User Equipment PC5-RRC Configuration for Flexible Sidelink Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems lack flexibility and efficiency in communication structures, particularly in the context of LTE and NR technologies, which can be improved to enhance communication flexibility and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
User equipment (UE) with PC5-RRC connection capabilities for sidelink positioning, enabling the transmission and reception of reference signals for sidelink positioning, utilizing higher layer processing and transmission circuitry to facilitate efficient communication configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing wireless communication structures are used, then system compatibility is maintained, but communication flexibility and efficiency are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where the network device can flexibly configure and reconfigure resource pools for different communication scenarios (sidelink positioning, data transmission, control signaling). This allows the system to adapt to varying communication needs without fixed rigid structures, resolving the contradiction between flexibility and complexity by making the system dynamically adjustable rather than statically complex
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal resource pool configuration framework that serves multiple functions: positioning reference signals, data transmission, control signaling, and resource allocation. This multi-functional approach allows a single flexible configuration system to handle diverse communication requirements, improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity
2Productivity
If existing wireless communication structures are used, then system stability is maintained, but communication efficiency is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary resource pool configuration where the network device pre-configures resource pools with specific parameters (frequency resources, time resources, resource blocks) before actual communication occurs. This advance preparation enables efficient resource utilization during communication without real-time complex allocation decisions, improving productivity while managing complexity through pre-planning
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes configurable parameters (resource pool identifiers, frequency offsets, resource block assignments, time resource patterns) that can be adjusted to optimize communication efficiency for different scenarios. By changing these parameters dynamically rather than restructuring the entire system, the patent improves productivity with controlled complexity increases
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AI summary
A user equipment (UE) having PC5-RRC connection with other UE is described. The UE may comprise higher layer processing circuitry configured to send, to the other UE, a PC5-RRC message including a configuration of reference signal for sidelink positioning; and transmission circuitry configured to transmit, to the other UE, the reference signal for sidelink positioning corresponding to the configuration.