Granted Patent B2

US 12,568,461 · App. 18/561,086 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Inventor: Woosuk Ko (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04W64/00H04L5/0051H04W56/0015

Abstract

Claims (72)

1 . A method in which a first device performs wireless communication, the method comprising:

obtaining information related to global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based synchronization or eNB/gNB-based synchronization;

selecting a synchronization reference, wherein the synchronization reference is at least one of the GNSS, a base station (BS), and a user equipment (UE);

obtaining synchronization based on a synchronization signal received from the synchronization reference;

obtaining configuration information related to a positioning reference signal (PRS),

wherein the PRS includes a first PRS and/or a second PRS;

obtaining information related to a resource for transmission of the PRS or information related to a resource for reception of the PRS,

wherein the resource for transmission of the PRS or the resource for reception of the PRS includes a time resource and/or a frequency resource,

wherein the information related to the resource for transmission of the PRS includes information related to an uplink (UL) resource, and

wherein the information related to the resource for reception of the PRS includes information related to a downlink (DL) resource;

receiving the first PRS from a second device;

transmitting the second PRS to the second device and a third device at a time point added by a threshold from a first time point at which the first PRS is received;

obtaining information on a sum of a first distance between the first device and the second device and a second distance between the first device and the third device, based on the first time point, a second time point at which the second PRS is received by the second device, and a third time point at which the second PRS is received by the third device; and

obtaining information on a location of the first device, based on the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving information on the second time point from the second device; and

receiving information on the third time point from the third device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance is obtained based on the first time point, the second time point, and the threshold.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining information on a difference between the first distance and the second distance, based on the second time point and the third time point.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a difference value between a fourth time point, at which the first PRS is transmitted by the second device, and the second time point from the second device; and

obtaining the first distance, based on the difference value and the threshold.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance is obtained based on the first distance and the difference between the first distance and the second distance.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining information on a location of the second device and information on a location of the third device.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining information on an ellipse of which a focus is the location of the second device and the location of the third device and of which the sum of the first distance and the second distance is constant, based on the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising obtaining information on a hyperbola of which a focus is the location of the second device and the location of the third device and of which the sum of the first distance and the second distance is constant, based on the information on the difference between the first distance and the second distance.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein information on the location of the first device is obtained based on information on a region in which the ellipse and the hyperbola intersect.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device is a device in which a centralized antenna system is supported.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is pre-set, or is set by the first device and is greater than 0.

13 . A first device performing wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors coupling the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

obtain information related to global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based synchronization or eNB/gNB-based synchronization;

select a synchronization reference, wherein the synchronization reference is at least one of the GNSS, a base station (BS), and a user equipment (UE);

obtain synchronization based on a synchronization signal received from the synchronization reference;

obtain configuration information related to a positioning reference signal (PRS),

wherein the PRS includes a first PRS and/or a second PRS;

obtain information related to a resource for transmission of the PRS or information related to a resource for reception of the PRS,

wherein the resource for transmission of the PRS or the resource for reception of the PRS includes a time resource and/or a frequency resource,

wherein the information related to the resource for transmission of the PRS includes information related to an uplink (UL) resource, and

wherein the information related to the resource for reception of the PRS includes information related to a downlink (DL) resource;

receive the first PRS from a second device;

transmit the second PRS to the second device and a third device at a time point added by a threshold from a first time point at which the first PRS is received;

obtain information on a sum of a first distance between the first device and the second device and a second distance between the first device and the third device, based on the first time point, a second time point at which the second PRS is received by the second device, and a third time point at which the second PRS is received by the third device; and

obtain information on a location of the first device, based on the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance.

14 . The first device of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising:

receiving information on the second time point from the second device; and

receiving information on the third time point from the third device.

15 . The first device of claim 13 , wherein the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance is obtained based on the first time point, the second time point, and the threshold.

16 . The first device of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising: obtaining information on a difference between the first distance and the second distance, based on the second time point and the third time point.

17 . The first device of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising:

receiving a difference value between a fourth time point, at which the first PRS is transmitted by the second device, and the second time point from the second device; and

obtaining the first distance, based on the difference value and the threshold.

18 . The first device of claim 17 , wherein the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance is obtained based on the first distance and the difference between the first distance and the second distance.

19 . The first device of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising: obtaining information on a location of the second device and information on a location of the third device.

20 . An apparatus configured to control a first user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memoires operatively coupled by means of the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

obtain information related to global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based synchronization or eNB/gNB-based synchronization;

select a synchronization reference, wherein the synchronization reference is at least one of the GNSS, a base station (BS), and a UE;

obtain synchronization based on a synchronization signal received from the synchronization reference;

obtain configuration information related to a positioning reference signal (PRS),

wherein the PRS includes a first PRS and/or a second PRS;

obtain information related to a resource for transmission of the PRS or information related to a resource for reception of the PRS,

wherein the resource for transmission of the PRS or the resource for reception of the PRS includes a time resource and/or a frequency resource,

wherein the information related to the resource for transmission of the PRS includes information related to an uplink (UL) resource, and

wherein the information related to the resource for reception of the PRS includes information related to a downlink (DL) resource;

receive the first PRS from a first BS;

transmit the second PRS to the first BS and a second BS at a time point added by a threshold from a first time point at which the first PRS is received;

obtain information on a sum of a first distance between the first UE and the first BS and a second distance between the first UE and the second BS, based on the first time point, a second time point at which the second PRS is received by the first BS, and a third time point at which the second PRS is received by the second BS; and

obtain information on a location of the first UE, based on the information on the sum of the first distance and the second distance.

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