Positioning measurement method, apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a positioning measurement method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method is executed by a terminal, and the terminal is a reduced capability (RedCap) terminal. The method comprises: receiving a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmitted by a network device; and when a terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, performing positioning measurement on the basis of the PRS. The positioning measurement requirements in the RRC idle state and an RRC inactive state are defined, and a time difference between reception and transmission is not measured in the RRC idle state, thereby saving system resources, reducing additional power consumption, and improving the system working efficiency.

Description

Positioning measurement method, device and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a positioning measurement method, device, and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In the field of mobile communications, positioning can be supported for terminals with reduced capability (RedCap), but the definition of the measurement requirements for positioning reference signals (PRS) has not yet been determined.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present disclosure provides a positioning measurement method, apparatus, communication equipment, communication system, and storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a positioning measurement method is proposed, which is performed by a terminal, where the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal. The method includes: receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; and performing positioning measurement based on the PRS when the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0006] In the above method, the reduced capability RedCap terminal receives a positioning reference signal PRS and performs positioning measurement based on the PRS, so that the reduced capability RedCap terminal can perform positioning measurement in a radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0007] According to the second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a positioning measurement method is proposed, which is executed by a terminal, and the above-mentioned terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal. The method includes: receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; sending a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device; when the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state, performing positioning measurement based on PRS or based on PRS and SRS.

[0008] In the above method, the reduced capability RedCap terminal receives a positioning reference signal PRS and sends a sounding reference signal SRS, and performs positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and SRS, so that the reduced capability RedCap terminal performs positioning measurement in an RRC deactivated state.

[0009] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a positioning measurement method is proposed, which is executed by a network device and includes: sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

[0010] In the above method, the network device sends a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal, so that the terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS in the RRC_IDLE state.

[0011] According to the fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a positioning measurement method is proposed, which is executed by a network device, and the method includes: sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal; receiving a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and PRS and SRS are used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

[0012] In the above method, the network device sends a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal and receives a sounding reference signal SRS, so that the terminal can perform positioning measurement based on the PRS and the SRS in the RRC_INACTIVE state.

[0013] According to the fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising a transceiver module for receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; and a processing module for performing positioning measurements based on the PRS when the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0014] According to the sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising a transceiver module for receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device, and sending a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device; a processing module for performing positioning measurements based on PRS or based on PRS and SRS when the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state.

[0015] According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, including a transceiver module for sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurements.

[0016] According to the eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, including a transceiver module for sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal, and receiving a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and PRS and SRS are used for the terminal to perform positioning measurements.

[0017] According to the ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the device is used to execute a positioning measurement method as described in any one of the first aspects, or to execute a positioning measurement method as described in any one of the second aspects.

[0018] According to the tenth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the device is used to execute a positioning measurement method such as any one of the third aspects, or to execute a positioning measurement method such as any one of the fourth aspects.

[0019] According to an eleventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the method of the third aspect.

[0020] According to the twelfth aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the method of the second aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the method of the fourth aspect.

[0021] According to the thirteenth aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes a method as described in any one of the first, second, third, and fourth aspects. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0023] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of some communication systems provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG2a-FIG2b are interactive schematic diagrams of a positioning measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] 3a-3d are schematic flow charts of some positioning measurement methods provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0026] 4a-4d are schematic flow charts of other positioning measurement methods provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0027] 5a-5b are interactive schematic diagrams of other positioning measurement methods provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG6a is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG6 b is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG6c is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG6 d is a schematic structural diagram of another network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG7a is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG7 b is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a positioning measurement method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0035] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a positioning measurement method, which is executed by a terminal, and the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal. The method includes: receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; and performing positioning measurement based on the PRS when the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0036] In the above embodiment, the reduced capability RedCap terminal receives a positioning reference signal PRS and performs positioning measurement based on the PRS, so that the reduced capability RedCap terminal can perform positioning measurement in the radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0037] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device includes: receiving the PRS sent by the network device at at least one frequency hopping point, wherein the terminal supports frequency hopping for receiving the PRS.

[0038] In the above embodiment, the terminal can receive the PRS sent by the network device at multiple frequency hopping points, thereby achieving better performance.

[0039] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving PRS configuration information and / or gap pattern sent by a network device; and determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point based on the PRS configuration information and / or gap pattern.

[0040] In the above embodiment, the terminal can accept the PRS configuration information and / or interval mode sent by the network device, and determine the number of frequency hopping points based on the relevant information, so as to determine the optimal number of frequency hopping points, so that the terminal can obtain better performance and improve the accuracy of positioning measurement.

[0041] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: determining a measurement value of the PRS, the measurement value including at least one of the following: reference signal time difference RSTD; reference signal received power RSRP; single path reference signal received power RSRPP.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS and defines the measurement value of the PRS, thereby enabling the terminal to specify positioning measurement requirements for the terminal with reduced capabilities when in the radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0043] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: the measurement value does not include a time difference between the terminal receiving the PRS and sending the SRS.

[0044] In the above embodiment, when the RedCap terminal with reduced capability is in the RRC idle state, the terminal does not need to measure the time difference between receiving the PRS and sending the SRS, thereby reducing the extra power consumption of the system.

