Positioning method, device, and communication device

Abstract

The present application discloses a positioning method, an apparatus, and a communication device, which belong to the field of communication technology. The positioning method is performed by a first device, the method includes: measuring a positioning reference signal PRS; and reporting location information and time information to a second device, the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, the first type of location information includes at least one of: location information related to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance PRS set instance; location information related to a measurement occasion MO; location information related to a measurement report MR; and location information related to a measurement time window.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] (CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS) This application claims priority from Chinese Patent Application No. 202110287923.X filed in China on March 17, 2021, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communications technology, and in particular to a positioning method, apparatus, and communications equipment. [Background technology]

[0003] In the positioning process, there are synchronization errors, device group delays, and angle errors between the network side device and the terminal device, and these errors change over time. The location information of the terminal changes accordingly at different times. The location information currently reported by the terminal is reported at intervals greater than s, and it is unclear whether the reported amount is a single measurement, and the correspondence between the reported amount and a time stamp is also unclear. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a positioning method, apparatus, and communication device that can improve positioning accuracy. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a positioning method for use in a first device, the method comprising: a first device measuring a positioning reference signal PRS; and reporting location information and time information from a first device to a second device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information including: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0006] According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a positioning method for use in a second device, the method comprising: and receiving, by a second device, location information and time information reported by a first device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information being: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0007] According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a positioning device for use in a first device, the device comprising: a measurement module for measuring a positioning reference signal PRS; a reporting module for reporting location information and time information to a second device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information comprising: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a positioning device for use in a second device, the device comprising: a receiving module for receiving location information and time information reported by a first device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information including: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect, there is provided a communications device, the communications device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and operable to run on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, performing the steps of the method of the first or second aspect.

[0010] According to a sixth aspect, there is provided a terminal, the terminal including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is adapted to measure a positioning reference signal PRS, and the communication interface is adapted to report location information and time information to a second device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information being: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0011] According to a seventh aspect, there is provided a network side device, the network side device including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to receive location information and time information reported by a first device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information being: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0012] According to an eighth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having a program or instructions stored on the readable storage medium, the program or instructions performing the steps of the method according to the first aspect or performing the steps of the method according to the second aspect when executed by a processor.

[0013] According to a ninth aspect, there is provided a chip, the chip including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor running a program or instruction to implement the method of the first aspect or to be used to implement the method of the second aspect.

[0014] According to a tenth aspect, there is provided a computer program / program product, the computer program / program product being stored on a non-transitory storage medium, the program / program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method according to the first or second aspect.

[0015] According to an eleventh aspect, there is provided a communications device, the communications device being configured to perform the steps of the method according to the first or second aspect. [Effects of the Invention]

[0016] In an embodiment of the present application, the first device reports location information and time information to the second device after measuring a PRS, and the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information includes at least one of location information related to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance), location information related to a measurement occasion (MO), location information related to a measurement report (MR), and location information related to a measurement time window. In this embodiment, it is clarified that time information is also reported when reporting location information, which can improve positioning accuracy. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of the positioning device. [Figure 3] Schematic diagram of MR and MO. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of location information request and location information reporting. [Figure 5] 1 is a flowchart of a positioning method performed by a first device according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 6] 1 is a flowchart of a positioning method performed by a second device according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 7] 1 is a flowchart of a positioning method in a specific embodiment of the present application; [Figure 8] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a positioning device used in the first equipment of an embodiment of the present application; FIG. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of a positioning device used in the second device of the embodiment of the present application. [Figure 10] 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 11] 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 12]1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0019] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in the specification and claims of this application are intended to distinguish between similar objects and are not intended to describe a particular order or sequence. It should be understood that terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of this application may be performed in an order other than that illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type and do not limit the number of objects; for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, "and / or" in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates that the related objects before and after have an "or" relationship.

[0020] It should be noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be applied to 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 always used interchangeably, and the described techniques may be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies as well as other systems and radio technologies. Although the following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes and uses NR terminology in most of the following description, these techniques may be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems.

[0021] 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. Here, the terminal 11 may be referred to as a terminal device or a user equipment (UE), and may be a terminal side device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer (also called a notebook computer), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a palmtop computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device, a vehicle user equipment (VUE), a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), etc., and wearable devices include a smart watch, a bracelet, an earphone, a pair of glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 in the embodiments of the present application is not limited. The network side device 12 may be a base station or a core network, where the base station may be called 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 B node, an evolved B node (eNB), a home B node, a home evolved B node, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, a transmitting and receiving point (TRP), or any other suitable term in the art. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical term. For illustrative purposes, in the embodiments of this application, only base stations in an NR system are taken as an example, and the specific type of base station is not limited, and the core network side The device may be a location management device, such as a location management function (LMF, E-SLMC).

[0022] The positioning method according to the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below through several examples and application scenarios in conjunction with the drawings.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 2, the current NR positioning device includes a terminal (UE), a base station (Transmission Reference Point (TRP)), and a positioning management function entity (LMF). Here, TP is a transmission point, AMF is an access and mobility management function entity, E-SMLC is an enhanced service mobile positioning center, and SLP is a service positioning protocol. Communication between the UE and the base station occurs via the Uu interface. Current positioning methods mainly include UE-based, LMF-based UE-assisted, and 5G radio access network node-assisted (NG-RAN node assisted). It should be noted that the positioning device is only an example of one embodiment, and related evolutions of the device still fall within the scope of protection of this application.

[0024] The current positioning methods are shown in the table below.

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[0026] An embodiment of the present application provides a positioning method, and as shown in FIG. 5, the method includes the following steps:

[0027] Step 101: A first device measures a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS). Step 102: The first device reports location information and time information to the second device, and the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information is: position information associated with a first period of a Positioning Reference Signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion; Location information associated with the measurement report; and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0028] In an embodiment of the present application, the first device reports location information and time information to the second device after measuring a PRS, and the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information includes at least one of location information related to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance), location information related to a measurement occasion (MO), location information related to a measurement report (MR), and location information related to a measurement time window. In this embodiment, it is clarified that time information is also reported when reporting location information, which can improve positioning accuracy.

[0029] Here, in one embodiment shown in FIG. 3, a measurement report (MR) refers to a single report (where a single report may include results of multiple MOs or results of multiple measurement instances), and the minimum reporting period may be 1 s, 10 ms, etc., and may not be the same.

[0030] Regarding measurement occasion (MO), Downlink may also be understood as measurement instances corresponding to downlink positioning methods, including RSTD, DL RSRP, UE Rx-Tx time difference measurements, etc., where RSTD is the reference signal time difference, DL RSRP is the downlink reference signal received power, and UE Rx-Tx time difference is the UE transmission and reception time difference.

[0031] The uplink may also be understood as measurement instances corresponding to the uplink positioning method, including relative time of arrival (RTOA), UL RSRP, gNB Rx-Tx time difference measurements, etc., where UL RSRP is the uplink reference signal received power, and gNB Rx-Tx time difference is the transmission and reception time difference of the base station.

[0032] For downlink, each measurement instance is equivalent to N instances of the DL-PRS Resource Set, i.e., may be understood as a period of N* DL-PRS Resource Set; For the uplink, each measurement instance is equivalent to M SRS measurement time occasions, ie, may be understood as M* SRS periods.

