to the extended time domain length and a certain rule), and the specific operation method includes at least according to the STW time domain starting position, the extended time domain length forward or backward in the time domain corresponds to the position of a STW in the time domain (or referred to as resource allocation or resource configuration, for the convenience of description and easy understanding, "position" is used throughout the present disclosure), or the extended time domain length forward and backward in the time domain corresponds to the position of a STW in the time domain; for example Figure 4 In the example shown, there are two SRSpos, and the extended time domain length is 4 symbols. In case 1, the starting position of the STW time domain is the end position of the two SRSpos, and the extended time domain length, i.e., 4 symbols, is determined forward, and the 4 symbols and their positions are also determined as the time domain length and position of the STW; in case 2, the starting position of the STW time domain is the starting position of the two SRSpos, and the extended time domain length, i.e., 4 symbols, is determined backward, and the 4 symbols and their positions are also determined as the time domain length and position of the STW; in case 3, the starting position of the STW time domain is the middle position of the two SRSpos, and the extended time domain length, i.e., 4 symbols, determined forward, and the extended time domain length, i.e., 4 symbols, determined backward, is 8 symbols, and the 8 symbols and their positions are also determined as the time domain length and position of the STW;

[0127] ◆The period of STW, for example, a STW repeats within Y time domain units;

[0128] ◆When SRSpos conflicts or overlaps with other non-positioning signals, SRSpos is given priority.

[0129] The SRSpos conflicts or overlaps with other non-positioning signals including

[0130] ■The time domain unit occupied by SRSpos overlaps or conflicts with the time domain units occupied by other non-positioning signals; or

[0131] ■The time domain unit occupied by the SRSpos before or after plus a certain preparation time overlaps or conflicts with the time domain unit occupied by other non-positioning signals; and / or

[0132] ■ Optionally, the time domain unit occupied by the STW overlaps or conflicts with the time domain unit occupied by other non-positioning signals; or the time domain unit occupied by the STW plus a certain preparation time before or after the STW overlaps or conflicts with the time domain unit occupied by other non-positioning signals; and / or

[0133] ■ Optionally, the time domain unit occupied by the first SRSpos in the STW overlaps or conflicts with the time domain units occupied by other non-positioning signals; or the time domain unit occupied by the first SRSpos in the STW plus a certain preparation time overlaps or conflicts with the time domain unit occupied by other non-positioning signals; and / or

[0134] ■ Optionally, the occupied time domain unit may be replaced by the start point or end point of the occupied time domain unit;

[0135] ◆Wherein, the certain time period may be: a time unit; a configuration period, and / or a measurement period, and / or a measurement gap, and / or a measurement window, and / or a positioning signal processing window (PPW);

[0136] ◆Optionally, the one positioning signal is a positioning signal actually received or actually sent; for example, when the positioning signal conflicts with other signals and cannot be received and / or sent, the positioning signal does not perform frequency hopping, and the other signals are, for example, signals related to uplink transmission or downlink reception or sidelink reception or transmission, for example, PDCCH to be detected by UE, control resource set CORESET where the PDCCH is detected and / or search space (SS), SSB, CSI-RS, PUCCH, SL-SSB, PSCCH, PSSCH, PSFCH, etc.;

[0137] ◆Wherein, the one positioning signal can be replaced by multiple or all positioning signals within the certain time period, and / or can be replaced by one, multiple, or all repetitions (one, multiple, all repetitions) of the one or more positioning signals, and / or a frequency hopping of a positioning signal.

[0138] ■ Optionally, the activation and / or deactivation state of the SRSpos sending window is determined, and the UE can send SRSpos in the activated STW, and when the STW is in the inactivated state, the UE does not send SRSpos in the STW; the specific operation of determining the activation and / or deactivation state of the SRSpos sending window includes at least one of the following:

[0139] ◆ Receive STW activation indication information sent from other devices (network devices or other SRSpos receiving devices), for example, the activation indication information can be transmitted via an activation indication message, optionally, wherein

[0140] The activation indication information may include all or part of the configuration information of the above-mentioned STW related configuration information; and / or

[0141] The activation indication information may be received through downlink control information (DCI) or MAC CE; and / or

[0142] The activation indication information may be an indication of one or more SRSpos resources, that is, when receiving an indication of one or more SRSpos resources, the UE considers that the use of the STW is activated; the UE determines the STW time domain starting position according to the time domain unit position of the one or more SRSpos to be sent, and the specific method is as described above;

