System and method using 5G positioning with non-line of sight information from sensors utilizing transmission and reception points and sounding reference signals

1 . A system using 5G positioning with non-line of sight information, comprising:

a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) distributed in a target region;

a user equipment (UE) placed within the target region and electrically coupled with the TRPs, wherein the UE comprises at least one sensor for gathering surrounding information at the target region; and

a backend server electrically coupled with the TRPs and comprising:

a signal receiver configured to receive first sounding reference signals (SRSs) from the UE through the TRPs;

a positioning module configured to compute a preliminary location of the UE within the target region according to the first SRS signals;

a signal emitter configured to send a location signal containing the preliminary location of the UE to the UE through the TRPs; and

a feedback module configured to receive second SRSs and non-line of sight (NLOS) information from the UE and to generate at least one positioning estimation result by positioning the UE in response to the second SRSs in combination with the NLOS information.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor of the UE comprises one or more of a 3D-LiDAR, a 2D-LiDAR, a color camera, a stereo camera, a depth camera, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), an e-compass, and combinations thereof.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the UE further comprises a NLOS probability calculator configured to compute a probability of line of sight (LOS) for each of the TRPs in a digital map which represents the target region according to the surrounding information and the preliminary location of the UE, thereby generating the NLOS information.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the UE further comprises a coordinate transformation module configured to transform coordinates of data points within the target region collected from the surrounding information.

5 . The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a first arrival path (FAP) estimator; and

wherein the feedback module is further configured to incorporate the NLOS information into the FAP estimator to estimate relative time of arrival (RTOA) data points by identifying a timing offset of the first peak in power of channel impulse response (CIR) during time of arrival (TOA) estimation conducted by the FAP estimator.

6 . The system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a signal quality measurer;

wherein the feedback module is further configured to incorporate the second SRSs into the signal quality measurer for calculating reliability for the RTOA data points by using measured signal quality of the corresponding second SRS; and

wherein the signal quality measurer is configured to eliminate the RTOA data points which have reliability lower than a pre-defined threshold and then calculate the positioning estimation result using the remaining RTOA data points with the FAP estimator collectively.

7 . The system according to claim 6 , wherein the signal quality measurer determines whether to eliminate the target RTOA data point according to its received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received power (RSRP), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and reference signal received path power (RSRPP) of the corresponding second SRS and according to the NLOS information.

8 . The system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a signal weight assignment module;

wherein the feedback module is further configured to incorporate the positioning estimation results into the signal weight assignment module for calculating weights for the positioning estimation results according to signal quality; and

wherein the weight assignment module is configured to determine a final positioning result by using the positioning estimation results and the respective weights.

9 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the signal emitter is further configured to send the positioning estimation result to a user interface for representing a modified location of the UE with respect to the preliminary location thereof.

10 . A system using 5G positioning with non-line of sight information, comprising:

a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) distributed in a target region and electrically coupled with a user equipment (UE); and

a backend server electrically coupled with the TRPs and comprising:

a signal receiver configured to receive first sounding reference signals (SRSs) from an object through the TRPs;

a positioning module configured to compute a preliminary location of the object within the target region according to the first SRS signals;

a signal emitter configured to send a location signal containing the preliminary location of the object to the object through the TRPs; and

a feedback module configured to receive second SRSs and non-line of sight (NLOS) information from the object through the TRPs and to generate at least one positioning estimation result by positioning the object in response to the second SRSs in combination with the NLOS information.

11 . The system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a first arrival path (FAP) estimator; and

wherein the feedback module is further configured to incorporate the NLOS information into the FAP estimator to estimate relative time of arrival (RTOA) data points by identifying a first peak in power of channel impulse response (CIR) during time of arrival (TOA) estimation conducted by the FAP estimator.

12 . The system according to claim 11 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a signal quality measurer;

wherein the feedback module is further configured to incorporate the second SRSs into the signal quality measurer for calculating reliability for the RTOA data points by using measured signal quality of the corresponding second SRS; and

wherein the signal quality measurer is configured to eliminate the RTOA data points which have reliability lower than a pre-defined threshold and then calculate the positioning estimation result using the remaining RTOA data points with the FAP estimator collectively.

13 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the signal quality measurer determines whether to eliminate the target RTOA data point according to its received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received power (RSRP), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and reference signal received path power (RSRPP) of the corresponding second SRS and according to the NLOS information.

14 . The system according to claim 11 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a signal weight assignment module and is further configured to incorporate the positioning estimation results into the signal weight assignment module for calculating weights for the positioning estimation results according to signal quality; and

wherein the weight assignment module is configured to determine a final positioning result by using the positioning estimation results and the respective weights.

15 . A system using 5G positioning with non-line of sight information, comprising:

a signal receiver configured to receive first sounding reference signals (SRSs);

a positioning module configured to compute a preliminary location in a map with respect to an object according to the first SRS signals;

a signal emitter configured to send a location signal containing the preliminary location of the object; and

a feedback module activated by the signal emitter upon sending the location signal and configured to receive second SRSs and non-line of sight (NLOS) information and to generate at least one positioning estimation result by positioning the object in response to the second SRSs in combination with the NLOS information.

16 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the feedback module comprises a first arrival path (FAP) estimator and is further configured to incorporate the NLOS information into the FAP estimator to estimate relative time of arrival (RTOA) data points by identifying a first peak in power of channel impulse response (CIR) during time of arrival (TOA) estimation conducted by the FAP estimator.

17 . The system according to claim 16 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a signal quality measurer and is further configured to incorporate the second SRSs into the signal quality measurer for calculating reliability for the RTOA data points by using measured signal quality of the corresponding second SRS; and

wherein the signal quality measurer is configured to eliminate the RTOA data points which have reliability lower than a pre-defined threshold and then calculate the positioning estimation result using the remaining RTOA data points with the FAP estimator collectively.

18 . The system according to claim 17 , wherein the signal quality measurer determines whether to eliminate the target RTOA data point according to its received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received power (RSRP), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and reference signal received path power (RSRPP) of the corresponding second SRS and according to the NLOS information.

19 . The system according to claim 16 ,

wherein the feedback module comprises a signal weight assignment module and is further configured to incorporate the positioning estimation results into the signal weight assignment module for calculating weights for the positioning estimation results according to signal quality; and

wherein the weight assignment module is configured to determine a final positioning result by using the positioning estimation results and the respective weights.

20 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the signal emitter is further configured to send the positioning estimation result to a user interface for representing a modified location of the object with respect to the preliminary location thereof.