Granted Patent B2

US 12,342,417 · App. 17/360,642 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Inventors: Ye Si (Dongguan, CN); Peng Sun (Dongguan, CN); Wei Bao (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04W8/08H04W64/00H04W74/0833H04W76/25

Abstract

Claims (70)

1. A positioning method, applied to a terminal and comprising:

receiving configuration information; and

determining, in an idle state or an inactive state based on the configuration information, whether to enter a connected state at a preset moment to complete a positioning procedure, wherein

the determining, based on the configuration information, whether to enter the connected state at the preset moment comprises:

detecting whether a detection condition in the configuration information is met at the preset moment; and

if the detection condition is met, skipping entering the connected state, wherein

the detection condition comprises:

a change amount between a current location measurement amount of the terminal and a location measurement amount during the previous positioning being no more than a first preset threshold; wherein

the location measurement amount comprises: a reference signal time difference (RSTD) in observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning, or reference signal received power (RSRP) in OTDOA positioning; wherein

after the determining, based on the configuration information, whether to enter the connected state at the preset moment, the method further comprises:

reporting indication information, in a case that it is determined not to enter the connected state, wherein the indication information comprises one of:

first indication information indicating that the terminal does not move;

second indication information indicating location difference information of the terminal; and

third indication information indicating a difference value of positioning measurement information of the terminal; wherein

the reporting indication information comprises:

sending the indication information by using a data packet in inactive state.

2. The positioning method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset moment comprises a period corresponding to a periodic event or time of arrival of a maximum reporting interval corresponding to a trigger event.

3. The positioning method according to claim 2 , wherein the trigger event is triggered based on the time of arrival of the maximum reporting interval.

4. The positioning method according to claim 2 , wherein the trigger event comprises an area event or a motion event, the area event and the motion event correspond to respective maximum reporting intervals.

5. The positioning method according to claim 1 , wherein after the detecting whether the detection condition in the configuration information is met, the method further comprises:

if the detection condition is not met, entering the connected state to complete the positioning procedure.

6. The positioning method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information comprises one indication bit; and the second indication information or the third indication bit comprises N indication bits, and N is an integer greater than 1.

7. The positioning method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving configuration information comprises:

receiving the configuration information by using non-access stratum (NAS) signaling.

8. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program that is stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to perform:

receiving configuration information; and

determining, in an idle state or an inactive state based on the configuration information, whether to enter a connected state at a preset moment to complete a positioning procedure; and

the program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to perform:

detecting whether a detection condition in the configuration information is met at the preset moment; and

if the detection condition is met, skipping entering the connected state, wherein

the detection condition comprises:

a change amount between a current location measurement amount of the terminal and a location measurement amount during the previous positioning being no more than a first preset threshold; wherein

the location measurement amount comprises: a reference signal time difference (RSTD) in observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning, or reference signal received power (RSRP) in OTDOA positioning; and

the program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to further perform:

reporting indication information, in a case that it is determined not to enter the connected state, wherein the indication information comprises one of:

first indication information indicating that the terminal does not move;

second indication information indicating location difference information of the terminal; and

third indication information indicating a difference value of positioning measurement information of the terminal; and

the program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to perform:

sending the indication information by using a data packet in the inactive state.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to further perform:

if the detection condition is not met, entering the connected state to complete the positioning procedure.

10. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to perform:

receiving the configuration information by using non-access stratum (NAS) signaling.

11. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the preset moment comprises a period corresponding to a periodic event or time of arrival of a maximum reporting interval corresponding to a trigger event.

12. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the trigger event is triggered based on the time of arrival of the maximum reporting interval.

13. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the trigger event comprises an area event or a motion event, the area event and the motion event correspond to respective maximum reporting intervals.

14. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the first indication information comprises one indication bit; and the second indication information or the third indication bit comprises N indication bits, and N is an integer greater than 1.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor of a terminal, causes the processor to perform:

receiving configuration information; and

determining, in an idle state or an inactive state based on the configuration information, whether to enter a connected state at a preset moment to complete a positioning procedure; and

the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform:

detecting whether a detection condition in the configuration information is met at the preset moment; and

if the detection condition is met, skipping entering the connected state, wherein

the detection condition comprises:

a change amount between a current location measurement amount of the terminal and a location measurement amount during the previous positioning being no more than a first preset threshold; wherein

the location measurement amount comprises: a reference signal time difference (RSTD) in observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning, or reference signal received power (RSRP) in OTDOA positioning; and

the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to further perform:

reporting indication information, in a case that it is determined not to enter the connected state, wherein the indication information comprises one of:

first indication information indicating that the terminal does not move;

second indication information indicating location difference information of the terminal; and

third indication information indicating a difference value of positioning measurement information of the terminal; and

the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform:

sending the indication information by using a data packet in the inactive state.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to further perform:

if the detection condition is not met, entering the connected state to complete the positioning procedure.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the preset moment comprises a period corresponding to a periodic event or time of arrival of a maximum reporting interval corresponding to a trigger event.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the trigger event is triggered based on the time of arrival of the maximum reporting interval.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the trigger event comprises an area event or a motion event, the area event and the motion event correspond to respective maximum reporting intervals.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the first indication information comprises one indication bit; and the second indication information or the third indication bit comprises N indication bits, and N is an integer greater than 1.

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