IP Library Granted Patent US 12,267,802
Granted Patent B2
US 12,267,802 · App. 17/754,818 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Positioning method using sidelink, and device therefor

Inventors: Jongseob Baek (Seoul, KR); Woosuk Ko (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W64/00H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 12,267,802
App. No.
17/754,818
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a positioning method using a sidelink, and a device. According to one aspect, a method of performing positioning through a sidelink by a vehicle terminal can comprise the steps of: receiving a request positioning reference signal (PRS) from a positioning terminal; determining the positioning terminal-based direction angle on the basis of the request PRS; determining a response PRS ID corresponding to the request PRS ID of a request RRS, on the basis of the determined direction angle; and transmitting a response PRS corresponding to the determined response PRS ID. The vehicle terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another vehicle terminal, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.

Claims (37)

1. A method performed by a first user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a first reference signal (RS) related to positioning from a second UE;

determining an orientation angle based on the second UE, based on the first RS;

determining a second ID, wherein the second ID is an ID of a second RS pre-mapped to a first ID of the first RS based on the determined orientation angle; and

transmitting the second RS to the second UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the orientation angle is determined based on an angle of arrival (AoA) that is an incident angle measured for the first RS based on local coordinates or global coordinates.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

when the local coordinates are used,

receiving information on a heading angle of the second UE from the second UE;

determining an AoA offset based on a heading angle of the first UE and the heading angle of the second UE; and

correcting the determined orientation angle based on the AoA offset.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second ID is selected from an ID group according to a predetermined orientation angle RS muting rule.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the orientation angle RS muting rule defines an orientation angle range allocated for each ID of the ID group.

6. The positioning method of claim 5 , wherein the orientation angle RS muting rule defines different orientation angle ranges for respective ID groups.

7. A first user equipment (UE) comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

a processor connected to the RF transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a first reference signal (RS) related to positioning from a second UE;

determine an orientation angle based on the second UE, based on the first RS;

determine a second ID, wherein the second ID is an ID of a second RS pre-mapped to a first ID of the first RS based on the determined orientation angle; and

transmit the second RS to the second UE.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the orientation angle based on an angle of arrival (AoA) that is an incident angle measured for the first RS based on local coordinates or global coordinates.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein, when the local coordinates are used by the processor, the processor is further configured to:

receive information on a heading angle of the second UE from the second UE;

determine an AoA offset based on a heading angle of the first UE and the heading angle of the second UE; and

correct the determined orientation angle based on the AoA offset.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the second ID is selected from an ID group according to a predetermined orientation angle RS muting rule.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the orientation angle RS muting rule defines an orientation angle range allocated for each ID of the ID group.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the orientation angle RS muting rule defines different orientation angle ranges for respective ID groups.

13. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, UE related to autonomous driving vehicle, a base station, or a network.

14. A processor for performing positioning through sidelink, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations for a vehicle terminal,

wherein the operations include:

receiving a first reference signal (RS) related to positioning from a second UE;

determining an orientation angle based on the second UE, based on the first RS;

determining a second ID, wherein the second ID is an ID of a second RS pre-mapped to a first ID of the first RS based on the determined orientation angle; and

transmitting the second RS to the second UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2022
From: BAEK, JONGSEOB; KO, WOOSUK; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 059584/0803 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0142298 · Nov 8, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0142312 · Nov 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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