Granted Patent B2

US 12,382,327 · App. 17/481,837 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA); Dan Vassilovski (Del Mar, CA); Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Arthur Gubeskys (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W24/10G01S5/0072H04L5/0051H04W28/26H04W72/0446H04W92/18

Abstract

Claims (117)

1. A method of operating a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a set of resources for transmission of two or more sidelink positioning reference signals (PRSs), the two or more PRSs comprising at least one sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE; and

transmitting a sidelink control message to reserve the set of resources for the transmission of the two or more sidelink PRSs.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE, and

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise at least one sidelink PRS for transmission by at least a second UE.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the sidelink control message comprises at least one identifier associated with at least a second UE, or

wherein the sidelink control message comprises an identifier associated with a position estimation procedure that is based at least in part on the two or more sidelink PRSs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the set of resources is based upon one or more sidelink control messages from one or more other UEs, one or more PRS measurements, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink control message indicates whether the two or more sidelink PRSs are to be transmitted by the first UE, by at least a second UE, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink control message is transmitted in the same slot as some or all of the set of resources.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink control message is transmitted in a different slot than the set of resources.

8. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the set of resources is part of a pool of resources associated with sidelink PRS transmission, and

wherein the sidelink control message is transmitted on a control resource that is separate from the pool of resources.

9. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS and a second sidelink PRS, and

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) on the set of resources, or

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are time division multiplexed (TDMed) on the set of resources, or

any combination thereof.

10. A method of operating a second user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a first UE, a sidelink control message to reserve a set of resources for transmission of two or more sidelink positioning reference signals (PRSs), the two or more sidelink PRSs comprising at least one sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE; and

communicating at least one of the two or more sidelink PRSs in accordance with the sidelink control message.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE, and

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a second sidelink PRS for transmission by the second UE.

12. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the sidelink control message comprises at least one identifier associated with at least the second UE, or

wherein the sidelink control message comprises an identifier associated with a position estimation procedure that is based at least in part on the two or more PRSs, or

any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sidelink control message indicates whether the two or more sidelink PRSs are to be transmitted by the first UE, by at least a second UE, or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sidelink control message is received in the same slot as some or all of the set of resources.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sidelink control message is received in a different slot than the set of resources.

16. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the set of resources is part of a pool of resources associated with sidelink PRS transmission, and

wherein the sidelink control message is received on a control resource that is separate from the pool of resources.

17. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS and a second sidelink PRS, and

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) on the set of resources, or

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are time division multiplexed (TDMed) on the set of resources, or

any combination thereof.

18. A method of operating a third user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a first UE, a sidelink control message to reserve a set of resources for transmission of one or more sidelink positioning reference signals (PRSs), wherein the one or more sidelink PRSs are between a group of UEs that comprises the first UE and at least a second UE and does not include the third UE; and

determining whether a transmission by the third UE that interferes with the one or more sidelink PRSs on some or all of the set of resources is permitted based on the sidelink control message.

19. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the determination comprises a first determination that no transmission by the third UE is permitted on a first resource associated with sidelink PRS transmission by at least the second UE, or

wherein the determination comprises a second determination that transmission by the third UE is permitted on a second resource associated with sidelink PRS transmission by the first UE based on one or more criteria, or

wherein the determination comprises a third determination that transmission by the third UE is not permitted on the second resource based on the one or more criteria, or

a combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the one or more criteria comprises a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter.

21. The method of claim 19 ,

wherein the second determination is based on a measured RSRP associated with the second resource being less than an RSRP threshold, and

wherein the third determination is based on the measured RSRP associated with the second resource not being less than the RSRP threshold.

22. A first user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

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

determine a set of resources for transmission of two or more sidelink positioning reference signals (PRSs), the two or more PRSs comprising at least one sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE; and

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, a sidelink control message to reserve the set of resources for the transmission of the two or more sidelink PRSs.

23. The first UE of claim 22 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE, or

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise at least one sidelink PRS for transmission by at least a second UE.

