CN112769531A

CN112769531A - Configuration method and device of positioning reference signal

Info

Publication number: CN112769531A
Application number: CN201911073271.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 司晔; 邬华明; 王园园
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-05
Filing date: 2019-11-05
Publication date: 2021-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-05
Also published as: WO2021088705A1; CN112769531B

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a device for configuring a positioning reference signal, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The configuration method of the positioning reference signal is applied to a terminal and comprises the following steps: acquiring repeated configuration information of a positioning reference signal, and receiving the positioning reference signal according to the repeated configuration information; the repetition configuration information comprises first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and the unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources in a unit of time slot or symbol. The technical scheme of the invention can improve the flexibility of PRS configuration and improve the utilization rate of resources.

Description

Configuration method and device of positioning reference signal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for configuring a positioning reference signal.

Background

For Downlink (DL) Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) based on New Radio (NR) system, PRS supports maximum 100M transmission in Frequency Range 1(Frequency Range, FR1) and maximum 400M transmission in Frequency Range 2(Frequency Range, FR 2). The NR PRS Bandwidth configuration is independent of a Bandwidth part (BWP) configuration, and when the PRS Bandwidth is larger than the BWP Bandwidth, a supporting terminal (UE) measures the PRS using a Measurement Gap (Measurement Gap).

In the related art, 2 parameters of a downlink PRS resource repetition factor 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' and a downlink PRS resource time interval 'DL-PRS-resource time gap' are introduced, wherein the DL-PRS-resource repetition factor is used for controlling the number of times of repetition of DL PRS resources (resources), and resource IDs of the repeated DL PRS resources are the same. 'DL-PRS-ResourceTimeGap' indicates the interval between 2 repeated DL PRS resources, and the unit is slot, so that the current 'DL-PRS-ResourceTimeGap' defines that the repeated DL PRS resources can only be located on different slots, which limits the repeated DL PRS resources not to be located on the same slot, greatly limits the flexibility of PRS configuration, and also causes great waste of resources.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a positioning reference signal configuration method and device, which can improve the flexibility of PRS configuration and improve the utilization rate of resources.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring a positioning reference signal, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

acquiring the repeated configuration information of the positioning reference signal,

receiving the positioning reference signal according to the repeated configuration information;

the repetition configuration information comprises first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and the unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources in a unit of time slot or symbol.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring a positioning reference signal, which is applied to a network device, and includes:

configuring repeated configuration information of a positioning reference signal for a terminal, wherein the repeated configuration information comprises first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and the unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources as a time slot or a symbol.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring a positioning reference signal, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the repeated configuration information of the positioning reference signal;

a receiving module, configured to receive the positioning reference signal according to the repeated configuration information;

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a configuration apparatus for a positioning reference signal, which is applied to a network side device, and includes:

a configuration module, configured to configure, for a terminal, repetition configuration information of a positioning reference signal, where the repetition configuration information includes first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and a unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources as a time slot or a symbol.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, where the communication device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and running on the processor, and when the processor executes the computer program, the processor implements the steps of the method for configuring the positioning reference signal as described above.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the configuration method for positioning reference signals as described above are implemented.

In the above scheme, the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources may be a symbol, so that the repeated downlink positioning reference signal resources may be located on the same time slot, which may enhance the coverage of the positioning reference signal, may improve the flexibility of downlink positioning reference signal configuration, further avoid the waste of resources, and may improve the utilization rate of resources.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a mobile communication system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applicable;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a positioning reference signal of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a positioning reference signal of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of a terminal of an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 shows a block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the invention can be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In the description and in the claims "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects.

The techniques described herein are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) systems, and may also be used for various wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. CDMA systems may implement Radio technologies such as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), and so on. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) and other CDMA variants. TDMA systems may implement radio technologies such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM). The OFDMA system may implement radio technologies such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), evolved-UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16(WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are parts of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). LTE and higher LTE (e.g., LTE-A) are new UMTS releases that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "third Generation Partnership Project" (3 GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "third generation partnership project 2" (3GPP 2). The techniques described herein may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes the NR system for purposes of example, and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, although the techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications.

The following description provides examples and does not limit the scope, applicability, or configuration set forth in the claims. Changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements discussed without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Various examples may omit, substitute, or add various procedures or components as appropriate. For example, the described methods may be performed in an order different than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 may also be referred to as a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), where the terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device), or a vehicle-mounted Device, and the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. The network-side device 12 may be a Base Station or a core network, wherein the Base Station may be a 5G or later-version Base Station (e.g., a gNB, a 5G NR NB, etc.), or a Base Station in other communication systems (e.g., an eNB, a WLAN access point, or other access points, etc.), or a location server (e.g., an E-SMLC or an lmf (location Manager function)), wherein the Base Station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio Base Station, a radio Transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or some other suitable terminology in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary, and it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The base stations may communicate with the terminals 11 under the control of a base station controller, which may be part of the core network or some of the base stations in various examples. Some base stations may communicate control information or user data with the core network through a backhaul. In some examples, some of the base stations may communicate with each other, directly or indirectly, over backhaul links, which may be wired or wireless communication links. A wireless communication system may support operation on multiple carriers (waveform signals of different frequencies). A multi-carrier transmitter can transmit modulated signals on the multiple carriers simultaneously. For example, each communication link may be a multi-carrier signal modulated according to various radio technologies. Each modulated signal may be transmitted on a different carrier and may carry control information (e.g., reference signals, control channels, etc.), overhead information, data, and so on.