[0045] In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a positioning measurement method, which is executed by a terminal, and the above-mentioned terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal. The method includes: receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; sending a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device; when the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state, performing positioning measurement based on PRS or based on PRS and SRS.

[0046] In the above embodiment, the reduced capability RedCap terminal receives a positioning reference signal PRS and sends a sounding reference signal SRS, and performs positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and SRS, so that the reduced capability RedCap terminal performs positioning measurement in the RRC deactivated state.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the UE receives a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device, including: receiving the PRS sent by the network device at at least one frequency hopping point, wherein the terminal supports reception frequency hopping of the PRS.

[0048] In the above embodiment, the terminal can receive the PRS sent by the network device at multiple frequency hopping points, thereby achieving better performance.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern sent by a network device; and determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point based on the PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern.

[0050] In the above embodiment, the terminal can accept the PRS configuration information and / or interval mode sent by the network device, and determine the number of frequency hopping points based on the relevant information, so as to determine the optimal number of frequency hopping points, so that the terminal can obtain better performance and improve the accuracy of positioning measurement.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: determining a measurement value of the PRS, the measurement value including at least one of the following: reference signal time difference RSTD; reference signal received power RSRP; single path reference signal received power RSRPP; time difference between the terminal receiving the PRS and sending the SRS.

[0052] In the above embodiment, the terminal performs positioning measurement based on PRS or based on PRS and SRS, and defines the measurement value of PRS, thereby specifying the requirements for terminal positioning measurement with reduced capabilities when the terminal is in the radio resource control RRC deactivated state.

[0053] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a positioning measurement method, which is executed by a network device and includes: sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

[0054] In the above embodiment, the network device sends a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal, so that the terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS in the RRC_IDLE state.

[0055] In combination with some embodiments of the third aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern to the terminal, wherein the PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern is used to assist the terminal in determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point, and the terminal receives PRS at at least one frequency hopping point.

[0056] In the above embodiment, the network device can facilitate the terminal to determine the frequency hopping point by sending the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern to the terminal.

[0057] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a positioning measurement method, which is executed by a network device, and the method includes: sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal; receiving a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and PRS and SRS are used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

[0058] In the above embodiment, the network device sends a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal and receives a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal, so that the terminal can perform positioning measurement based on the PRS and the SRS.

[0059] In combination with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: sending PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern to the terminal, wherein the PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern is used to assist the terminal in determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point, and the terminal receives PRS at at least one frequency hopping point.

[0060] In the above embodiment, the network device can facilitate the terminal to determine the frequency hopping point by sending the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern to the terminal.

[0061] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising a transceiver module for receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; and a processing module for performing positioning measurements based on the PRS when the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state.

[0062] In the sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, including a transceiver module for receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device, and sending a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device; a processing module for performing positioning measurements based on PRS or based on PRS and SRS when the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state.

[0063] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, including a transceiver module, for sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurements.

[0064] In the eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, including a transceiver module, for sending a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal, and receiving a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; wherein the terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and PRS and SRS are used for the terminal to perform positioning measurements.

[0065] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the device is used to execute any positioning measurement method in the first aspect, or any positioning measurement method in the second aspect.

[0066] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the device is used to execute the positioning measurement method of any one of the third aspects, or the positioning measurement method of any one of the fourth aspects.

[0067] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a terminal and a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect and the optional implementation of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to execute the method described in the third aspect and the optional implementation of the third aspect.

[0068] In the twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a terminal and a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the second aspect and the optional implementation of the second aspect, and the network device is configured to execute the method described in the fourth aspect and the optional implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0069] In the thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, and the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; after the computer-executable instructions are executed by the processor, it can execute the methods described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, the optional implementation of the second aspect, the third aspect, the optional implementation of the third aspect, the fourth aspect, and the optional implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0070] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication devices, communication systems, and storage media are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0071] The present disclosure provides a communication method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms "communication method" and "information processing method" and "communication method" are interchangeable; the terms "apparatus" and "terminal" and "network device" and "communication device" are interchangeable; and the terms "information processing system" and "communication system" are interchangeable.

[0072] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0073] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0074] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0075] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0076] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0077] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one of", "at least one of", "at least one of", "one or more", "a plurality of", "multiple", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0078] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, descriptions such as “at least one of A, B, C…”, “A and / or B and / or C…”, etc. include the situation where any one of A, B, C… exists alone, and also include any combination of any multiple of A, B, C…, and each situation can exist alone; for example, “at least one of A, B, C” includes the situation where A exists alone, B exists alone, C exists alone, the combination of A and B, the combination of A and C, the combination of B and C, and the combination of A, B, and C; for example, A and / or B includes the situation where A exists alone, B exists alone, and the combination of A and B.

[0079] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "in one case A, in another case B," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B," can include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: executing A independently of B (in some embodiments, A); executing B independently of A (in some embodiments, B); selectively executing A and B (in some embodiments, selecting between A and B); and executing both A and B (in some embodiments, A and B). The same applies when there are more branches, such as A, B, and C.