[0033] As shown in FIG. 4, when positioning, the LMF sends location request information (LPP Request Location Information) to the UE, and the UE sends location report information (LPP Provide Location Information) to the LMF.

[0034] In this embodiment, the location report information sent by the UE to the LMF may include the following information:

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[0036] Here, PCI (Physical Cell Identifier) ​​is a physical cell identifier, GCI (Global Cell Identifier) ​​is a global cell identifier. A TRP (Transmit Receive Point) is a transmitting and receiving point.

[0037] Here, the time stamp of the measurements and the type of measurement and report are added contents in the location report information of the embodiment of the present application.

[0038] For different positioning methods, the reported measurements are different and may be RSTD, RSRP, Rx-Tx time difference, etc.

[0039] Taking DL-TDOA as an example, the main measurement quantity is RSTD (Reference Signal Time Difference). Taking DL-AOD as an example, the main measurement quantity is RSRP (reference signal received power). Taking Multi-RTT as an example, the main measurement quantity is the Rx-Tx time difference (transmit / receive time). In some embodiments, Report N1 locations in one MO, or Report at least one piece of location information in a period T or a first period of M1 PRS set instances, for example, reporting one piece of location information, M1 pieces of location information, M1+1 pieces of location information, a common denominator of M1 pieces of location information, etc., and the interval is one period T or multiple periods T or the first period; or Report N2 pieces of location information in one MR period, or Report at least one location in M2 MOs, for example, report one location, M2 location, M2+1 location, a common denominator of M2 location, M2*M1 location, a common denominator of M2*M1 location, or the like; or Report K1 locations in one measurement window, or reporting at least one location in K measurement time windows; Here, N1, M1, N2, M2, K1, and K2 are positive integers, M2 may be equal to M1 or equal to M1+1, and the values ​​of M1 and M2 may be 1 or other positive integers.

[0040] In some embodiments, the first period is greater than or equal to N times the period T of the positioning reference signal, where N is a positive integer and N is: Carrier measurement performance scaling factor CSSF coefficient CSSFPRS,i, The number of receiving beams NRxBeam,i, The period of the measurement gap, the period of the positioning reference signal; The processing power of the first device; The PRS processing capacity of the first device; PRS muting configuration and and first indication information indicating that N is 1, a default value, or an integer greater than 1.

[0041] In some embodiments, the first period comprises: JPEG0007753381000006.jpg15126, where: JPEG0007753381000007.jpg15104 or JPEG0007753381000008.jpg1044 or T effect.i =T PRS.i and where i is the frequency layer and T PRS is the period T of the positioning reference signal, and T availablePRS.i is the least common multiple of the PRS and the measurement interval period, and T i is a period T, N PRSs are measured at time T, and T last =T i +L PRS,i、 L PRS,i is the number of PRSs at time T.

[0042] N sample is the correspondence between M1 or M2 or location information and the number of PRS set instances / MOs. For example, one location information is reported for every four PRS set instances, and N sample is 4. For example, one location information is reported for every four MOs, and each MO corresponds to four PRS set instances. sample is 16, N is the reference signal processing capability of the UE at time T, e.g., the PRS processing capability, and N slot PRS,i is the number of PRSs in each slot, and N' is the processing capacity of the PRS in each slot.

[0043] In some embodiments, the reported location information includes first information, the first information including at least one first information unit, the first information unit comprising: Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement information; Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurement information; Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurement information; Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA) information, Downlink Angle of Departure (AoD) measurement information; Multi-Round Trip Time (Multi-RTT) information, Observed Time Difference Of Arrival (OTDOA) measurement information; and Network-assisted satellite positioning (Assisting-gnss, A-gnss) information; and Sensor information; Enhanced Cell Identification (ECID) information; and Absolute position information; Relative position information; Reference location information; Positioning reference signal identification information; and time identifier information; angle measurement information; Transmit / Receive Point Identity (TRP ID) information, Time information and Additional measurement information, and and an additional path list (AdditionalPathList).

[0044] In some embodiments, the first information comprises: Second type information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window; Second indication information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window number; and first time information, wherein the first time information is time information in units smaller than the second level, for example, the units are in the ms level, and may further be in units of the first period, the period T, the slot, or the system frame SFN.

[0045] Wherein, in some embodiments, the second type information includes enumeration information {PRS set instance, MO, MR, measurement time window}, and the second type information is any one of the enumeration information, and indicates that the first information unit corresponds to this enumeration information; In some other embodiments, the second indication information is a number S, where the value of S is 0, 1, 2, 4, etc. It should be noted that the value of S is merely an example, and different values ​​should fall within the scope of protection of the present application. If S is 4, then the first information Unit To It may represent that the first information unit is related to four pieces of second type information, and may represent that the first information unit includes information related to four pieces of second type information.

[0046] In some embodiments, the first information unit, when the first information unit is obtained with more than one PRS set instance, includes any one of the following: The information of the first paragraph: the first information unit is first information unit information obtained after filtering measurement information of more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; The second information item is first information unit information, in which the first information unit corresponds one-to-one to the PRS set instance or the measurement information of the measurement time window.

[0047] It should be noted that the information in the first term may be understood as the result of filtering and fitting the information corresponding to the first information unit after measuring a plurality of PRS periods; The second term of information may be understood to be position information obtained over one PRS period that has not been filtered and fitted to the position information.

[0048] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The first device may further include reporting third indication information to indicate that the first information unit includes the first item of information and / or the second item of information, so that the second device can know the content included in the first information unit.

[0049] In some embodiments, the first information comprises one or X1 or X2 first information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers greater than 1, and the first information comprises: X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; X1 first information units obtained by measurements of the X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; X1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or X1 first information units obtained by measurements in a measurement time window; X2 first information units obtained by measuring the X2 MOs; X2 first information units obtained by measurements of the X2 MOs closest to the reporting time; X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs before a preset reference time; and X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs within a preset time window.

[0050] In this embodiment, the reported location information (ProvideLocationInformation-r9-IEs) is: commonIEsProvideLocationInformation (first location information), a-gnss-ProvideLocationInformation (first positioning location information), otdoa-ProvideLocationInformation (first positioning location information), sensor-ProvideLocationInformation-r13 (first positioning location information), ecid-ProvideLocationInformation (first signal measurement information); nr-Multi-RTT-ProvideLocationInformation (first positioning location information), nr-DL-AoD-ProvideLocationInformation (first positioning location information), It may also include nr-DL-TDOA-ProvideLocationInformation (first positioning location information). In some embodiments, the nr-Multi-RTT-ProvideLocationInformation includes NR-Multi-RTT-SignalMeasurementInformation (first signal measurement information), the NR-Multi-RTT-SignalMeasurementInformation includes NR-Multi-RTT-MeasList (first signal measurement list), and the NR-Multi-RTT-MeasList includes nr-Multi-RTT-r16 (first signal measurement information).

[0051] In some embodiments, nr-DL-AoD-ProvideLocationInformation includes NR-DL-AoD-SignalMeasurementInformation (first positioning location information), NR-DL-AoD-SignalMeasurementInformation includes NR-DL-AoD-MeasList (first signal measurement list), NR-DL-AoD-MeasList includes NR-DL-AoD-MeasElement (first signal measurement unit), and NR-DL-AoD-MeasElement includes nr-RSRP-r16 (first signal measurement value).

