公开(公告)号：US12047903B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17853278

申请日：2022-06-29

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Sven Fischer ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug ,  Sony Akkarakaran ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04B1/00 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W24/10

CPC classification number: H04W64/003 ,  H04B1/005 ,  H04L1/0026 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0057 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for multi-level configuration and reporting for positioning in new radio (NR) wireless communications systems. In some wireless communications systems, a network entity may determine a position or location of a supported user equipment (UE) using radio access network information. The information may be associated with UE-assisted positioning techniques, such as a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission by the base station and reporting of radio signaling measurements by the UE. The UE may support a multi-level configuration for reporting the radio signaling measurements, including determined report quantities on one or more of a resource level, a set level, or a setting level for the PRS transmission, or generally for the network entity. The described techniques may improve robustness associated with the reporting and, in some examples, reduce signaling overhead associated with determining a positioning and location of the UE.

公开(公告)号：US12041578B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US16669504

申请日：2019-10-30

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William Edge ,  Sven Fischer ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug ,  Naga Bhushan ,  Sony Akkarakaran

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W64/00

CPC classification number: H04W64/006 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: A position of a user equipment (UE) may be determined using downlink based solutions (e.g. OTDOA), uplink based solutions (e.g. UTDOA), or combined downlink and uplink based solutions (e.g. RTT). The serving gNBs may request neighboring gNBs to produce downlink reference signal transmissions to a target UE and/or measure uplink reference signal transmissions from the target UE. The serving gNB may receive the uplink reference signal measurements from neighboring gNBs and obtain an own uplink reference signal measurement and forward to the UE or another network entity all the uplink reference signal measurements. The UE may use the uplink reference signal measurements, along with the UE's own downlink reference signal measurements to determine RTTs. The serving gNBs or another entity may keep the uplink reference signal measurements and may determine RTTs after receiving the downlink reference signal measurements from the UE.

公开(公告)号：US12041575B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17653236

申请日：2022-03-02

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Sony Akkarakaran ,  Tao Luo ,  Gavin Bernard Horn ,  Sven Fischer ,  Alexandros Manolakos ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L41/08 ,  H04W74/0833

CPC classification number: H04W64/00 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L41/08 ,  H04W74/0833

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for on-demand positioning. For example a method may include transmitting a request to participate in a UE positioning procedure, wherein the request indicates one or more parameters to be used by a location server in coordinating one or more base stations (BSs) to participate in the UE positioning procedure, and receiving signaling from the location server configuring the UE to participate in the UE positioning procedure.

公开(公告)号：US11841449B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17869394

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Mukesh Kumar ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug

IPC: G01S5/02 ,  H04W64/00

CPC classification number: G01S5/0221 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: A mobile device and base station are enabled to support improved positioning accuracy in the presence of phase noise in high frequency radio network, such as in 5G New Radio network operating in mmWave. Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) may be transmitted with Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) and used for positioning and/or used to correct the phase offset between symbols in the PRS. A request may be made to transmit PTRS alone or with the PRS, or that the PRS is transmitted with a specific PRS frame structure, e.g., with a specific comb value, that minimizes the impact of phase noise. The PTRS or a phase ramp of the staggered symbols in the PRS may be used to estimate and correct the phase offset. Less than all of the symbols transmitted in the PRS may be used to generate positioning measurements to minimize the impact of phase noise.

公开(公告)号：US11792607B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17348407

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Mukesh Kumar ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04L5/00 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/10 ,  H04B1/713

CPC classification number: H04W4/029 ,  G01S5/0244 ,  G01S5/10 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04B1/713

Abstract: A method of facilitating position determination of a user equipment includes: receiving, at the user equipment, a first plurality of positioning reference signal portions having a corresponding plurality of frequency sub-bands; processing, at the user equipment, one or more of the first plurality of positioning reference signal portions to determine position information; and at least one of: transmitting a capability message, to a network entity, indicating a processing capability of the user equipment to process, in combination, positioning reference signal portions having different frequency sub-bands to determine the position information; or transmitting a signal-combination indication, to the network entity, indicating a second plurality of positioning reference signal portions, of the first plurality of positioning reference signal portions, processed by the user equipment in combination to determine the position information.

