IP Library Granted Patent US 12,411,201
Granted Patent B2
US 12,411,201 · App. 17/854,274 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Positioning method, apparatus, and system

Inventors: Mengting Liu (Beijing, CN); Su Huang (Shanghai, CN); Junren Chang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G01S5/0036G01S5/0236H04L5/0051H04W64/00
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Patent No.
US 12,411,201
App. No.
17/854,274
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positioning method includes: a location management device obtains a plurality of assistance data from one or more access network devices, where each assistance data includes one or more groups of mapping relationships corresponding to one or more preset angles, and each group of mapping relationships includes a mapping relationship between each of one or more PRS resource identifiers and power information corresponding to each PRS resource identifier at a corresponding preset angle; the location management device obtains, from a terminal device, power information corresponding to one or more PRS resource identifiers at each of a plurality of to-be-measured angles; and the location management device positions the terminal device based on the plurality of assistance data and the power information.

Claims (30)

1. A method implemented by a location management device and comprising:

obtaining assistance data from access network devices, wherein the assistance data comprise groups of mapping relationships corresponding to preset angles, wherein each of the groups corresponds to one of the preset angles, and wherein each of the groups comprises at least two mapping relationships between one of a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resource identifiers and power information at a corresponding preset angle;

obtaining, from a terminal device, first power information corresponding to a first PRS resource identifier, wherein the first PRS resource identifier corresponds to a to-be-measured angle; and

positioning the terminal device based on the assistance data and the first power information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first power information comprises a power value corresponding to the first PRS resource identifier at a corresponding to-be-measured angle.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first power information comprises a value that is based on compression of the power value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power information comprises a value relative to a reference power value, and wherein the reference power value is a largest power value corresponding to the PRS resource identifiers.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first power information comprises a value relative to a reference power value.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the power value comprises a radiated power value or a received power value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PRS resource identifiers are all PRS resources that need to be measured at the corresponding preset angle.

8. A communications apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

obtain assistance data from access network devices, wherein the assistance data comprise groups of mapping relationships corresponding to preset angles, wherein each of the groups corresponds to one of the preset angles, and wherein each of the groups comprises at least two mapping relationships between one of a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resource identifiers and power information at a corresponding preset angle; and

obtain, from a terminal device, first power information corresponding to a first PRS resource identifier, wherein the first PRS resource identifier corresponds to a to-be-measured angle; and

one or more processors configured to position the terminal device based on the assistance data and the first power information.

9. The communications apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first power information comprises a power value corresponding to the first PRS resource identifier at a corresponding to-be-measured angle.

10. The communications apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first power information comprises a value that is based on compression of the power value.

11. The communications apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the power information comprises a value relative to a reference power value, and wherein the reference power value is a largest power value corresponding to the PRS resource identifiers.

12. The communications apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first power information comprises a value relative to a reference power value.

13. The communications apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the power value comprises a radiated power value or a received power value.

14. The communications apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the PRS resource identifiers are all PRS resources that need to be measured at the corresponding preset angle.

15. A computer program product comprising instructions that are stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a communications apparatus to:

obtain assistance data from access network devices, wherein the assistance data comprise groups of mapping relationships corresponding to preset angles, wherein each of the groups corresponds to one of the preset angles, and wherein each of the groups comprises at least two mapping relationships between one of a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resource identifiers and power information at a corresponding preset angle;

obtain, from a terminal device, first power information corresponding to a first PRS resource identifier, wherein the first PRS resource identifier corresponds to a to-be-measured angle; and

position the terminal device based on the assistance data and the first power information.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the first power information comprises a power value corresponding to the first PRS resource identifier at a corresponding to-be-measured angle.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the first power information comprises a value that is based on compression of the power value.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the power information comprises a value relative to a reference power value, and wherein the reference power value is a largest power value corresponding to the PRS resource identifiers.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the first power information comprises a value relative to a reference power value.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the PRS resource identifiers are all PRS resources that need to be measured at the corresponding preset angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2022
From: LIU, MENGTING; HUANG, SU; CHANG, JUNREN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019130989 · Dec 31, 2019
Related Publication 20220334212A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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