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US 12,389,366 · App. 18/471,115 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Systems and methods to facilitate location determination by beamforming of a positioning reference signal

Inventors: Stephen William Edge (Escondido, CA); Sven Fischer (Nuremberg, DE); Rayman Pon (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
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Patent No.
US 12,389,366
App. No.
18/471,115
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are provided for positioning of a mobile device in a wireless network using directional positioning reference signals (PRS), also referred to as PRS beamforming. In an example method, a plurality of directional PRSs are generated for at least one cell for a base station, such that each of the plurality of directional PRSs comprises at least one signal characteristic and a direction of transmission, either or both of which may be distinct or unique. The plurality of directional PRSs is transmitted within the at least one cell, such that each of the plurality of directional PRSs is transmitted in the direction of transmission. A mobile device may acquire and measure at least one of the directional PRSs which may be identified using the associated signal characteristic. The measurement may be used to assist position methods such as OTDOA and ECID and to mitigate multipath.

Claims (35)

1. A first base station, for supporting positioning of a mobile device, comprising:

a memory;

a transmitter; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the memory and the transmitter and configured to:

obtain at least one first signal characteristic of a first directional positioning reference signal (PRS), and a first direction of transmission of the first directional PRS, to be transmitted by the first base station;

produce a second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS by producing the second directional PRS to have at least one second signal characteristic that is different from the at least one first signal characteristic and to have a second direction of transmission that is different from the first direction of transmission;

transmit, via the transmitter, the first directional PRS in the first direction of transmission and the second directional PRS in the second direction of transmission; and

obtain at least one measurement from the mobile device for the first directional PRS based on assistance data for the first directional PRS as a line of sight directional PRS and no assistance data for the second directional PRS as a non-line of sight PRS.

2. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to produce the second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS by producing the second directional PRS such that the second directional PRS and the first directional PRS have different frequencies, or different frequency shifts, or different code sequences, or different muting patterns, or different transmission times, or any combination of any two or more thereof.

3. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the first direction of transmission and the second direction of transmission comprises a respective range of horizontal angles, or a respective range of vertical angles, or a combination thereof.

4. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to send, via the transmitter to the mobile device, the at least one second signal characteristic of the second directional PRS.

5. A method, at a first base station, for supporting positioning of a mobile device, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one first signal characteristic of a first directional positioning reference signal (PRS), and a first direction of transmission of the first directional PRS, to be transmitted by the first base station;

producing a second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS by producing the second directional PRS to have at least one second signal characteristic that is different from the at least one first signal characteristic and to have a second direction of transmission that is different from the first direction of transmission;

transmitting, via a transmitter, the first directional PRS in the first direction of transmission and the second directional PRS in the second direction of transmission; and

obtaining at least one measurement from the mobile device for the first directional PRS based on assistance data for the first directional PRS as a line of sight directional PRS and no assistance data for the second directional PRS as a non-line of sight PRS.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein producing the second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS comprises producing the second directional PRS such that the second directional PRS and the first directional PRS have different frequencies, or different frequency shifts, or different code sequences, or different muting patterns, or different transmission times, or any combination of any two or more thereof.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the first direction of transmission and the second direction of transmission comprises a respective range of horizontal angles, or a respective range of vertical angles, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising sending, from the first base station to the mobile device, the at least one second signal characteristic of the second directional PRS.

9. A first base station, for supporting positioning of a mobile device, comprising:

means for obtaining at least one first signal characteristic of a first directional positioning reference signal (PRS), and a first direction of transmission of the first directional PRS, to be transmitted by the first base station;

means for producing a second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS by producing the second directional PRS to have at least one second signal characteristic that is different from the at least one first signal characteristic and to have a second direction of transmission that is different from the first direction of transmission;

means for transmitting the first directional PRS in the first direction of transmission and the second directional PRS in the second direction of transmission; and

means for obtaining at least one measurement from the mobile device for the first directional PRS based on assistance data for the first directional PRS as a line of sight directional PRS and no assistance data for the second directional PRS as a non-line of sight PRS.

10. The first base station of claim 9 , wherein the means for producing the second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS comprise means for producing the second directional PRS such that the second directional PRS and the first directional PRS have different frequencies, or different frequency shifts, or different code sequences, or different muting patterns, or different directions of transmission from the first base station, or any combination of any two or more thereof.

11. The first base station of claim 9 , first direction of transmission and the second direction of transmission comprises a respective range of horizontal angles, or a respective range of vertical angles, or a combination thereof.

12. The first base station of claim 9 , further comprising means for sending, to the mobile device, the at least one second signal characteristic of the second directional PRS.

13. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors of a first base station to support the positioning of a mobile device, comprising:

code for obtaining at least one first signal characteristic of a first directional positioning reference signal (PRS), and a first direction of transmission of the first directional PRS, to be transmitted by the first base station;

code for producing a second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS by producing the second directional PRS to have at least one second signal characteristic that is different from the at least one first signal characteristic and to have a second direction of transmission that is different from the first direction of transmission;

code for transmitting the first directional PRS in the first direction of transmission and the second directional PRS in the second direction of transmission; and

code for obtaining at least one measurement from the mobile device for the first directional PRS based on assistance data for the first directional PRS as a line of sight directional PRS and no assistance data for the second directional PRS as a non-line of sight PRS.

14. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the code for producing the second directional PRS that is unique relative to the first directional PRS-comprises code for producing the second directional PRS such that the second directional PRS and the first directional PRS have different frequencies, or different frequency shifts, or different code sequences, or different muting patterns, or different transmission times, or any combination of any two or more thereof.

15. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein each of the first direction of transmission and the second direction of transmission comprises a respective range of horizontal angles, or a respective range of vertical angles, or a combination thereof.

16. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising code for sending, to the mobile device, the at least one second signal characteristic of the second directional PRS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2023
From: EDGE, STEPHEN WILLIAM; FISCHER, SVEN; PON, RAYMAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 17743431 · May 12, 2022
Continuation 16782119 · Feb 5, 2020
Continuation 15866538 · Jan 10, 2018
Provisional Application 62538952 · Jul 31, 2017
Related Publication 20240023059A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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