IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,149
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,149 · App. 18/512,889 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Signaling consideration for new radio positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments

Inventors: Yih-Hao Lin (San Diego, CA); Srinivas Yerramalli (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Lorenzo Ferrari (Castro Valley, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Marwen Zorgui (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/0041H04L5/001H04L5/0048H04L5/0098H04W64/003
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Patent No.
US 12,425,149
App. No.
18/512,889
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

Claims (48)

1. An apparatus for determining positioning, comprising:

at least one memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the apparatus for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

receive, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a timing error tolerance preference.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration from a base station.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the preferences or the processing capabilities of the apparatus is based on one or more algorithms the apparatus is able to use for processing the one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments.

10. A method of determining positioning, comprising:

transmitting, via a transceiver of a user equipment, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the user equipment for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

receiving, via the transceiver, a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

determining one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a timing error tolerance preference.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving, via the transceiver, a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration from a base station.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the preferences or the processing capabilities of the user equipment is based on one or more algorithms the user equipment is able to use for processing the one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments.

19. An apparatus for determining positioning, comprising:

at least one memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration for signaling consideration transmitted by a user equipment, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the user equipment for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

determine a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

provide, via the transceiver, the positioning configuration indicating the disjoint bandwidth segments to the user equipment for the user equipment to determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is a timing error tolerance preference.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the plurality of frequency layers form a plurality of groups of frequency layers, a frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers being noncontiguous with a group of the plurality of groups of frequency layers.

26. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to provide a request for the preferred bandwidth configuration to the user equipment.

27. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the at least one of the preferences or the processing capabilities of the apparatus is based on one or more algorithms the apparatus is able to use for processing the one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments.

28. A method of determining positioning, comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration for signaling consideration transmitted by a user equipment, the preferred bandwidth configuration indicating at least one of preferences or processing capabilities of the user equipment for processing one or more sets of disjoint bandwidth segments;

determining a positioning configuration indicating disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration; and

providing, via the transceiver, the positioning configuration indicating the disjoint bandwidth segments to the user equipment for the user equipment to determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

29. The method of claim 28 , wherein the preferred bandwidth configuration is at least one of a bandwidth combination preference that includes a list of preferred carrier bands, a numerology preference that includes comb and symbol information across frequency layers, or a timing error tolerance preference.

30. The method of claim 28 , wherein the disjoint bandwidth segments include a plurality of frequency layers, and wherein each frequency layer of the plurality of frequency layers are noncontiguous from each other frequency layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2023
From: LIN, YIH-HAO; YERRAMALLI, SRINIVAS; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; FERRARI, LORENZO; AKKARAKARAN, SONY; ZORGUI, MARWEN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 065687/0389 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17393184 · Aug 3, 2021
Provisional Application 63063933 · Aug 10, 2020
Related Publication 20240089041A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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