The base station may communicate wirelessly with the terminal 11 via one or more access point antennas. Each base station may provide communication coverage for a respective coverage area. The coverage area of an access point may be divided into sectors that form only a portion of the coverage area. A wireless communication system may include different types of base stations (e.g., macro, micro, or pico base stations). The base stations may also utilize different radio technologies, such as cellular or WLAN radio access technologies. The base stations may be associated with the same or different access networks or operator deployments. The coverage areas of different base stations (including coverage areas of base stations of the same or different types, coverage areas utilizing the same or different radio technologies, or coverage areas belonging to the same or different access networks) may overlap.

The communication link in the wireless communication system may include an Uplink for carrying Uplink (UL) transmission (e.g., from the terminal 11 to the network side device 12) or a Downlink for carrying Downlink (DL) transmission (e.g., from the network side device 12 to the terminal 11). The UL transmission may also be referred to as reverse link transmission, while the DL transmission may also be referred to as forward link transmission. Downlink transmissions may be made using licensed frequency bands, unlicensed frequency bands, or both. Similarly, uplink transmissions may be made using licensed frequency bands, unlicensed frequency bands, or both.

For Downlink (DL) Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) based on New Radio (NR) system, PRS supports maximum 100M transmission in FR1 and maximum 400M transmission in FR 2. The NR PRS Bandwidth configuration is independent of a Bandwidth part (BWP) configuration, and when the PRS Bandwidth is larger than the BWP Bandwidth, a supporting terminal (UE) measures the PRS using a Measurement Gap (Measurement Gap).

PRS supports beamforming, so that a concept of PRS resource (resource) is introduced, and PRS resource Identification (ID) may correspond to 1 beam of 1 Transmission Reception Point (TRP). The 1 or more PRS resources may form a 1 PRS resource set (set), or 1 or more PRS resources may be included in the 1 PRS resource set. One TRP may contain 1 or more PRS resources. Meanwhile, in order to increase audibility of the UE, PRS beam scanning and PRS beam repetition are supported. In addition, PRS Reference neighbor cell Reference Signals (RSs) are supported as spatial Quasi Co-located (QCL) Reference signals.

The PRS supports interlaced patterns (patterns) and flexible pattern configurations. The comb (comb) structure of the PRS resource can support at least {2,4,6 }; the number of symbols (symbol) can support at least {2,4,6 }. Currently, comb structures have not been excluded from {1,8,12 }; the symbol number has not been excluded {1,3,8,12 }.

In the related art, 2 parameters of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' and 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' are introduced, wherein the DL-PRS-resource repetition factor is used for controlling the number of times of DL PRS resource repetition, and the value can be 1,2,4,6,8,16, 32. The resource IDs of the repeated DL PRS resources are the same.

'DL-PRS-ResourceTimeGap' denotes the interval between 2 repeated DL PRS resources, and can take values of 1,2,4,6,8,16,32, in slots. This parameter is only provided to the UE if 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' is configured and takes a value greater than 1. The time span of 1 PRS resource set containing repeated DL PRS resources should not exceed the periodicity of the DL PRS.

In order to reduce the interference of inter-cell DL PRS, Long Term Evolution (LTE) introduces a PRS muting (muting) mechanism. When the PRS frequency domain positions of 2 cells are the same, the network side may configure the PRS of one of the neighboring cells to mute (i.e., not send any signal) within a certain period of time, so that the UE may be guaranteed to accurately receive the PRS signal of another cell without being interfered by the inter-cell.

NR redefines the configuration of the mutes, specifically:

the PRS muting can be configured at 'DL PRS resource set' level, can be represented by a bitmap (bitmap), and supports the following options (Option):

option 1: every 1bit in the bitmap corresponds to 1 or more consecutive periods of DL PRS resource set, whether muted. The 1 st bit may indicate whether 1 or more periods starting from the DL PRS resource set are muted, the 2 nd bit indicates whether 1 or more periods following the DL PRS resource set are muted, and so on. When this bit is set to 0, the UE can consider all DL PRS resources muted during this time.

Option 2: the length of the bitmap is equal to 'DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor'. A bit in a Bitmap represents whether a resource in a plurality of repeated DL PRS resources is muted or not.

The current 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' defines that the repeated DL PRS resources can only be on different slots, which limits that the repeated DL PRS resources can not be on the same slot, and greatly limits the flexibility of PRS configuration. Meanwhile, considering a special case, when the network configures only 1 resource in the PRS resource set, if the resource is configured to be repeated, according to the current conclusion, the repetition of 1 resource will occupy resources of multiple slots (the number of slots occupied is equal to the retransmission factor), which causes a great waste of resources.

In order to solve the above problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for configuring a positioning reference signal, which can improve flexibility of PRS configuration and improve utilization rate of resources.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring a positioning reference signal, which is applied to a terminal, and as shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

step 101: acquiring repeated configuration information of a positioning reference signal;

step 102: receiving the positioning reference signal according to the repeated configuration information;

In this embodiment, the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources may be a symbol, so that the repeated downlink positioning reference signal resources may be located on the same time slot, which may enhance coverage of the positioning reference signal, may improve flexibility of downlink positioning reference signal configuration, further avoid waste of resources, and may improve utilization rate of resources.

