IP Library Granted Patent US 11,916,836
Granted Patent B2
US 11,916,836 · App. 18/063,547 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Interaction of discontinuous reception (DRX) with positioning reference signal (PRS) resources

Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Guttorm Opshaug (Redwood City, CA); Sven Fischer (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/0051H04W52/0216H04W72/0446H04W72/51
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Patent No.
US 11,916,836
App. No.
18/063,547
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) operating in discontinuous reception (DRX) mode receives a DRX configuration, receives a reference signal resource configuration, determines, at least based on the DRX configuration and the reference signal resource configuration, whether an overlap exists between a reference signal occasion of a plurality of reference signal occasions of the reference signal resource configuration and an active time of the DRX configuration, receives or transmits at least based on a determined overlap, at least a first reference signal in the reference signal occasion, and receives or transmits, while remaining in an active state of the DRX configuration, at least based on the determined overlap, at least a second reference signal in remaining reference signal occasions of the plurality of reference signal occasions after expiration of the active time.

Claims (45)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a location server, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode or a base station serving the UE, a configuration of the DRX mode; and

transmitting, to a second base station, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration to use for transmission of PRS to the UE,

wherein the PRS configuration specifies, based on the configuration of the DRX mode of the UE, a plurality of PRS occasions of at least one PRS resource that at least partially overlaps an active state of the DRX mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the plurality of PRS occasions based on maximizing an overlap with the active state of the DRX mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configuring the UE to measure the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource regardless of active or inactive states of the DRX mode.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configuring the UE to measure a portion of the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource that overlaps the active state of the DRX mode.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second base station is the base station serving the UE.

6. A location server, comprising:

a memory;

at least one network interface; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one network interface, the at least one processor configured to:

receive, via the at least one network interface, from a user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode or a base station serving the UE, a configuration of the DRX mode; and

cause the at least one network interface to transmit, to a second base station, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration to use for transmission of PRS to the UE,

wherein the PRS configuration specifies, based on the configuration of the DRX mode of the UE, a plurality of PRS occasions of at least one PRS resource that at least partially overlaps an active state of the DRX mode.

7. The location server of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

configure the plurality of PRS occasions based on maximizing an overlap with the active state of the DRX mode.

8. The location server of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

configure, via the at least one network interface, the UE to measure the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource regardless of active or inactive states of the DRX mode.

9. The location server of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

configure, via the at least one network interface, the UE to measure a portion of the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource that overlaps the active state of the DRX mode.

10. The location server of claim 6 , wherein the second base station is the base station serving the UE.

11. A location server, comprising:

means for receiving, from a user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode or a base station serving the UE, a configuration of the DRX mode; and

means for transmitting, to a second base station, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration to use for transmission of PRS to the UE,

wherein the PRS configuration specifies, based on the configuration of the DRX mode of the UE, a plurality of PRS occasions of at least one PRS resource that at least partially overlaps an active state of the DRX mode.

12. The location server of claim 11 , further comprising means for configuring the plurality of PRS occasions based on maximizing an overlap with the active state of the DRX mode.

13. The location server of claim 11 , further comprising:

means for configuring the UE to measure the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource regardless of active or inactive states of the DRX mode.

14. The location server of claim 11 , further comprising:

means for configuring the UE to measure a portion of the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource that overlaps the active state of the DRX mode.

15. The location server of claim 11 , wherein the second base station is the base station serving the UE.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a location server, cause the location server to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode or a base station serving the UE, a configuration of the DRX mode; and

transmit, to a second base station, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration to use for transmission of PRS to the UE,

wherein the PRS configuration specifies, based on the configuration of the DRX mode of the UE, a plurality of PRS occasions of at least one PRS resource that at least partially overlaps an active state of the DRX mode.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise at least one instruction that, when executed by the location server, causes the location server to:

configure the plurality of PRS occasions based on maximizing an overlap with the active state of the DRX mode.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise at least one instruction that, when executed by the location server, causes the location server to:

configure the UE to measure the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource regardless of active or inactive states of the DRX mode.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise at least one instruction that, when executed by the location server, causes the location server to:

configure the UE to measure a portion of the plurality of PRS occasions of the at least one PRS resource that overlaps the active state of the DRX mode.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the second base station is the base station serving the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; OPSHAUG, GUTTORM RINGSTAD; FISCHER, SVEN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 062853/0479 →
Priority Claims (1)
GR 20190100348 · Aug 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16795399 · Feb 19, 2020
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