[0052] In some embodiments, the nr-DL-TDOA-ProvideLocationInformation includes NR-DL-TDOA-SignalMeasurementInformation (first signal measurement information), the NR-DL-TDOA-SignalMeasurementInformation includes NR-DL-TDOA-MeasList (first signal measurement list), the NR-DL-TDOA-MeasList includes an NR-DL-TDOA-Meas Element (first signal measurement unit), and the NR-DL-TDOA-Meas Element includes nr-RSTD-r16 (first signal measurement value).

[0053] In some embodiments, the first information is first location information, the first information unit is a first location information unit, or The first information is first positioning location information, and the first information unit is first signal measurement information; or the first information is first signal measurement information, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement list; or the first information is a first signal measurement list and the first information unit is a first signal measurement unit; or The first information is a first signal measurement unit, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement value.

[0054] In one specific example, the reported location information includes at least one of first location information and first positioning location information, and the first positioning location information is: TDOA information and AoD measurement misinformation and Multi-RTT information, OTDOA measurement information, A-gnss information and Sensor information; ECID information, The first location information includes at least one first location information unit, and the first location information unit comprises: Absolute location information (e.g., longitude and latitude information), Relative position information; and reference position information.

[0055] The first location information includes one or X1 or X2 first location information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, and the first location information is: X1 pieces of first location unit information obtained by measuring X1 instances; X1 pieces of first location unit information obtained by measuring the X1 instances closest to the reporting time; X1 pieces of first position unit information acquired by measuring X1 instances before a preset reference time; X1 pieces of first position unit information obtained by measuring X1 instances within a preset time window; X2 pieces of first position unit information obtained by measuring X2 occasions; X2 pieces of first location unit information obtained by measurements of the X2 occasions closest to the reporting time; X2 pieces of first position unit information acquired by measurements on X2 occasions before a preset reference time; and X2 pieces of first position unit information acquired by measurements on X2 occasions within a preset time window.

[0056] In another specific example, the first positioning location information includes at least one first signal measurement information. X1 pieces of first signal measurement information obtained by measuring X1 instances; X1 pieces of first signal measurement information obtained by measuring the X1 instances closest to the reporting time; X1 pieces of first signal measurement information acquired by measuring X1 instances before a preset reference time; X1 pieces of first signal measurement information acquired by measuring X1 instances within a preset time window; X2 pieces of first signal measurement information obtained by measuring X2 pieces of occasions; X2 pieces of first signal measurement information obtained by measurements on X2 occasions closest to the reporting time; X2 pieces of first signal measurement information acquired by measurements on X2 occasions before a preset reference time; and X2 pieces of first signal measurement information acquired by measuring X2 times within a preset time window, Here, X1 and X2 are positive integers.

[0057] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information includes one or X1 or X2 first signal measurement lists, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, each of the first signal measurement lists includes B first signal measurement units, where B is an integer less than or equal to nrMaxTRP, and nrMaxTRP is an integer greater than 1, and the first signal measurement units are: Reference signal received power RSRP measurement information; Reference signal time difference RSTD measurement information; Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurement information; Positioning reference signal identification information; and time identifier information; Angle measurement information; Transmitting / receiving point identifier TRP ID information; Time information and Additional measurement information and an additional path list AdditionalPathList.

[0058] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information comprises: X1 first signal measurement lists obtained by measuring X1 instances; a first signal measurement list of X1 signals obtained by measuring the X1 instances closest to the reporting time; a first signal measurement list of X1 signals obtained by measuring X1 instances before a preset reference time; a first signal measurement list of X1 signals obtained by measuring X1 instances within a preset time window; X2 first signal measurement lists obtained by measuring X2 occasions; a first signal measurement list of X2 signals obtained by measurements on the X2 occasions closest to the reporting time; X2 first signal measurement lists obtained by measurements on X2 occasions before a preset reference time; and X2 first signal measurement lists obtained by measuring X2 occasions within a preset time window; Here, X1 and X2 are positive integers.

[0059] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information comprises a first signal measurement list; and / or Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measurements of the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; and a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measurements of the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a predetermined reference time; and Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0060] The second signal measurement list is: RSRP measurement information, RSTD measurement information, Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, TOA measurement information, Positioning reference signal identification information and / or time identifier information; angle measurement information; TRP ID information, Positioning reference signal identification information; and Time information and Additional measurement information, and and an additional path list (AdditionalPathList).

[0061] Here, when the corresponding information in the second signal measurement list is the same as that in the first signal measurement list, the TRP ID information, the positioning reference signal identification information is omitted.

[0062] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement list includes one first signal measurement unit; and / or a second signal measurement unit list; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a preset reference time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0063] In some embodiments, the second signal measurement unit: RSRP measurement information, RSTD measurement information, Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, TOA measurement information, Angle measurement information; Time information and Additional measurement and AdditionalPathList.

[0064] In some embodiments, before measuring the positioning reference signal PRS, the method further comprises: The method further includes receiving, by the first device, a request for location information from a third device, the request for location information comprising: Location information requests for more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; a location request corresponding to the PRS set instance; The number of PRS set instances or MOs or measurement time windows corresponding to the location information; The values ​​of X1 and X2, Measurement time window information; Priority information; and reference time information; Here, the third device may be the same as the second device or may be different.

[0065] In some embodiments, the location information request comprises: An event trigger condition; and at least one of aperiodic reporting trigger or semi-static reporting activation.

[0066] In some embodiments, the location information corresponds to a PRS set instance.

[0067] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes determining whether to activate reporting of location information associated with a PRS set instance based on the location information request.

[0068] In some embodiments, the first period is different from the period T, and the method further comprises: The method further includes the first device reporting a cause for extending the first period and / or the period T.

[0069] In some embodiments, the first period is A instances of the DL-PRS Resource Set, and the method further includes the first device reporting the value of A, where A is a positive integer.

[0070] In some embodiments, the measurement time window is: Positioning reference signals of one or more transmitting / receiving points TRP; the start time of the measurement time window; The length of the measurement time window, the period of the measurement time window; and a priority of the measurement time window.

[0071] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The location information reported by the first device relates to a first period and / or an indication of the first period, for example, the first period is four times period T, and only one measurement is made during the first period, with 0010 indicating the measurement is for the third period T within the first period; or The method further includes the first device reporting a correspondence relationship between the location information and the measurement time window or a correspondence relationship between the location information and the period of the measurement time window.

[0072] In some embodiments, there is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the first period and / or the start time of the actual measurement period in the first period; or There is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the measurement time window and / or the start time of the actual measurement period corresponding to the measurement time window.

[0073] In some embodiments, reporting location information by the first device to the second device comprises: For X1 or X2, if X1 or X2 is different from the value configured by the second device, reporting X1 or X2, for example, the LMF is configured to select one value for every two measurements, while the terminal selects one value for every four or one measurements; and reporting X1 or X2 if instructed by the second device.