The network side device may be a Location server, such as a Location Management Function (LMF) entity, and the network side device may carry the reconfiguration information through LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) signaling.

The resource identifiers of the repeated N positioning reference signal resources are the same, and N is the repetition times of the positioning reference signal resources indicated by the network side equipment.

When the unit of the offset is a symbol, the value of the offset does not exceed the number of symbols contained in one time slot.

Optionally, the number of symbols or the number of slots of an interval between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources is S, and the offset value is S or S + 1.

If the unit of the offset is a symbol, then

If the repeated y-th positioning reference signal resource is located in the nth time slot, at least one part of the repeated y + x-th positioning reference signal resource derived according to the offset exceeds the range of the nth time slot, y + x is an integer which is greater than 1 and less than or equal to N, x and y are both positive integers, N is the repetition number of the positioning reference signal resource indicated by the network side equipment, and the position of the y + x-th positioning reference signal resource adopts any one of the following rules:

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the first symbol of the m-th time slot;

a first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is a kth symbol of the m-th time slot, and k is a symbol position of the first symbol of the (y) th positioning reference signal resource configured by the network side device in the nth time slot;

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the jth symbol of the mth time slot, and j is the symbol position of the starting symbol of the 1 st positioning reference signal resource configured by the network side equipment in the time slot in which the starting symbol is located;

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the ith symbol of the mth time slot, and i is the symbol position of the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource derived according to the offset in the mth time slot, for example, the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource derived according to the offset occupies the 3rd and 4 th symbols of the mth time slot, and the value of i is 3; more specifically, assuming that the last symbol of the (y + x-1) th repeated positioning reference signal resource is located at the 2 nd last symbol of the nth slot and the offset indicated by the network side is 4 symbols, the 1 st symbol of the (y + x) th repeated positioning reference signal resource is located at the 3rd symbol of the mth slot, that is, the value of i is 3;

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the (a) th symbol of the nth time slot, the last symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the (b) th symbol of the mth time slot, and a and b are the positions of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource derived according to the offset. Specifically, assuming that the number of symbols of each slot is 14, the number of symbols of the positioning reference signal is 4, the last symbol of the (y + x-1) th repeated positioning reference resource is located at the 12 th symbol of the nth slot, and the offset indicated by the network side is 2 symbols, then the 1 st symbol of the (y + x) th repeated positioning reference resource is located at the 14 th symbol of the nth slot, and the last 1 symbol is located at the 3rd symbol of the mth slot.

The first symbol of the positioning reference signal resource may also be referred to as a starting symbol of the positioning reference signal resource. The first symbol of a slot may also be referred to as the starting symbol of the slot.

If y is 1, the repeated y-th positioning reference signal resource is the 1 st positioning reference signal resource. The symbol position of the 1 st positioning reference signal Resource in 1 slot may be determined by a parameter 'DL-PRS-Resource symboloffset' indicated by the network side, where the parameter is used to indicate the position of the starting symbol of the downlink positioning reference signal Resource in the slot (point to starting system of DL PRS Resource with a slot determined by DL-PRS-Resource location offset). The at least a portion of the y + x th positioning reference signal resource exceeding the range of the nth slot includes: one part of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is positioned in the nth time slot, and the other part of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is positioned in the mth time slot; or all of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resources are located in the mth time slot.

Further, the last symbol of the repeated (y + x-1) th positioning reference signal resource does not exceed the range of the nth time slot.

The above rules may be dictated by protocol definitions or network side equipment.

And the mth time slot is a next time slot containing repeated positioning reference signal resources after the nth time slot, and the mth time slot is adjacent to or not adjacent to the nth time slot. More specifically, when the network side indicates that the duplicate configuration information includes the second indication information, the mth time slot is adjacent to the nth time slot. When the network side indicated repeated configuration information includes the first indication information, the mth time slot may be adjacent or not adjacent.

Optionally, when the duplicate configuration information includes the first indication information, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

third indication information indicating an offset between the mth slot and the nth slot.

Receiving the positioning reference signal according to the repetition configuration information includes:

and if the symbol offset indicated by the first indication information in the repeated configuration information is 0 or an integral multiple of the number of the symbols of the time slot, receiving the positioning reference signal according to the third indication information.

Optionally, the number of time slots between consecutive 2 time slots containing the repeated positioning reference signal resource is R, and the value of the time slot offset is equal to R or R + 1.

If the repeated positioning reference signal resource does not exceed one time slot, the repeated configuration information does not include the third indication information or the value of the time slot offset indicated by the third indication information is 0. Wherein the description may be indicated by a protocol convention or a network side device.

If the repeated configuration information does not include the third indication information, the N repeated positioning reference signal resources are located in a plurality of continuous time slots; or in the same time slot. Wherein the description may be indicated by a protocol convention or a network side device.

Optionally, when the repetition configuration information includes the first indication information, the repetition configuration information does not include the third indication information, and the N repeated positioning reference signal resources are located in consecutive multiple time slots or the same time slot. In other words, the UE does not expect the network side device to configure the first indication information and the third indication information at the same time. Wherein the description may be indicated by a protocol convention or a network side device.

Optionally, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

and fourth indication information indicating a number of repetitions of positioning reference signal resources within one slot N1, where N1 is an integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to N.