[0080] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0081] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0082] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0083] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0084] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0085] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0086] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0087] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, it can also be called device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it can also be set as a structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, language such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by language corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0088] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0089] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0090] In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink", "uplink", "physical uplink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "downlink", "downlink", "physical downlink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "side", "sidelink", "side communication", "sidelink communication", "direct connection", "direct link", "direct communication", "direct link communication" can be interchangeable with each other.

[0091] In some embodiments, the terms "downlink control information (DCI)", "downlink (DL) assignment", "DL DCI", "uplink (UL) grant", "UL DCI" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0092] In some embodiments, terms such as "physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)" and "DL data" can be used interchangeably, and terms such as "physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)" and "UL data" can be used interchangeably.

[0093] In some embodiments, the terms "radio", "wireless", "radio access network (RAN)", "access network (AN)", "RAN-based" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0094] In some embodiments, terms such as "synchronization signal (SS)", "synchronization signal block (SSB)", "reference signal (RS)", "pilot", and "pilot signal" can be used interchangeably.

[0095] In some embodiments, terms such as "moment", "time point", "time", and "time position" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "duration", "period", "time window", "window", and "time" can be replaced with each other.

[0096] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "obtain", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from a protocol, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0097] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0098] In some embodiments, "predetermined" and "preset" can be interpreted as pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or can be interpreted as a pre-set action performed by a device, etc.

[0099] In some embodiments, determining may be interpreted as judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, searching, looking up, retrieving, ascertaining, receiving, transmitting, inputting, outputting, accessing, resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, “assuming,” “expecting,” “considering,” broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0100] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0101] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0102] In some embodiments, "not expecting to receive" can be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and / or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on the data after receiving it; "not expecting to send" can be interpreted as not sending, or as sending but not expecting the recipient to respond to the content sent.

[0103] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0104] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after obtaining user consent. To solve the above problems, the present disclosure proposes a positioning measurement method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0105] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1 , a communication system 100 may include a terminal 101 and a network device 102 , where the network device 102 may be an access network device, a core network device, or the like.

[0106] In some embodiments, the communication system shown in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to the case of the radio resource control RRC idle state, and can also be applied to the case of the radio resource control RRC deactivated state.

[0107] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0108] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, terminal 101 may be a Reduced Capability (RedCap) terminal, an enhanced-Reduced Capability (eRedCap) terminal (also known as an R18 RedCap terminal), or a legacy terminal (also known as a non-eRedCap terminal or a legacy terminal). Optionally, terminal 101 may be a RedCap terminal or an eRedCap terminal that supports or does not support Reception Frequency Hopping (Rx FH).

[0109] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

[0110] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0111] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0112] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a single device comprising one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each comprising all or part of one or more network elements. A network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0113] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned one or more network elements may include, for example, AMF, UPF, MME, etc., and may also include other network elements, such as Policy Control Function (PCF), Application Function (AF), Network Application Function (NAF), Application Layer Authentication and Key Management Anchor Function (AAnF), Bootstrapping Server Functionality (BSF), Session Management Function (SMF), etc.

[0114] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0115] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in Figure 1, or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in Figure 1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in Figure 1, or may include other entities outside of Figure 1. The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0116] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0117] Figure 2a is an interactive diagram of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2a, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a communication system 100. The communication system 100 may include a terminal 101 and a network device 102. In this embodiment, the terminal 101 may be in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state (RRC_IDLE state). The method includes:

[0118] Step 2101: The network device sends PRS configuration information and / or interval mode to the terminal.

[0119] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive PRS configuration information and / or spacing pattern.

[0120] In some embodiments, the PRS configuration information may be named "Positioning Reference Signal-Related Configuration Information," "PRS Configuration," or the like, which is not limited in this disclosure. The PRS configuration information may include a measurement period, i.e., the time period during which the PRS is measured. The PRS configuration information may also include other content, which is not limited in this disclosure.

[0121] In some embodiments, the interval pattern may be named "measurement interval," "interval configuration information," "gap pattern," etc., and this disclosure is not limited thereto. The interval pattern may include the measurement interval, i.e., the interval interval at which measurements are taken. The interval pattern may also include other content or indicate the measurement interval in other ways, and this disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0122] In some embodiments, the configuration information and / or the interval pattern may be used to determine the number of frequency hopping points, that is, the number of frequency hopping points at which the terminal receives the PRS.

[0123] In some embodiments, the terminal is a RedCap terminal.

[0124] In some embodiments, the configuration information of PRS can be used by the terminal to determine the number of frequency hopping points. The PRS configuration information may include frequency hopping cycle information. When the length of the frequency hopping cycle is shorter than the length of the PRS itself, the frequency hopping duration is short and does not meet the requirements. For example, when the cycle length is 5 milliseconds and the PRS signal length is 10 milliseconds, only 5 milliseconds are used for reception at the frequency hopping point, and the rest cannot be received by frequency hopping, which affects the signal's anti-interference ability.

[0125] In some embodiments, the interval pattern may be used to indicate the measurement interval of the terminal, ie, how often measurements are performed.

