CN114365534A

CN114365534A - Information processing method, communication device, and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114365534A
Application number: CN201980100179.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 史桢宇; 黄甦; 王艺; 吴艺群
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-12
Filing date: 2019-10-12
Publication date: 2022-04-15
Also published as: WO2021068263A1

Abstract

An information processing method, the method comprising: the terminal equipment generates indication information, wherein the indication information comprises first configuration information; the terminal device sends the first configuration information to a network device, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the identifier of the terminal device; and the identifier of the terminal equipment is distributed by the core network side. The terminal equipment sends an uplink reference signal to the network equipment, wherein the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information; and the network equipment sends positioning information and the first configuration information to positioning equipment. Through the indication of the first configuration information, the positioning device can accurately distinguish the terminal to which the positioning information belongs, thereby realizing accurate positioning in the RRC idle or inactive state and when the terminal identification is fuzzy.

Description

Information processing method, communication device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information processing method, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

The network device generally locates the terminal device by observing an Arrival Time Difference (UTDOA) locating method, in which a plurality Of network devices measure the Arrival Time Of an uplink reference signal (e.g., preamble) sent by the terminal and send the Arrival Time to a locating device, so that the locating device locates the terminal device according to the Time Difference between the Arrival times.

The terminal device can also measure the time delay through the uplink reference signal in an idle or inactive state of Radio Resource Control (RRC). However, the terminal device transmits the uplink reference signal omnidirectionally, that is, all network devices located near the location of the terminal may receive the uplink reference signal transmitted by the terminal. Therefore, when the uplink reference signals are all transmitted on the same time-frequency resource, the positioning device cannot accurately identify the identifier of the terminal device according to the positioning signal provided by the network device, and further cannot accurately position the terminal device.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an information processing method, communication equipment and a storage medium, aiming to realize positioning measurement in an RRC idle or inactive state and accurate positioning when a terminal identifier is fuzzy.

In a first aspect, an information processing method is provided. The method may be executed by the terminal device, or may also be executed by a chip configured in the terminal device, which is not limited in this application.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: the terminal equipment generates indication information, wherein the indication information comprises first configuration information; the terminal device sends the first configuration information to a network device, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the identifier of the terminal device; and the identifier of the terminal equipment is distributed by the core network side.

Therefore, through the indication of the first configuration information, the positioning device can accurately distinguish the terminal to which the positioning information belongs, thereby realizing accurate positioning in the RRC idle or inactive state and when the terminal identification is fuzzy.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations, the method further includes: and the terminal equipment sends an uplink reference signal to the network equipment.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations, the uplink reference signal includes a preamble signal.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations, the terminal device sends the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal through a message MsgA.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations, the terminal device sends the first configuration information through a message Msg 3.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations, before the terminal device sends the first configuration information through Msg3, the method further includes: the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to the network device through a message Msg 1; the terminal device receives acknowledgement information RAR from the network device.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations, the first configuration information is carried in a MAC layer; or, the first configuration information is explicitly reported on a physical layer; or, the first configuration information is implicitly reported on a physical layer.

In a second aspect, an information processing method is provided. The method may be performed by a network device, or may also be performed by a chip configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives first configuration information and an uplink reference signal from terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating an identifier of the terminal equipment; the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information; the network equipment sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to positioning equipment; the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal received by the network device from the terminal device are carried in a message MsgA.

In a third aspect, an information processing method is provided. The method may be performed by a network device, or may also be performed by a chip configured in the network device, which is not limited in this application.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives an uplink reference signal from terminal equipment, wherein the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information; the network equipment receives first configuration information from the terminal equipment; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information; the network equipment sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to positioning equipment; the first configuration information received by the network device from the terminal device is carried in a message Msg 3.

In a fourth aspect, an information processing method is provided. The method may be performed by the positioning apparatus, or may also be performed by a chip configured in the positioning apparatus, which is not limited in this application.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: the positioning equipment sends first configuration information to the terminal equipment; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment; the positioning equipment receives positioning information and the first configuration information sent by network equipment; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information.

In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, which is configured to execute the modules, components or circuits of the method provided in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, the module, means or circuitry for performing the method provided in the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a communication device is provided, which is configured to execute the modules, components or circuits of the method provided in the third aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a communication device is provided for executing the module, means or circuits of the method provided in the fourth aspect.

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides a communication device comprising: a transceiver, a processor, a memory, and a bus, the transceiver, the processor, and the memory being respectively connected to the bus, the memory storing program instructions, the processor executing the program instructions to perform the method of the first, second, third, or fourth aspect.

