Systems and methods for processing of positioning or sensing
By enabling network nodes to manage processing units through capability exchange and priority setting, the system optimizes resource allocation for positioning and sensing tasks in 5G NR networks, addressing inefficiencies and enhancing performance.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ZTE CORP
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-26
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-11
AI Technical Summary
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing processing units for positioning and sensing tasks, leading to inefficiencies in resource allocation and prioritization of reports, particularly in 5G NR networks.
A system and method for managing processing units (PUs) by allowing network nodes to exchange capabilities and configurations for positioning or sensing, including reporting unoccupied PUs and setting priorities for reports, based on various factors such as type of report, request, and measurement type, to optimize resource utilization.
Enhances the efficiency of processing units by optimizing resource allocation and prioritization, ensuring that only high-priority reports are processed, thereby improving the overall performance of positioning and sensing operations in 5G NR networks.
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OF POSITIONING OR SENSINGTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The disclosure relates generally to wireless communications, including but not limited to systems and methods for processing of positioning or sensing.BACKGROUND
[0002] The standardization organization Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is currently in the process of specifying a new Radio Interface called 5G New Radio (5G NR) as well as a Next Generation Packet Core Network (NG-CN or NGC) . The 5G NR will have three main components: a 5G Access Network (5G-AN) , a 5G Core Network (5GC) , and a User Equipment (UE) . In order to facilitate the enablement of different data services and requirements, the elements of the 5GC, also called Network Functions, have been simplified with some of them being software based so that they could be adapted according to need.SUMMARY
[0003] The example embodiments disclosed herein are directed to solving the issues relating to one or more of the problems presented in the prior art, as well as providing additional features that will become readily apparent by reference to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompany drawings. In accordance with various embodiments, example systems, methods, devices and computer program products are disclosed herein. It is understood, however, that these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not limiting, and it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art who read the present disclosure that various modifications to the disclosed embodiments can be made while remaining within the scope of this disclosure.
[0004] At least one aspect is directed to a system, a method, an apparatus, or a computer-readable medium for processing of positioning or sensing. A first network node may send, to a second network node, information on a capability for processing positioning or sensing. The first network node may receive, from the second network node, a configuration for positioning or sensing. The first network node may send, to the second network node, an indication of processing for positioning or sensing.
[0005] In some embodiments, the first network node includes at least one of a wireless communication device, a first transmit / reception point (TRP) , or a first wireless communication node, and wherein the second network node comprises at least one of a second TRP, a second wireless communication node, a location management function (LMF) , a sensing function (SF) or core network. In some embodiments, the information on the capability identifies one or more of: a number of processing units (PUs) for processing positioning reference signal (PRS) or sounding reference signal (SRS) , a number of processing units (PUs) for processing sensing reference signals (sensing RS) , or a number of PUs for supporting simultaneous processing of one or more of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS.
[0006] In some embodiments, the information on the capability identifies one or more of: a number of PUs for supporting positioning, a number of PUs for supporting sensing, or a number of PUs for supporting simultaneous positioning and sensing. In some embodiments, the information on the capability or the indication identifies a number of occupied PUs for processing positioning or sensing. In some embodiments, the first network node may refrain from sending at least one report from a plurality of reports for positioning or sensing. In some embodiments, the at least one report has a lowest priority out of the plurality of reports.
[0007] In some embodiments, the configuration identifies a number of PUs for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services. In some embodiments, wherein the configuration identifies a priority indicator for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services.
[0008] In some embodiments, the first network node sends, to the second network node, a priority indicator for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services. In some embodiments, a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of a type of report, a type of request, a type of positioning method, or a type of sensing method.
[0009] In some embodiments, a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of: a number of measurement types, a number of additional requested or reported paths, a number of TRPs, whether to measure hopping reference signal (RS) , whether to measure aggregated resources or RS, whether measurement quality is requested or reported, a number of additional measurement elements, a number of additional measurement samples, a granularity of timing measurement, or a measurement is from at least one of a type of positioning method or a sensing method. In some embodiments, a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of: a horizontal accuracy, a confidence of the horizontal accuracy, whether a vertical coordinate is requested, a vertical accuracy, a confidence of the vertical accuracy, a response time, whether a velocity is requested, a velocity accuracy, or a velocity resolution.
[0010] In some embodiments, the processing for positioning or sensing occupies a number of PUs for a number of symbols or slots, wherein the number of PUs comprises at least one of: a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses, a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more Range-Doppler (RD) profiles, a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data, or a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results. In some embodiments, a number of occupied PUs for processing a plurality of positioning or sensing reports is based on at least one of: a maximum of the number of PUs or a sum of the number of PUs.
[0011] In some embodiments, a number of occupied PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of: a type of report, a number of samples or values in the one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses, a granularity of delay, a granularity of Doppler, a number of point in point cloud data, a granularity or accuracy of location in the one or more sensing results, or a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.
[0012] In some embodiments, a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first time or symbol corresponding to when a network sends a request for measurement, location, or sensing, a second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location, or sensing, a first predefined number of symbols after the first time or symbol corresponding to when the network sends the request for measurement, location, or sensing, a second predefined number of symbols after the second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location, a third time or symbol corresponding to receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS, a third predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol, a fourth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement, a fourth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement, a fifth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing, fifth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing, a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing, or a sixth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing.
[0013] In some embodiments, an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first time corresponding to sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing, a first predefined number of symbols before or after the sending of the report, a second time corresponding to receipt of a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS before sending of the report, a second predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol, a third time corresponding to receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement, a third predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of terminal symbol for measurement, a fourth time corresponding to communication of an abort or error message for sensing or positioning, a fifth time corresponding to the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to communication of the abort or error message, a fifth predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to the communication of the abort or error message, or a sixth symbol between (i) a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the receipt of a request for measurement, location, or sensing and (ii) a seventh predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol for measurement.
[0014] In some embodiments, a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first time corresponding to when a reporting condition is satisfied, a second time or predefined number of symbols after receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sending RS for measurement subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition, a third time or predefined number of symbols after sending the sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing, or a fourth time or predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol.
[0015] In some embodiments, a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first time or symbol corresponding to an initial time of at least one of a measurement gap (MG) , a PRS processing window (PPW) , or a measurement window (MW) subsequent to a network sending a request for measurement, location, or sensing, a first predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the network sending the request, a second time or symbol corresponding to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the first network node receiving the request for measurement, location, or sensing, a second predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to first network node receiving the request, a third time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, a SRS, or a sensing RS subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, a third predefined number of symbols after the first network node receiving the initial symbol subsequent to the initial time, a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, a fourth predefined number of symbols after the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, a fifth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request, a fifth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request, a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request, or a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request.
[0016] In some embodiments, a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first time corresponding to satisfying of a reporting condition, a second time corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, a SRS, or a sensing RS symbol for measurement, after an initial time of at least one of a MG, a PPW, a MW, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition, a second predefined number of symbols subsequent to receiving the initial symbol, after the initial time, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition, a third time corresponding to the first network node sending a report, a third predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node sending the report, a fourth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report, or a fourth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0017] In some embodiments, an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first time or symbol corresponding to a terminal time or symbol of at least one of a PPW, an MG, or MW before the first network node sends a report for measurement, location, or sensing, a second time or symbol prior or subsequent to the first network node receiving a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, and before the first network node sends the report for measurement, location, or sensing, a third time or symbol prior or subsequent to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before or after the first network node receives the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before communication of an abort or an error message for sensing or positioning, a fifth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message, a predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message, or a sixth symbol between (i) a first predefined number of symbols after the first network node receives a request and (ii) a second predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement.
[0018] In some embodiments, a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of: a length of at least one of a PPW, a MG, or a MW, a periodicity of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, a type of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, a priority configured in the PPW, a repetition factor of the MG, a gap priority configuration of the MG, or a gap sharing configuration of the MG. In some embodiments, a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of: a reporting amount configuration, a reporting interval configuration, a reporting duration, or a response time. In some embodiments, an ending time of an occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is a summation of a start time of the occupancy of the one or more PUs and duration of occupancy of the one or more PUs,
[0019] In some embodiments, an ending time of occupancy one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a reporting amount or a multiple of a reporting interval in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives a request for measurement, location, or sensing, or a reporting duration or a response time in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives the request subsequent to satisfying a reporting condition. In some embodiments, a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of: a first symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, a first predefined number of symbols after a terminal symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of the PSR, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, or a second predefined number of symbols before the first network node send a report for measurement, location, or sensing, wherein the second predefined number of symbol is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report.
[0020] In some embodiments, a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report, and comprises at least one of: a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses, a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more RD profiles, a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data, or a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results. In some embodiments, the duration of occupancy in the one or more PUs is based on at least one of: (i) a maximum of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report, or (ii) a summation of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report.
[0021] In some embodiments, a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of: a type of report, a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses, a granularity of delay, a granularity of Doppler, a number of point in point cloud data, a granularity or accuracy of location in one or more sensing results, or a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results. In some embodiments, an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of a number of symbols, slots, or seconds after a starting time of the occupancy in the one or more PUs.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] Various example embodiments of the present solution are described in detail below with reference to the following figures or drawings. The drawings are provided for purposes of illustration only and merely depict example embodiments of the present solution to facilitate the reader’s understanding of the present solution. Therefore, the drawings should not be considered limiting of the breadth, scope, or applicability of the present solution. It should be noted that for clarity and ease of illustration, these drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
[0023] FIG. 1 illustrates an example cellular communication network in which techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
[0024] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an example base station and a user equipment device, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0025] FIG. 3 illustrates a diagram of CPU allocation for a plurality of CSI reports in an OFDM symbol, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0026] FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram of reference signal instances at times corresponding to an overall PU occupancy duration for a processing procedure, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0027] FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram reference signal instances at times corresponding to PU occupancy duration windows and / or gaps for a processing procedure, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0028] FIG. 6 illustrates reference signal instances at times before a PU occupancy duration window for storing and processing measurements, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure; and
[0029] FIG. 7 illustrates a flow diagram of a process for positioning and / or sensing, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0030] Various example embodiments of the present solution are described below with reference to the accompanying figures to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the present solution. As would be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, after reading the present disclosure, various changes or modifications to the examples described herein can be made without departing from the scope of the present solution. Thus, the present solution is not limited to the example embodiments and applications described and illustrated herein. Additionally, the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the methods disclosed herein are merely example approaches. Based upon design preferences, the specific order or hierarchy of steps of the disclosed methods or processes can be re-arranged while remaining within the scope of the present solution. Thus, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that the methods and techniques disclosed herein present various steps or acts in a sample order, and the present solution is not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented unless expressly stated otherwise.
[0031] 1. Mobile Communication Technology and Environment
[0032] FIG. 1 illustrates an example wireless communication network, and / or system, 100 in which techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the following discussion, the wireless communication network 100 may be any wireless network, such as a cellular network or a narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT) network, and is herein referred to as “network 100. ” Such an example network 100 includes a base station 102 (hereinafter “BS 102” ; also referred to as wireless communication node) and a user equipment device 104 (hereinafter “UE 104” ; also referred to as wireless communication device) that can communicate with each other via a communication link 110 (e.g., a wireless communication channel) , and a cluster of cells 126, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138 and 140 overlaying a geographical area 101. In Figure 1, the BS 102 and UE 104 are contained within a respective geographic boundary of cell 126. Each of the other cells 130, 132, 134, 136, 138 and 140 may include at least one base station operating at its allocated bandwidth to provide adequate radio coverage to its intended users.