In a specific example, none of the N1 repeated positioning reference signal resources within a time slot exceed the time slot.

If the ratio of N to N1 is greater than 1, the number of slots occupied by N repeated positioning reference signal resources is equal to ceil (N/N1).

Optionally, N is an integer multiple of N1.

The above description may be indicated by protocol convention or network side equipment.

Further, in a case that the duplicate configuration information includes second indication information, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

and fifth indication information for indicating an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources.

Optionally, N repeated positioning reference signal resources are all located in the same time slot, where N is the number of times of repetition of the positioning reference signal resources indicated by the network side device.

Wherein the value of the timeslot offset indicated by the repeated configuration information that does not include the third indication information or the third indication information is 0. The above description may be indicated by protocol convention or network side equipment.

The first indication information, the second indication information, the third indication information, the fourth indication information, and the fifth indication information may be indicated by a protocol definition or a network side device.

The resource identifications (DL PRS resource IDs) of the repeated N positioning reference signal resources are the same, where N is the number of times of repetition of the positioning reference signal resources indicated by the network side device.

Optionally, the acquiring the repeated configuration information of the positioning reference signal includes:

and receiving an LPP signaling of the network side equipment, wherein the LPP signaling carries the repeated configuration information.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for configuring a positioning reference signal, which is applied to a network side device, as shown in fig. 3, and includes:

step 201: configuring repeated configuration information of a positioning reference signal for a terminal, wherein the repeated configuration information comprises first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and the unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources as a time slot or a symbol.

If the unit of the offset is a symbol, then

If y is 1, the repeated y-th positioning reference signal resource is the 1 st positioning reference signal resource. The symbol position of the 1 st positioning reference signal resource in 1 slot may be determined by a parameter 'DL-PRS-ResourceSymbolOffset' indicated by the network side, where the parameter is used to indicate the position of the starting symbol of the downlink positioning reference signal resource in the slot. The at least a portion of the y + x th positioning reference signal resource exceeding the range of the nth slot includes: one part of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is positioned in the nth time slot, and the other part of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is positioned in the mth time slot; or all of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resources are located in the mth time slot.

Optionally, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

Optionally, N is an integer multiple of N1.

Optionally, in a case that the duplicate configuration information includes second indication information, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

Wherein the value of the timeslot offset indicated by the repeated configuration information that does not include the third indication information or the third indication information is 0.

Optionally, the configuring the repeated configuration information of the positioning reference signal for the terminal includes:

and sending the repeated configuration information to the terminal through LPP signaling.

The technical solution of the present invention is further described below with reference to specific examples.

Example one

In this embodiment, a network side device configures a parameter 'DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor' to indicate the number of repetitions of DL PRS resource; meanwhile, the network side equipment configures a parameter 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource TimeGap' for indicating the symbol offset between repeated DL PRS resources, namely the first indication information, the unit of the parameter 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource TimeGap' is a symbol (symbol), and the value of the symbol is not more than the number of symbols contained in 1 slot. Specifically, the value of the parameter 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resourcetiegap' may be:

at least one of the above-mentioned (a),

indicating the number of symbols contained in 1 slot. Wherein, the value of 1 indicates that the repeated DL PRS resources are adjacent or spaced by 1 symbol, the value of 2 indicates that the repeated DL PRS resources are adjacent with 1 symbol or spaced by 2 symbols, the value of L indicates that the repeated DL PRS resources are adjacent with L-1 symbol or spaced by L symbols, and so on.

And the DL PRS resource IDs of the repeated DL PRS resources are the same.

Further, the symbol offset between the repeated DL PRS resources may also be expressed as a symbol offset of the repeated DL PRS resources within one slot.

If the repeated xth resource derived by the UE according to the parameters configured by the network side device just crosses the slot boundary, the method includes: the case where part of the resource is in the current slot and part is in the next slot; and in case that all the resources are located in the next slot, the UE shall assume that the xth resource is sent according to any one of the following rules:

(1) starting symbol transmission at the next slot;

(2) transmitting symbols at the same position of the next slot and the first DL PRS resource symbol configured by the network side equipment;

(3) if the xth resource obtained by the UE according to the parameters just completely falls into the next slot, sending the resource according to the deduced position;

(4) if the xth resource obtained by the UE according to the above parameters is just on the slot boundary, that is, a part of the xth resource is in the current slot, and another part is in the next slot, the resource is sent from the starting symbol of the next slot, or the resource is sent from the symbol with the same position as the DL PRS resource symbol configured by the network side device in the next slot.

Wherein x < ═ value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor'. The current slot may or may not be adjacent to the next slot. The current slot and the next slot are two consecutive slots containing repeated positioning reference signal resources.

The rules may be dictated by protocol conventions or by the network side.

Further, the interval between repeated PRS resources in the next slot still follows the indication of the parameter 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource timegap', and meanwhile, if there is a PRS resource crossing the slot boundary, the PRS resource is still transmitted according to the above rule.

Further, the network side may also configure a parameter 'DL-PRS-resourcetiegap' to indicate an offset between consecutive 2 slots containing the repeated DL PRS resource, that is, third indication information, where the unit of the offset is a slot. The offset value of 1 indicates that 2 continuous slots containing repeated DL PRS resource are adjacent or spaced by 1 slot; the offset value of 2 indicates that 2 continuous slots containing repeated DL PRS resource are adjacent at intervals of 1 slot or adjacent at intervals of 2 slots; the offset value is M, which indicates that continuous 2 slots containing repeated DL PRS resource are adjacent at intervals of M-1 slots or adjacent at intervals of M slots; and so on.