In one possible design, the communication device in the fifth aspect or the sixth aspect or the seventh aspect or the eighth aspect may be a network device, a positioning entity, a terminal, or an LMU, or may be a component (e.g., a chip or a circuit) in the network device, the positioning entity, the terminal, or the LMU.

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first, second, third or fourth aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program for performing the method of the first, second, third or fourth aspect when the computer program is executed by a computer.

In a possible design, the program in the twelfth aspect may be stored in whole or in part on a storage medium packaged with the processor, or in part or in whole on a memory not packaged with the processor.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, including the communication device in the fifth aspect, the sixth aspect, the seventh aspect, and the eighth aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, including the communication device in the above eighth aspect or the ninth aspect.

In the above aspects, through the indication of the first configuration information, the positioning device can accurately distinguish the terminal to which the positioning information belongs, thereby implementing accurate positioning in the RRC idle or inactive state and when the terminal identifier is ambiguous.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of another communication architecture provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of uplink positioning based on a preamble signal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is an interaction flow diagram of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is an interaction flow diagram of another information processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The terminology used in the description of the embodiments section of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments of the present application only and is not intended to be limiting of the present application.

In the present application, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone, wherein A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of the singular or plural items. For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c, may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or multiple.

The embodiment of the application can be applied to a 5G system or a New Radio (NR) system.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication architecture to which the embodiment of the present application can be applied. The communication architecture includes a terminal device (denoted UE in fig. 1), a radio access network (NG-RAN) and a core network.

The core network includes access and mobility management functions (AMFs), Location Management Functions (LMFs), and other functions. The AMF realizes the functions of a gateway and the like, the LMF realizes the functions of a positioning center and the like, and the AMF is connected with the LMF through an NLs interface.

A radio access network (NG-RAN) includes one or more NG-enbs and a gNB. The ng-eNB represents an LTE base station accessed to the 5G core network, and the gNB represents a 5G base station accessed to the 5G core network.

And the ng-eNB and the gNB, or the two ng-eNBs, or the two gNBs communicate through an Xn interface. The Xn interface may also be referred to as the XnAP interface.

The radio access network is connected to the core network via the AMF over the NG-C interface.

The terminal device is connected to the radio access network via the ng-eNB over the LTE-Uu interface. The terminal device may also be connected to the radio access network via the gNB over the NR-Uu interface.

The core network may communicate with the terminal device via the LPP/NRPP protocol.

It should be understood that one or more base stations (including ng-eNB and gNB) may be included in the communication architecture.

It will also be appreciated that one or more terminal devices may be included in the communications architecture, for example comprising one or more terminal device groups (e.g. UE sets as shown in figure 1).

One gNB may send data or control signaling to one or more terminal devices. Multiple gnbs may also transmit data or control signaling for one terminal device at the same time.

The ng-eNB in fig. 1 may also be replaced with a transmission node (TP), such as the TP shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of another communication architecture to which the embodiment of the present application can be applied. The communication architecture includes a terminal device (denoted UE in fig. 2), a radio access network (NG-RAN) and a core network.

The core network comprises functions of AMF, LMF and the like. The AMF realizes the functions of a gateway and the like, the LMF realizes the functions of a positioning center and the like, and the AMF is connected with the LMF through an NLs interface.

Wherein, the gNB includes a Location Management Component (LMC), and the LMC may assume a part of functions of the LMF. In this way, if the part of the LMF function that the LMC can undertake is to be realized, the wireless access network does not need to introduce the 5G core network through the AMF, so that the signaling delay can be reduced.

It will also be appreciated that one or more terminal devices may be included in the communications architecture, for example comprising one or more terminal device groups (e.g. UE sets as shown in figure 2)

The terminal device referred to in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user equipment. The terminal device may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capability, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, etc.

The network device in the embodiments of the present application may be configured to communicate with one or more terminals, and may also be configured to communicate with one or more base stations having partial terminal functions (for example, communication between a macro base station and a micro base station, such as an access point). The Base Station (BS) may be an evolved Node B (eNB) in an LTE system, or a Base station (gNB) in a 5G system, an NR system. In addition, a base station may also be an Access Point (AP), a transport point (TRP), a Central Unit (CU), or other network entity, and may include some or all of the functions of the above network entities. For example, the network device involved in the embodiments of the present application may correspond to the access network device in the communication architecture shown in fig. 1 and 2.

The location management device referred to in the embodiments of the present application denotes a core network device having a location management function, for example, the LMF shown in fig. 1, or the location management device denotes an apparatus that may be placed in an access network device having a location management function, for example, the LMC shown in fig. 2.

In addition, the embodiment of the application can be applied to not only a next generation wireless communication system, namely a 5G communication system, but also other communication systems which may appear in the future and need to carry out transmission direction indication, such as a next generation wifi network, a 5G car networking and the like.