[0033] For example, the BS 102 may operate at an allocated channel transmission bandwidth to provide adequate coverage to the UE 104. The BS 102 and the UE 104 may communicate via a downlink radio frame 118, and an uplink radio frame 124 respectively. Each radio frame 118 / 124 may be further divided into sub-frames 120 / 127 which may include data symbols 122 / 128. In the present disclosure, the BS 102 and UE 104 are described herein as non-limiting examples of “communication nodes, ” generally, which can practice the methods disclosed herein. Such communication nodes may be capable of wireless and / or wired communications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present solution.
[0034] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an example wireless communication system 200 for transmitting and receiving wireless communication signals (e.g., OFDM / OFDMA signals) in accordance with some embodiments of the present solution. The system 200 may include components and elements configured to support known or conventional operating features that need not be described in detail herein. In one illustrative embodiment, system 200 can be used to communicate (e.g., transmit and receive) data symbols in a wireless communication environment such as the wireless communication environment 100 of Figure 1, as described above.
[0035] System 200 generally includes a base station 202 (hereinafter “BS 202” ) and a user equipment device 204 (hereinafter “UE 204” ) . The BS 202 includes a BS (base station) transceiver module 210, a BS antenna 212, a BS processor module 214, a BS memory module 216, and a network communication module 218, each module being coupled and interconnected with one another as necessary via a data communication bus 220. The UE 204 includes a UE (user equipment) transceiver module 230, a UE antenna 232, a UE memory module 234, and a UE processor module 236, each module being coupled and interconnected with one another as necessary via a data communication bus 240. The BS 202 communicates with the UE 204 via a communication channel 250, which can be any wireless channel or other medium suitable for transmission of data as described herein.
[0036] As would be understood by persons of ordinary skill in the art, system 200 may further include any number of modules other than the modules shown in Figure 2. Those skilled in the art will understand that the various illustrative blocks, modules, circuits, and processing logic described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, computer-readable software, firmware, or any practical combination thereof. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability and compatibility of hardware, firmware, and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps are described generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware, firmware, or software can depend upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Those familiar with the concepts described herein may implement such functionality in a suitable manner for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present disclosure
[0037] In accordance with some embodiments, the UE transceiver 230 may be referred to herein as an “uplink” transceiver 230 that includes a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and a RF receiver each comprising circuitry that is coupled to the antenna 232. A duplex switch (not shown) may alternatively couple the uplink transmitter or receiver to the uplink antenna in time duplex fashion. Similarly, in accordance with some embodiments, the BS transceiver 210 may be referred to herein as a “downlink” transceiver 210 that includes a RF transmitter and a RF receiver each comprising circuity that is coupled to the antenna 212. A downlink duplex switch may alternatively couple the downlink transmitter or receiver to the downlink antenna 212 in time duplex fashion. The operations of the two transceiver modules 210 and 230 may be coordinated in time such that the uplink receiver circuitry is coupled to the uplink antenna 232 for reception of transmissions over the wireless transmission link 250 at the same time that the downlink transmitter is coupled to the downlink antenna 212. Conversely, the operations of the two transceivers 210 and 230 may be coordinated in time such that the downlink receiver is coupled to the downlink antenna 212 for reception of transmissions over the wireless transmission link 250 at the same time that the uplink transmitter is coupled to the uplink antenna 232. In some embodiments, there is close time synchronization with a minimal guard time between changes in duplex direction.
[0038] The UE transceiver 230 and the base station transceiver 210 are configured to communicate via the wireless data communication link 250, and cooperate with a suitably configured RF antenna arrangement 212 / 232 that can support a particular wireless communication protocol and modulation scheme. In some illustrative embodiments, the UE transceiver 210 and the base station transceiver 210 are configured to support industry standards such as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) and emerging 5G standards, and the like. It is understood, however, that the present disclosure is not necessarily limited in application to a particular standard and associated protocols. Rather, the UE transceiver 230 and the base station transceiver 210 may be configured to support alternate, or additional, wireless data communication protocols, including future standards or variations thereof.
[0039] In accordance with various embodiments, the BS 202 may be an evolved node B (eNB) , a serving eNB, a target eNB, a femto station, or a pico station, for example. In some embodiments, the UE 204 may be embodied in various types of user devices such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , tablet, laptop computer, wearable computing device, etc. The processor modules 214 and 236 may be implemented, or realized, with a general purpose processor, a content addressable memory, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, any suitable programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof, designed to perform the functions described herein. In this manner, a processor may be realized as a microprocessor, a controller, a microcontroller, a state machine, or the like. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a digital signal processor core, or any other such configuration.
[0040] Furthermore, the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in firmware, in a software module executed by processor modules 214 and 236, respectively, or in any practical combination thereof. The memory modules 216 and 234 may be realized as RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. In this regard, memory modules 216 and 234 may be coupled to the processor modules 210 and 230, respectively, such that the processors modules 210 and 230 can read information from, and write information to, memory modules 216 and 234, respectively. The memory modules 216 and 234 may also be integrated into their respective processor modules 210 and 230. In some embodiments, the memory modules 216 and 234 may each include a cache memory for storing temporary variables or other intermediate information during execution of instructions to be executed by processor modules 210 and 230, respectively. Memory modules 216 and 234 may also each include non-volatile memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor modules 210 and 230, respectively.
[0041] The network communication module 218 generally represents the hardware, software, firmware, processing logic, and / or other components of the base station 202 that enable bi-directional communication between base station transceiver 210 and other network components and communication nodes configured to communication with the base station 202. For example, network communication module 218 may be configured to support internet or WiMAX traffic. In a typical deployment, without limitation, network communication module 218 provides an 802.3 Ethernet interface such that base station transceiver 210 can communicate with a conventional Ethernet based computer network. In this manner, the network communication module 218 may include a physical interface for connection to the computer network (e.g., Mobile Switching Center (MSC) ) . The terms “configured for, ” “configured to” and conjugations thereof, as used herein with respect to a specified operation or function, refer to a device, component, circuit, structure, machine, signal, etc., that is physically constructed, programmed, formatted and / or arranged to perform the specified operation or function.
[0042] The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model (referred to herein as, “open system interconnection model” ) is a conceptual and logical layout that defines network communication used by systems (e.g., wireless communication device, wireless communication node) open to interconnection and communication with other systems. The model is broken into seven subcomponents, or layers, each of which represents a conceptual collection of services provided to the layers above and below it. The OSI Model also defines a logical network and effectively describes computer packet transfer by using different layer protocols. The OSI Model may also be referred to as the seven-layer OSI Model or the seven-layer model. In some embodiments, a first layer may be a physical layer. In some embodiments, a second layer may be a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. In some embodiments, a third layer may be a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer. In some embodiments, a fourth layer may be a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer. In some embodiments, a fifth layer may be a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer. In some embodiments, a sixth layer may be a Non Access Stratum (NAS) layer or an Internet Protocol (IP) layer, and the seventh layer being the other layer.
[0043] 2. Systems and Methods for Processing of Positioning or Sensing
[0044] Sensing and positioning may require the UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) or a transmission reception point (TRP) to receive and / or measure positioning reference signals (PRS) , sounding reference signals (SRS) and / or sensing reference signals (RS) , and report the measurement result and / or estimation result to the network (e.g., network 100) . The process of PRS, SRS, or sensing RS occupies a certain number of UE or TRP processing units, depending on the complexity of different positioning or sensing services. Embodiments described herein define processing unit occupancy for positioning and / or sensing. Accordingly, the UE, TRP, and / or network can allocate positioning and / or sensing tasks considering the UE or the TRP capability.
[0045] In current implementations of channel state information (CSI) reporting, CSI processing units are defined (e.g., allocated) for UE processing. The UE indicates the number of supported simultaneous CSI calculations (referred to herein as “NCPU” ) with a parameter simultaneousCSI-ReportsPerCC or [simultaneousCSI-SubReportsPerCC-r18] in a component carrier, and simultaneousCSI-ReportsAllCC or [simultaneousCSI-SubReportsAllCC-r18] across all component carriers.
[0046] For example, if a UE supports NCPU simultaneous CSI calculations, the UE may have NCPU CSI processing units for processing CSI reports. If a number of central processing units (CPUs) for calculation of CSI reports in a given orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol (referred to as “L CPUs” ) are occupied, then the UE has NCPU-L unoccupied CPUs. If a number of CSI reports (referred to herein as “N” ) start occupying their respective CPUs on the same OFDM symbol on which NCPU-L CPUs are unoccupied, the UE may not necessarily update the N-M requested CSI reports with lowest priority, where 0≤M≤N is the largest value such that holds, where each CSI report n=0, …, N-1 corresponds to
[0047] FIG. 3 illustrates an example diagram showing CPU allocation for a plurality of CSI reports in an OFDM symbol 300, in accordance with an embodiment of this disclosure. In the OFDM symbol 300, the UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) has NCPU-L unoccupied CPUs, and there are 6 CSI report requests 305a-f. Although 6 CSI reports are shown, other implementations may have any number of CSI report requests. Each of the CSI report requests occupy a different number of CPUs. For example, CSI report request 305a occupies 3 CPUs, CSI report request 305b occupies 2 CPUs, CSI report request 305c occupies 3 CPUs, CSI report request 305d occupies 1 CPU, CSI report request 305e occupies 1 CPU, and CSI report request 305f occupies 2 CPUs. CSI report request 305a is shown to have a highest priority, and report request 305e is shown to have a lowest priority. In some implementations, due to the total number of unoccupied CPUs and the number of CPUs for each CSI report request 305a-f, the UE will report the results of CSI report request 305a and CSI report request 305b, and will not report CSI report requests 305c-f. This may be due to the CSI report request 305a and the CSI report request 305b having the highest priority, and there not being enough unoccupied CPUs to report the CSI report request 305c (e.g., CSI report request with the next highest priority) .
[0048] As described herein, processing of a CSI report occupies a number of CPUs for a number of symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) as follows. Generally, it can be observed that the number of CSI processing units occupied is related to the report type and configuration of the CSI reports.
[0049] In some implementations, the number of occupied CPUs is zero (e.g., OCPU=0) for a CSI report with CSI report configuration (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig) with higher layer parameter (e.g., reportQuantity) set to ‘none’ and a CSI RS resource set (e.g., CSI-RS-ResourceSet) with higher layer parameter trs-Info configured.
[0050] In some implementations, the number of occupied CPUs is one (e.g., OCPU=1) for a CSI report with lower-layer triggered mobility (LTM) CSI report configuration (e.g., LTM-CSI-ReportConfig) , or a CSI report with CSI report configuration (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig) with higher a layer parameter (e.g., reportQuantity) set to ‘cri-RSRP’ , ‘ssb-Index-RSRP’ , ‘cri-SINR’ , ‘ssb-Index-SINR’ , ‘cri-RSRP-Index’ , ‘ssb-Index-RSRP-Index’ , ‘cri-SINR-Index’ , ‘ssb-Index-SINR-Index ‘or ‘none, ’ and a CSI RS resource set (e.g., CSI-RS-ResourceSet) with higher layer parameter trs-Info is not configured.
[0051] In some implementations, the number of occupied CPUs is defined as OCPU=(y+1) *X, for a CSI report with a CSI report configuration (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig) with a higher layer parameter (e.g., reportQuantity) set to ‘tdcp, ’ and with number of delays Y configured by a higher layer parameter Y, where the value of X ∈ {1, 2} is reported by UE capability.
[0052] In some implementations, for a CSI report with a CSI report configuration (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig) with a higher layer parameter (e.g., reportQuantity) not set to ‘none’ , or a CSI report with LTM-CSI-ReportConfig, the CPU (s) may be occupied for a number of OFDM symbols according to the following example embodiments. In general, it can be observed that the time duration of CSI processing units occupation is related to the report type and configurations.
