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US 12,556,333 · App. 18/041,693 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Method and device for reducing overhead of positioning reference signal transmission

Inventors: Sun Woo Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongwan Kang (Seoul, KR); Taekyoon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
H04L5/0051H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 12,556,333
App. No.
18/041,693
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present embodiments relate to a method and a device for reducing an overhead of positioning reference signal transmission, the method comprising the steps of: receiving configuration information for a positioning reference signal from a base station; receiving, from the base station, a plurality of wide beams through which the positioning reference signal is transmitted, on the basis of the configuration information; reporting information on an optimal wide beam determined from among the plurality of wide beams to the base station; and receiving, from the base station, a plurality of narrow beams through which the positioning reference signal is transmitted, on the basis of the optimal wide beam.

Claims (30)

1 . A method for reducing overhead of positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving configuration information for a positioning reference signal from a base station;

receiving a plurality of wide beams where the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station, based on the configuration information;

reporting information about an optimal wide beam determined among the plurality of wide beams to the base station; and

receiving a plurality of narrow beams where the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station, based on the optimal wide beam,

wherein the plurality of wide beams and the plurality of narrow beams each correspond to a different positioning reference signal resource set.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the plurality of wide beams includes receiving a plurality of wide beams including a predetermined number of wide beams adjacent to an optimal wide beam received immediately before, when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wide beams are sequentially received.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of narrow beams are sequentially received in a range of the optimal wide beam.

5 . A method for reducing overhead of positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information for a positioning reference signal to a user equipment (UE);

transmitting a plurality of wide beams where the positioning reference signal is transmitted to the UE, based on the configuration information;

receiving information about an optimal wide beam determined among the plurality of wide beams from the UE; and

transmitting a plurality of narrow beams where the positioning reference signal is transmitted to the UE, based on the optimal wide beam,

wherein the plurality of wide beams and the plurality of narrow beams each correspond to a different positioning reference signal resource set.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein transmitting the plurality of wide beams includes transmitting a plurality of wide beams including a predetermined number of wide beams adjacent to an optimal wide beam transmitted immediately before, when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of narrow beams are sequentially transmitted in a range of the optimal wide beam.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of wide beams are sequentially transmitted.

9 . A user equipment (UE) for reducing overhead of positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission, comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a controller controlling the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the controller:

receives configuration information for a positioning reference signal from a base station;

receives a plurality of wide beams where the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station, based on the configuration information;

reports information about an optimal wide beam determined among the plurality of wide beams to the base station; and

receives a plurality of narrow beams where the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station, based on the optimal wide beam,

wherein the plurality of wide beams and the plurality of narrow beams each correspond to a different positioning reference signal resource set.

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of wide beams are sequentially received.

11 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of narrow beams are sequentially received in a range of the optimal wide beam.

12 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller receives a plurality of wide beams including a predetermined number of wide beams adjacent to an optimal wide beam received immediately before, when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: KIM, SUN WOO; KANG, JEONGWAN; KIM, TAEKYOON
To: IUCF-HYU(INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
Reel/Frame 062698/0090 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0112354 · Sep 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230370228A1 · Nov 16, 2023
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