It should be noted that, as the communication system continuously evolves, names of the network elements may change in other systems that may appear in the future, and in this case, the scheme provided in the embodiment of the present application is also applicable.

For convenience of explanation, the LPP positioning protocol is briefly explained below.

An LTE positioning protocol is also defined in the Third Generation Partnership Project Long Term Evolution (3 GPP-LTE) system: lightweight Presentation Protocol (LPP).

The LPP positioning protocol, as a general positioning communication protocol, mainly functions to exchange positioning assistance data and positioning information between a network device and a terminal. It can be used in the control plane as well as in the data plane. The implementation of the control plane, relatively speaking, requires the use of dedicated control channels and significantly increases the cost of the mobile network, since multiple network elements need to be upgraded in software and hardware to support these positioning-related control plane signaling. Thus, the implementation of the user plane is more easily used for business applications

Furthermore, in some LTE communication systems, LPP positioning protocols have supported satellite-based positioning techniques, Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) based positioning techniques, Enhanced Cell ID (E-CID) based positioning techniques, UTDOA based positioning techniques, WiFi based positioning techniques, sensor based positioning techniques, bluetooth based positioning techniques, TBS based positioning techniques, and hybrid positioning techniques thereof.

Fig. 3 shows a main flow chart of uplink positioning based on preamble signals. As shown in fig. 3, the method comprises the following steps:

step 1: first, the UE is in an idle or inactive state.

Step 2: under the contention Access, the UE selects a preamble index on a certain time-frequency resource in a Random Access Channel (RACH) and sends the selected preamble index to a plurality of BSs.

That is, multiple UEs may select the same preamble index and transmit on the same time-frequency resource. Exemplarily, taking two UEs as an example, which are respectively denoted as UE1 and UE2, a preamble index selected by UE1 is preamble1, and it is assumed that preamble1 is sent to BS1 and BS2 on time-frequency resource 1; the preamble index selected by the UE2 is also preamble1, assuming that preamble1 is sent to BS1 and BS2 on time-frequency resource 1.

Step 3: the BSs measure uplink Received Time of Arrival (RTOA) from the Received preamble.

That is, BS1 and BS2 measured the RTOAs of UE1 and UE2 based on preamble 1.

Setp 4: the BSs report the RTOA to Location Management Function (LMF), and the LMF completes Location based on the reported RTOA.

However, for BS1 and BS2, it cannot be determined whether preamble1 belongs to UE1 or UE 2. So that for the LMF, no effective location is achieved based on the received RTOA.

In view of the foregoing problems, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method: the terminal equipment generates indicating information, wherein the indicating information comprises first configuration information; the terminal equipment sends first configuration information to the network equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the identifier of the terminal equipment; the identification of the terminal equipment is distributed by the core network side. And the terminal equipment sends the uplink reference signal to the network equipment. The network equipment receives first configuration information and an uplink reference signal from the terminal equipment, wherein the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information; the positioning information is associated with first configuration information; the network device sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to the positioning device. This is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 4 shows an interaction flow diagram of an information processing method provided by the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the method may include the steps of:

in step 401, the positioning device sends first configuration information to the terminal device. The terminal equipment generates indicating information, wherein the indicating information comprises first configuration information; the first configuration information is used to indicate an identity of the terminal device.

In step 402, the terminal device sends the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal through a message MsgA. The network device receives the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal from the terminal device. The first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment; the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information.

Optionally, the uplink reference signal includes a preamble signal.

Specifically, the terminal device reports the first configuration information in the MsgA manner, including but not limited to one or more of the following manners:

the first configuration information is carried in the MAC layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

the first configuration information is explicitly reported on a physical layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

the first configuration information is implicitly reported in a physical layer.

In one possible embodiment, the first configuration information is carried in the MAC layer. Illustratively, the first configuration information is carried in the MAC layer, and the network device directly receives the first configuration information and reports the received first configuration information and the positioning information to the positioning device.

In another possible implementation, the first configuration information is explicitly reported in the physical layer. Illustratively, the first configuration information is used as an additional parameter, the terminal device reports the first configuration information and the positioning information to the network device, and the network device reports the first configuration information and the positioning information to the positioning device.

In another possible implementation, the first configuration information is implicitly reported in the physical layer. Illustratively, the first configuration information is included in a Random Access RNTI (RA-RNTI) parameter. In LTE, the expression of RA-RNTI is:

RA-RNTI＝1+s_id+14×t_id+14×80×f_id+14×80×8×ul_carrier_id

wherein, s _ id is an index of an OFDM symbol in the RACH;

t _ id is the slot index;

f _ id is an index of a subcarrier of a frequency domain;

ul _ carrier _ id indicates carriers for uplink (0 indicates nul (normal uplink) carrier, and 1 indicates sul (supplemental uplink) carrier).