[0074] In some embodiments, if a movement distance of the first device within the MR, MO or a predetermined time window is less than a predetermined first threshold and / or a difference between measurement results of the first device is less than a predetermined second threshold, not triggering reporting of location information related to the PRS set instance; If the distance traveled by the first device within the MR, MO, or a predetermined time window is greater than a predetermined third threshold and / or the difference in the measurement results of the first device is greater than a predetermined fourth threshold, reporting of location information related to the PRS set instance is initiated.

[0075] An embodiment of the present application further provides a positioning method, as shown in FIG. 6, the method includes the following steps:

[0076] Step 201: A second device receives location information and time information reported by a first device, and the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information is: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0077] In some embodiments, the first period is greater than or equal to N times the period T of the positioning reference signal, where N is a positive integer and N is: Carrier Measurement Performance Scaling Factor CSSF coefficient; The number of receiving beams, The period of the measurement gap, the period of the positioning reference signal; The processing power of the first device; The PRS processing capacity of the first device; PRS muting configuration and and first indication information indicating that N is 1, a default value, or an integer greater than 1.

[0078] In some embodiments, the reported location information includes first information, the first information including at least one first information unit, the first information unit comprising: Reference signal received power RSRP measurement information; Reference signal time difference RSTD measurement information; Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurement information; Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) information; Downlink angle of departure (AoD) measurement information; Multi-Round Trip Time (Multi-RTT) information, Observed time difference of arrival (OT / DOA) measurement information; Network-assisted satellite positioning A-gnss information; Sensor information; Augmented cell identification positioning ECID information; Absolute position information; Relative position information; Reference location information; Positioning reference signal identification information; and time identifier information; angle measurement information; Transmitting / receiving point identifier TRP ID information; Time information and Additional measurement information and an additional path list AdditionalPathList.

[0079] In some embodiments, the first information comprises: Second type information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window; Second indication information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window number; and first time information.

[0080] In some embodiments, the first information unit, when the first information unit is obtained with more than one PRS set instance, includes any one of the following: The information of the first paragraph: the first information unit is first information unit information obtained after filtering measurement information of more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; The second information item is first information unit information, in which the first information unit corresponds one-to-one to the PRS set instance or the measurement information of the measurement time window.

[0081] In some embodiments, The method further includes receiving third indication information reported by the first device, the third indication information indicating that the first information unit includes the first information and / or the second information.

[0082] In some embodiments, the first information comprises one or X1 or X2 first information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers greater than 1, and the first information comprises: X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; X1 first information units obtained by measurements of the X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; X1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or X1 first information units obtained by measurements in a measurement time window; X2 first information units obtained by measuring the X2 MOs; X2 first information units obtained by measurements of the X2 MOs closest to the reporting time; X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs before a preset reference time; and X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs within a preset time window.

[0083] In some embodiments, the first information is first location information, the first information unit is a first location information unit, or The first information is first positioning location information, and the first information unit is first signal measurement information; or the first information is first signal measurement information, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement list; or the first information is a first signal measurement list and the first information unit is a first signal measurement unit; or The first information is a first signal measurement unit, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement value.

[0084] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information includes one or X1 or X2 first signal measurement lists, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, and each of the first signal measurement lists includes B first signal measurement units, where B is an integer less than or equal to nrMaxTRP, and nrMaxTRP is an integer greater than 1.

[0085] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information comprises a first signal measurement list; and / or Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measurements of the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; and a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measurements of the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a predetermined reference time; and Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0086] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement list includes one first signal measurement unit; and / or a second signal measurement unit list; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a preset reference time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0087] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes the second device sending a location information request to the first device, the location information request including: Location information requests for more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; a location request corresponding to the PRS set instance; The number of PRS set instances or MOs or measurement time windows corresponding to the location information; The values ​​of X1 and X2, Measurement time window information; Priority information; and reference time information.

[0088] In some embodiments, the location information request comprises: An event trigger condition; and at least one of aperiodic reporting trigger or semi-static reporting activation.

[0089] In some embodiments, the location information corresponds to a PRS set instance.

[0090] In some embodiments, the first period is different from the period T, and the method further comprises: The method further includes receiving, by a second device, the first period and / or a cause for extending the period T reported by the first device.

[0091] In some embodiments, the first periodicity is A instances of a downlink positioning reference signal resource set (DL-PRS Resource Set), and the method further comprises: The method further includes a second device receiving the value of A reported by the first device, where A is a positive integer.

[0092] In some embodiments, the measurement time window is: Positioning reference signals of one or more transmitting / receiving points TRP; the start time of the measurement time window; The length of the measurement time window, the period of the measurement time window; and a priority of the measurement time window.

[0093] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving, by a second device, a first period and / or an indication of the first period associated with location information reported by the first device; or The method further includes receiving, by a second device, a correspondence relationship between the location information reported by the first device and the measurement time window or the period of the measurement time window.

[0094] In some embodiments, there is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the first period and / or the start time of the actual measurement period in the first period; or There is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the measurement time window and / or the start time of the actual measurement period corresponding to the measurement time window.

[0095] Specifically, the first device may be a UE, the second device may be an LMF, and the third device may be an LMF or other network side device, such as a base station. As shown in Figure 7, the positioning method of this embodiment includes the following steps:

[0096] Step 1: The LMF sends an LPP Request Capabilities (Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol request message) to the UE via the AMF, gNB / TRP. Step 2: The UE sends an LPP Provide Capabilities (Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol provision message) to the LMF via the AMF and gNB / TRP. Step 3: The LMF sends LPP Provide Assistance Data to the UE via the AMF, gNB / TRP. Step 4: The LMF sends LPP Request Location Information to the UE via the AMF, gNB / TRP. Step 5: The UE sends an RRC Location Measurement Indication to the gNB / TRP. Step 6: The gNB / TRP sends the RRC Measurement Gap configuration to the UE. Step 7: The UE performs measurements. Step 8: The UE sends LPP Provide Location Information (Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol location reporting information) to the LMF via the AMF, gNB / TRP. Step 9: The LMF performs positioning calculations.

[0097] Here, for MT-LR (Mobile Terminated Location Request), steps 1 and 2 are not required because the LMF only needs to obtain the UE's capabilities once.

[0098] The above flow considers the worst case scenario and includes obtaining assistance data and using measurement gaps.

[0099] Here, the UE may be instructed by the network side device to receive one NR-DL-TDOA-SignalMeasurementInformation (signal measurement information) corresponding to one or N MO / MR / MI (measurement instances).

[0100] The UE may be instructed by the network side about DL RSTD, DL PRS-RSRP, and UE Rx-Tx time difference corresponding to one or N MO / MR / MI. For DL ​​RSTD, DL PRS-RSRP, and UE Rx-Tx time difference, the UE can report the related higher layer parameter nr-TimeStamp (timestamp), where nr-TimeStamp is the measurement timing or PRS transmission timing.

[0101] In this embodiment, the location report information sent by the UE to the LMF includes the following content:

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[0103] where PCI, GCI, and TRP ID for each measurement are the PCI, GCI, and TRP ID for each measurement. DL-PRS-RSRP measurement is a downlink PRS RSRP measurement, UE Rx-Tx time difference measurement is the measurement of the time difference between transmission and reception of the terminal. Time stamp of the measurement is the time stamp of the measurement, Quality for each measurement is quality for each measurement.