[0053] In some implementations, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report (e.g., excluding an initial semi-persistent CSI report on physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) after the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) triggering the report and a semi-persistent CSI report on PUSCH configured with a higher layer parameter, codebookType, set to ‘typeII-Doppler-r18’ or ‘typeII-Doppler-PortSelection-r18’ ) can occupy CPU (s) from the first symbol of the earliest one of any one or more of the following: (a) each channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) , CSI-interference measurement (CSI-IM) , or synchronization signal block (SSB) resource, (b) each channel state information-reference signal-interference measurement (CSI-RS-IM) resource associated with all configured sub-configurations for periodic CSI report corresponding to a CSI-ReportConfig that contains a list of sub-configurations provided by csi-ReportSubConfigToAddModList, (c) each CSI-RS or CSI-IM resource associated with all activated or triggered sub-configurations for semi-persistent CSI report corresponding to a CSI-ReportConfig that contains a list of sub-configurations provided by csi-ReportSubConfigToAddModList, for channel or interference measurement, or (d) respective latest CSI-RS, CSI-IM, or SSB occasion no later than the corresponding CSI reference resource, until the last symbol of the configured PUSCH or physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying the report.
[0054] In some implementations, an aperiodic CSI report occupies CPU (s) from the first symbol after the PDCCH triggering the CSI report until the last symbol of the scheduled PUSCH carrying the report. When the PDCCH reception includes two PDCCH candidates from two respective search space sets, for the purpose of determining the CPU occupation duration, the PDCCH candidate that ends later in time may be used.
[0055] In some implementations, an initial semi-persistent CSI report on PUSCH after the PDCCH trigger occupies CPU (s) from the first symbol after the PDCCH until the last symbol of the scheduled PUSCH carrying the report. When the PDCCH reception includes two PDCCH candidates from two respective search space sets, for the purpose of determining the CPU occupation duration, the PDCCH candidate that ends later in time may be used.
[0056] A: Processing Units Reports and Priority
[0057] For positioning and / or sensing, the UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) , TRP, or gNB (e.g., BS 102, 202) can report or indicate a number of supported simultaneous positioning reference signal (PRS) and / or sensing reference signal processing unit or computation power (referred to herein as “NPU” ) to the gNB, TRP, location management function (LMF) , core network (CN) , and / or sensing function (SF) . For example, the UE, TRP, and / or gNB can report or indicate the number of supported simultaneous processing unit / computation power NPU for sensing / positioning to the gNB, TRP, LMF, CN, or SF. In some implementations, the processing unit or computation power may be CPU, graphics processing units (GPU) , accelerated processing unit (APU) , neural processing unit (NPR) , and / or other processing units.
[0058] If a UE supports NPU simultaneous positioning reference signal and / or sensing reference signal calculations, it has NPU PRS or sensing RS processing units for processing positioning or sensing reports. If a number of Pus are occupied for calculation or processing of positioning or sensing reports in a given OFDM symbol (e.g., referred to as “L PUs” ) , the UE has NPU-L unoccupied processing units. The UE, TRP, or gNB can report or indicate the number of unoccupied processing units or processing power for PRS, sensing RS, sensing, or positioning to the gNB, TRP, LMF, or SF.
[0059] If N positioning or sensing reports start occupying their respective PUs on the same OFDM symbol on which NPU-L PUs are unoccupied, the UE may not necessarily update the N-M requested positioning / sensing reports with lowest priority, where 0≤M≤N is the largest value such that holds, where each positioning / sensing report n=0, …, N-1 corresponds to
[0060] Referring again to FIG. 3, after reporting CSI report request 305a and CSI report request 305b, the UE has 1 unoccupied PU on the OFDM symbol 300. However, the UE may not be required to process the following reports (e.g., CSI report requests 305c-f) . In some implementations, the UE can process CSI report request 305d, which occupies 1 PU, since the UE has enough unoccupied PUs to process the CSI report request 305d.
[0061] In some implementations, an application function (AF) , LMF, or SF can configure the number of occupied PUs (e.g., OPU) and / or priority indicator (e.g., PI) for each measurement or sensing request or report or for each LTE positioning protocol (LPP) session, for each new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) session, or for each sensing service. The NRPPa may refer or correspond to a positioning protocol between the LMF and the TRP or gNB. For example, the signaling between the TRP and the LMF may be transferred via NRPPa. The priority indicator PI may an integer value (e.g., that ranges from 1-8) , and provides a relative priority of measurement, sensing request, report, LPP session, or sensing service. For example, a priority indicator with a value of 1 may be the highest priority whereas a value of 8 may be the lowest priority.
[0062] In some implementations, UE, TRP, or NG-RAN node can report the suggested priority indicator (sometimes referred to as “PI” ) for each measurement, measurement type, measurement level, sensing or positioning request, report, LPP session, NRPPa session, or sensing service.
[0063] B: Processing Unit Occupancy Associated with Measurement Request
[0064] In some positioning processes, the LMF can send a location information type to the UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) indicating a type of report, which is included in CommonIEsRequestLocationInformation, carries common information elements (IEs) for a Request Location Information LPP message Type. An example code for the location information type is provided below:
[0065] For positioning or sensing, the processing of measurement reports occupies a number of PUs for a number of symbols or slots according to the following example embodiments. In some implementations, the number of PUs is based on whether the request type is measurement information or location information.
[0066] According to a first positioning or sensing method using legacy measurements, the number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a first number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “A1” ) or a second number corresponding to the sensing method (e.g., A2) . For example, OPU=A1 / A2 for a positioning or a sensing report, respectively, with higher layer parameters InformationType set to positioning or sensing measurement. The number of PUs may be based on whether location measurement is required or preferred.
[0067] The number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a third number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “B1” ) or a fourth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “B2” ) . For example, OPU=B1 / B2 for a positioning or sensing report, respectively, with higher layer parameters InformationType set to a location. The number of PUs may be based on whether a location estimate is required or preferred, or there is a sensing result.
[0068] The number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a fifth number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “C1” ) or a sixth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “C2” ) . For example, OPU=C1 / C2 for positioning or sensing report, respectively, with higher layer parameters InformationType set to a location and a measurement. The number of PUs may be based on whether a location estimate and estimate (e.g., measurement estimate) are required, or a measurement and sensing result should be reported.
[0069] According to a second positioning or sensing method using artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) measurements, the number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a seventh number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “D1” ) or an eighth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “D2” ) . For example, OPU=D1 / D2 for positioning or sensing report, respectively, with a measurement request set to a channel measurement.
[0070] The number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a ninth number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “E1” ) or a tenth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “E2” ) . For example, OPU=E1 / E2 for positioning or sensing report, respectively, with a measurement request set to channel measurement and location.
[0071] According to a third positioning or sensing method using a combination of legacy and AI / ML measurements, the number of occupied PUs may be equal to either an eleventh number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “F1” ) or an twelfth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “F2” ) . For example, OPU=F1 / F2 for positioning or sensing report, respectively, with a measurement request set to channel measurement and positioning or sensing measurement.
[0072] The number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a thirteenth number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “G1” ) or a fourteenth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “G2” ) . For example, OPU=G1 / G2 for positioning or sensing report, respectively, with a measurement request set to channel measurement and location information from the first positioning or sensing method (e.g., legacy measurement) .
[0073] The number of occupied PUs may be equal to either a fifteenth number corresponding to the positioning method (referred to as “H1” ) or a sixteenth number corresponding to the sensing method (referred to as “H2” ) . For example, OPU=H1 / H2 for positioning or sensing report, respectively, with a measurement request set to location information from the first positioning or sensing method (e.g., legacy measurement) and location information from the second positioning or sensing method (e.g., AI / ML measurement) .
[0074] Generally, the number of PUs occupied for location information is larger than that of measurement information. The number of PUs occupied for measurement information and location information (e.g., combined) may be larger than that of individual measurement information or location information, but less than the sum of PUs occupied for measurement information and location information (e.g., individually) . For example, G1>F1, G1>B1, and G1<F1+B1.
[0075] The number of occupied PUs may be related to the type of request or report. For example, the number of occupied PUs may be based on either the measurement or location (e.g., individually) or both measurement and location (e.g., combined) . The number of occupied PUs may be based on the method to derive the result. For example, the number of PUs may be based on whether the first method (e.g., legacy measurement) , the second method (e.g., AI / ML measurement) , or a combination of the first and second methods were used.
[0076] C: Processing Unit Occupancy Associated with Measurement Type
[0077] In a positioning measurement request, the measurement may include reference signal timing difference (RSTD) , time-of-arrival (TOA) , round-trip time (RTT) , reference signal received power (RSRP) , first path RSRP, reference signal received power per path (RSRPP) , reference signal carrier phase difference (RSCPD) , reference signal carrier phase (RSCP) , or a line-of-sight (LOS) / non-line-of-sight (NLOS) indicator. The measurement information may include measurements of additional paths (e.g., timing information) , additional measurements, and / or phase measurement from additional measurement samples. For example, the below code shows an example measurement that may be requested for downlink time-difference-of-arrvial (DL-TDOA) :
[0078] For DL-TDOA, or timing-based positioning or sensing, the UE or TRP may report the timing measurement information, where the timing measurement comes from the first positioning or sensing method (e.g., legacy measurement) and / or the second positioning or sensing method (e.g., AI / ML or Release 19 measurement) .
[0079] For positioning or sensing, the processing occupies a number of PUs for a number of symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) or slots. For example, the number of occupied PUs may be defined as OPU=A3 for a positioning or sensing report without other measurement (e.g., the measurement request and / or measurement report only includes RSTD, a timing measurement, or RTT) .
[0080] For additional paths, if a higher layer parameter additional path is requested and / or UE or TRP reports an additional path measurement, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔP, or OPU=A3*ΔP. In some implementations, ΔP is a factor for additional path measurement. If UE or TRP report a number, X, of additional paths, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=A3+X*f, or OPU=A3*X*f. In some implementations, X is the number of additional path reported, f is a scaling factor (e.g., which may be optional) .
[0081] For RSRP, if a higher layer parameter RequestMeasurement is set as 100, RSRP is requested, and / or UE or TRP reports the RSRP measurement, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔRSRP, or OPU=A3*ΔRSRP. In some implementations, ΔRSRP is a factor for RSRP measurement.
[0082] For first path RSRP or RSRPP, if higher layer parameter RequestMeasurement is set as 010, first path RSRP is requested, and / or UE or TRP reports the first path RSRP measurement, the number of PUs occupied can be defined OPU=A3+ΔRSRP1, or OPU=A3*ΔRSRP1. In some implementations, ΔRSRP1 is a factor for first path RSRP measurement.
[0083] For RSCPD, if higher layer parameter RequestMeasurement is set as 001, RSCPD is requested, and / or UE or TRP reports the RSCPD measurement, the number of PUs occupied can be defined as OPU=A3+ΔRSCPD, or OPU=A3*ΔRSCPD. In some implementations, ΔRSCPD is a factor for RSCPD measurement. If additional measurement samples of RSCPD are requested or reported, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔRSCPD*k or OPU=A3*ΔRSCPD*k, where k is a factor for RSCPD additional measurement samples, or k is the number of additional measurement samples.
[0084] For RSCP, if higher layer parameter RequestMeasurement is set as 001, RSCP is requested, and / or UE or TRP reports the RSCP measurement, the number of PUs occupied can be defined as OPU=A3+ΔRSCP, or OPU=A3*ΔRSCP, where ΔRSCP is a factor for RSCP measurement. If additional measurement samples of RSCP is requested or reported, the number of occupied PUs may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔRSCP*k or OPU=A3*ΔRSCP*k, where k is a factor for RSCP additional measurement samples, or k is the number of additional measurement samples.
[0085] If additional measurements are requested or reported, the number of occupied PUs may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔA*k or OPU=A3*ΔA*k, where k is a factor for additional measurement, or k is the number of additional measurements, and ΔA is a factor for the additional measurement.
[0086] If a LOS / NLOS indicator is requested or reported, the number of occupied PUs may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔL*k or OPU=A3*ΔL, where ΔL is a factor for LOS / NLOS indicator measurement.