[0143] Optionally, the activation indication information also includes a STW activation indication identifier; for example, 1 bit, 1 represents activation of STW, and 0 represents deactivation of STW; that is, at this time, the UE determines the time domain position of STW in combination with the STW activation indication identifier and the indication of one or more received SRSpos resources to send the corresponding SRSpos; or when the STW activation indication identifier is received to indicate deactivation of STW, the UE stops sending SRSpos;

[0144] Optionally, after N time units after receiving the activation indication information, the UE actually activates the first STW, or deactivates the first STW (or ends the last activated STW). Optionally, in these N time units, if SRSpos overlaps or conflicts with other signals (signals related to uplink transmission or downlink reception or bypass reception or transmission, for example, the PDCCH to be detected by the UE, the control resource set CORESET where the PDCCH is detected, and / or the search space (search space, SS), SSB, CSI-RS, PUCCH, SL-SSB, PSCCH, PSSCH, PSFCH, etc.), the UE can:

[0145] ■ If N time units after receiving the STW activation indication information to activate the STW, the UE prioritizes the transmission or reception of other signals and / or does not require the transmission of SRSpos; and / or

[0146] ■ If N time units after receiving the activation STW indication information to deactivate STW, the UE prioritizes the transmission or reception of SRSpos, and / or does not require the transmission or reception of other signals;

[0148] Optionally, the one positioning signal is a positioning signal that is actually received or actually sent; for example, when the positioning signal conflicts with other signals and cannot be received and / or sent, the positioning signal does not perform frequency hopping;

[0149] In which, the one positioning signal can be replaced by multiple or all positioning signals within the certain time period, and / or can be replaced by one, multiple, or all repetitions (one, multiple, all repetitions) of the one or more positioning signals, and / or a frequency hopping of a positioning signal.

[0151] ●Determine the information related to the sending of the positioning signal, including at least one of the following:

[0152] ■In a complete SRSpos frequency hopping cycle, the UE determines to use the same TA value and / or the same transmit beam related configuration and / or the same downlink reference signal to calculate the path loss and / or the same P0 and alpha to determine the transmit power and / or use the same transmit power; wherein a complete hop cycle includes all frequency hopping parts of a positioning signal;

[0153] ■Optionally, when the UE receives a TA adjustment change indication (such as TA command, TA adjustment) or a power adjustment indication or a beam indication information, the UE does not change the TA or adjust the power or adjust the transmit beam configuration parameters in a complete frequency hopping cycle, or the UE does not apply the adjusted TA, transmit beam or transmit power in the frequency hopping cycle of the positioning signal, for example, the UE does not change the used TA value, transmit beam configuration, power-related parameters, etc. in a hop cycle;

[0154] ●Determining the positioning signal to be received and / or sent according to the configuration information of the received positioning signal, including at least one of the following operations:

[0155] ■When the UE or PRU receives an indication from a network device that a specific positioning signal needs to be measured, the positioning signal that needs to be received and / or the positioning signal that does not need to be received can be determined by judging the configuration information related to the received positioning signal. In this way, for a specific positioning method such as a carrier phase method, when the specific PRS resource that the PRU and / or UE is required to measure is in a specific time window, the PRS resource can be accurately and effectively measured; wherein:

[0156] ◆The positioning signal related configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0157] time window configuration information (e.g., time domain position information and period information indicating the time window) for receiving or sending the positioning signal; optionally, also including a time window configuration index, such as a time window index; alternatively, the time window configuration information includes a bitmap indicating an activated window among a plurality of configured windows, and the time domain position information of the window includes information indicating a time period occupied by a start point of at least one activated window or a first window in at least one activated window to an end point of a last window;

[0158] The positioning signal configuration information to be received or sent (for example, indicating the number of time domain units occupied by the positioning signal, the position, the number of repetitions, etc.), and optionally also including the positioning signal resource index, such as PRS resourceindex;

[0159] Optionally, the activation information of one or more time windows may be indicated in the form of a bit map, and the UE may determine the activated and / or deactivated time windows based on the information; for example, there are 4 configured time windows in total, and the UE determines by receiving a 4-bit bit map "0101" that the configurations of the second and fourth time windows are activated; and / or the configurations of the first and third time windows are deactivated;

[0160] ◆The specific operation of making the judgment includes at least one of the following:

[0161] When a time window includes all instances of a positioning signal, the UE determines that it needs to receive the positioning signal.