[0104] In this embodiment, the target device provides NR DL-TDOA measurements to the location server using NR-DL-TDOA-SignalMeasurementInformation (NR-DL-TDOA-SignalMeasurementInformation).

[0105] Here, dl-PRS-ReferenceInfo defines the "RSTD reference" TRP. nr-RSTD's and nr-RSTD-ResultDiff's in nr-DL-TDOA-MeasList are provided for the "RSTD reference" TRP.

[0106] The "RSTD reference" TRP may be the same as the "assistance data reference" TRP provided by nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo in NR-DL-PRS-AssistanceData, or it may be different.

[0107] The target device includes the value 0 for nr-RSTD and nr-RSTD-ResultDiff for the "RSTD reference" TRP in nr-DL-TDOA-MeasList. The NR-DL-TDOA-MeasvalueList contains the number of times that reporting is required.

[0108] It should be noted that, for the positioning method according to the embodiment of the present application, the execution body may be a positioning device, or may be a module for loading and executing the positioning method in the positioning device. In the embodiment of the present application, the positioning method according to the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the positioning device as an example to load and execute the positioning method.

[0109] An embodiment of the present application provides a positioning device for use in a first device 300, as shown in FIG. 8, the device comprises: a measurement module 310 for measuring a positioning reference signal PRS; a reporting module 320 for reporting location information and time information to a second device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information being: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0110] In some embodiments, the reporting module 320: Report N1 locations in one MO, or Reporting at least one location information item in period T or the first period of M1 PRS set instances; or Report N2 pieces of location information in one MR period, or report at least one location in M2 MOs, or Report K1 locations in one measurement window, or used to report at least one location information in K measurement time windows; Here, N1, M1, N2, M2, K1, and K2 are positive integers.

[0111] In some embodiments, the first period is greater than or equal to N times the period T of the positioning reference signal, where N is a positive integer and N is: Carrier Measurement Performance Scaling Factor CSSF coefficient; The number of receiving beams, The period of the measurement gap, the period of the positioning reference signal; The processing power of the first device; The PRS processing capacity of the first device; PRS muting configuration and and first indication information indicating that N is 1, a default value, or an integer greater than 1.

[0112] In some embodiments, the reported location information includes first information, the first information including at least one first information unit, the first information unit comprising: Reference signal received power RSRP measurement information; Reference signal time difference RSTD measurement information; Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurement information; Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) information; Downlink angle of departure (AoD) measurement information; Multi-Round Trip Time (Multi-RTT) information, Observed time difference of arrival (OT / DOA) measurement information; Network-assisted satellite positioning A-gnss information; Sensor information; Augmented cell identification positioning ECID information; Absolute position information; Relative position information; Reference location information; Positioning reference signal identification information; and time identifier information; angle measurement information; Transmitting / receiving point identifier TRP ID information; Time information and Additional measurement information and an additional path list AdditionalPathList.

[0113] In some embodiments, the first information comprises: Second type information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window; Second indication information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window number; and first time information.

[0114] In some embodiments, the first information unit, when being a first information unit obtained with more than one PRS set instance, includes any one of the following: The information of the first paragraph: the first information unit is first information unit information obtained after filtering measurement information of more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; The second information item is first information unit information, in which the first information unit corresponds one-to-one to the PRS set instance or the measurement information of the measurement time window.

[0115] In some embodiments, the reporting module is further used to report third indication information to indicate that the first information unit includes the first item of information and / or the second item of information.

[0116] In some embodiments, the first information comprises one or X1 or X2 first information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers greater than 1, and the first information comprises: X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; X1 first information units obtained by measurements of the X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; X1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or X1 first information units obtained by measurements in a measurement time window; X2 first information units obtained by measuring the X2 MOs; X2 first information units obtained by measurements of the X2 MOs closest to the reporting time; X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs before a preset reference time; and X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs within a preset time window.

[0117] In some embodiments, the first information is first location information, the first information unit is a first location information unit, or The first information is first positioning location information, and the first information unit is first signal measurement information; or the first information is first signal measurement information, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement list; or the first information is a first signal measurement list and the first information unit is a first signal measurement unit; or The first information is a first signal measurement unit, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement value.

[0118] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information includes one or X1 or X2 first signal measurement lists, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, and each of the first signal measurement lists includes B first signal measurement units, where B is an integer less than or equal to nrMaxTRP, and nrMaxTRP is an integer greater than 1.

[0119] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information comprises a first signal measurement list; and / or Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measurements of the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; and a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measurements of the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a predetermined reference time; and Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0120] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement list includes one first signal measurement unit; and / or a second signal measurement unit list; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a preset reference time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0121] In some embodiments, the device comprises: and a receiving module for receiving a location information request for the second device, the location information request including: Location information requests for more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; a location request corresponding to the PRS set instance; The number of PRS set instances or MOs or measurement time windows corresponding to the location information; The values ​​of X1 and X2, Measurement time window information; Priority information; and reference time information.

[0122] In some embodiments, the location information request comprises: An event trigger condition; and at least one of aperiodic reporting trigger or semi-static reporting activation.

[0123] In some embodiments, the location information corresponds to a PRS set instance.

[0124] In some embodiments, the reporting module is further adapted to determine whether to initiate reporting of location information associated with a PRS set instance based on the location information request.

[0125] In some embodiments, the first period is different from the period T, and the reporting module is further adapted to report causes for extending the first period and / or the period T.

[0126] In some embodiments, the first period is A instances of a downlink positioning reference signal resource set (DL-PRS Resource Set), and the reporting module is further adapted to report the value of A, where A is a positive integer.

[0127] In some embodiments, the measurement time window is: Positioning reference signals of one or more transmitting / receiving points TRP; the start time of the measurement time window; The length of the measurement time window, the period of the measurement time window; and a priority of the measurement time window.

[0128] In some embodiments, the reporting module further reports a first period associated with the current measurement and / or a period indication for the first period of the measurement; or The first device is used to report the correspondence between the location information and the measurement time window or the period of the measurement time window.

[0129] In some embodiments, there is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the first period and / or the start time of the actual measurement period in the first period; or There is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the measurement time window and / or the start time of the actual measurement period corresponding to the measurement time window.

[0130] In some embodiments, the reporting module: for X1 or X2, if said X1 or X2 differs from the value configured by said second device, reporting X1 or X2; and reporting, if instructed by the second device, about X1 or X2.

[0131] In one embodiment, if a moving distance of the first device within the MR, MO or a predetermined time window is smaller than a first predetermined threshold and / or a difference between measurement results of the first device is smaller than a second predetermined threshold, reporting of location information related to the PRS set instance is not initiated; If the distance traveled by the first device within the MR, MO, or a predetermined time window is greater than a predetermined third threshold and / or the difference in the measurement results of the first device is greater than a predetermined fourth threshold, reporting of location information related to the PRS set instance is initiated.

[0132] The positioning device in the embodiments of the present application may be a device, such as a device or electronic device having an operating system, a component in a terminal, an integrated circuit, or a chip. The device or electronic device may be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above. The non-mobile terminal may be, for example, a server, a network-attached storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, etc., and the embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited thereto.