24. The first UE of claim 23 ,

wherein the sidelink control message comprises at least one identifier associated with at least a second UE, or

wherein the sidelink control message comprises an identifier associated with a position estimation procedure that is based at least in part on the two or more sidelink PRSs.

25. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the determination of the set of resources is based upon one or more sidelink control messages from one or more other UEs, one or more PRS measurements, or a combination thereof.

26. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the sidelink control message indicates whether the two or more sidelink PRSs are to be transmitted by the first UE, by at least a second UE, or a combination thereof.

27. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the sidelink control message is transmitted in the same slot as some or all of the set of resources.

28. The first UE of claim 22 , wherein the sidelink control message is transmitted in a different slot than the set of resources.

29. The first UE of claim 28 ,

wherein the set of resources is part of a pool of resources associated with sidelink PRS transmission, and

wherein the sidelink control message is transmitted on a control resource that is separate from the pool of resources.

30. The first UE of claim 22 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS and a second sidelink PRS, and

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) on the set of resources, or

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are time division multiplexed (TDMed) on the set of resources, or

any combination thereof.

31. A second user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

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

receive, via the at least one transceiver, from a first UE, a sidelink control message to reserve a set of resources for transmission of two or more sidelink positioning reference signals (PRSs), the two or more sidelink PRSs comprising at least one sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE; and

communicate, via the at least one transceiver, at least one of the two or more sidelink PRSs in accordance with the sidelink control message.

32. The second UE of claim 31 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS for transmission by the first UE, and

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a second sidelink PRS for transmission by the second UE.

33. The second UE of claim 32 ,

wherein the sidelink control message comprises at least one identifier associated with at least the second UE, or

wherein the sidelink control message comprises an identifier associated with a position estimation procedure that is based at least in part on the two or more PRSs, or

any combination thereof.

34. The second UE of claim 31 , wherein the sidelink control message indicates whether the two or more sidelink PRSs are to be transmitted by the first UE, by at least a second UE, or a combination thereof.

35. The second UE of claim 31 , wherein the sidelink control message is received in the same slot as some or all of the set of resources.

36. The second UE of claim 31 , wherein the sidelink control message is received in a different slot than the set of resources.

37. The second UE of claim 36 ,

wherein the set of resources is part of a pool of resources associated with sidelink PRS transmission, and

wherein the sidelink control message is received on a control resource that is separate from the pool of resources.

38. The second UE of claim 31 ,

wherein the two or more sidelink PRSs comprise a first sidelink PRS and a second sidelink PRS, and

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are frequency division multiplexed (FDMed) on the set of resources, or

wherein the first sidelink PRS and the second sidelink PRS are time division multiplexed (TDMed) on the set of resources, or

any combination thereof.

39. A third user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

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

receive, via the at least one transceiver, from a first UE, a sidelink control message to reserve a set of resources for transmission of one or more sidelink positioning reference signals (PRSs), wherein the one or more sidelink PRSs are associated with between a group of UEs that comprises the first UE and at least a second UE and does not include the third UE; and

determine whether a transmission by the third UE that interferes with the one or more sidelink PRSs on some or all of the set of resources is permitted based on the sidelink control message.

40. The third UE of claim 39 ,

wherein the determination comprises a first determination that no transmission by the third UE is permitted on a first resource associated with sidelink PRS transmission by at least the second UE, or

wherein the determination comprises a second determination that transmission by the third UE is permitted on a second resource associated with sidelink PRS transmission by the first UE based on one or more criteria, or

wherein the determination comprises a third determination that transmission by the third UE is not permitted on the second resource based on the one or more criteria, or

a combination thereof.

41. The third UE of claim 40 , wherein the one or more criteria comprises a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter.

42. The third UE of claim 40 ,

wherein the second determination is based on a measured RSRP associated with the second resource being less than an RSRP threshold, and

wherein the third determination is based on the measured RSRP associated with the second resource not being less than the RSRP threshold.

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