IP Library Granted Patent US 10,862,530
Granted Patent B2
US 10,862,530 · App. 16/306,032 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Method and device for transmitting positioning reference signal, and computer storage medium

Inventors: Xianming Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Dai (Shenzhen, CN); Kun Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Weiwei Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04B1/713H04L5/0007H04L5/0051H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 10,862,530
App. No.
16/306,032
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method and device for transmitting a positioning reference signal (PRS), and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining specified information related to transmission of a PRS, the specified information comprising at least one of a cycle, an offset, duration, subframe configuration information, and narrowband information; and determining a transmission resource for the PRS on the basis of the specified information, and transmitting the PRS by means of the transmission resource.

Claims (24)

1. A method of transmitting a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), performed by a wireless communication node, comprising:

determining specified information related to transmission of the PRS, wherein the specified information comprises at least one of a period, an offset, a duration, or subframe configuration information; and

determining a target subframe for transmitting the PRS based on the specified information, and transmitting the PRS by using the target subframe,

wherein the PRS is mapped to two resource elements in a target Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the target subframe, wherein the target OFDM symbol is any one of OFDM symbols in the target subframe allowed for transmitting the PRS, and

wherein the target subframe is an invalid subframe, and for a standalone operation or a guard band operation, all the OFDM symbols in the target subframe are allowed for transmitting the PRS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein locations of the two resource elements are determined according to the following equation:

k= 6 m +(6− l+v shift )mod(6), wherein m= 0 or 1;

wherein k indicates an index of a resource element that is used for transmitting the PRS in the target OFDM symbol, l indicates an index of the target OFDM symbol, and v shift indicates a cell-specific frequency shift and is determined according to at least one of: a Physical Cell Identity (PCI), a radio frame index, a subframe index, or a narrowband index.

3. The wireless communication node, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the method for transmitting the PRS according to claim 1 .

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein locations of the two resource elements are determined according to the following equation:

k= 6 m +(6− l+v shift )mod(6), wherein m= 0 or 1;

wherein k indicates an index of a resource element that is used for transmitting the PRS in the target OFDM symbol, l indicates an index of the target OFDM symbol, and v shift indicates a cell-specific frequency shift and is determined according to at least one of: a Physical Cell Identity (PCI), a radio frame index, a subframe index, or a narrowband index.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, wherein, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the method for transmitting the PRS according to claim 1 .

6. A method of transmitting a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device, the PRS carried by a target subframe, wherein the target subframe is determined based on specified information,

wherein the specified information comprises at least one of a period, an offset, a duration, or subframe configuration information, and

wherein the PRS is mapped to two resource elements in a target Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the target subframe, wherein the target OFDM symbol is any one of OFDM symbols in the target subframe allowed for transmitting the PRS, and wherein the target subframe is an invalid subframe, and for a standalone operation or a guard band operation, all the OFDM symbols in the target subframe are allowed for transmitting the PRS.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein locations of the two resource elements are determined according to the following equation:

k= 6 m +(6− l+v shift )mod(6), wherein m= 0 or 1;

wherein k indicates an index of a resource element that is used for transmitting the PRS in the target OFDM symbol, l indicates an index of the target OFDM symbol, and v shift indicates a cell-specific frequency shift and is determined according to at least one of: a Physical Cell Identity (PCI), a radio frame index, a subframe index, or a narrowband index.

8. The wireless communication device, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the method for transmitting the PRS according to claim 6 .

9. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein locations of the two resource elements are determined according to the following equation:

k= 6 m +(6− l+v shift )mod(6), wherein m= 0 or 1;

wherein k indicates an index of a resource element that is used for transmitting the PRS in the target OFDM symbol, l indicates an index of the target OFDM symbol, and v shift indicates a cell-specific frequency shift and is determined according to at least one of: a Physical Cell Identity (PCI), a radio frame index, a subframe index, or a narrowband index.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: CHEN, XIANMING; DAI, BO; LIU, KUN; YANG, WEIWEI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
CN 2016 1 0392336 · Jun 3, 2016 · national
CN 2016 1 0879518 · Sep 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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