Further, if the repeated PRS resources do not exceed 1 slot, that is, the repeated PRS resources are all located in the same slot, the network side does not configure 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' or configures the value of 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' to be 0. Or, the network side does not configure the 'DL-PRS-resourcetieggap' when configuring the 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resourcetieggap', in other words, the UE does not expect the network side to configure the 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resourcetieggap' and the 'DL-PRS-resourcetieggap' at the same time.

In a specific example, if the plurality of repeated DL PRS resources exceeds 1 slot, consecutive slots containing the repeated DL PRS resources are adjacent.

Example two

In this embodiment, the repeated PRS resources do not exceed 1 slot, that is, the repeated PRS resources are all located in the same slot. The last 1 symbol of the repeated Nth PRS resource obtained by the UE according to the parameters configured by the network side does not exceed the boundary of the slot, namely the index of the last 1 symbol of the Nth PRS resource does not exceed the boundary of the slot

The index is a symbol index in a time slot, wherein N is a value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor'.

Further, the network side can configure 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' to be 0. Or the network side does not configure the 'DL-PRS-ResourceTimeGap' when configuring the 'intra-slot DL-PRS-ResourceTimeGap'. In other words, the UE does not expect the network to configure 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource timegap' and 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' at the same time.

If the last 1 symbol of the repeated Nth resource obtained by the UE according to the parameters configured by the network does not exceed the slot boundary, then:

for comb-2 resources, the value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' may be: 1,2,3 … 7.

For comb-4 resources, the value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' may be: 1,2,3.

For comb-6 resources, the value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' may be: 1,2.

For comb-12 resources, the value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' may be: 1.

thus, the value of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' may comprise: 3,5, 7.

EXAMPLE III

In this embodiment, the network side device further configures a parameter 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' for indicating the number of times that the DL PRS resource repeats in one slot, that is, the fourth indication information.

Further, the UE obtains the last 1 symbol of the PRS resource repeated in 1 slot according to the parameters 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource timegap' and 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' configured on the network side, so as not to exceed the boundary of the slot.

Further, the value of 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' is a factor of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor', or 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' is an integer multiple of 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor'.

Further, the network side may configure a parameter 'DL-PRS-resourcetiegap' at the same time to indicate an offset between 2 consecutive slots containing repeated DL PRS resource, and the network side configures the parameter only when a ratio of 'DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor' to 'intra-slot DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor' is greater than 1. The network side may not directly indicate the 'inter-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' of the PRS resource in the slot, and the UE may calculate the 'inter-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' of the PRS resource in the slot according to the parameter 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' configured by the network side and the 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor', and the calculation formula is:

inter-slot DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor＝DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor/intra-slot DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor。

in a specific example, the network side does not explicitly indicate the parameter 'DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor', but indicates the parameters 'intra-slot DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor' and 'inter-slot DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor'. The UE calculates the total repetition times of DL PRS resource according to the parameters 'inter-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' and 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' configured on the network side, and the calculation formula is as follows:

DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor＝inter-slotDL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFac tor*intra-slot DL-PRS-ResourceRepetitionFactor

further, the network side may also configure a multicasting bitmap, where the multicasting bitmap may also represent one of the following:

(1) the length of the Bitmap is equal to 'intra-slot repetition factor', and when each bit of the Bitmap corresponds to DL PRS resource and repeats in a slot, the repetition index in the slot is obtained.

(2) The length of the Bitmap is equal to 'inter-slot repetition factor', and when each bit of the Bitmap corresponds to DL PRS resource and repeats in slots, the repetition index in the slots is obtained.

(3) The 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' configured on the network side can be at least one of 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7.

Example four

In this embodiment, the network side configures a parameter 'repetition type', which is used to indicate whether a unit of the parameter 'DL-PRS-resourcetiegap' is 'slot' or 'symbol', and the size is 1bit, and corresponds to the second indication information, and the 'DL-PRS-resourcetiegap' corresponds to the fifth indication information. If the 'repetition type' is configured to be 'true (1)', indicating that the unit of 'DL-PRS-ResourceTimeGap' is slot; if the configuration 'repetition type' is 'false (0)', the unit of 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' is indicated to be symbol. Alternatively, the reverse is also possible.

Further, if the 'repetition type' indicates that the unit of 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' is 'symbol':

the value of 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' does not exceed the number of symbols contained in 1 slot. Specifically, the value of the parameter 'intra-slot DL-PRS-resourcetiegap' may be:

at least one of the above-mentioned (a),

(1) starting symbol transmission at the next slot;

The rules may be dictated by protocol conventions or by the network side.

In a specific example, the last 1 symbol of the repeated nth PRS resource obtained by the UE according to the parameters configured on the network side may not exceed the boundary of the slot, that is, when the unit of 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' is limited to symbol, the repeated N PRS resources are repeated only within 1 slot.

Wherein N is the value of DL-PRS-resource repetition factor,

alternatively, the value range of 'DL-PRS-resource repetition factor' may be extended to {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,16,32 }.

The value range of 'DL-PRS-resource timegap' can be extended to {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,16,32 }.