[0087] For timing measurements, A3 could be replaced by another value A4. For RTT, A3 could be replaced by another value A5. If the above measurement (s) are obtained with the second positioning or sensing method (e.g., AI / ML measurement) , the above values can be replaced by other values. Alternatively, the above values can be reused.
[0088] If two or more of the above measurements are reported, the number of PUs occupied could be added or multiplied together, and / or multiplied a factor, F. For example, if RSCPD and RSRP are reported, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=A3+ΔRSCPD+ΔRSRP, or OPU=A3*ΔRSCPD*ΔRSRP. The same principle could be applied to other measurement reports.
[0089] For downlink angle-of-departure (DL-AOD) positioning methods, timing measurement may not be required. Regarding the above description, the parameter A3 could be removed, or set to A3=0 or A3=1. For example, if only RSRP is requested or reported, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=ΔRSRP. As another example, if RSRP and RSRPP are requested or reported, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as OPU=ΔRSRP+ΔRSRP1 or OPU=ΔRSRP*ΔRSRP1.
[0090] The number of PUs occupied may be related to the number of measurement types requested or reported. For example, if RSTD, RSRP and RSRPP are requested or reported, the number of measurement types is 3, and the number of PUs occupied may be 3 or 3*f, where f is a scaling factor.
[0091] In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to the number of measurement types. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to the number of additional paths requested or reported. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to the number of TRPs. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to whether hopping RS (e.g., single hop or multiple hop) is being measured. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to whether aggregated resources or RS are being measured. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to whether measurement quality is requested or reported. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to the number of additional measurements (e.g., elements) . In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to the number of additional measurement samples. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to the granularity of timing measurement. In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied is related to whether the measurement is from the first method (e.g., legacy measurement) or the second method (e.g., AI / ML or Release 19 measurement) .
[0092] D: Processing Unit Occupancy Associated with Quality of Service (QoS)
[0093] In some positioning methods, the LMF sends a location request to the UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) , and the CommonIEsRequestLocationInformation carries common IEs for a Request Location Information LPP message Type. The QoS may be defined according to the code provided below:
[0094] The computation complexity and PU occupancy may be related to the QoS parameters. For example, the number of PUs occupied may be related to one or more of (a) horizontal accuracy and / or confidence of horizontal accuracy, (b) whether a vertical coordinate is requested, (c) vertical accuracy and / or confidence of vertical accuracy, (d) Response time, (e) whether velocity is requested, or (f) velocity accuracy and / or resolution.
[0095] In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs, the start time, the end time, and / or the duration time of PU occupation may be reported or configured. In alternate implementations, the number of occupied PUs, the start time, the end time, and / or the duration of PU occupation may not be reported or configured, but rather specified according to known methods (e.g., standards) .
[0096] Specifically, with horizontal or vertical accuracy (referred to as “Ac” ) , the number of PUs occupied may be defined as k*Ac or k / Ac, where k is a scaling factor for PU occupancy. Accordingly, as a general principle, a higher accuracy results in more PUs being occupied. In some implementations, if the velocity is requested or reported, the number of PUs occupied may be defined as O+Δv, where O is the number of PUs occupied without velocity requested or reported, and Δv is a factor for velocity.
[0097] E: Processing Unit Occupancy Associated with Report Type
[0098] For sensing, UE or TRP may report the measurement result of the sensing RS.
[0099] The measurement report can include one or more of (a) a channel measurement or channel impulse response, (b) a Range-Doppler (RD) profile, (c) point cloud data (e.g., RSRP, RSRPP, delay / range, azimuth angle, elevation angle, velocity, direction, Doppler, timestamp, duration) , or (d) a sensing result (e.g., sensing target ID, type, track point, timestamp, location, velocity, etc) .
[0100] The processing of a sensing report or request can occupy a number of PUs for a number of symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) or slots. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs can be defined as OPU=S1 for positioning or sensing that is requested to report channel measurement or channel impulse response. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs can be defined as OPU=S2 for positioning or sensing that is requested to report the Range-Doppler (RD) profile. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs can be defined as OPU=S3 for positioning or sensing that is requested to report point cloud data. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs can be defined as OPU=S4 for positioning or sensing that is requested to report a sensing result.
[0101] In general, the number of PUs occupied by a report is related to the processing complexity of different types. For example, channel measurement may be the least complex and the sensing result may be the most complex. Accordingly, the number of occupied PUs for each report type may follow S1<S2<S3<S4.
[0102] It may be feasible for the UE to report multiple types (e.g., report channel measurement and sensing result) . In some implementations, the number of PUs occupied for multiple report types may be a maximum number of PUs of the reported types. For example, if the multiple report types are channel measurement and sensing results, the number of PUs may be defined as a maximum of S1 and S4 (e.g., Max {S1, S4} ) . In other embodiments, the number of occupied PUs may be defined as the sum of PUs occupied by the reported types (e.g., S1+S4) , or a factor multiplies the sum of PUs occupied by the reported types (e.g., k* (S1+S4) , where k is a scaling factor that smaller than 1 (0<k<1) or larger than 1) .
[0103] The number of PUs occupied may be based on one or more of (a) a report type, (b) a number of samples or values in channel measurement or channel impulse response, (c) a granularity of delay, (d) a granularity of Doppler, (e) a number of points in point cloud data, (f) granularity or accuracy of location in sensing result, or (g) granularity or accuracy of velocity in sensing result, among other factors.
[0104] F: Processing Unit Occupancy Starting Time and End Time
[0105] FIG. 4 illustrates a plurality of PRS or sensing RS instances at a plurality of times corresponding to an overall PU occupancy duration for a processing procedure. In a processing procedure 400, the measurement or report may be based on multiple PRS, SRS, or sensing RS instances or samples. In some implementations, a PU occupancy duration 405 can start from a time when UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS, shown as RS 410a, from the BS (e.g., BS 102, 202) . RS 410a may be a first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS of a plurality of RS 410a-f. In some implementations, the PU occupancy duration 405 can start from a time when UE or TRP receives a measurement, location, or sensing request.
[0106] The starting time of PU occupancy, shown as start time 415, can correspond to at least one of (a) a time or symbol when the network can send or indicate a measurement, location, or sensing request, (b) a time or symbol when UE or TRP can receive a measurement, location, or sensing request, (c) a number, Z, symbols after the time or symbol when the network can send or indicate a measurement, location, or sensing request, (d) , a number, Z, symbols after the time or symbol when UE or TRP can receive a measurement, location, or sensing request, (e) a time when, symbol when, or z symbols after when the UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or Sensing RS symbol, (f) the time when, symbol when, or z symbols after when UE or TRP the first PRS / SRS / Sensing RS symbol that used for measurement, (g) the time when, symbol when, or z symbols after when UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or Sensing RS symbol after UE or TRP receives a measurement, location, or sensing request, or (h) the time when, symbol when, or z symbols after when UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or Sensing RS symbol that used for measurement after UE or TRP receives a measurement, location, or sensing request.
[0107] The end time of PU occupancy, shown as end time 420, can correspond to at least one of (a) a time when, or Y symbols before or after, the UE or TRP the measurement, location, or sensing report, (b) a time when, or Y symbols before or after, the UE or TRP receives the last PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) before UE or TRP can receive the measurement, location, or sensing report, (c) a time when, or Y symbols before or after, the UE or TRP can receive the last PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) , (d) a time when UE, TRP, LMF, or SF can send or receive an abort or error message for sensing or positioning, (e) a time when, or Y symbols before or after, UE or TRP receives the last PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) before UE, TRP, LMF, or SF sends or receives an abort or error message for sensing or positioning, or (f) the last symbol between a number, Y, symbols after the first symbol after the UE or TRP receives measurement or report request, and Y’s ymbols after the last symbol of the latest one of each PRS, SRS, or Sensing RS for measurement. In some implementations, the number of symbols Y and / or the number Y’ is different than the number of symbols Z due to a buffer.
[0108] In some implementations, the measurement, location, or sensing request has two possible reporting configurations. A first reporting configuration may be triggered reporting, and a second reporting configuration may be periodical reporting.
[0109] Triggered reporting may include a trigger condition (e.g., cell change) . The UE or TRP can provide requested information each time the trigger condition is satisfied (e.g., primary cell has changed) . Triggered reporting may include reporting duration corresponding to the maximum duration of triggered reporting. The reporting duration may be in units of seconds.
[0110] Periodical reporting can include a reporting amount (e.g., the number of periodic reports requested) . Periodical reporting can include a reporting interval (e.g., the interval between reports) and / or a response time requirement for the first report.
[0111] Regarding the measurement request or report, the starting time (e.g., start time 415) of PU occupancy may include one or more of (a) a time when trigger reporting condition is satisfied, (b) a time or Z symbols after when UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) after the trigger reporting condition is satisfied, (c) a time or Z symbols after reporting (e.g., first reporting interval) , or (d) a time or Z symbols after when UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) after time for reporting.
[0112] G: Processing Unit Occupancy Starting Time and End Time with PRS processing window (PPW) , measurement gap (MG) , or measurement window (MW)
[0113] FIG. 5 illustrates a plurality of PRS or sensing RS instances at a plurality of times corresponding to PU occupancy duration windows and / or gaps for a processing procedure. The UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) or TRP may be configured with a PPW, MG, or MW, where the UE or TRP can receive or measure PRS, SRS, or sensing RS only within or PPW, MG, MW. For example, a processing procedure 500 may include a first PPW, MG, and / or MW, shown as first window 505, and a second PPW, MG, and / or MW, shown as second window 510. The first window 505 and the second window 510 may include one or more PRS or sensing RS instances, shown as measurable RS 515a that can be measured by the UE. Outside of the first window 505 and the second window 510, there may be one or more PRS or sensing RS instances, shown as non-measurable RS 515b, that cannot be measured by the UE.
[0114] In some implementations, the starting time of PU occupancy may correspond to a time when, symbol when, or z symbols (e.g., offset of Z symbols) after the starting time of the first window 505 after network can send or indicate measurement, location, or sensing request. In some implementations, the starting time of PU occupancy may correspond to a time when, symbol when, or z symbols after the starting time of the first window 505 after UE or TRP receives measurement, location, or sensing request. In some implementations, the starting time of PU occupancy may correspond to a time when, symbol when, or z symbols after UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, sensing RS symbol after the starting time of the first window 505. In some implementations, the starting time of PU occupancy may correspond to a time when, symbol when, or z symbols after UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol that is used for measurement after the starting time of the first window 505. In some implementations, the starting time of PU occupancy may correspond to a time when, symbol when, or z symbols after UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol after the starting time of the first window 505 after the UE or TRP receives measurement, location, or sensing request. In some implementations, the starting time of PU occupancy may correspond to a time when, symbol when, or Z symbols after UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol that is used for measurement after the starting time of the first window 505 after the UE or TRP receives the measurement, location, or sensing request.
[0115] In some implementations, when triggered reporting or periodical reporting is configured, the starting time of PU occupancy may include one or more of (a) a time when the trigger reporting condition is satisfied, (b) a time or Z symbols after when the UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) after the starting time of the first window 505 after the trigger reporting condition is satisfied, (c) a time when or Z symbols after reporting, or (d) a time or Z symbols after when the UE or TRP receives the first PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) after the starting time of the first window 505 after a time of reporting.
