IP Library Granted Patent US 11,848,879
Granted Patent B2
US 11,848,879 · App. 17/393,184 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Signaling consideration for new radio positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments

Inventors: Yih-Hao Lin (San Diego, CA); Srinivas Yerramalli (Hyderabad, IN); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Lorenzo Ferrari (Oakland, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Marwen Zorgui (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/0041H04L5/001H04L5/0048H04L5/0098H04W64/003
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Patent No.
US 11,848,879
App. No.
17/393,184
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

Claims (38)

1. An apparatus for determining positioning, comprising:

at least one memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration including at least one of a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands, a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers, or a timing error tolerance preference;

receive, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration from a base station.

6. A method of determining positioning, comprising:

transmitting, via a transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration including at least one of a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands, a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers, or a timing error tolerance preference;

receiving, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

determining one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving, via the transceiver, a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration from a base station.

11. An apparatus for determining positioning, comprising:

at least one memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration for signaling consideration transmitted by a user equipment, the preferred bandwidth configuration including at least one of a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands, a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers, or a timing error tolerance preference;

determine a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

provide, via the transceiver, the positioning configuration indicating the disjoint bandwidth segments to the user equipment for the user equipment to determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to provide a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration to the user equipment.

16. A method of determining positioning, comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration for signaling consideration transmitted by a user equipment, the preferred bandwidth configuration including at least one of a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands, a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers, or a timing error tolerance preference;

determining a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

providing, via the transceiver, the positioning configuration indicating the disjoint bandwidth segments to the user equipment for the user equipment to determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising providing a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration to the user equipment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: LIN, YIH-HAO; YERRAMALLI, SRINIVAS; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; FERRARI, LORENZO; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; ZORGUI, MARWEN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057717/0636 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63063933 · Aug 10, 2020
Related Publication 20220045811A1 · Feb 10, 2022
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