As shown in fig. 4, the terminal 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a positioning reference signal configuration device, which can implement the positioning reference signal configuration method according to the above embodiments and achieve the same effect, and the terminal 300 specifically includes the following functional modules:

an obtaining module 310, configured to obtain repeated configuration information of a positioning reference signal;

a receiving module 320, configured to receive the positioning reference signal according to the repeated configuration information;

If the unit of the offset is a symbol, then

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the jth symbol of the mth time slot, and j is the symbol position of the first symbol of the 1 st positioning reference signal resource configured by the network side equipment in the time slot where the first symbol is located;

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the ith symbol of the m-th time slot, and i is the symbol position of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource first symbol in the m-th time slot derived according to the offset;

the first symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the (a) th symbol of the nth time slot, the last symbol of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is the (b) th symbol of the mth time slot, and a and b are the positions of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource derived according to the offset.

If y is 1, the repeated y-th positioning reference signal resource is the 1 st positioning reference signal resource. The at least a portion of the y + x th positioning reference signal resource exceeding the range of the nth slot includes: one part of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is positioned in the nth time slot, and the other part of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resource is positioned in the mth time slot; or all of the (y + x) th positioning reference signal resources are located in the mth time slot.

In a specific example, the last symbol of the repeated (y + x-1) th positioning reference signal resource does not exceed the range of the nth time slot.

And the mth time slot is a next time slot containing repeated positioning reference signal resources after the nth time slot, and the mth time slot is adjacent to or not adjacent to the nth time slot.

Optionally, the receiving module 320 is specifically configured to receive the positioning reference signal according to the third indication information if a symbol offset indicated by the first indication information in the repetition configuration information is 0 or an integer multiple of a slot symbol number.

If the repeated positioning reference signal resource does not exceed one time slot, the repeated configuration information does not include the third indication information or the value of the time slot offset indicated by the third indication information is 0.

When the repeated configuration information includes the first indication information, the repeated configuration information does not include the third indication information, and the N repeated positioning reference signal resources are located in a plurality of consecutive time slots; or in the same time slot.

Optionally, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

and fourth indication information indicating the number of repetitions of positioning the reference signal resource in one slot N1.

Optionally, the obtaining module 310 is specifically configured to receive an LPP signaling of the network side device, where the LPP signaling carries the repeated configuration information.

To better achieve the above object, further, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the terminal 40 includes but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 41, network module 42, audio output unit 43, input unit 44, sensor 45, display unit 46, user input unit 47, interface unit 48, memory 49, processor 410, and power supply 411. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal structure shown in fig. 5 is not intended to be limiting and that the terminal may contain more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor 410 is configured to obtain repetition configuration information of a positioning reference signal, and receive the positioning reference signal according to the repetition configuration information;

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 41 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message sending and receiving process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 410; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, the radio frequency unit 41 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 41 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 42, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

The audio output unit 43 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 41 or the network module 42 or stored in the memory 49 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 43 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 40 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 43 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 44 is for receiving an audio or video signal. The input Unit 44 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 441 and a microphone 442, and the Graphics processor 441 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 46. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 441 may be stored in the memory 49 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 41 or the network module 42. The microphone 442 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 41 in case of the phone call mode.

The terminal 40 also contains at least one sensor 45, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 461 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 461 and/or the backlight when the terminal 40 moves to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensor 45 may also include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, etc., which will not be described herein.

The display unit 46 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 46 may include a Display panel 461, and the Display panel 461 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 47 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 47 includes a touch panel 471 and other input devices 472. The touch panel 471, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 471 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory). The touch panel 471 can include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 410, receives a command from the processor 410, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 471 can be implemented by various types, such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. The user input unit 47 may include other input devices 472 in addition to the touch panel 471. Specifically, the other input devices 472 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a track ball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein again.

Further, the touch panel 471 can be overlaid on the display panel 461, and when the touch panel 471 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 471, the touch panel transmits the touch operation to the processor 410 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 410 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 461 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 471 and the display panel 461 are shown as two separate components in fig. 5, in some embodiments, the touch panel 471 and the display panel 461 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, and are not limited herein.

The interface unit 48 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 40. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 48 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from external devices and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal 40 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal 40 and external devices.

The memory 49 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 49 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. In addition, the memory 49 may comprise high speed random access memory, and may also comprise non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 410 is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 49 and calling data stored in the memory 49, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal. Processor 410 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 410 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 410.

The terminal 40 may further comprise a power supply 411 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and preferably, the power supply 411 may be logically connected to the processor 410 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the terminal 40 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, which includes a processor 410, a memory 49, and a computer program stored in the memory 49 and capable of running on the processor 410, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 410, implements each process of the above-mentioned configuration method for positioning reference signals, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition. A terminal may be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal, and a wireless terminal may be a device providing voice and/or other service data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. Wireless terminals, which may be mobile terminals such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones) and computers having mobile terminals, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices, may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), which may exchange language and/or data with the RAN. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). A wireless Terminal may also be referred to as a system, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (Remote Station), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a User Terminal (User Terminal), a User Agent (User Agent), and a User Device or User Equipment (User Equipment), which are not limited herein.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the above-mentioned method for configuring a positioning reference signal at a terminal side, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

As shown in fig. 6, a network-side device 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a positioning reference signal configuration apparatus, which can implement the positioning reference signal configuration method in the foregoing embodiments and achieve the same effect, and the network-side device 600 specifically includes the following functional modules:

a configuration module 610, configured to configure, for a terminal, repetition configuration information of a positioning reference signal, where the repetition configuration information includes first indication information or second indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and a unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources as a time slot or a symbol.