[0116] In some implementations, an end time of PU occupancy is a last PPW, MG, or MW (e.g., second window 510) end time or symbol before the UE or TRP reports the measurement, location, or sensing report. In some implementations, an end time of PU occupancy is a last or nearest PPW, MG, MW (e.g., second window 510) end time or symbol before or after UE or TRP receives the last PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) before the UE or TRP reports the measurement, location, or sensing report. In some implementations, an end time of PU occupancy is a last or nearest PPW, MG, or MW (e.g., second window 510) end time or symbol before or after UE or TRP receives the last PRS, SRS, or sensing RS symbol (e.g., that is used for measurement) . In some implementations, an end time of PU occupancy is a last PPW, MG, or MW (e.g., second window 510) end time or symbol before UE, TPR, LMF, or SF sends or receives an abort or error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, an end time of PU occupancy is a time when, or Y symbols before or after, UE or TRP receives the last PRS, SRS, or Sensing RS symbol within PPW, MG, or MW (e.g., second window 510) before UE, TPR, LMF, or SF sends or receives an abort or error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, an end time of PU occupancy is a last symbol between Y symbols after the first symbol after the UE or TRP receives measurement / report request and Y’s ymbols after the last symbol of the latest one of each PRS, SRS, or Sensing RS within a PPW, MG, or MW for measurement.
[0117] H: Processing Unit Occupancy Duration
[0118] In some positioning methods, the UE (e.g., UE 104, 204) can be configured with one or more PPWs, MGs, or MWs. The UE may be expected to measure one or more downlink positioning reference signals (DL PRS) . An IE associated with the DL PPW (e.g., DL-PPW-PreConfig) can provide configuration information for a measurement window where a UE is expected to measure the DL PRS, if it is inside the active DL BWP and / or has the same numerology as the active DL BWP. Based upon an indicator of the configuration information, the UE can identify whether a DL PRS priority is higher than that of other DL signals or channels, and can accordingly determine whether the UE is expected to measure the DL PRS, and is not expected to measure other DL signals and / or channels.
[0119] The IE for the DL PPW (e.g., DL-PPW-PreConfig) may include at least one of (a) an identifier of the DL PPW (e.g., dl-PPW-ID) , (b) a periodicity and / or start slot of the DL PPW (e.g., dl-PPW-PeriodicityAndStartSlot) , (c) a length of the PPW, (d) a PPW type, or (e) a priority indicator of DL PRS compared with other DL signals and channels. In some implementations, if the priority indicator has a value of ‘st1, ’ then the DL PRS may have a higher priority than all the DL signals and channels. In some implementations, if the priority indicator has a value of ‘st2, ’ the DL PRS may have a lower priority than PDCCH and the PDSCH scheduled by certain DCI formats (e.g., 1_1, 1_2, 1_3, or 4_2) with a priority indicator field in the corresponding DCI format set to 1, and may have a higher priority than other DL signals and channels. In some implementations, if the priority indicator has a value of ‘st3, ’ the DL PRS may have a lower priority than all the DL signals and channels.
[0120] The configuration of type and priority (e.g., of the identifier of the DL PPW) may determine the UE’s processing behavior. For example, when the type is configured as ‘type1A’ and / or if the DL PRS is determined to have a higher priority than other DL signals and channels inside the DL PRS processing window, the other DL signals and channels may not be expected to be measured by the UE. As another example, when the type is configured as ‘type1B’ and / or if the DL PRS is determined to have a higher priority than other DL signals and channels inside the DL PRS processing window, those other DL signals and channels in the same band as the DL PRS may not be expected to be measured by the UE. As yet another example, when the type is configured as ‘type2, ’ and / or if the DL PRS is determined to have a higher priority than other DL signals and channels inside the DL PRS processing window, those other DL signals and channels from the impacted serving cells (e.g., serving cell on which the DL-PPW-PreConfig is configured for a frequency range 1 band, and all the serving cells in the same band as the DL PRS for a frequency range 2 band) may not be expected to be measured by the UE on the overlapped symbols with the DL PRS.
[0121] In some implementations, the duration of PU occupancy is related to one or more of (a) a length of the PPW, MG, or MW, (b) a periodicity of the PPW, MG, or MW, (c) a type of the PPW, MG, or MW, (d) a priority configured in PPW, (e) a repetition factor of MG, (f) a gap priority configuration of MG, or (g) a gap sharing configuration of MG.
[0122] The PU duration may be calculated according to one or more calculations. For example, if the priority configured in a PPW has a value of ‘st1’ (e.g., DL PRS has highest priority) , the PU duration (referred to herein as “Du” ) may be defined as equal to a default PU duration (referred to herein as “O” ) multiplied by a scaling factor based on highest priority (referred to herein as “k1” ) (e.g., Du=O*k1) . As another example, if the priority indicator configured in a PPW has a value of ‘st2’ , the PU duration may be defined as Du=O*k2, where k2 is a scaling factor for priority ‘st2’ (e.g., lower priority than ‘st1’ ) . In a similar manner, scaling factor k3, can be applied for defining (e.g., determining, calculating) Du for ‘st3’ (e.g., lower priority than ‘st1’ and ‘st2’ ) . Generally, a higher priority results in a shorter PU duration, k1<k2<k3 as DL PRS has the highest priority in ‘st1’ , has a middle (e.g., medium) priority in ‘st2’ , and has lowest priority in ‘st3’ . For example, a high priority for a respective task may indicate that the UE (e.g., processing entity) process that respective task first, and other lower priority tasks should be completed after the respective task. Accordingly, the high priority task may be finished with a shorter PU occupancy duration than other (e.g., lower priority) tasks.
[0123] If the type of PPW is configured (e.g., defined) as ‘type1A’ , the PU duration may be defined as Du=O*t1, where t1 is a scaling factor for ‘type1A’ . A similar definition can be applied for ‘type1b’ and ‘type2’ . For example, for ‘type1b, ’ the PU duration may be Du=O*t2, where t2 is a scaling factor for ‘type1b’ . As another example, for ‘type2, ’ the duration may be DU=O*t3, where t3 is a scaling factor for ‘type2’ .
[0124] If the periodicity or repetition factor of the PPW, MG, or MW is configured as P, and the length of the PPW, or MG, or MW is configured as L, the PU duration may be defined as Du=O*L / P or Du=O*L / P*K, where K is scaling factor (e.g., for length and / or periodicity or repetition factor) .
[0125] In some implementations, the PU occupancy duration is related to at least one of (a) a reporting amount configuration (e.g., number of reports) , (b) a reporting interval configuration (e.g., time between reports) , (c) a reporting duration, or (d) a response time.
[0126] In some implementations, the PU occupancy end time may be equal to the sum (e.g., addition) of PU occupancy start time and PU occupancy duration. In some implementations, the PU occupancy end time is one or more of: (a) the reporting amount multiplied by reporting interval (e.g., symbols, slots, or seconds after UE or TRP can receive measurement, location, or sensing request) , or (b) reporting duration or response time (e.g., symbols, slots, or seconds after UE or TRP can receive measurement, location, or sensing request, and one or more trigger criterion are satisfied) .
[0127] I: Processing Unit Occupancy Start Time and End Time (e.g., store and process)
[0128] FIG. 6 illustrates a plurality of PRS or sensing RS instances at a plurality of times before a PU occupancy duration window for a processing procedure 600 for storing and processing measurements. The UE or TRP may first receive a plurality of PRS, SRS, and / or sensing RS, shown as RS instances 605 a-f (sometimes referred to generally as “RS instances 605) . Upon receiving each of the plurality of RS instances 605 a-f, the UE may conduct a measurement and store the measurement (e.g., for later processing) . After measuring enough RS instances 605 a-f (e.g., a last RS instance 605 for measurement) , the UE or TRP can start (e.g., begin) to process the stored measurements.
[0129] In some implementations, a starting time 615 of a PU occupancy duration 610 may be based on a last symbol that the UE or TRP receives an RS instance 605 (e.g., for measurement) . In some implementations, the starting time 615 of PU occupancy duration 610 may be based on a last symbol that (e.g., or a number, Z, of symbols after) the UE or TRP receives RS instances 605 (e.g., for measurement) . In some implementations, the starting time 615 of PU occupancy duration 610 may be based on X symbols, slots, or seconds before UE or TRP reports the measurement, location, or sensing report, where the value of X is related to the measurement type or report type.
[0130] The PU occupancy duration 610 may be related to the measurement type or report type of a report 620. For example, the occupancy duration 610 may be a first time (referred to as “D1) based on the processing procedure 600 (e.g., positioning or sensing) being requested to report channel measurement or channel impulse response in the report 620. As another example, the occupancy duration 610 may be a second time (referred to as “D2” ) based on the processing procedure 600 (e.g., positioning or sensing) being requested to report a RD profile in the report 620. As another example, the occupancy duration 610 may be a third time (referred to as “D3” ) based on the processing procedure 600 (e.g., positioning or sensing) being requested to report point cloud data in the report 620. As yet another example, the occupancy duration 610 may be a fourth time (referred to as “D4” ) based on the processing procedure 600 (e.g., positioning or sensing) being requested to report a sensing result in the report 620.
[0131] Generally, the PU occupancy duration 610 is related to the processing complexity of different types of reports 620. For example, the occupancy durations 610 may be defined as D1<D2<D3<D4, since sensing results is the most complex report type, and channel measurement or channel impulse response is the least complex report type.
[0132] In some implementations, the UE or TRP can report multiple types (e.g., report channel measurement and sensing results) in the report 620. The PU occupancy duration 610 may correspond to a maximum PU occupancy duration 610 of the reported types. For example, if the report 620 includes channel measurement and sensing results, the PU occupancy duration 610 may be the maximum of D1 and D4 (e.g., Max {D1, D4} ) . Alternatively, the PU occupancy duration 610 can be defined the sum of PU occupancy durations (e.g., D1+D4) , or a scaling factor that multiplies the duration of PUs occupied by the reported types (e.g., k* (D1+D4) , where k is a scaling factor smaller than 1 (0<k<1) or larger than 1) .
[0133] Accordingly, the PU occupancy duration 610 can be related to one or more of (a) a report type, (b) a number of samples or values in channel measurement or channel impulse response, (c) a granularity of delay, (d) a granularity of Doppler, (e) a number of points in the point cloud data, (f) a granularity or accuracy of a location in a sensing result, or (g) a granularity or accuracy of velocity in a sensing result.
[0134] An end time 625 of the PU occupancy duration 610 may correspond to Du symbols, slots, or seconds after the PU occupancy starting time 615, where Du corresponds to the duration of the PU occupancy. For example, if the PU occupancy duration 610 starts at the start time 615, the end time 625 may be the sum of the start time 615 and Du symbols, slots, or seconds.
[0135] J: Process for Positioning or Sensing
[0136] Referring now to FIG. 7, depicted is a flow diagram of a process 700 for positioning and / or sensing. The process 700 may be implemented using or performed using any of the components detailed herein above, such as the UE 104 or 204, BS 202 or 204, gNB, TRP, LMF, or SF, among others. In brief overview, a first network node may send information on a capability of the first network node to a second network node (705) . The second network node may receive the information on the capability from the first network node (710) . The second network node may determine a configuration (e.g., of a positioning or sensing operation) (715) . The second network node may send the configuration to the first network node (720) . The first network node may receive the configuration from the second network node (725) . The first network node may perform processing (e.g., positioning or sensing) according to the configuration (730) . The first network node may send an indication of the processing to the second network node (735) . The second network node may receive the indication from the first network node (740) . In some implementations, the first network node may include at least one of a wireless communication device, a first transmit / reception point (TRP) , or a first wireless communication node, among others. In some implementations, the second network node may include least one of a second TRP, a second wireless communication node (e.g., gNB) , a location management function (LMF) , a sensing function (SF) , or core network, among others.