[0126] Step 2102: The terminal determines the number of at least one frequency hopping point.

[0127] In some embodiments, the terminal may determine the number of at least one frequency hopping point based on the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern, so as to determine the number of frequency hopping points at which the terminal receives the PRS.

[0128] Step 2103: The network device sends a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal.

[0129] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive a PRS sent by a network device at at least one frequency hopping point.

[0130] Optionally, the terminal may receive the PRS at the number of frequency hopping points determined in step 2102 .

[0131] In some embodiments, the terminal supports reception frequency hopping of PRS.

[0132] Step 2104: The terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS.

[0133] In some embodiments, when the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state (RRC_IDLE state), the terminal may perform positioning measurements based on the PRS.

[0134] In some embodiments, the terminal may determine a measured value of a PRS, where the measured value may include at least one of the following: Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD); Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP); and Reference Signal Received Power (RSRPP) on a single path. RSRPP refers to the RSRP on a single path in a multipath scenario.

[0135] In some embodiments, the measurement value does not include the time difference (RX-Tx time difference) between the terminal receiving the PRS and sending the SRS. In the RRC_IDLE state, the terminal may not transmit the sounding reference signal SRS, thereby not measuring the reception and transmission time difference, which can save power and reduce additional power consumption.

[0136] Optionally, before the terminal performs positioning measurement, the terminal may receive a message from a network device, the message instructing the terminal which measurement value to measure, or requesting the terminal which measurement value to measure. For example, the network device may instruct or request the terminal to measure RSRP.

[0137] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the above steps 2101-2102 may be optional steps. For example, if the terminal does not support frequency hopping, the above steps 2101-2102 may not be performed.

[0138] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 2101 to 2104. For example, step 2104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps 2101+2102+2103+2104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 2103+2104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0139] Figure 2b is an interactive diagram of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2b, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a communication system 100. The communication system 100 may include a terminal 101 and a network device 102. In this embodiment, the terminal 101 may be in an RRC deactivated state (RRC_INACTIVE state). The above method includes:

[0140] Step 2201: The network device sends PRS configuration information and / or interval mode to the terminal.

[0141] The optional implementation of step 2201 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2101 in Figure 2a and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2a, which will not be repeated here.

[0142] Step 2202: The terminal determines the number of at least one frequency hopping point.

[0143] The optional implementation of step 2202 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2102 in Figure 2a and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2a, which will not be repeated here.

[0144] Step 2203: The network device sends a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal.

[0145] The optional implementation of step 2203 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2103 in Figure 2a and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2a, which will not be repeated here.

[0146] Step 2204: The terminal sends a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device.

[0147] In some embodiments, a network device may receive a sounding reference signal (SRS).

[0148] In some embodiments, the terminal sends an SRS to the network device at at least one hopping frequency point.

[0149] In some embodiments, the reception time when the terminal receives the PRS sent by the network device and the transmission time when the terminal sends the SRS to the network device can be used to determine the Rx-Tx time difference of the terminal.

[0150] The sending and receiving time difference of the terminal refers to the time difference between the terminal receiving the positioning reference signal PRS and sending the sounding reference signal SRS, and the sending and receiving time difference can be used for positioning measurement of the terminal.

[0151] Step 2205: The terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and the SRS.

[0152] In some embodiments, when the terminal is in the RRC_INACTIVE state, the terminal may perform positioning measurements based on the PRS or based on the PRS and the SRS.

[0153] In some embodiments, the terminal may determine a measurement value of the PRS, the measurement value including at least one of the following: reference signal time difference RSTD; reference signal received power RSRP; single path reference signal received power RSRPP; time difference between the terminal receiving the PRS and sending the SRS.

[0154] For example, the terminal may perform positioning measurement based on the PRS, for example, measuring at least one of RSTD, RSRP, and RSRPP of the PRS.

[0155] For example, the terminal may perform positioning measurements based on both the PRS and the SRS, such as measuring the time difference between receiving the PRS and sending the SRS.

[0156] Optionally, before the terminal performs positioning measurement, the terminal may receive a message from the network device, which instructs or requests the terminal which measurement value to measure. For example, the network device may instruct or request the terminal to measure the time difference between receiving a PRS and sending an SRS.

[0157] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the above steps 2201-2202 may be optional steps. For example, if the terminal does not support frequency hopping, the above steps 2201-2202 may not be performed.

[0158] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 2101 to 2105. For example, step 2105 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps 2103+2104+2105 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 2101+2102+2103+2104+2105 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0159] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0160] FIG3a is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3a, the present disclosure embodiment relates to a positioning measurement method for terminal 101, the method comprising:

[0161] Step 3101: Obtain PRS configuration information and / or interval mode.

[0162] Optional implementations of step 3101 can refer to step 2101 in FIG. 2a , optional implementations of step 2201 in FIG. 2b , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2a and 2b , which will not be described in detail here.

[0163] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern sent by a network device, but is not limited thereto and may also receive PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern sent by other entities.

[0164] In some embodiments, the terminal may obtain PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern specified by the protocol.