If the unit of the offset is a symbol, then

In a case that the repetition configuration information includes first indication information, the repetition configuration information does not include the third indication information, and N repeated positioning reference signal resources are located in a plurality of consecutive slots; or in the same time slot.

Optionally, the duplicate configuration information further includes:

Optionally, the configuration module 610 is specifically configured to send the duplicate configuration information to the terminal through LPP signaling.

It should be noted that the division of each module of the network side device and the terminal is only a division of a logical function, and all or part of the actual implementation may be integrated into one physical entity, or may be physically separated. And these modules can be realized in the form of software called by processing element; or may be implemented entirely in hardware; and part of the modules can be realized in the form of calling software by the processing element, and part of the modules can be realized in the form of hardware. For example, the configuration module may be a processing element that is separately set up, or may be implemented by being integrated into a chip of the apparatus, or may be stored in a memory of the apparatus in the form of program code, and the function of the above determination module is called and executed by a processing element of the apparatus. Other modules are implemented similarly. In addition, all or part of the modules can be integrated together or can be independently realized. The processing element described herein may be an integrated circuit having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, each step of the above method or each module above may be implemented by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor element or an instruction in the form of software.

For example, the above modules may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above methods, such as: one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), or one or more microprocessors (DSPs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), etc. For another example, when some of the above modules are implemented in the form of a Processing element scheduler code, the Processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or other processor that can invoke the program code. As another example, these modules may be integrated together, implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

In order to better achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network-side device, where the network-side device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, and when the processor executes the computer program, the steps in the configuration method for positioning reference signals described above are implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Specifically, the embodiment of the invention also provides a network side device. As shown in fig. 7, the network side device 700 includes: an antenna 71, a radio frequency device 72, a baseband device 73. The antenna 71 is connected to a radio frequency device 72. In the uplink direction, the rf device 72 receives information via the antenna 71 and sends the received information to the baseband device 73 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 73 processes information to be transmitted and transmits the information to the rf device 72, and the rf device 72 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 71.

The above-mentioned band processing means may be located in the baseband device 73, and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 73, where the baseband device 73 includes a processor 74 and a memory 75.

The baseband device 73 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 7, where one of the chips, for example, the processor 74, is connected to the memory 75 to call up the program in the memory 75 to perform the network-side device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The baseband device 73 may also include a network interface 76, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), for exchanging information with the rf device 72.

The processor may be a single processor or a combination of multiple processing elements, for example, the processor may be a CPU, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the method performed by the above network-side device, for example: one or more microprocessors DSP, or one or more field programmable gate arrays FPGA, or the like. The storage element may be a memory or a combination of a plurality of storage elements.

The memory 75 may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may contain both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a Read-only memory (ROM), a programmable Read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable Read-only memory (erasabprom, EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable Read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a Random Access Memory (RAM) which functions as an external cache. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (staticiram, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (syncronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (EnhancedSDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (synchlink DRAM, SLDRAM), and direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 75 described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Specifically, the network side device of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: a computer program stored on the memory 75 and executable on the processor 74, the processor 74 calling the computer program in the memory 75 to execute the method performed by each module shown in fig. 6.

Specifically, the computer program, when being invoked by the processor 74, may be configured to configure, for the terminal, repetition configuration information of the positioning reference signal, where the repetition configuration information includes first indication information or second indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate an offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources, and a unit of the offset is a symbol; the second indication information is used for indicating the offset between two adjacent repeated positioning reference signal resources as a time slot or a symbol.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method for configuring a positioning reference signal applied to a network-side device as described above are implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention or a part of the technical solution that substantially contributes to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and contains instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network-side device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium comprises: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Furthermore, it is to be noted that in the device and method of the invention, it is obvious that the individual components or steps can be decomposed and/or recombined. These decompositions and/or recombinations are to be regarded as equivalents of the present invention. Also, the steps of performing the series of processes described above may naturally be performed chronologically in the order described, but need not necessarily be performed chronologically, and some steps may be performed in parallel or independently of each other. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or any of the steps or elements of the method and apparatus of the present invention may be implemented in any computing device (including processors, storage media, etc.) or network of computing devices, in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof, which can be implemented by those skilled in the art using their basic programming skills after reading the description of the present invention.