[0137] In further detail, a first network node (e.g., UE 104 or 204, BS 102 or 202, TRP, gNB) may provide, transmit, or otherwise send information on a capability for processing positioning or sensing to a second network node (e.g., BS 102 or 202, gNB, TRP, LMF, SF) (705) . For example, the first network node may report or indicate a number of supported simultaneous positioning reference signal (PRS) and / or sensing reference signals processing unit or computation power to the second network node. The information on the capability may include a plurality of different information types associated with the first network node. In some implementations, the information on the capability may include one or more of (a) a number (e.g., total number, available number, etc. ) of PUs for processing PRS or SRS, (b) a number (e.g., total number, available number, etc. ) of PUs for processing sensing RS, or (c) a number of PUs for supporting simultaneous processing of one or more of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS. In some implementations, the information on the capability may include one or more of (a) a number of PUs for supporting positioning, (b) a number of PUs for supporting sensing, or (c) a number of PUs for supporting simultaneous positioning and sensing, among others.
[0138] In some implementations, the information on the capability may include or identify a number of occupied PUs for processing, positioning, or sensing. For example, the information on the capability may indicate a total number of PUs of an OFDM symbol of the first network node, a number of available (e.g., unoccupied) PUs, and / or the number of occupied PUs, among others. In some implementations, the information on the capability may be sent as a part of a request for positioning or sensing. The request for positioning or sensing may identify a type of report (e.g., to be generated by the first network node) , a type of request (e.g., positioning, sensing, measurement) , a type of positioning method, and / or a type of sensing method.
[0139] In some implementations, the number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of the type of report, a type of request, a type of positioning method, or a type of sensing method, among others. In some implementations, the number of PUs (e.g., for processing positioning or sensing) may be based on a number of measurement types (e.g., measurement, sensing result, point cloud data, etc. ) . In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of additional requested or reported paths. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of TRPs. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether to measure hopping reference signal. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether to measure aggregated resources or RS. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether measurement quality is requested or reported. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of additional measurement elements. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of additional measurement samples. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a granularity of timing measurement. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a measurement is from at least one of a type of positioning method or a sensing method.
[0140] In some implementations, a number of PUs (e.g., total number of PUs, available number of PUs, occupied PUs) may be based on a horizontal accuracy (e.g., of a QoS indication) . In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a confidence of the horizontal accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether the vertical coordinate is requested. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a vertical accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a confidence of the vertical accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a response time. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether a velocity is requested. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a velocity accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a velocity resolution.
[0141] In some implementations, the capability may identify or include an indication of a number of PUs that are occupied for processing for positioning or sensing. For example, the processing for positioning or sensing may occupy a number of PUs for a number of symbols or slots, wherein the number of PUs may identify or include at least one of (a) a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses, (b) a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more Range-Doppler (RD) profiles, (c) a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data, or (d) a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results, among others.
[0142] In some implementations, the capability may be based on a number of occupied PUs for processing a plurality of positioning or sensing reports. For example, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a maximum number of PUs, or a sum of the number of PUs, among others. For example, if a first processing operation occupies a first number of PUs and a second processing operation occupies a second number of PUs, the number of occupied PUs (e.g., in total) may be either the sum of the first number of PUs and the second number of PUs, or the higher number of PUs (e.g., between the first number and second number) .
[0143] In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs for processing positioning or sensing may be based on other features. For example, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a type of report (e.g., that the UE is currently processing) . In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity of delay. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity of Doppler. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a number of points in point cloud data. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity or accuracy of location in the one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.
[0144] In some implementations, the information on the capability may identify or include timing of the occupancy of the one or more PUs in the first network node. In some implementations, the starting time may include a first time or symbol corresponding to when a network sends a request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a first predefined number of symbols after the first time or symbol corresponding to when the network sends the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a second predefined number of symbols after the second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location.
[0145] In some implementations, the starting time may include a third time or symbol corresponding to receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS. In some implementations, the starting time may include a third predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fourth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement.
[0146] In some implementations, the starting time may include a fifth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fifth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a sixth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing.
[0147] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include at least one of (a) a first time corresponding to when a reporting condition is satisfied, (b) a second time or predefined number of symbols after receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sending RS for measurement subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition, (c) a third time or predefined number of symbols after sending the sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing, or (d) a fourth time or predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol, among others.
[0148] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include a first time or symbol corresponding to an initial time of at least one of a measurement gap (MG) , a PRS processing window (PPW) , or a measurement window (MW) subsequent to a network sending a request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a first predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the network sending the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second time or symbol corresponding to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the first network node receiving the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to first network node receiving the request;
[0149] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third predefined number of symbols after the first network node receiving the initial symbol subsequent to the initial time. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth predefined number of symbols after the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW.
[0150] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fifth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fifth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request.
[0151] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include a first time corresponding to satisfying of a reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second time corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, a SRS, or a sensing RS symbol for measurement, after an initial time of at least one of a MG, a PPW, a MW, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second predefined number of symbols subsequent to receiving the initial symbol, after the initial time, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third time corresponding to the first network node sending a report. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0152] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0153] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include at least one of (a) a first symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, (b) a first predefined number of symbols after a terminal symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of the PSR, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, or (c) a second predefined number of symbols before the first network node send a report for measurement, location, or sensing, wherein the second predefined number of symbol is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report.
[0154] In some implementations, the first network node can identify or determine a duration of occupancy of one or more PUs of the first network node for positioning or sensing. For example, the duration of occupancy may be based on at least one of (a) a length of at least one of a PPW, a MG, or a MW, (b) a periodicity of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, (c) a type of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, (d) a priority configured in the PPW, (e) a repetition factor of the MG, (f) a gap priority configuration of the MG, or (g) a gap sharing configuration of the MG. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on at least one of (a) a reporting amount configuration (e.g., number of reports) , (b) a reporting interval configuration (e.g., times corresponding to reports) , (c) a reporting duration, or (d) a response time (e.g., for completing the report or request) .
[0155] In some implementations, the configuration information identifies a type of measurement or a type of report (e.g., to be processed by the first network node) . In some implementations, the duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on a type of measurement or a type of report. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more RD profiles. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy in the one or more PUs is based on at least one of (i) a maximum of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report, or (ii) a summation of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report.
[0156] In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a type of report. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity of delay. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity of Doppler. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a number of point in point cloud data. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity or accuracy of location in one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.
[0157] In some implementations, the configuration information indicates or may identify or include an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node for positioning or sensing. For example, the ending time may include a first time corresponding to sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time may include a first predefined number of symbols before or after the sending of the report. In some implementations, the ending time may include a second time corresponding to receipt of a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS before sending of the report. In some implementations, the ending time may include a second predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol.
[0158] In some implementations, the ending time may include a third time corresponding to receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement. In some implementations, the ending time may include a third predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of terminal symbol for measurement. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fourth time corresponding to communication of an abort or error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fifth time corresponding to the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to communication of the abort or error message. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fifth predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to the communication of the abort or error message. In some implementations, the ending time may include a sixth symbol between (i) a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the receipt of a request for measurement, location, or sensing and (ii) a seventh predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol for measurement.
[0159] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a first time or symbol corresponding to a terminal time or symbol of at least one of a PPW, an MG, or MW before the first network node sends a report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a second time or symbol prior or subsequent to the first network node receiving a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, and before the first network node sends the report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a third time or symbol prior or subsequent to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before or after the first network node receives the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement.
[0160] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before communication of an abort or an error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a fifth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message.
[0161] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may include a predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a sixth symbol between (i) a first predefined number of symbols after the first network node receives a request and (ii) a second predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement.
[0162] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may be a summation of a start time of the occupancy of the one or more PUs and duration of occupancy of the one or more PUs. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include at least one of (a) a reporting amount or a multiple of a reporting interval in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives a request for measurement, location, or sensing, or (b) a reporting duration or a response time in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives the request subsequent to satisfying a reporting condition. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include at least one of a number of symbols, slots, or seconds (e.g., time domain units) after a starting time of the occupancy in the one or more PUs.
[0163] In some implementations, the first network node may send, to the second network node, a priority indicator for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services. This may ensure that the second network node is aware that the highest priority reports or requests are being sent.
[0164] The second network node may retrieve, identify, or otherwise receive the information on a capability for processing positioning or sensing on the first network node (710) . Responsive to receiving the information on the capability of the first network node, the second network node may identify the information regarding the capability of the first network node. For example, the second network node may identify a number of occupied PUs, a number of unoccupied PUs, duration of occupancy of one or more PUs, start time for occupancy, ending time for occupancy, and / or other information regarding the capability of the first network node for processing positioning or sensing.
[0165] The second network node may identify or determine a configuration for processing positioning or sensing on the first network node (715) . In some implementations, the configuration may include or identify (a) a number of PUs (e.g., unoccupied PUs) for at least one or more reports or request for positioning, (b) one or more reports or requests for sensing, (c) one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, (d) one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or (e) one or more sensing services, among others. The information on capability as reported by the first network node may differ from the configuration determined by the second network node. For instance, a specific capability of the first network node (e.g., the wireless communication device) may not be reported. Rather the capability information may include an indication that PU occupancy or duration exists (e.g., is non-zero) for the first network node.
[0166] In some implementations, the configuration may identify or include a priority indicator for at least one of (a) one or more reports or requests for positioning, (b) one or more reports or requests for sensing, (c) one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, (d) one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or (e) one or more of sensing services, among others. For example, the priority indicator may be a relative importance (e.g., priority) value between a first report or request and a second report or request. A higher priority indicator may indicate that the report or request should occupy PUs before a report or request with a lower priority indicator.
[0167] In some implementations, the configuration regarding a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing (e.g., according to the configuration) may be determined by the second network node. For example, the configuration for positioning or sensing may identify a type of report (e.g., to be generated by the first network node) , a type of request (e.g., positioning, sensing, measurement) , a type of positioning method, and / or a type of sensing method. In some implementations, the number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of the type of report, a type of request, a type of positioning method, or a type of sensing method.
[0168] In some implementations, the number of PUs (e.g., for processing positioning or sensing) may be based on a number of measurement types (e.g., measurement, sensing result, point cloud data, etc. ) . In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of additional requested or reported paths. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of TRPs. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether to measure hopping reference signal. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether to measure aggregated resources or RS. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether measurement quality is requested or reported. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of additional measurement elements. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a number of additional measurement samples. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a granularity of timing measurement. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a measurement is from at least one of a type of positioning method or a sensing method.
[0169] In some implementations, a number of PUs (e.g., total number of PUs, available number of PUs, occupied PUs) may be based on a horizontal accuracy (e.g., of a QoS indication) . In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a confidence of the horizontal accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether the vertical coordinate is requested. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a vertical accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a confidence of the vertical accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a response time. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on whether a velocity is requested. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a velocity accuracy. In some implementations, the number of PUs may be based on a velocity resolution.
[0170] In some implementations, the configuration may identify or include an indication of a number of PUs that are occupied for processing for positioning or sensing. For example, the processing for positioning or sensing may occupy a number of PUs for a number of symbols or slots. The number of PUs may identify or include at least one of (a) a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses, (b) a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more Range-Doppler (RD) profiles, (c) a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data, or (d) a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results, among others.
[0171] In some implementations, the configuration may be based on a number of occupied PUs for processing a plurality of positioning or sensing reports. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a maximum number of PUs, or a sum of the number of PUs. For example, if a first processing operation occupies a first number of PUs and a second processing operation occupies a second number of PUs, the number of occupied PUs (e.g., in total) may be either the sum of the first number of PUs and the second number of PUs, or the higher number of PUs (e.g., between the first number and second number) .
[0172] In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs for processing positioning or sensing may be based on other features. For example, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a type of report (e.g., that the UE is currently processing) . In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity of delay. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity of Doppler. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a number of points in point cloud data. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity or accuracy of location in the one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the number of occupied PUs may be based on a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.
[0173] In some implementations, the configuration determined by the second network node may identify or include timing of the occupancy of the one or more PUs in the first network node. In some implementations, the starting time may include a first time or symbol corresponding to when a network sends a request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a first predefined number of symbols after the first time or symbol corresponding to when the network sends the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a second predefined number of symbols after the second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location.