[0165] In some embodiments, the terminal may obtain PRS configuration information and / or spacing pattern from upper layer(s).

[0166] In some embodiments, the terminal may perform processing to obtain PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern.

[0167] In some embodiments, the terminal may obtain PRS configuration information and / or interval mode through downlink signaling.

[0168] Step 3102: Determine the number of at least one frequency hopping point.

[0169] Optional implementations of step 3102 can be found in step 2102 of FIG. 2a , optional implementations of step 2202 of FIG. 2b , and other related parts of the embodiments involved in FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b , which will not be described in detail here.

[0170] Step 3103: Acquire a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0171] Optional implementations of step 3103 may refer to step 2103 in FIG. 2a , optional implementations of step 2203 in FIG. 2b , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b , which will not be described in detail here.

[0172] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device, but is not limited thereto and may also receive a positioning reference signal PRS sent by other entities.

[0173] In some embodiments, the terminal may obtain a positioning reference signal PRS specified by a protocol.

[0174] In some embodiments, the terminal may receive a positioning reference signal PRS through downlink signaling.

[0175] In some embodiments, the terminal may obtain a positioning reference signal (PRS) from an upper layer(s).

[0176] In some embodiments, the terminal may perform processing to obtain a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0177] Step 3104: Perform positioning measurement based on the PRS.

[0178] Optional implementations of step 3104 may refer to step 2104 in FIG. 2a , optional implementations of step 2205 in FIG. 2b , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b , which will not be described in detail here.

[0179] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 3101 to 3104. For example, step 3104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps 3101+3102+3103+3104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 3103+3104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0180] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0181] FIG3b is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3b, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for terminal 101, the method comprising:

[0182] Step 3201: Acquire a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0183] The optional implementation of step 3201 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2103 in Figure 2a, step 2203 in Figure 2b, step 3103 in Figure 3a, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, and 3a, which will not be repeated here.

[0184] Step 3202: Perform positioning measurement based on the PRS.

[0185] The optional implementation of step 3202 can be found in step 2104 of Figure 2a, step 2205 of Figure 2b, the optional implementation of step 3104 of Figure 3a, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, and 3a, which will not be repeated here.

[0186] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step 3201 and step 3202. For example, step 3202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 3201+3202 may be implemented as independent embodiments.

[0187] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0188] FIG3c is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3c, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for terminal 101, the method comprising:

[0189] Step 3301: Obtain PRS configuration information and / or interval mode.

[0190] The optional implementation of step 3301 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2101 in Figure 2a, step 2201 in Figure 2b, step 3101 in Figure 3a, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, and 3a, which will not be repeated here.

[0191] Step 3302: Determine the number of at least one frequency hopping point.

[0192] The optional implementation of step 3302 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2102 in Figure 2a, step 2202 in Figure 2b, step 3102 in Figure 3a, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, and 3a, which will not be repeated here.

[0193] Step 3303: Acquire a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0194] Optional implementations of step 2203 can be found in step 2103 of FIG. 2a , step 2203 of FIG. 2b , step 3103 of FIG. 3a , optional implementations of step 3201 of FIG. 3b , and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG. 2a , which will not be repeated here.

[0195] Step 3304: Send a sounding reference signal SRS.

[0196] The optional implementation of step 3304 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2204 in Figure 2b and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2b, which will not be repeated here.

[0197] In some embodiments, the network device may send a sounding reference signal SRS to the terminal, but is not limited thereto and may also send a sounding reference signal SRS to other entities.

[0198] In some embodiments, the network device may send a reference signal SRS via downlink signaling.

[0199] Step 3305: Perform positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and the SRS.

[0200] The optional implementation of step 3305 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2205 in Figure 2b and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2b, which will not be repeated here.

[0201] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 3301 to 3305. For example, step 3305 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, steps 3301+3302+3303+3304+3305 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 3303+3304+3305 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0202] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0203] FIG3 d is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3 d , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for terminal 101, the method comprising:

[0204] Step 3401: Acquire a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0205] For the optional implementation of step 3401, please refer to the optional implementation of step 2103 in Figure 2a, step 2203 in Figure 2b, step 3103 in Figure 3a, step 3201 in Figure 3b, and step 3303 in Figure 3c, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, and 3c, which will not be repeated here.

[0206] Step 3402: Send a sounding reference signal SRS.

[0207] Optional implementations of step 3304 may refer to the optional implementations of step 2204 in FIG. 2b , step 3104 in FIG. 3c , and other related parts in the embodiments involved in FIG. 2b and FIG. 3c , which will not be described in detail here.

[0208] Step 3403: Perform positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and the SRS.

[0209] The optional implementation of step 3403 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2205 in Figure 2b, step 3105 in Figure 3c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2b and 3c, which will not be repeated here.

[0210] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 3401 to 3403. For example, step 3403 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps 3401+3402+3403 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0211] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0212] FIG4a is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4a, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a network device 102, the method comprising:

[0213] Step 4101: Send PRS configuration information and / or interval mode.

[0214] The optional implementation of step 4101 can be found in the optional implementation of step 2101 in Figure 2a, step 2201 in Figure 2b, step 3101 in Figure 3a, step 3301 in Figure 3c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, and 3c, which will not be repeated here.