Thus, the objects of the invention may also be achieved by running a program or a set of programs on any computing device. The computing device may be a general purpose device as is well known. The object of the invention is thus also achieved solely by providing a program product comprising program code for implementing the method or the apparatus. That is, such a program product also constitutes the present invention, and a storage medium storing such a program product also constitutes the present invention. It is to be understood that the storage medium may be any known storage medium or any storage medium developed in the future. It is further noted that in the apparatus and method of the present invention, it is apparent that each component or step can be decomposed and/or recombined. These decompositions and/or recombinations are to be regarded as equivalents of the present invention. Also, the steps of executing the series of processes described above may naturally be executed chronologically in the order described, but need not necessarily be executed chronologically. Some steps may be performed in parallel or independently of each other.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a positioning reference signal is applied to a terminal, and the method comprises the following steps:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the unit of the offset is a symbol, the value of the offset does not exceed the number of symbols included in one slot.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station to the mobile station,

if the unit of the offset is a symbol, then

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the last symbol of the repeated (y + x-1) th positioning reference signal resource does not exceed the range of the nth slot.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the mth slot is a next slot after the nth slot and contains repeated positioning reference signal resources, and the mth slot is adjacent to or not adjacent to the nth slot.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 3, wherein if the repetition configuration information includes the first indication information, the repetition configuration information further includes:

and third indication information, configured to indicate an offset between an mth time slot and an nth time slot, where the mth time slot is a next time slot after the nth time slot and includes a repeated positioning reference signal resource.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the positioning reference signal according to the repetition configuration information comprises:

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station to the mobile station,

if the repeated positioning reference signal resource does not exceed one time slot, the repeated configuration information does not include third indication information or the value of the time slot offset indicated by the third indication information is 0, the third indication information is used for indicating the offset between the mth time slot and the nth time slot, and the mth time slot is the next time slot including the repeated positioning reference signal resource after the nth time slot.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning reference signal is transmitted from the base station to the mobile station,

when the repeated configuration information comprises first indication information, the repeated configuration information does not contain third indication information, and N repeated positioning reference signal resources are positioned in a plurality of continuous time slots; or the third indication information is located in the same time slot, and the third indication information is used for indicating the offset between the mth time slot and the nth time slot, wherein the mth time slot is the next time slot containing repeated positioning reference signal resources after the nth time slot.

10. The method according to claim 3, wherein the repeated configuration information further comprises:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the symbols of the N1 repeated positioning reference signal resources in a time slot do not exceed the time slot.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the number of slots occupied by the N repeated positioning reference signal resources is equal to ceil (N/N1).

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein in case that the repetition configuration information includes second indication information, the repetition configuration information further includes:

14. The method of claim 1, wherein N repeated positioning reference signal resources are all located in the same timeslot, where N is the number of repetitions of the positioning reference signal resource indicated by the network side device.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the repeated configuration information does not include third indication information or a value of a slot offset indicated by the third indication information is 0, the third indication information is used to indicate an offset between an mth slot and an nth slot, and the mth slot is a slot that is next after the nth slot and includes a repeated positioning reference signal resource.

16. The method for configuring positioning reference signal according to any of claims 1-15, wherein the resource identifiers of the repeated N positioning reference signal resources are the same, where N is the number of times of repetition of the positioning reference signal resources indicated by the network side device.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the repeated configuration information of the positioning reference signal comprises:

and receiving a long term evolution system positioning protocol (LPP) signaling of network side equipment, wherein the LPP signaling carries the repeated configuration information.

18. A configuration method of a positioning reference signal is applied to a network side device, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein when the unit of the offset is a symbol, the value of the offset does not exceed the number of symbols included in one slot.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein if the unit of the offset is symbol, then

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the last symbol of the repeated (y + x-1) th positioning reference signal resource does not exceed the range of the nth slot.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the mth slot is a next slot after the nth slot and contains repeated positioning reference signal resources, and the mth slot is adjacent to or not adjacent to the nth slot.

23. The method according to claim 18 or 20, wherein if the repetition configuration information includes the first indication information, the repetition configuration information further includes:

24. The method of configuring positioning reference signals according to claim 18,

25. The method of configuring positioning reference signals according to claim 18,

if the repeated configuration information includes the first indication information, the repeated configuration information does not include the third indication information, and then the N repeated positioning reference signal resources are located in a plurality of consecutive time slots; or the third indication information is located in the same time slot, and the third indication information is used for indicating the offset between the mth time slot and the nth time slot, wherein the mth time slot is the next time slot containing repeated positioning reference signal resources after the nth time slot.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the repeated configuration information further comprises:

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the symbols of the N1 repeated positioning reference signal resources in a time slot do not exceed the time slot.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the number of slots occupied by the N repeated positioning reference signal resources is equal to ceil (N/N1).

29. The method according to claim 18, wherein in case that the repetition configuration information includes second indication information, the repetition configuration information further includes:

30. The method of claim 18, wherein N repeated positioning reference signal resources are all located in the same timeslot, where N is the number of repetitions of the positioning reference signal resource indicated by the network side device.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the repetition configuration information does not include third indication information or a value of a slot offset indicated by the third indication information is 0, wherein the third indication information is used to indicate an offset between an mth slot and an nth slot, and the mth slot is a slot that is next after the nth slot and includes a repeated positioning reference signal resource.

32. The method of any one of claims 18 to 31, wherein the resource identifiers of N repeated positioning reference signal resources are the same, where N is the number of times of repetition of the positioning reference signal resources indicated by the network side device.

33. The method according to claim 18, wherein the configuring the terminal with the repeated configuration information of the positioning reference signal comprises:

and sending the repeated configuration information to the terminal through a long term evolution system positioning protocol (LPP) signaling.

34. A configuration device of positioning reference signals, applied to a terminal, includes:

35. A configuration device of positioning reference signals is applied to network side equipment, and is characterized by comprising:

36. A communication device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of the method for configuring positioning reference signals according to any one of claims 1 to 33 when executing the computer program.

37. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium has stored thereon a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for configuring positioning reference signals according to any one of claims 1 to 33.