[0174] In some implementations, the starting time may include a third time or symbol corresponding to receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS. In some implementations, the starting time may include a third predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fourth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement.
[0175] In some implementations, the starting time may include a fifth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fifth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a sixth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing.
[0176] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include at least one of (a) a first time corresponding to when a reporting condition is satisfied, (b) a second time or predefined number of symbols after receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sending RS for measurement subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition, (c) a third time or predefined number of symbols after sending the sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing, or (d) a fourth time or predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol, among others.
[0177] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include a first time or symbol corresponding to an initial time of at least one of a measurement gap (MG) , a PRS processing window (PPW) , or a measurement window (MW) subsequent to a network sending a request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a first predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the network sending the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second time or symbol corresponding to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the first network node receiving the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to first network node receiving the request;
[0178] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third predefined number of symbols after the first network node receiving the initial symbol subsequent to the initial time. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth predefined number of symbols after the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW.
[0179] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fifth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fifth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request.
[0180] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include a first time corresponding to satisfying of a reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second time corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, a SRS, or a sensing RS symbol for measurement, after an initial time of at least one of a MG, a PPW, a MW, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second predefined number of symbols subsequent to receiving the initial symbol, after the initial time, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third time corresponding to the first network node sending a report. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0181] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0182] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include at least one of (a) a first symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, (b) a first predefined number of symbols after a terminal symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of the PSR, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, or (c) a second predefined number of symbols before the first network node send a report for measurement, location, or sensing, wherein the second predefined number of symbol is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report.
[0183] In some implementations, the second network node can identify or determine a duration of occupancy of one or more PUs of the first network node for positioning or sensing. For example, the duration of occupancy may be based on at least one of (a) a length of at least one of a PPW, a MG, or a MW, (b) a periodicity of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, (c) a type of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, (d) a priority configured in the PPW, (e) a repetition factor of the MG, (f) a gap priority configuration of the MG, or (g) a gap sharing configuration of the MG. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on at least one of (a) a reporting amount configuration (e.g., number of reports) , (b) a reporting interval configuration (e.g., times corresponding to reports) , (c) a reporting duration, or (d) a response time (e.g., for completing the report or request) .
[0184] In some implementations, the configuration information may include or identify a type of measurement or a type of report (e.g., to be processed by the first network node) . In some implementations, the duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on a type of measurement or a type of report. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more RD profiles. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy in the one or more PUs is based on at least one of (i) a maximum of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report, or (ii) a summation of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report.
[0185] In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a type of report. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity of delay. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity of Doppler. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a number of point in point cloud data. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity or accuracy of location in one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.
[0186] In some implementations, the configuration information indicates or may identify or include an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node for positioning or sensing. For example, the ending time may include a first time corresponding to sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time may include a first predefined number of symbols before or after the sending of the report. In some implementations, the ending time may include a second time corresponding to receipt of a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS before sending of the report. In some implementations, the ending time may include a second predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol.
[0187] In some implementations, the ending time may include a third time corresponding to receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement. In some implementations, the ending time may include a third predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of terminal symbol for measurement. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fourth time corresponding to communication of an abort or error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fifth time corresponding to the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to communication of the abort or error message. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fifth predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to the communication of the abort or error message. In some implementations, the ending time may include a sixth symbol between (i) a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the receipt of a request for measurement, location, or sensing and (ii) a seventh predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol for measurement.
[0188] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a first time or symbol corresponding to a terminal time or symbol of at least one of a PPW, an MG, or MW before the first network node sends a report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a second time or symbol prior or subsequent to the first network node receiving a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, and before the first network node sends the report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a third time or symbol prior or subsequent to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before or after the first network node receives the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement.
[0189] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before communication of an abort or an error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a fifth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message.
[0190] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may include a predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a sixth symbol between (i) a first predefined number of symbols after the first network node receives a request and (ii) a second predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement.
[0191] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may be a summation of a start time of the occupancy of the one or more PUs and duration of occupancy of the one or more PUs. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include at least one of (a) a reporting amount or a multiple of a reporting interval in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives a request for measurement, location, or sensing, or (b) a reporting duration or a response time in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives the request subsequent to satisfying a reporting condition. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include at least one of a number of symbols, slots, or seconds (e.g., time domain units) after a starting time of the occupancy in the one or more PUs.
[0192] With the determination of the configuration for (e.g., processing) positioning or sensing on the first network node, the second network node may provide, transmit, or otherwise send (e.g., transmit, transfer, etc. ) the configuration to the first network node (720) . In turn, the first network node may retrieve, identify, or otherwise receive the configuration for positioning or sensing (725) . Based on the received configuration, the first network node may identify one or more features of the positioning or sensing based on indicators and / or indexes of the configuration data, among others. For example, first network node may determine or identify a number of PUs to use for processing, a starting time, an ending time, and / or a duration for occupancy of one or more PUs (e.g., one or more PUs indicated in the configuration data) , among others.
[0193] In some implementations, the first network node may identify a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node. In some implementations, the starting time may include a first time or symbol corresponding to when a network sends a request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a first predefined number of symbols after the first time or symbol corresponding to when the network sends the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a second predefined number of symbols after the second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location.
[0194] In some implementations, the starting time may include a third time or symbol corresponding to receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS. In some implementations, the starting time may include a third predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fourth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement.
[0195] In some implementations, the starting time may include a fifth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a fifth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may include a sixth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing.
[0196] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include at least one of (a) a first time corresponding to when a reporting condition is satisfied, (b) a second time or predefined number of symbols after receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sending RS for measurement subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition, (c) a third time or predefined number of symbols after sending the sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing, or (d) a fourth time or predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol, among others.
[0197] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include a first time or symbol corresponding to an initial time of at least one of a measurement gap (MG) , a PRS processing window (PPW) , or a measurement window (MW) subsequent to a network sending a request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a first predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the network sending the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second time or symbol corresponding to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the first network node receiving the request for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to first network node receiving the request;
[0198] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third predefined number of symbols after the first network node receiving the initial symbol subsequent to the initial time. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth predefined number of symbols after the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW;
[0199] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fifth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fifth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request.
[0200] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include a first time corresponding to satisfying of a reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second time corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, a SRS, or a sensing RS symbol for measurement, after an initial time of at least one of a MG, a PPW, a MW, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a second predefined number of symbols subsequent to receiving the initial symbol, after the initial time, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third time corresponding to the first network node sending a report. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a third predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0201] In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report. In some implementations, the starting time may identify or include a fourth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report.
[0202] In some implementations, the starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node may identify or include at least one of (a) a first symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, (b) a first predefined number of symbols after a terminal symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of the PSR, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, or (c) a second predefined number of symbols before the first network node send a report for measurement, location, or sensing, wherein the second predefined number of symbol is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report.
[0203] In some implementations, the first network node can identify or determine a duration of occupancy of one or more PUs of the first network node for positioning or sensing. For example, the duration of occupancy may be based on at least one of (a) a length of at least one of a PPW, a MG, or a MW, (b) a periodicity of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, (c) a type of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW, (d) a priority configured in the PPW, (e) a repetition factor of the MG, (f) a gap priority configuration of the MG, or (g) a gap sharing configuration of the MG. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on at least one of (a) a reporting amount configuration (e.g., number of reports) , (b) a reporting interval configuration (e.g., times corresponding to reports) , (c) a reporting duration, or (d) a response time (e.g., for completing the report or request) .
[0204] In some implementations, the configuration information may include or identify a type of measurement or a type of report (e.g., to be processed by the first network node) . In some implementations, the duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on a type of measurement or a type of report. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more RD profiles. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy may identify or include a fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy in the one or more PUs is based on at least one of (i) a maximum of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report, or (ii) a summation of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report.
[0205] In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a type of report. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity of delay. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity of Doppler. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a number of point in point cloud data. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity or accuracy of location in one or more sensing results. In some implementations, the duration of occupancy is based on a granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.
[0206] In some implementations, the configuration information indicates or may identify or include an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node for positioning or sensing. For example, the ending time may include a first time corresponding to sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time may include a first predefined number of symbols before or after the sending of the report. In some implementations, the ending time may include a second time corresponding to receipt of a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS before sending of the report. In some implementations, the ending time may include a second predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol.
[0207] In some implementations, the ending time may include a third time corresponding to receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement. In some implementations, the ending time may include a third predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of terminal symbol for measurement. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fourth time corresponding to communication of an abort or error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fifth time corresponding to the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to communication of the abort or error message. In some implementations, the ending time may include a fifth predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to the communication of the abort or error message. In some implementations, the ending time may include a sixth symbol between (i) a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the receipt of a request for measurement, location, or sensing and (ii) a seventh predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol for measurement.
[0208] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a first time or symbol corresponding to a terminal time or symbol of at least one of a PPW, an MG, or MW before the first network node sends a report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a second time or symbol prior or subsequent to the first network node receiving a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, and before the first network node sends the report for measurement, location, or sensing. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a third time or symbol prior or subsequent to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before or after the first network node receives the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement.
[0209] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before communication of an abort or an error message for sensing or positioning. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a fifth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message.
[0210] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include a sixth symbol between (i) a first predefined number of symbols after the first network node receives a request and (ii) a second predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement.
[0211] In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy is a summation of a start time of the occupancy of the one or more PUs and duration of occupancy of the one or more PUs. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include at least one of (a) a reporting amount or a multiple of a reporting interval in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives a request for measurement, location, or sensing, or (b) a reporting duration or a response time in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives the request subsequent to satisfying a reporting condition. In some implementations, the ending time of occupancy may identify or include at least one of a number of symbols, slots, or seconds (e.g., time domain units) after a starting time of the occupancy in the one or more PUs.
[0212] The first network node may carry out, execute, or otherwise perform processing according to the configuration (730) . The processing may include measuring, positioning, sensing, generating reports, executing requests among others. For example, the first network node may perform positioning or sensing for a duration of PU occupancy during a time spanning from the starting time of occupancy to the ending time of occupancy. The first network node can also allocate the number of PUs as defined by the configuration for performing the positioning or sensing during the duration.
[0213] With the performing of the positioning or sensing, the first network node may transmit, provide, or otherwise send an indication of processing to the second network node (735) . In some implementations, the indication may include reports, measurements, or other indicators. In some implementations, the first network node may refrain from sending at least one report (e.g., indication) of a plurality of reports for positioning or sensing (e.g., to the second network node) . For example, the at least one report may have a lowest priority out of the plurality of reports. This may be to reduce a power consumption of the first network node. For example, by only sending the reports with a high priority, the first network node may reduce an amount of power consumed by sending reports to the second network node.
[0214] The indication may carry, identify, or include any information that was sent with the information on capability or configuration (e.g., as detailed herein) , such as a number of occupied PUs, a number of unoccupied PUs, duration of occupancy of one or more PUs, start time for occupancy, ending time for occupancy, and / or other information regarding the use of PUs by the first network node to carry out positioning or sensing. For example, the indication may indicate that a particular number of PUs were used with a specified starting time and ending time for the duration of occupancy for each PU for carrying out the positioning or sensing. In turn, the second network node may retrieve, identify, or otherwise receive the indication of processing from the first network node (740) .
[0215] While various embodiments of the present solution have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not by way of limitation. Likewise, the various diagrams may depict an example architectural or configuration, which are provided to enable persons of ordinary skill in the art to understand example features and functions of the present solution. Such persons would understand, however, that the solution is not restricted to the illustrated example architectures or configurations, but can be implemented using a variety of alternative architectures and configurations. Additionally, as would be understood by persons of ordinary skill in the art, one or more features of one embodiment can be combined with one or more features of another embodiment described herein. Thus, the breadth and scope of the present disclosure should not be limited by any of the above-described illustrative embodiments.
