IP Library Granted Patent US 12,426,004
Granted Patent B2
US 12,426,004 · App. 18/027,856 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Prs resource indication method and apparatus in sidelink communication, storage medium and terminal

Inventor: Meng Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
H04W64/00H04L5/0051H04W72/1263H04W72/25
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Patent No.
US 12,426,004
App. No.
18/027,856
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) resource indication method and apparatus in sidelink communication, a storage medium and a terminal are provided. The method includes: sending resource indication information to a receiving User Equipment (UE), to enable the receiving UE to acquire a target position of a PRS resource based on the resource indication information and preset information to receive a PRS at the target position; wherein the resource indication information indicates a position of the PRS resource and/or a position of a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) resource, and the preset information includes at least a relationship between the PSSCH resource and the PRS resource.

Claims (27)

1. A Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) resource indication method in sidelink communication, comprising:

sending resource indication information to a receiving User Equipment (UE), to enable the receiving UE to acquire a target position of a PRS resource based on the resource indication information and preset information to receive a PRS at the target position;

wherein the resource indication information indicates a position of the PRS resource, and the preset information comprises at least a relationship between a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) resource and the PRS resource,

the resource indication information indicates a frequency domain position of the PRS resource, and each frequency domain position comprises a frequency domain starting position, and

the resource indication information indicates the frequency domain position of the PRS resource by a preset number of bits.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset information is configured by high-layer signaling which comprises at least one of Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol (LPP), Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control Element (MAC-CE), PC5-RRC signaling, or PC5-MAC-CE.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource indication information is carried by SCI.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the SCI comprises first stage SCI and/or second stage SCI.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the position of the PSSCH resource and the position of the PRS resource are consecutive.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein there is a preset offset between the position of the PSSCH resource and the position of the PRS resource.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

send resource indication information to a receiving User Equipment (UE), to enable the receiving UE to acquire a target position of a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) resource based on the resource indication information and preset information to receive a PRS at the target position;

wherein the resource indication information indicates a position of the PRS resource, and the preset information comprises at least a relationship between a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) resource and the PRS resource,

the resource indication information indicates a frequency domain position of the PRS resource, and each frequency domain position comprises a frequency domain starting position, and

the resource indication information indicates the frequency domain position of the PRS resource by a preset number of bits.

8. A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

send resource indication information to a receiving User Equipment (UE), to enable the receiving UE to acquire a target position of a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) resource based on the resource indication information and preset information to receive a PRS at the target position;

wherein the resource indication information indicates a position of the PRS resource, and the preset information comprises at least a relationship between a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) resource and the PRS resource,

the resource indication information indicates a frequency domain position of the PRS resource, and each frequency domain position comprises a frequency domain starting position, and

the resource indication information indicates the frequency domain position of the PRS resource by a preset number of bits.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the preset information is configured by high-layer signaling which comprises at least one of Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol (LPP), Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control Element (MAC-CE), PC5-RRC signaling, or PC5-MAC-CE.

10. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the resource indication information is carried by SCI.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the SCI comprises first stage SCI and/or second stage SCI.

12. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the position of the PSSCH resource and the position of the PRS resource are consecutive.

13. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein there is a preset offset between the position of the PSSCH resource and the position of the PRS resource.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 7 , wherein the preset information is configured by high-layer signaling which comprises at least one of Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol (LPP), Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Medium Access Control Element (MAC-CE), PC5-RRC signaling, or PC5-MAC-CE.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 7 , wherein the resource indication information is carried by SCI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: ZHANG, MENG
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011008792.9 · Sep 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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