公开(公告)号：US11751082B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US16872599

申请日：2020-05-12

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Sony Akkarakaran ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug ,  Sven Fischer

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/21

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/21

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE transmits, at a first time during a measurement window for positioning purposes, a first uplink reference signal in accordance with a first timing adjustment parameter, wherein the first time is offset from a downlink frame time of a base station by an amount of the first timing adjustment parameter, determines whether to use a second timing adjustment parameter, transmits, in response to the determination to use the second timing adjustment parameter, at a second time during the measurement window, a second uplink reference signal in accordance with a second timing adjustment parameter, wherein the second time is offset from the downlink frame time of the base station by an amount of the second timing adjustment parameter, and transmits a report indicating that the second timing adjustment parameter has been applied to at least the second uplink reference signal.

公开(公告)号：US11722273B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17221581

申请日：2021-04-02

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Sony Akkarakaran ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug

IPC: H04L27/26 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/0446

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04L27/261 ,  H04W72/0446

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives at least one positioning reference signal (PRS) resource from a reference transmission-reception point (TRP) and one or more neighboring TRPs, and processes the at least one PRS resource during a time window, wherein a length of the time window is less than or equal to an integer number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the at least one PRS resource that the UE is capable of processing, buffering, or both within the time window.

公开(公告)号：US11695524B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US16991959

申请日：2020-08-12

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Sony Akkarakaran ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug ,  Peter Gaal

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/54

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04W72/0466 ,  H04W72/54

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques related to wireless communication system in which a network node is allowed to puncture a reference signal (RS) to deliver high priority data (e.g., URLLC data) to a user equipment (UE) that is not currently being served by the network node. In an aspect, the RS comprises a puncturable subset and an unpuncturable subset. In an aspect, the puncturable subset comprises resources of the RS that are allowed to be punctured, and the unpuncturable subset comprises resources of the RS that are prohibited from being punctured. In an aspect, the network node transmits the RS such that unpuncturable subset indicates whether or not the puncturable subset of the RS has or has not been punctured.

公开(公告)号：US11678293B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17523815

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Mukesh Kumar ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug ,  Siddhant

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04W64/003 ,  H04B7/0695 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: A mobile device supports positioning with positioning reference signals (PRS) on multiple beam by dividing the PRS processing into two separate modes, an acquisition mode and a tracking mode. In acquisition mode, the mobile device performs a fast scan of all of the beams from a base station transmitting PRS using less than the full set of resources for the PRS, i.e., less than the full bandwidth and/or less than the full number of repetitions of the PRS. The mobile device may select the best beams to use for positioning, e.g., based on signal strength metric. In tracking mode, the mobile device tracks the PRS from only the selected beams using the full set of resources for the PRS. The mobile device may return to acquisition mode after a predetermined number of positioning occasions or if the selected beams are no longer valid due to movement or change in conditions.

公开(公告)号：US11630181B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17710792

申请日：2022-03-31

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William Edge ,  Sven Fischer ,  Alexandros Manolakos ,  Sony Akkarakaran ,  Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug ,  Hong Cheng

IPC: G01S5/00 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W8/22

Abstract: The positioning capabilities of a User Equipment (UE) are stored in a core network to reduce positioning latency when the UE indicates that its positioning capabilities are stable and/or are long term valid. The UE may provide its positioning capabilities to a location server during a location session along with an indication of whether the positioning capabilities are stable. The location server may enable storage of the positioning capabilities for the UE in the core network, e.g., in the location server or another entity in the core network such as Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), if there is an indication that the positioning capabilities are stable. The AMF may include a UE identifier in location requests with which the location server may retrieve the UE positioning capabilities if stored at the location server or may include the UE positioning capabilities if stored at the AMF.