[0216] It is also understood that any reference to an element herein using a designation such as “first, ” “second, ” and so forth does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. Rather, these designations can be used herein as a convenient means of distinguishing between two or more elements or instances of an element. Thus, a reference to first and second elements does not mean that only two elements can be employed, or that the first element must precede the second element in some manner.
[0217] Additionally, a person having ordinary skill in the art would understand that information and signals can be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits and symbols, for example, which may be referenced in the above description can be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0218] A person of ordinary skill in the art would further appreciate that any of the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, processors, means, circuits, methods and functions described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware (e.g., a digital implementation, an analog implementation, or a combination of the two) , firmware, various forms of program or design code incorporating instructions (which can be referred to herein, for convenience, as “software” or a “software module) , or any combination of these techniques. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware, firmware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware, firmware or software, or a combination of these techniques, depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans can implement the described functionality in various ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions do not cause a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.
[0219] Furthermore, a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand that various illustrative logical blocks, modules, devices, components and circuits described herein can be implemented within or performed by an integrated circuit (IC) that can include a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, or any combination thereof. The logical blocks, modules, and circuits can further include antennas and / or transceivers to communicate with various components within the network or within the device. A general purpose processor can be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor can be any conventional processor, controller, or state machine. A processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other suitable configuration to perform the functions described herein.
[0220] If implemented in software, the functions can be stored as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Thus, the steps of a method or algorithm disclosed herein can be implemented as software stored on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that can be enabled to transfer a computer program or code from one place to another. A storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.
[0221] In this document, the term “module” as used herein, refers to software, firmware, hardware, and any combination of these elements for performing the associated functions described herein. Additionally, for purpose of discussion, the various modules are described as discrete modules; however, as would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art, two or more modules may be combined to form a single module that performs the associated functions according to embodiments of the present solution.
[0222] Additionally, memory or other storage, as well as communication components, may be employed in embodiments of the present solution. It will be appreciated that, for clarity purposes, the above description has described embodiments of the present solution with reference to different functional units and processors. However, it will be apparent that any suitable distribution of functionality between different functional units, processing logic elements or domains may be used without detracting from the present solution. For example, functionality illustrated to be performed by separate processing logic elements, or controllers, may be performed by the same processing logic element, or controller. Hence, references to specific functional units are only references to a suitable means for providing the described functionality, rather than indicative of a strict logical or physical structure or organization.
[0223] Various modifications to the embodiments described in this disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the novel features and principles disclosed herein, as recited in the claims below.
Claims
1.A method, comprising:sending, by a first network node to a second network node, information on a capability for processing positioning or sensing;receiving, by the first network node from the second network node, a configuration for positioning or sensing; andsending, by the first network node to the second network node, an indication of processing for positioning or sensing.2.The method of claim 1, wherein the first network node comprises at least one of a wireless communication device, a first transmit / reception point (TRP) , or a first wireless communication node, and wherein the second network node comprises at least one of a second TRP, a second wireless communication node, a location management function (LMF) , a sensing function (SF) or core network.3.The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the capability identifies one or more of:a number of processing units (PUs) for processing positioning reference signal (PRS) or sounding reference signal (SRS) ,a number of processing units (PUs) for processing sensing reference signals (sensing RS) , ora number of PUs for supporting simultaneous processing of one or more of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS.4.The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the capability identifies one or more of:a number of PUs for supporting positioning,a number of PUs for supporting sensing,a number of PUs for supporting simultaneous positioning and sensing.5.The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the capability or the indication identifies a number of occupied PUs for processing positioning or sensing.6.The method of claim 1, further comprising refraining, by the first network node, from sending at least one report from a plurality of reports for positioning or sensing.7.The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one report has a lowest priority out of the plurality of reports.8.The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration identifies a number of PUs for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services.9.The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration identifies a priority indicator for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services.10.The method of claim 1, further comprising sending, by the first network node to the second network node, a priority indicator for at least one of one or more reports or requests for positioning, one or more reports or requests for sensing, one or more long term evolution positioning protocol (LPP) sessions, one or more new radio positioning protocol A (NRPPa) sessions, or one or more of sensing services.11.The method of any one of claims 1, 5, or 8, wherein a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of a type of report, a type of request, a type of positioning method, or a type of sensing method.12.The method of any one of claims 1, 5, or 8, wherein a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of:a number of measurement types;a number of additional requested or reported paths;a number of TRPs;whether to measure hopping reference signal (RS) ;whether to measure aggregated resources or RS;whether measurement quality is requested or reported;a number of additional measurement elements;a number of additional measurement samples;a granularity of timing measurement; ora measurement is from at least one of a type of positioning method or a sensing method.13.The method of claim 1, wherein a number of PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of:a horizontal accuracy;a confidence of the horizontal accuracy;whether a vertical coordinate is requested;a vertical accuracy;a confidence of the vertical accuracy;a response time;whether a velocity is requested;a velocity accuracy; ora velocity resolution.14.The method of claim 1, wherein the processing for positioning or sensing occupies a number of PUs for a number of symbols or slots, wherein the number of PUs comprises at least one of:a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses,a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more Range-Doppler (RD) profiles;a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data; ora fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results.15.The method of claim 14, wherein a number of occupied PUs for processing a plurality of positioning or sensing reports is based on at least one of: a maximum of the number of PUs or a sum of the number of PUs.16.The method of claim 14, wherein a number of occupied PUs for processing positioning or sensing is based on at least one of:a type of report;a number of samples or values in the one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses;a granularity of delay;a granularity of Doppler;a number of point in point cloud data;a granularity or accuracy of location in the one or more sensing results; ora granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.17.The method of claim 1, wherein a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first time or symbol corresponding to when a network sends a request for measurement, location, or sensing;a second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location, or sensing;a first predefined number of symbols after the first time or symbol corresponding to when the network sends the request for measurement, location, or sensing;a second predefined number of symbols after the second time or symbol corresponding to when the first network node receives the request for measurement, location;a third time or symbol corresponding to receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS;a third predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol;a fourth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement;a fourth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement;a fifth time or symbol corresponding to receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing;a fifth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing;a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing; ora sixth predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol used for measurement subsequent to receipt of the request for measurement, location, or sensing.18.The method of claim 1, wherein an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first time corresponding to sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing;a first predefined number of symbols before or after the sending of the report;a second time corresponding to receipt of a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS before sending of the report;a second predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol;a third time corresponding to receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement;a third predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of terminal symbol for measurement;a fourth time corresponding to communication of an abort or error message for sensing or positioning;a fifth time corresponding to the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to communication of the abort or error message;a fifth predefined number of symbols before or after the receipt of the terminal symbol for measurement prior to the communication of the abort or error message; ora sixth symbol between (i) a sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the receipt of a request for measurement, location, or sensing and (ii) a seventh predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol for measurement.19.The method of claim 1, wherein a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first time corresponding to when a reporting condition is satisfied;a second time or predefined number of symbols after receipt of an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sending RS for measurement subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition;a third time or predefined number of symbols after sending the sending of a report for measurement, location, or sensing; ora fourth time or predefined number of symbols after the receipt of the initial symbol.20.The method of claim 1, wherein a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first time or symbol corresponding to an initial time of at least one of a measurement gap (MG) , a PRS processing window (PPW) , or a measurement window (MW) subsequent to a network sending a request for measurement, location, or sensing;a first predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the network sending the request;a second time or symbol corresponding to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to the first network node receiving the request for measurement, location, or sensing;a second predefined number of symbols after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW subsequent to first network node receiving the request;a third time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW;a third predefined number of symbols after the first network node receiving the initial symbol subsequent to the initial time;a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW;a fourth predefined number of symbols after the initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, SRS, or sensing RS for measurement subsequent to the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW;a fifth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request;a fifth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request;a sixth time or symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request; ora sixth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, and subsequent to the first network node receiving the request.21.The method of claim 1, wherein a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first time corresponding to satisfying of a reporting condition;a second time corresponding to the first network node receiving an initial symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS symbol for measurement, after an initial time of at least one of a MG, a PPW, a MW, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition;a second predefined number of symbols subsequent to receiving the initial symbol, after the initial time, and subsequent to satisfying the reporting condition;a third time corresponding to the first network node sending a report;a third predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node sending the report;a fourth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report; ora fourth predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the initial symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement, after the initial time of at least one of the MG, the PPW, or the MW, subsequent to the first network node sending the report.22.The method of claim 1, wherein an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first time or symbol corresponding to a terminal time or symbol of at least one of a PPW, an MG, or MW before the first network node sends a report for measurement, location, or sensing;a second time or symbol prior or subsequent to the first network node receiving a terminal symbol of at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement, and before the first network node sends the report for measurement, location, or sensing;a third time or symbol prior or subsequent to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before or after the first network node receives the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement;a fourth time or symbol corresponding to the terminal time or symbol of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW before communication of an abort or an error message for sensing or positioning;a fifth time corresponding to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message;a predefined number of symbols subsequent to the first network node receiving the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement, and before the communication of the abort or the error message; ora sixth symbol between (i) a first predefined number of symbols after the first network node receives a request and (ii) a second predefined number of symbols after the terminal symbol of at least one of the PRS, the SRS, or the sensing RS within at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW for measurement.23.The method of claim 1, wherein a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of:a length of at least one of a PPW, a MG, or a MW;a periodicity of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW;a type of at least one of the PPW, the MG, or the MW;a priority configured in the PPW;a repetition factor of the MG;a gap priority configuration of the MG; ora gap sharing configuration of the MG.24.The method of claim 1 wherein a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of: a reporting amount configuration; a reporting interval configuration; a reporting duration; or a response time.25.The method of claim 1, wherein an ending time of an occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is a summation of a start time of the occupancy of the one or more PUs and duration of occupancy of the one or more PUs.26.The method of claim 1, wherein an ending time of occupancy one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a reporting amount or a multiple of a reporting interval in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives a request for measurement, location, or sensing; ora reporting duration or a response time in symbols, slots, or seconds after the first network node receives the request subsequent to satisfying a reporting condition.27.The method of claim 1, wherein a starting time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of:a first symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of a PRS, an SRS, or a sensing RS for measurement;a first predefined number of symbols after a terminal symbol corresponding to the first network node receiving at least one of the PSR, the SRS, or the sensing RS for measurement; ora second predefined number of symbols before the first network node send a report for measurement, location, or sensing, wherein the second predefined number of symbol is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report.28.The method of claim 1, wherein a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of a type of measurement or a type of report, and comprises at least one of:a first value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses;a second value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more RD profiles;a third value for the positioning or sensing requested to report point cloud data; ora fourth value for the positioning or sensing requested to report one or more sensing results.29.The method of claim 28, wherein the duration of occupancy in the one or more PUs is based on at least one of: (i) a maximum of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report; or (ii) a summation of PU occupancy for at least one of the type of measurement or the type of report.30.The method of claim 1, wherein a duration of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node is based on at least one of:a type of report;a number of samples or values in one or more channel measurements or channel impulse responses;a granularity of delay;a granularity of Doppler;a number of point in point cloud data;a granularity or accuracy of location in one or more sensing results; ora granularity or accuracy of velocity in the one or more sensing results.31.The method of claim 1, wherein an ending time of occupancy in one or more PUs of the first network node comprises at least one of a number of symbols, slots, or seconds after a starting time of the occupancy in the one or more PUs.32.A method, comprising:receiving, by a first network node from a second network node, information on a capability for processing positioning or sensing on the second network node;sending, by the first network node to the second network node, a configuration for positioning or sensing; andreceiving, by the first network node from the second network node, an indication of processing for positioning or sensing by the second network node.