[0215] In some embodiments, the network device may send PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern to the terminal, but is not limited thereto, and may also send PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern to other entities.

[0216] In some embodiments, the network device may send PRS configuration information and / or interval mode via downlink signaling.

[0217] Step 4102: Send a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0218] For the optional implementation of step 4102, please refer to step 2103 of Figure 2a, step 2203 of Figure 2b, step 3103 of Figure 3a, step 3201 of Figure 3b, step 3303 of Figure 3c, and the optional implementation of step 3401 of Figure 3d, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d, which will not be repeated here.

[0219] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step 4101 and step 4102. For example, step 4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0220] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, and the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined and can be arbitrarily combined with other embodiments or examples.

[0221] FIG4 b is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4 b , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a network device 102, the method comprising:

[0222] Step 4201: Send a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0223] For the optional implementation of step 4102, please refer to step 2103 of Figure 2a, step 2203 of Figure 2b, step 3103 of Figure 3a, step 3201 of Figure 3b, step 3303 of Figure 3c, step 3401 of Figure 3d, and the optional implementation of step 4102 of Figure 4a, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, and 4a, which will not be repeated here.

[0224] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, and the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined and can be arbitrarily combined with other embodiments or examples.

[0225] FIG4c is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4c, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a network device 102, the method comprising:

[0226] Step 4301: Send PRS configuration information and / or interval mode.

[0227] For the optional implementation of step 4301, please refer to step 2101 of Figure 2a, step 2201 of Figure 2b, step 3101 of Figure 3a, step 3301 of Figure 3c, and the optional implementation of step 4101 of Figure 4a, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3c, and 4a, which will not be repeated here.

[0228] Step 4302: Send a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0229] For the optional implementation of step 4302, please refer to step 2103 of Figure 2a, step 2203 of Figure 2b, step 3103 of Figure 3a, step 3201 of Figure 3b, step 3303 of Figure 3c, step 3401 of Figure 3d, step 4103 of Figure 4a, and the optional implementation of step 4201 of Figure 4b, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, and 4b, which will not be repeated here.

[0230] Step 4303: Acquire a sounding reference signal SRS.

[0231] The optional implementation of step 4303 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2204 in Figure 2b, step 3104 in Figure 3c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2b and 3c, which will not be repeated here.

[0232] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 4301 to 4303. For example, step 4302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0233] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, and the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined and can be arbitrarily combined with other embodiments or examples.

[0234] FIG4 d is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4 d , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a network device 102, the method comprising:

[0235] Step 4401: Send a positioning reference signal PRS.

[0236] For the optional implementation of step 4401, please refer to step 2103 of Figure 2a, step 2203 of Figure 2b, step 3103 of Figure 3a, step 3201 of Figure 3b, step 3303 of Figure 3c, step 3401 of Figure 3d, step 4103 of Figure 4a, step 4201 of Figure 4b, and optional implementation of step 4302 of Figure 4c, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4b, and 4c, which will not be repeated here.

[0237] Step 4402: Acquire a sounding reference signal SRS.

[0238] The optional implementation of step 4402 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2204 in Figure 2b, step 3104 in Figure 3c, step 4303 in Figure 4c, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2b, 3c, and 4c, which will not be repeated here.

[0239] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step 4401 and step 4402. For example, step 4401 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0240] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, and the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined and can be arbitrarily combined with other embodiments or examples.

[0241] Figure 5a is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a communication system including a terminal and a network device. The method includes:

[0242] Step 5101: The terminal receives a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device.

[0243] For optional implementations of step 5101, please refer to step 2103 of Figure 2a, step 2203 of Figure 2b, step 3103 of Figure 3a, step 3201 of Figure 3b, step 3303 of Figure 3c, step 3401 of Figure 3d, step 4103 of Figure 4a, step 4201 of Figure 4b, step 4302 of Figure 4c, and step 4401 of Figure 4d, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d, which will not be repeated here.

[0244] Step 5102: The terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS.

[0245] The optional implementation of step 5102 can be found in step 2104 of Figure 2a, step 2205 of Figure 2b, step 3104 of Figure 3a, the optional implementation of step 3202 of Figure 3b, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, and 3b, which will not be repeated here.

[0246] The positioning measurement method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps 5101 to 5102. For example, step 5102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0247] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0248] Figure 5b is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5b, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method for a communication system including a terminal and a network device. The method includes:

[0249] Step 5201: The terminal receives a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device.

[0250] For optional implementations of step 5201, please refer to step 2103 of Figure 2a, step 2203 of Figure 2b, step 3103 of Figure 3a, step 3201 of Figure 3b, step 3303 of Figure 3c, step 3401 of Figure 3d, step 4103 of Figure 4a, step 4201 of Figure 4b, step 4302 of Figure 4c, step 4401 of Figure 4d, and optional implementations of step 5101 of Figure 5a, as well as other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 5a, which will not be repeated here.

[0251] Step 5202: The terminal sends a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device.