[0162] When a time window cannot include all instances of a positioning signal or only includes part of the instances of a positioning signal, the UE does not require to receive the positioning signal;

[0163] If the timing of any positioning signal is within the time window, the positioning signal is received;

[0164] If the timing of any positioning signal is not within the time window, the positioning signal is not received;

[0165] like Figure 5An example is shown in , in case 1, time window 1 can completely include all the timings of PRS resource 1, but cannot include all the timings of PRS resource 2, then the UE receives or needs to receive PRS resource 1 and / or does not receive or is not required to receive PRS resource 2; in case 2, time window 2 can completely include all the timings of PRS resource 2, but can only include some of the timings of PRS resource 1 instead of all the timings, then the UE needs to receive PRS resource 2 and / or is not required to receive PRS resource 1;

[0166] Optionally, the UE may be replaced by a PRU;

[0167] Optionally, a time window may be replaced by an activated time window, or the time span occupied by one or more activated time windows.

[0168] ■Determine the measured (or received) PRS hop frequency according to the configuration information of the received positioning signal

[0169] ■The determination of the positioning signal to be received includes at least one of the following:

[0170] ◆Determine the configuration index of the positioning signal to be received and / or sent,

[0171] ◆Determine the index of the positioning signal to be received and / or sent

[0172] ◆Determine the time-frequency resources of the positioning signal to be received and / or sent, including determining the frequency hopping of the positioning signal to be received and / or sent;

[0173] ●Receiving and / or sending positioning signals, including at least one of the following:

[0174] ■The receiving includes receiving and / or measuring a signal, and the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

[0175] ◆Time domain related, such as TOA, TDOA, and / or

[0176] ◆ Angle related, such as AOA, ZOA, OF Arrival, of Departure; and / or

[0177] ◆Received power related, RSRP or RSRPP

[0178] ◆Phase correlation, POA, PDOA, DPOA, etc.;

[0179] ■ The receiving may be a measurement result obtained for a single frequency hopping, and / or a measurement result obtained for M frequency hopping, where M is a positive integer, obtained by predefinition and / or obtained by network device configuration; optionally, the predefinition includes the number of frequency hopping within the certain time period, and / or the number of frequency hopping actually received and / or sent;

[0180] ■Optionally, if the reception of one or more hopping frequencies is cancelled, the UE reports a cancelled hopping frequency index (or a logical index in a complete hopping frequency group) and / or an actually received measured or actually sent hopping frequency index (a hopping frequency logical index of a positioning signal that is not cancelled in a complete hopping frequency group) in the reporting result; wherein the hopping frequency index may be replaced by other PRS parts that may represent the UE measured received and / or the SRSpos part sent;

[0181] ■Optionally, when the interval between two adjacent hopping frequencies to be transmitted is less than a second threshold value, the transmission of the latter hopping frequency is cancelled; the second threshold value is predefined and / or configured by the network device;

[0182] ● Reporting the measurement results obtained by receiving the positioning signal, wherein when the measurement results are obtained based on one or more frequency hopping, the number and / or index of the associated frequency hopping is also reported. The specific manner includes at least one of the following:

[0183] ■Method 1: Report a specific frequency hopping index. For example, when a measurement result is obtained based on X frequency hopping measurements, the frequency hopping index corresponding to the X frequency hopping is also reported in the measurement result report.

[0184] ◆The frequency hopping index is a logical index in a complete frequency hopping loop; and / or;

[0185] ◆ The X frequency hopping may include repetitions of one or more frequency hopping indexes, and / or may represent only X different frequency hopping indexes, that is, multiple repetitions of the same frequency hopping index are regarded as only one frequency hopping;

[0186] ■ Mode 2: Reporting the frequency hopping bitmap. When there are N frequency hopping parts, the UE uses an N-bit bitmap to report the frequency hopping part associated with a measurement result. 1 represents the frequency hopping part involved in the measurement result; 0 represents the frequency hopping part not involved in the measurement result. For example, if N=4, 0101 can represent that the measurement result is obtained by measuring the second and fourth frequency hopping parts.

