IP Library Granted Patent US 12665720
Granted Patent B2
US 12665720 · App. 18/323,267 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Method and device for generating aperiodic positioning reference signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Sung Jun Yoon (Seoul, KR); Dong Hyun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Innovative Technology Lab Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0051G01S5/14
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Patent No.
US 12665720
App. No.
18/323,267
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of estimating, by a user equipment (UE), a location in a wireless communication system. Here, the method of estimating, by the UE, the location may include receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) that includes aperiodic downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) related information; receiving a DL PRS from the base station through the aperiodic DL PRS related information included in the DCI that is received from the base station; and estimating the location based on the received DL PRS.

Claims (49)

1 . A method performed by a wireless user device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration indicating DL PRS muting and a DL PRS resource set, wherein the DL PRS resource set comprises a plurality of DL PRS resources, and wherein the DL PRS configuration further indicates at least one of:

a DL PRS transmission periodicity for the DL PRS resource set; or

a DL PRS resource time gap;

transmitting, to the base station, on-demand DL PRS request information, wherein the on-demand DL PRS request information comprises information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) index corresponding to a beam, and wherein the SSB index corresponds to one of 0, 1, 2, . . . , or 63;

receiving, based on the on-demand DL PRS request information, a response;

receiving, from the base station, a DL PRS associated with the SSB index; and

receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB,

wherein the beam corresponding to the SSB index is based on a measurement of the at least SSB,

wherein the beam corresponds to a suitable beam for the wireless user device, and

wherein, for quasi-colocation (QCL) type-D, the information of the SSB index corresponding to the beam indicates at least one of:

direction information of a suitable beam for receiving DL PRS of a serving cell; or

direction information of a suitable beam for receiving DL PRS of a non-serving cell.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:

determining, based on the received DL PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement; or

estimating, based on the received DL PRS, a location.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the response comprises receiving, from a location management function (LMF) and via the base station, the response, and wherein the response comprises quasi-colocation (QCL) information.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, measurement information of an SSB corresponding to the SSB index to cause the base station to transmit the measurement information to a location management function (LMF).

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the on-demand DL PRS request information indicates at least one of:

a parameter related to DL PRS resource repetition factor;

a parameter related to a DL PRS resource bandwidth; or

a parameter related to DL PRS number of symbols.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the on-demand DL PRS request information excludes:

a parameter related to a DL PRS muting; and

a parameter related to a system frame number (SFN) offset.

7 . A method performed by a wireless user device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration indicating DL PRS muting and a DL PRS resource set, wherein the DL PRS resource set comprises a plurality of DL PRS resources;

transmitting, to the base station, on-demand DL PRS request information, wherein the on-demand DL PRS request information comprises information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) index corresponding to a beam, wherein the SSB index corresponds to one of 0, 1, 2, . . . , or 63, and wherein the on-demand DL PRS request information indicates at least one of:

a parameter related to DL PRS resource repetition factor;

a parameter related to a DL PRS resource bandwidth; or

a parameter related to DL PRS number of symbols;

receiving, based on the on-demand DL PRS request information, a response;

receiving, from the base station, a DL PRS associated with the SSB index; and

receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB,

wherein the beam corresponding to the SSB index is based on a measurement of the at least SSB,

wherein the beam corresponds to a suitable beam for the wireless user device, and

wherein, for quasi-colocation (QCL) type-D, the information of the SSB index corresponding to the beam indicates at least one of:

direction information of a suitable beam for receiving DL PRS of a serving cell; or

direction information of a suitable beam for receiving DL PRS of a non-serving cell.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising at least one of:

determining, based on the received DL PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement; or

estimating, based on the received DL PRS, a location.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the receiving the response comprises receiving, from a location management function (LMF) and via the base station, the response, and wherein the response comprises quasi-colocation (QCL) information.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, measurement information of an SSB corresponding to the SSB index to cause the base station to transmit the measurement information to a location management function (LMF).

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the on-demand DL PRS request information excludes:

a parameter related to a DL PRS muting; and

a parameter related to a system frame number (SFN) offset.