[0252] The optional implementation of step 5202 can be found in the optional implementation of step 2204 in Figure 2b, step 3104 in Figure 3c, step 4303 in Figure 4c, step 4402 in Figure 4d, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2b, 3c, 4c, and 4d, which will not be repeated here.

[0253] Step 5203: The terminal performs positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and SRS.

[0254] The optional implementation of step 5203 can refer to the optional implementation of step 2205 in Figure 2b, step 3105 in Figure 3c, step 3403 in Figure 3d, and other related parts in the embodiments involved in Figures 2b, 3c, and 3d, which will not be repeated here.

[0255] The following is an exemplary introduction to the above method.

[0256] The method shown in the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a positioning measurement method.

[0257] The method is as follows:

[0258] The RedCap UE can receive the PRS configuration information (PRS configuration) and / or gap pattern (gap pattern) sent to the UE by the network device, and determine the number of frequency hopping points of at least one frequency hopping point based on the PRS configuration information and / or gap pattern, so that the UE can receive the downlink reference signal PRS on at least one frequency hopping point.

[0259] When a RedCap UE is in the RRC_IDLE state, it can measure the downlink positioning reference signal DLPRS when receiving it. The measurement values ​​include the reference signal time difference RSTD, the reference signal received power RSRP, and the single path reference signal received power RSRPP. The time difference between receiving PRS and sending SRS is not measured in the RRC_IDLE state.

[0260] When the RedCap UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state, the RedCap UE can receive DLPRS and / or send UL SRS. The RedCap UE can perform positioning measurements based on PRS, and the measurement values ​​include reference signal time difference RSTD, reference signal received power RSRP, and single path reference signal received power RSRPP. Alternatively, the RedCap UE can also perform positioning measurements based on both PRS and SRS, and the measurement values ​​include the time difference between receiving PRS and sending SRS (also known as receive-transmit time difference, Rx-Tx time difference).

[0261] The above example determines the maximum number of frequency hops based on PRS configuration information and / or interval mode in the RRC_IDLE state and the RRC_INACTIVE state, so that the UE can obtain better performance; the positioning measurement requirements in the two states are defined, and in the RRC_IDLE state, the sounding signal SRS is not sent, and the reception and transmission time difference is not measured, which can save resources and reduce system power consumption.

[0262] Figure 6a is a schematic diagram of the structure of terminal 101 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6a, terminal 101 includes a transceiver module 6101 for receiving a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmitted by a network device. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to execute at least one of the transceiver-related steps (e.g., but not limited to, steps 2101 and 2103) performed by terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be further described here.

[0263] Processing module 6102. In some embodiments, the above-mentioned processing module is used to: perform positioning measurement based on PRS when the terminal is in the radio resource control RRC idle state; optionally, the above-mentioned processing module 6102 is used to execute at least one of the processing-related steps (such as step 2102, step 2104, etc., but not limited to this) performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0264] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is further configured to receive PRS configuration information and / or interval mode sent by a network device.

[0265] In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 is further configured to: determine the number of at least one frequency hopping point based on the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern.

[0266] Figure 6b is a schematic diagram of the structure of network device 102 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6b, network device 102 includes a transceiver module 6201 configured to transmit a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) to a terminal. The terminal is a Reduced Capability (RedCap) terminal in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurements. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the transmitting and / or receiving steps (e.g., steps 2101 and 2103, but not limited thereto) performed by network device 102 in any of the above methods, which will not be further described herein.

[0267] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 can also be used to: send PRS configuration information and / or interval mode to the terminal, the PRS configuration information and / or interval mode is used to assist the terminal in determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point, and the terminal receives PRS on at least one frequency hopping point.

[0268] Figure 6c is a schematic diagram of the structure of terminal 101 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6c, terminal 101 includes a transceiver module 6301 configured to receive a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmitted by a network device and transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the network device. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the transceiver-related steps (e.g., steps 2201, 2203, and 2204, but not limited thereto) performed by terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be further described here.

[0269] Processing module 6302. In some embodiments, the above-mentioned processing module is used to: perform positioning measurement based on PRS or based on PRS and SRS when the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state; optionally, the above-mentioned processing module 6102 is used to execute at least one of the processing-related steps (such as step 2202, step 2205, etc., but not limited to this) performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0270] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6301 is further configured to receive PRS configuration information and / or interval mode sent by a network device.

[0271] In some embodiments, the processing module 6302 is further configured to: determine the number of at least one frequency hopping point based on the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern.

[0272] Figure 6d is a schematic diagram of the structure of the network device 102 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6d, the network device 102 includes: a transceiver module 6401, which is used to send a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal and receive a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; the terminal is a reduced-capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and the PRS and SRS are used by the terminal to perform positioning measurements. Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the sending and / or receiving steps (such as step 2201, step 2203, step 2204, etc., but not limited to this) performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods, which will not be repeated here.

[0273] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6401 can also be used to: send PRS configuration information and / or interval mode to the terminal, the PRS configuration information and / or interval mode is used to assist the terminal in determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point, and the terminal receives PRS on at least one frequency hopping point.

[0274] As shown in Figure 7a, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, baseband chip, terminal device, terminal device chip, DU or CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The processor 7101 is used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0275] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100.

