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US 12,219,519 · App. 18/482,289 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Positioning signal measurement with discontinuous reception and wake-up signal

Inventors: Jingchao Bao (San Diego, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W64/00 H04W52/0229 H04W76/28

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Patent No.: US 12,219,519
App. No.: 18/482,289
Granted: Feb 4, 2025
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A method of configuring a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting configuration information to the UE, the configuration information configured to cause the UE to determine whether to measure a portion of a positioning signal based on timing of the portion of the positioning signal relative to at least one of an ON time of a discontinuous reception mode of the UE or an OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

Claims (79)

1. A network entity comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to transmit configuration information to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, the configuration information configured to cause the UE to determine, before arrival at the UE of a positioning reference signal, how much of a portion of the positioning signal to measure based on timing of the portion of the positioning signal relative to at least one of an ON time of a discontinuous reception mode of the UE or an OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

2. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to at least one of:

measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to a first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and a second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time; or

measure a third part of the portion of the positioning signal in response to the first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and the second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time, the third part of the positioning signal being less than the portion of the positioning signal; or

inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal in response to the first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and the second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time.

3. The network entity of claim 2 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal, or measure the third part of the portion of the positioning signal, or inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal, in response to the first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and the second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time.

4. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

measure a third part of the portion of the positioning signal in response to a first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and a second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time, the third part of the positioning signal being less than the portion of the positioning signal; and

determine the third part of the portion of the positioning signal at least one of:

based on at least one of a resource set, a frequency layer, a number of sources of the portion of the positioning signal, or a repetition factor of the positioning signal; or

as the first part of the portion of the positioning signal.

5. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the ON time of the discontinuous reception mode.

6. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to either:

measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode; or

inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

7. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

transmit a positioning report at least one of semi-persistently or periodically; and

inhibit transmitting of the positioning report based on an uplink report flag in the configuration information.

8. A network entity comprising:

a transceiver; and

means for transmitting configuration information to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, the configuration information configured to cause the UE to determine, before arrival at the UE of a positioning reference signal, how much of a portion of the positioning signal to measure based on timing of the portion of the positioning signal relative to at least one of an ON time of a discontinuous reception mode of the UE or an OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

9. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to at least one of:

10. The network entity of claim 9 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal, or measure the third part of the portion of the positioning signal, or inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal, in response to the first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and the second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time.

11. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

determine the third part of the portion of the positioning signal at least one of:

based on at least one of a resource set, a frequency layer, a number of sources of the portion of the positioning signal, or a repetition factor of the positioning signal; or

as the first part of the portion of the positioning signal.

12. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the ON time of the discontinuous reception mode.

13. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to either:

measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode; or

inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

14. The network entity of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

transmit a positioning report at least one of semi-persistently or periodically; and

inhibit transmitting of the positioning report based on an uplink report flag in the configuration information.

15. A method of configuring a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

transmitting configuration information to the UE, the configuration information configured to cause the UE to determine, before arrival at the UE of a positioning reference signal, how much of a portion of the positioning signal to measure based on timing of the portion of the positioning signal relative to at least one of an ON time of a discontinuous reception mode of the UE or an OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to at least one of:

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal, or measure the third part of the portion of the positioning signal, or inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal, in response to the first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and the second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

determine the third part of the portion of the positioning signal at least one of:

based on at least one of a resource set, a frequency layer, a number of sources of the portion of the positioning signal, or a repetition factor of the positioning signal; or

as the first part of the portion of the positioning signal.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the ON time of the discontinuous reception mode.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to either:

measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode; or

inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

transmit a positioning report at least one of semi-persistently or periodically; and

inhibit transmitting of the positioning report based on an uplink report flag in the configuration information.

22. A non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor of a network entity to:

transmit configuration information to a user equipment (UE), the configuration information configured to cause the UE to determine, before arrival at the UE of a positioning reference signal, how much of a portion of the positioning signal to measure based on timing of the portion of the positioning signal relative to at least one of an ON time of a discontinuous reception mode of the UE or an OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

23. The storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to at least one of:

24. The storage medium of claim 23 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal, or measure the third part of the portion of the positioning signal, or inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal, in response to the first part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the ON time and the second part of the portion of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive during the OFF time.

25. The storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

determine the third part of the portion of the positioning signal at least one of:

based on at least one of a resource set, a frequency layer, a number of sources of the portion of the positioning signal, or a repetition factor of the positioning signal; or

as the first part of the portion of the positioning signal.

26. The storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the ON time of the discontinuous reception mode.

27. The storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to either:

measure all of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode; or

inhibit measuring any of the portion of the positioning signal in response to all of the positioning signal being scheduled to arrive in the OFF time of the discontinuous reception mode.

28. The storage medium of claim 22 , wherein the configuration information is configured to cause the UE to:

transmit a positioning report at least one of semi-persistently or periodically; and

inhibit transmitting of the positioning report based on an uplink report flag in the configuration information.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024

From: BAO, JINGCHAO; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; LUO, TAO; MONTOJO, JUAN

To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Reel/Frame 066183/0572 →

Continuity (3)

Continuation 17355896 · Jun 23, 2021

Provisional Application 63044811 · Jun 26, 2020

Related Publication 20240040536A1 · Feb 1, 2024

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