[0133] The positioning device according to the embodiment of the present application can realize each process realized by the embodiment of the method of Figure 5 and achieve the same technical effect, and will not be further described here to avoid repetition of description.

[0134] An embodiment of the present application provides a positioning device for use in a second device 400, as shown in FIG. 9, which includes: a receiving module 410 for receiving location information and time information reported by a first device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information being: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0135] In some embodiments, the first period is greater than or equal to N times the period T of the positioning reference signal, where N is a positive integer and N is: Carrier Measurement Performance Scaling Factor CSSF coefficient; The number of receiving beams, The period of the measurement gap, the period of the positioning reference signal; The processing power of the first device; The PRS processing capacity of the first device; PRS muting configuration and and first indication information indicating that N is 1, a default value, or an integer greater than 1.

[0136] In some embodiments, the reported location information includes first information, the first information including at least one first information unit, the first information unit comprising: Reference signal received power RSRP measurement information; Reference signal time difference RSTD measurement information; Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurement information; Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) information; Downlink angle of departure (AoD) measurement information; Multi-Round Trip Time (Multi-RTT) information, Observed time difference of arrival (OT / DOA) measurement information; Network-assisted satellite positioning A-gnss information; Sensor information; Augmented cell identification positioning ECID information; Absolute position information; Relative position information; Reference location information; Positioning reference signal identification information; and time identifier information; angle measurement information; Transmitting / receiving point identifier TRP ID information; Time information and Additional measurement information and an additional path list AdditionalPathList.

[0137] In some embodiments, the first information comprises: Second type information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window; Second indication information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window number; and first time information.

[0138] In some embodiments, the first information unit, when being a first information unit obtained with more than one PRS set instance, includes any one of the following: The information of the first paragraph: the first information unit is first information unit information obtained after filtering measurement information of more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; The second information item is first information unit information, in which the first information unit corresponds one-to-one to the PRS set instance or the measurement information of the measurement time window.

[0139] In some embodiments, the receiving module 410 is further configured to receive third indication information reported by the first device, the third indication information indicating that the first information unit includes the first item of information and / or the second item of information.

[0140] In some embodiments, the first information comprises one or X1 or X2 first information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers greater than 1, and the first information comprises: X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; X1 first information units obtained by measurements of the X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; X1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or X1 first information units obtained by measurements in a measurement time window; X2 first information units obtained by measuring the X2 MOs; X2 first information units obtained by measurements of the X2 MOs closest to the reporting time; X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs before a preset reference time; and X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs within a preset time window.

[0141] In some embodiments, the first information is first location information, the first information unit is a first location information unit, or The first information is first positioning location information, and the first information unit is first signal measurement information; or the first information is first signal measurement information, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement list; or the first information is a first signal measurement list and the first information unit is a first signal measurement unit; or The first information is a first signal measurement unit, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement value.

[0142] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information includes one or X1 or X2 first signal measurement lists, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, and each of the first signal measurement lists includes B first signal measurement units, where B is an integer less than or equal to nrMaxTRP, and nrMaxTRP is an integer greater than 1.

[0143] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information comprises a first signal measurement list; and / or Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measurements of the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; and a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measurements of the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a predetermined reference time; and Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0144] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement list includes one first signal measurement unit; and / or a second signal measurement unit list; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a preset reference time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0145] In some embodiments, the receiving module 410 is used to send a location information request to the first device, the location information request comprising: Location information requests for more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; a location request corresponding to the PRS set instance; The number of PRS set instances or MOs or measurement time windows corresponding to the location information; The values ​​of X1 and X2, Measurement time window information; Priority information; and reference time information.

[0146] In some embodiments, the location information request comprises: An event trigger condition; and at least one of aperiodic reporting trigger or semi-static reporting activation.

[0147] In some embodiments, the location information corresponds to a PRS set instance.

[0148] In some embodiments, the first period is different from the period T, and the receiving module 410 is further used to receive the first period and / or a cause for extending the period T reported by the first device.

[0149] In some embodiments, the first period is A instances of a downlink positioning reference signal resource set (DL-PRS Resource Set), and the receiving module 410 is further used to receive the value of A reported by the first device, where A is a positive integer.

[0150] In some embodiments, the measurement time window is: Positioning reference signals of one or more transmitting / receiving points TRP; the start time of the measurement time window; The length of the measurement time window, the period of the measurement time window; and a priority of the measurement time window.

[0151] In some embodiments, the receiving module 410 further receives a first period associated with the current measurement reported by the first device and / or a period indication for the first period of the measurement; or It is used to receive the correspondence between the current measurement reported by the first device and the measurement time window or the period of the measurement time window.

[0152] In some embodiments, there is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the first period and / or the start time of the actual measurement period in the first period; or There is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the measurement time window and / or the start time of the actual measurement period corresponding to the measurement time window.

[0153] The positioning device according to the embodiment of the present application can realize each process realized by the embodiment of the method of Figure 6 and achieve the same technical effect, and will not be further described here to avoid repetition of description.

[0154] Optionally, as shown in FIG. 10 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 500, which includes a processor 501, a memory 502, and a program or instruction stored in the memory 502 and operable on the processor 501. For example, if the communication device 500 is a terminal, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 501, it can realize each process of the embodiment of the positioning method used in the first device and achieve the same technical effect. If the communication device 500 is a network-side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 501, it can realize each process of the embodiment of the positioning method used in the second device and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0155] An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, the terminal including a processor and a communication interface, the processor is used to measure a positioning reference signal PRS, the communication interface is used to report location information and time information to a second device, the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information. This embodiment of the terminal corresponds to the embodiment of the method on the terminal (i.e., the first device), and the implementation processes and realization manners of the embodiment of the method can all be applied to this embodiment of the terminal, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing the embodiment of the present application.

[0156] The terminal 1000 includes at least some components such as, but not limited to, a radio frequency unit 1001, a network module 1002, an audio output unit 1003, an input unit 1004, a sensor 1005, a display unit 1006, a user input unit 1007, an interface unit 1008, a memory 1009, and a processor 1010.

[0157] As will be understood by those skilled in the art, the terminal 1000 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering each component, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1010 by a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to realize functions such as charge / discharge management and power consumption management. The terminal structure shown in Figure 11 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than those shown, or a combination of some components, or a different arrangement of components, which will not be further described here.

[0158] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1004 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042, and the graphics processor 10041 processes image data of still or video images captured by an image capture device (e.g., a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 10072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a control lever, which will not be further described herein.

[0159] In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 1001 receives downlink data from the network side device, then processes the data in the processor 1010, and transmits uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 1001 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0160] The memory 1009 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1009 may primarily include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. The program or instruction storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instructions required for at least one function (e.g., an audio playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. The memory 1009 may include high-speed random access memory or nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory 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, the memory 1009 may be at least one magnetic disk memory device, a flash memory device, or other nonvolatile solid-state memory device.

[0161] The processor 1010 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, the processor 1010 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor. Here, the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and application programs or instructions, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. As can be appreciated, the modem processor does not have to be integrated into the processor 1010.

[0162] Wherein, the processor 1010 is used to measure a positioning reference signal PRS and report location information and time information to a second device, and the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information is: position information relating to a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance); location information associated with the measurement occasion MO; Location information related to the measurement report MR, and location information associated with the measurement time window.