[0276] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 7103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

[0277] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0278] Optionally, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more interface circuits 7104, which are connected to the memory 7102. The interface circuits 7104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

[0279] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7a. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0280] FIG7 b is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7 b , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0281] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201 , and the processor 7201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 7200 executes any of the above methods.

[0282] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202, which are connected to memory 7203. Interface circuit 7202 can be used to receive signals from memory 7203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 can read instructions stored in memory 7203 and send the instructions to processor 7201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver are interchangeable.

[0283] In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7203 may be located outside the chip 7200.

[0284] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0285] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0286] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

[0287] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0288] The correspondences shown in the tables of the present disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values ​​of the information in each table are merely examples and can be configured to other values, which are not limited by the present disclosure. When configuring the correspondences between information and parameters, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, in the tables of the present disclosure, the correspondences shown in certain rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate deformation adjustments can be made based on the above tables, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables may also adopt other names that can be understood by the communication device, and the values ​​or representations of the parameters may also adopt other values ​​or representations that can be understood by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures may also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables or hash tables, etc.

[0289] The predefined in the present disclosure may be understood as defined, predefined, stored, pre-stored, pre-negotiated, pre-configured, solidified, or pre-burned.

[0290] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0291] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0292] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A positioning measurement method, characterized in that: The method is executed by a terminal, which is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, and comprises: Receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; When the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, positioning measurement is performed based on the PRS.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device includes: receiving the PRS sent by the network device at at least one frequency hopping point, The terminal supports reception frequency hopping of the PRS.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The method further comprises: Receiving PRS configuration information and / or interval mode sent by a network device; Based on the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern, the number of the at least one frequency hopping point is determined.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The method further comprises: determining a measurement value of the PRS; The measured value includes at least one of the following: Reference signal time difference RSTD; Reference signal received power RSRP; Single path reference signal received power RSRPP.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The measurement value does not include a time difference between the terminal receiving the PRS and sending the SRS.

6. A positioning measurement method, characterized in that: The method is executed by a terminal, which is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, and comprises: Receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; Sending a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device; When the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state, positioning measurement is performed based on the PRS, or positioning measurement is performed based on the PRS and the SRS.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that The terminal receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device includes: receiving the PRS sent by the network device at at least one frequency hopping point, The terminal supports reception frequency hopping of the PRS.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The method further comprises: Receiving PRS configuration information and / or interval mode sent by a network device; Based on the PRS configuration information and / or the interval pattern, the number of the at least one frequency hopping point is determined.

9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that The method further comprises: determining a measurement value of the PRS; The measured value includes at least one of the following: Reference signal time difference RSTD; Reference signal received power RSRP; Single path reference signal received power RSRPP; The time difference between the terminal receiving the PRS and sending the SRS.

10. A positioning measurement method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a network device, and the method includes: Sending a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal; The terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: sending PRS configuration information and / or interval mode to the terminal, The PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern is used to assist the terminal in determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point, and the terminal receives the PRS at the at least one frequency hopping point.

12. A positioning measurement method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a network device, and the method includes: Sending a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal; Receiving a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; The terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and the PRS and the SRS are used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

13. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The method further comprises: sending PRS configuration information and / or interval mode to the terminal, The PRS configuration information and / or interval pattern is used to assist the terminal in determining the number of at least one frequency hopping point, and the terminal receives the PRS at the at least one frequency hopping point.

14. A terminal, characterized in that: The terminal comprises: A transceiver module, used for receiving a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device; The processing module is used to perform positioning measurement based on the PRS when the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state.

15. A terminal, characterized in that: The terminal comprises: A transceiver module, configured to receive a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a network device, and send a sounding reference signal SRS to the network device; A processing module is used to perform positioning measurement based on the PRS or based on the PRS and the SRS when the terminal is in an RRC deactivated state.

16. A network device, characterized in that: The network equipment includes: A transceiver module, used to send a positioning reference signal PRS to the terminal; The terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC idle state, and the PRS is used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

17. A network device, characterized in that: The network equipment includes: A transceiver module, configured to send a positioning reference signal PRS to a terminal, and receive a sounding reference signal SRS sent by the terminal; The terminal is a reduced capability RedCap terminal, the terminal is in a radio resource control RRC deactivated state, and the PRS and the SRS are used by the terminal to perform positioning measurement.

18. A communication device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The device is used to execute the positioning and measurement method described in any one of claims 1 to 5, or to execute the positioning and measurement method described in any one of claims 6 to 9.

19. A communication device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The device is used to execute the positioning and measurement method described in any one of claims 10-11, or to execute the positioning and measurement method described in any one of claims 12-13.

20. A communication system, characterized in that: The invention comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the positioning measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and the network device is configured to implement the positioning measurement method according to any one of claims 10 to 11.

21. A communication system, characterized in that: The method comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the positioning measurement method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, and the network device is configured to implement the positioning measurement method according to any one of claims 12 to 13.

22. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is enabled to perform the positioning measurement method as described in any one of claims 1-5, 6-9, 10-11 or 12-13.

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