[0187] ■Optionally, when certain conditions are met, use method 2, otherwise use method 1, wherein the certain conditions include at least one of the following:

[0188] ◆When the number of frequency hopping parts associated in a measurement result is not less than (or greater than) a first threshold value; and / or when the proportion of the number of frequency hopping parts associated in a measurement result to the total number is not less than (or greater than) the first threshold value;

[0189] ◆When the number of bits required for reporting a measurement result using method 2 is not greater than or less than the number of bits required for using method 1; that is, the UE selects a method with the smallest number of bits for reporting, and optionally, the UE notifies the network device of the selected method;

[0190] ◆Optionally, when the number of bits required for reporting a measurement result using mode 2 is not greater than or less than the number of bits required using mode 1 and the difference is greater than a second threshold value;

[0191] ◆Optionally, the above one measurement result can be replaced by multiple measurement results;

[0192] ◆Optionally, the UE may be replaced by a PRU;

[0193] Figure 6 FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of a communication device 600 according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 6 , the communication device 600 includes a transceiver 601 and a controller 602. The transceiver 601 is configured to send data or signals and receive data or signals. The controller 602 is coupled to the transceiver 601 and is configured to perform control so that the communication device 600 performs a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In one implementation, the communication device 600 may also include a memory (not shown), on which computer executable instructions are stored, and when the instructions are executed by the controller 602, the communication device 600 may perform at least one method corresponding to the above-mentioned embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the communication device may be configured to execute the method performed by the UE or PRU described in the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0194] Figure 7 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of a base station 700 according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 7 , the base station 700 includes a transceiver 701 and a controller 702. The transceiver 701 is configured to send data or signals and receive data or signals. The controller 702 is coupled to the transceiver 701 and is configured to perform control so that the base station 700 performs the method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. In one implementation, the base station 700 may also include a memory (not shown), on which computer executable instructions are stored. When the instructions are executed by the controller 702, the base station 700 may perform at least one method corresponding to the above-mentioned embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0195] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0196] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention includes devices for performing one or more of the operations described in the present application. These devices may be specially designed and manufactured for the desired purpose, or may include known devices in general-purpose computers. These devices have computer programs stored therein, which are selectively activated or reconfigured. Such computer programs may be stored in a device (e.g., computer) readable medium or in any type of medium suitable for storing electronic instructions and coupled to a bus, respectively, the computer readable medium including but not limited to any type of disk (including floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, CD-ROM, and magneto-optical disk), ROM (Read-Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash memory, magnetic card or optical card. That is, the readable medium includes any medium that stores or transmits information in a readable form by a device (e.g., computer).

[0197] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that each block in these structure diagrams and / or block diagrams and / or flow charts and combinations of blocks in these structure diagrams and / or block diagrams and / or flow charts can be implemented using computer program instructions. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that these computer program instructions can be provided to a general-purpose computer, a professional computer, or a processor of other programmable data processing methods to implement, thereby executing the scheme specified in the block or multiple blocks of the structure diagram and / or block diagram and / or flow chart disclosed in the present invention through the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing method.

[0198] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various operations, methods, steps, measures, and schemes discussed in the present invention may be alternated, modified, combined, or deleted. Further, other steps, measures, and schemes in the various operations, methods, and schemes discussed in the present invention may also be alternated, modified, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted. Further, the steps, measures, and schemes in the prior art that are similar to those disclosed in the present invention may also be alternated, modified, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted.