[0163] In some embodiments, the processor 1010 Report N1 locations in one MO, or Reporting at least one location information item in period T or the first period of M1 PRS set instances; or Report N2 pieces of location information in one MR period, or report at least one location in M2 MOs, or Report K1 locations in one measurement window, or used to report at least one location information in K measurement time windows; Here, N1, M1, N2, M2, K1, and K2 are positive integers.

[0164] In some embodiments, the first period is greater than or equal to N times the period T of the positioning reference signal, where N is a positive integer and N is: Carrier Measurement Performance Scaling Factor CSSF coefficient; The number of receiving beams, The period of the measurement gap, the period of the positioning reference signal; The processing power of the first device; The PRS processing capacity of the first device; PRS muting configuration and and first indication information indicating that N is 1, a default value, or an integer greater than 1.

[0165] In some embodiments, the reported location information includes first information, the first information including at least one first information unit, the first information unit comprising: Reference signal received power RSRP measurement information; Reference signal time difference RSTD measurement information; Rx-Tx time difference measurement information, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurement information; Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) information; Downlink angle of departure (AoD) measurement information; Multi-Round Trip Time (Multi-RTT) information, Observed time difference of arrival (OT / DOA) measurement information; Network-assisted satellite positioning A-gnss information; Sensor information; Augmented cell identification positioning ECID information; Absolute position information; Relative position information; Reference location information; Positioning reference signal identification information; and time identifier information; angle measurement information; Transmitting / receiving point identifier TRP ID information; Time information and Additional measurement information and an additional path list AdditionalPathList.

[0166] In some embodiments, the first information comprises: Second type information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window; Second indication information indicating the relationship between the first information unit and a PRS set instance, MO, MR, or measurement time window number; and first time information.

[0167] In some embodiments, the first information unit, when being a first information unit obtained with more than one PRS set instance, includes any one of the following: The information of the first paragraph: the first information unit is first information unit information obtained after filtering measurement information of more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; The second information item is first information unit information, in which the first information unit corresponds one-to-one to the PRS set instance or the measurement information of the measurement time window.

[0168] In some embodiments, the processor 1010 is further configured to report third indication information to indicate that the first information unit includes the first item of information and / or the second item of information.

[0169] In some embodiments, the first information comprises one or X1 or X2 first information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers greater than 1, and the first information comprises: X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; X1 first information units obtained by measurements of the X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; X1 first information units obtained by measuring X1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; X1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or X1 first information units obtained by measurements in a measurement time window; X2 first information units obtained by measuring the X2 MOs; X2 first information units obtained by measurements of the X2 MOs closest to the reporting time; X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs before a preset reference time; and X2 first information units obtained by measuring X2 MOs within a preset time window.

[0170] In some embodiments, the first information is first location information, the first information unit is a first location information unit, or The first information is first positioning location information, and the first information unit is first signal measurement information; or the first information is first signal measurement information, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement list; or the first information is a first signal measurement list and the first information unit is a first signal measurement unit; or The first information is a first signal measurement unit, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement value.

[0171] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information includes one or X1 or X2 first signal measurement lists, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, and each of the first signal measurement lists includes B first signal measurement units, where B is an integer less than or equal to nrMaxTRP, and nrMaxTRP is an integer greater than 1.

[0172] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement information comprises a first signal measurement list; and / or Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measurements of the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; and a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measurements of the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; a second signal measurement list of Y2-1 signals obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a predetermined reference time; and Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0173] In some embodiments, the first signal measurement list includes one first signal measurement unit; and / or a second signal measurement unit list; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows closest to the reporting time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows before a preset reference time; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances within a preset time window or measurement time window; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring the Y2-1 MOs closest to the reporting time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs before a preset reference time; Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 MOs within a preset time window; Here, Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

[0174] In some embodiments, the processor 1010 is further adapted to receive a request for location information of the second device, the request for location information comprising: Location information requests for more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; a location request corresponding to the PRS set instance; The number of PRS set instances or MOs or measurement time windows corresponding to the location information; The values ​​of X1 and X2, Measurement time window information; Priority information; and reference time information.

[0175] In some embodiments, the location information request comprises: An event trigger condition; and at least one of aperiodic reporting trigger or semi-static reporting activation.

[0176] In some embodiments, the location information corresponds to a PRS set instance.

[0177] In some embodiments, the processor 1010 is further configured to determine whether to activate reporting of location information associated with the PRS set instance based on the location information request.

[0178] In some embodiments, the first period is different from the period T, and the processor 1010 is further adapted to report the cause of extending the first period and / or the period T.

[0179] In some embodiments, the first period is A instances of a downlink positioning reference signal resource set (DL-PRS Resource Set), and processor 1010 is further adapted to report the value of A, where A is a positive integer.

[0180] In some embodiments, the measurement time window is: Positioning reference signals of one or more transmitting / receiving points TRP; the start time of the measurement time window; The length of the measurement time window, the period of the measurement time window; and a priority of the measurement time window.

[0181] In some embodiments, the processor 1010 may further report a first period associated with the current measurement and / or a period indication for the first period of the measurement; or It is used to report the correspondence between the current measurement and the measurement time window or the correspondence between the measurement time window period.

[0182] In some embodiments, there is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the first period and / or the start time of the actual measurement period in the first period; or There is a correspondence between the reported time information and the start time of the measurement time window and / or the start time of the actual measurement period corresponding to the measurement time window.

[0183] In some embodiments, the processor 1010 for X1 or X2, if said X1 or X2 differs from the value configured by said second device, reporting X1 or X2; and reporting, if instructed by the second device, about X1 or X2.

[0184] In some embodiments, if a movement distance of the first device within the MR, MO or a predetermined time window is less than a predetermined first threshold and / or a difference between measurement results of the first device is less than a predetermined second threshold, not triggering reporting of location information related to the PRS set instance; If the distance traveled by the first device within the MR, MO, or a predetermined time window is greater than a predetermined third threshold and / or the difference in the measurement results of the first device is greater than a predetermined fourth threshold, reporting of location information related to the PRS set instance is initiated.

[0185] An embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is used to receive location information and time information reported by a first device, where the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, and the first type of location information includes at least one of location information associated with a first period of a positioning reference signal set instance (PRS set instance), location information associated with a measurement occasion (MO), location information associated with a measurement report (MR), and location information associated with a measurement time window. This embodiment of the network side device corresponds to the embodiment of the method of the above network side device (i.e., the second device), and the implementation processes and realization manners of the embodiment of the method can be applied to this embodiment of the network side device, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

[0186] Specifically, the embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device. As shown in FIG. 12, side The device 700 includes an antenna 71, a radio frequency device 72, and a baseband device 73. The antenna 71 and the radio frequency device 72 are connected. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 72 receives information through the antenna 71 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 73 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 73 processes the information to be transmitted and transmits it to the radio frequency device 72, and the radio frequency device 72 processes the received information and then transmits it through the antenna 71.

[0187] The above frequency band processing device may be located in a baseband device 73, and the method performed by the network side equipment in the above embodiments may be implemented in the baseband device 73, which includes a processor 74 and a memory 75.

[0188] The baseband device 73 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are installed, and as shown in FIG. 12, one of the chips is, for example, a processor 74, which is connected to a memory 75, and calls the program in the memory 75, and performs the network operation shown in the above embodiment of the method. side Perform equipment operations.

[0189] The baseband device 73 may further include a network interface 76, which is used to exchange information with the radio frequency device 72, and this interface is, for example, a common public radio interface (abbreviated as CPRI).

[0190] Specifically, the network-side device of the embodiment of the present application further includes instructions or programs stored in memory 75 and operable on processor 74. Processor 74 can call instructions or programs in memory 75 to execute the methods performed by each module shown in Fig. 9 and achieve the same technical effects, which will not be further described here to avoid repetition.

[0191] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, which may be non-volatile or volatile, and stores a program or instruction on the readable storage medium, which, when executed by a processor, can realize each process of the above-mentioned positioning method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. In order to avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0192] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, wherein the computer program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the computer program product can be executed by at least one processor to perform the steps in the above-mentioned positioning method and achieve the same technical effects, which will not be further described here to avoid repetition.

[0193] The processor may be the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium may include a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0194] The embodiments of the present application further provide a chip, the chip including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, the processor runs a program or instruction, and is used to realize each process of the embodiments of the positioning method described above, and can achieve the same technical effect. In order to avoid repetition, no further description will be given here.

[0195] It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of this application may be referred to as system level chips, system chips, chip systems, or system-on-chips.

[0196] It should be noted that, in this specification, the terms "comprises," "including," and any other variations thereof are intended to cover the non-exclusive "comprises," whereby a process, method, article, or apparatus comprising a set of elements not only includes those elements but also other elements not expressly listed or inherent in such process, method, article, or apparatus. Absent further limitations, an element limited by the phrase "comprises one of," does not preclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element. It should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may include performing functions in an essentially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order based on the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Furthermore, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

[0197] As will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the above description of the embodiments, the methods of the above embodiments can be realized in the form of software and a required general-purpose hardware platform. Of course, they can also be realized in hardware, but in many cases the former is a more preferable embodiment. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, in substance or in part contributing to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and is installed on a terminal (e.g., a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network). side Each embodiment includes a number of instructions for causing a computer (which may be a computer, a device, etc.) to perform the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0198] Although the embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the drawings, the present application is not limited to the above specific embodiments. The above specific embodiments are merely illustrative and not limiting. Those skilled in the art can take the teachings of the present application into account and implement many forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, all of which fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A positioning method comprising: a first device measuring a positioning reference signal PRS; reporting location information and time information from the first device to the second device, wherein the reported location information corresponds to a first type of location information, the first type of location information including location information associated with a measurement report MR; the first device is a UE, and the time information comprises a measurement timestamp or a location estimation timestamp; The measurement report MR refers to a single report, and the single report includes location information of multiple measurement occasions MO or location information of multiple measurement instances MI, and the measurement occasion MO is the measurement instance MI; A positioning method in which the first device reports N2 pieces of position information, where N2 is a positive integer, in one measurement report MR period.

2. The first type of location information further comprises: at least one of location information associated with a measurement occasion MO and location information associated with a measurement time window; The reported location information includes first information, the first information including at least one first information unit, the first information unit comprising: Reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement information; Reference signal time difference RSTD measurement information; Measurement information of the transmission / reception time difference (Rx-Tx time difference); Time of arrival (TOA) measurement information; Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) information; Downlink angle of departure (AoD) measurement information; Multi-round trip time (Multi-RTT) information; Absolute position information; Relative position information; The positioning method according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:

3. The first information is second type information indicating a relationship between the first information unit and a measurement occasion MO or a measurement report MR or a measurement time window; The positioning method according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one of second instruction information indicating a relationship between the first information unit and a measurement occasion MO, a measurement report MR, or a measurement time window number.

4. The first information includes X1 or X2 first information units, where X1 and X2 are positive integers greater than 1, and the first information includes: X1 first location information units obtained by measuring X1 instances; X1 pieces of first signal measurement information obtained by measuring X1 instances; 3. The positioning method according to claim 2, further comprising at least one of: X2 first information units obtained by measurements of X2 measurement occasions MO;

5. the first information is first location information, and the first information unit is a first location information unit; or The first information is first positioning location information, and the first information unit is first signal measurement information; or the first information is a first signal measurement list, and the first information unit is a first signal measurement unit; the reported location information includes at least one of the first location information and the first positioning location information; The first positioning location information includes at least one of TDOA information, AoD measurement error information, Multi-RTT information, OTDOA measurement information, A-gnss information, sensor information, and ECID information; 3. The positioning method according to claim 2, wherein the first position information includes at least one of the first position information units, and the first position information unit includes at least one of absolute position information, relative position information, and reference position information.

6. 6. The positioning method of claim 5, wherein the first signal measurement information includes one or X1 or X2 first signal measurement lists, where X1 and X2 are positive integers, and each of the first signal measurement lists includes B first signal measurement units, where B is an integer less than or equal to nrMaxTRP, and nrMaxTRP is an integer greater than 1.

7. The first signal measurement information includes a first signal measurement list; and / or Y1-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; and Y2-1 second signal measurement lists obtained by measuring the Y2-1 measurement occasions MO; 6. The positioning method according to claim 5, wherein Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

8. the first signal measurement list includes one first signal measurement unit; and / or a second signal measurement unit list; Y1-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y1-1 PRS set instances or measurement time windows; and Y2-1 second signal measurement units obtained by measuring Y2-1 measurement occasions MO; 6. The positioning method according to claim 5, wherein Y1 and Y2 are positive integers greater than 1.

9. Before measuring the positioning reference signal PRS, the positioning method comprises: The method further includes receiving, by the first device, a request for location information from a third device, the request for location information comprising: Location information requests for more than one PRS set instance or measurement time window; a location information request corresponding to the PRS set instance; the number of measurement time windows; The values ​​of X1 and X2, 7. The method of claim 4, further comprising at least one indication of: a measurement time window;

10. The measurement time window is: Positioning reference signals PRS of one or more transmission / reception points TRP; the start time of the measurement time window; The length of the measurement time window, the period of the measurement time window; 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising at least one of: a priority of the measurement time window;

11. A positioning method comprising: receiving, by a second device, location information and time information reported by the first device, the reported location information corresponding to a first type of location information, the first type of location information including location information associated with a measurement report MR; the first device is a UE, and the time information comprises a measurement timestamp or a location estimation timestamp; The measurement report MR refers to a single report, and the single report includes location information of multiple measurement occasions MO or location information of multiple measurement instances MI, and the measurement occasion MO is the measurement instance MI; A positioning method in which the first device reports N2 pieces of position information, where N2 is a positive integer, in one measurement report MR period.

12. A communications device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and operable to run on the processor, the program or instructions implementing the steps of the positioning method of any one of claims 1 to 10 when executed by the processor.

13. A communications device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and operable to run on the processor, the program or instructions implementing the steps of the positioning method of claim 11 when executed by the processor.

14. A readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions, which, when executed by a processor, implements the positioning method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

15. A readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions, the program or instructions implementing the steps of the positioning method according to claim 11 when executed by a processor.

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