[0199] The above descriptions are only partial embodiments of the present invention. It should be pointed out that, for ordinary technicians in this technical field, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention. These improvements and modifications should also be regarded as within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method performed by a communication device in a communication system, comprising: Receive configuration information related to positioning, where the configuration information includes time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal and length information of the first positioning signal sending window; Determine a time reference point of a first positioning signal sending window, wherein the time reference point is related to time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal; Determine resource configuration of the sending window based on the time reference point and the length information; A first positioning signal is sent within the sending window.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The determining the resource configuration of the sending window based on the time reference point and the length information includes at least one of the following: Determine M time domain units forward in the time domain from the time reference point as resource configuration of the sending window; Determine M time domain units in the time domain that are backward from the time reference point as resource configuration of the sending window; Determine M time domain units in the time domain starting from the time reference point and M time domain units in the time domain as resource configuration of the sending window, Wherein, the M is determined based on the length information.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving indication information related to positioning; Determine a state of the first positioning signal sending window based on the indication information, where the state includes one of activation or deactivation; as well as Sending a first positioning signal in the sending window is executed or not executed based on the state of the sending window.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The indication information includes at least one of the following items: at least a part of the configuration information, information indicating resources of at least one first positioning signal, and a flag indicating whether a first positioning signal sending window is activated.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The communication device activates or deactivates the sending window according to the indication information N time units after receiving the indication information.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: If the first positioning signal conflicts with other signals in the N time units, then: If it is determined based on the indication information to activate the first positioning signal sending window, sending or receiving the other signals in the N time units; If it is determined to deactivate the first positioning signal sending window based on the indication message, the first positioning signal is sent in the N time units.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first positioning signal includes all positioning signals within a first time period, one or more or all repetitions of the positioning signal, and frequency hopping of the positioning signal, wherein the first time period includes at least one of the following items: a time unit, a configuration period, a measurement period, a measurement interval, a measurement window, and a positioning signal processing window.

8. The method according to claim 3, wherein the indication information is received via DCI or MAC CE.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The sending of the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes sending the first positioning signal using the same timing advance TA value for frequency hopping in a frequency hopping loop.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The sending of the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes sending the first positioning signal based on the same transmission beam configuration in the frequency hopping loop of the first positioning signal.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein: Sending the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes sending the first positioning signal using a sending power determined based on the same parameters or using the same sending power or a sending power determined by a path loss determined based on the same downlink reference signal in a frequency hopping loop.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The sending of the first positioning signal within the sending window also includes that if information related to adjustment of at least one of TA, power or beam is received, the communication device does not apply the adjusted TA, transmission beam or transmission power in the frequency hopping loop of the first positioning signal.

13. A method performed by a communication device in a communication system, comprising: Receive positioning signal resource configuration information and window configuration information; Receiving a positioning signal based on the configuration information of the positioning signal resource and the window configuration information, wherein receiving the positioning signal comprises: If the timing of any of the positioning signals is within the time domain resource configuration of the window, the positioning signal is received, wherein the timing of the positioning signal is determined based on the configuration information of the positioning signal resources, and the time domain resource configuration of the window is determined based on the window configuration information.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein receiving a positioning signal comprises: If the timing of any positioning signal is not within the time domain resource configuration of the window, the positioning signal is not received.

15. The method according to any one of claims 13-14, wherein: The window configuration information includes a bitmap indicating an activated window among multiple configured windows, and the time domain resource configuration of the window includes at least one activated window or a time period occupied by a start point of a first window to an end point of a last window in at least one activated window.

16. A method performed by a communication device in a communication system, comprising: receiving one or more frequency hops of the positioning signal to obtain a measurement result; The measurement result and indication information related to the one or more frequency hopping are reported, wherein the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping index or a frequency hopping bitmap.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein: The frequency hopping index is a logical index in the frequency hopping loop.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein: The frequency hopping index includes different frequency hopping indexes corresponding to the one or more frequency hoppings.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein: If at least one of the following conditions is met, the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping bitmap: The number of frequency hopping associated with the measurement result or the ratio of the associated frequency hopping to the total number of frequency hopping is not less than a first threshold value; The number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping bitmap is not greater than the number of bits required to report the indication information using the frequency hopping index; A first number of bits required to report the indication information using a frequency hopping bitmap is not greater than a second number of bits required to report the indication information using a frequency hopping index, and a difference between the first number of bits and the second number of bits is not less than a second threshold value.

20. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein: The communication device is a UE or a positioning reference unit PRU.

21. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, comprising: Sending configuration information related to positioning, the configuration information including time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal and length information of the first positioning signal sending window; receiving a first positioning signal sent within a sending window, The resource configuration of the sending window is determined based on a time reference point and the length information, and the time reference point is related to the time domain resource configuration information of the first positioning signal.

22. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, comprising: One or more hopping frequencies for sending positioning signals; A measurement result related to the positioning signal and indication information related to the one or more frequency hopping are received, wherein the indication information is reported using a frequency hopping index or a frequency hopping bitmap.

23. A communication device comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and / or receive signals; A controller is configured to control the communication device to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-20.

24. A base station, comprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and / or receive signals; A controller configured to control the base station to perform the method according to claim 21 or 22.

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