It can be seen that the value of RA-CNTI is determined by the location of the time-frequency resource where the preamble is transmitted. Adding first configuration information RACH-ID on the basis of these coefficients, such as:

RA-RNTI＝1+s_id+14×t_id+14×80×f_id+14×80×8×ul_carrier_id+14×80×8×2×rach_id

therefore, the network equipment can solve the value of the RACH-ID through the RA-RNTI and then report the value to the positioning equipment together with the positioning information.

In another possible implementation, the first configuration information is implicitly reported in the physical layer. Illustratively, the first configuration information is associated with a preamble index, the original index being randomly selected by the terminal device itself, where the terminal device associates the first configuration information with the preamble index based on its first configuration information. The network equipment detects the index of the leading signal through blind detection, and obtains the association relation between the index and the first configuration information through table lookup. And then, the first configuration information is calculated out and reported to the network equipment together with the positioning information.

In step 403, the network device sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to the positioning device. The positioning device receives positioning information and first configuration information sent by the network device.

By way of example and not limitation, in steps 401 to 403, the UE is a terminal device, the BS is a network device, the LMF is a positioning device, the RACH-ID is first configuration information sent by the LMF to the BS, the preamble signal is an uplink reference signal sent by the UE to the BS, and the RTOA is positioning information generated by the BS. The following illustrates specific implementation manners of steps 401 to 403 through steps 410 to 430.

Step 410 includes: when the UE is in a connected state, the LMF configures RACH-ID for the UE through an LPP protocol layer. Taking two UEs as an example (denoted as UE1 and UE2, respectively), the LMF sends RACH-ID1 to UE1, and the LMF sends RACH-ID2 to UE 2. The UE1 and the UE2 generate indication information, which includes RACH-ID1 and RACH-ID 2.

Step 420 comprises the UE sending a RACH-ID and a preamble via a message MsgA when the UE is in an idle or inactive state. The BS1 and BS2 receive a RACH-ID and a preamble signal, respectively, from a UE, the RACH-ID indicating an identity of the UE; the preamble is used for BS1 and BS2 to generate RTOA; the RTOA associates the RACH-ID.

Optionally, the manner of reporting the RACH-ID by the MSgA has been described in detail in step 402 of the above embodiment, and is not described in detail herein.

Step 430 comprises that the BS reports the RTOA and the RACH-ID to the LMF through a new space Positioning protocol A (NR Positioning protocol A, NRPPa); the RACH-ID and preamble received by the BS from the UE are carried in a message MsgA. The LMF receives RTOA and RACH-ID1 sent by BS1, the LMF receives RTOA and RACH-ID2 sent by BS2, and the LMF distinguishes UE1 and UE2 according to RACH-ID1 and RACH-ID2, so that effective positioning is achieved.

Fig. 5 shows an interaction flow diagram of an information processing method provided by the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the method may include the steps of:

in step 501, a positioning device sends first configuration information to a terminal device. The terminal equipment generates indicating information, wherein the indicating information comprises first configuration information; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment; the identification of the terminal equipment is distributed by the core network side.

In step 502, the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to the network device through the Msg1, where the uplink reference signal is used for the network device to generate positioning information.

Optionally, the uplink reference signal includes a preamble signal.

In step 503, the terminal device receives acknowledgement information RAR from the network device. The network device sends an acknowledgement message RAR to the terminal device.

In step 504, the terminal device sends the first configuration information via message Msg 3. The network device receives first configuration information from the terminal device. The first configuration information received by the network device from the terminal device is carried in message Msg 3. The first configuration information is associated with the positioning information.

Optionally, the terminal device reports the first configuration information in the Msg3 manner, which includes but is not limited to one or more of the following manners:

the first configuration information is carried in a MAC layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

and the first configuration information is explicitly reported on a physical layer.

In step 505, the network device sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to the positioning device. The first configuration information received by the network device from the terminal device is carried in message Msg 3. The positioning device receives positioning information and first configuration information sent by the network device.

By way of example and not limitation, in steps 501 to 505, the UE is a terminal device, the BS is a network device, the LMF is a positioning device, the RACH-ID is first configuration information sent by the LMF to the BS, the preamble signal is an uplink reference signal sent by the UE to the BS, and the RTOA is positioning information generated by the BS. The following describes a specific implementation manner of steps 501 to 505 through steps 510 to 550.

Step 510 includes: when the UE is in a connected state, the LMF configures RACH-ID for the UE through an LPP protocol layer. Taking two UEs as an example (denoted as UE1 and UE2, respectively), the LMF sends RACH-ID1 to UE1, and the LMF sends RACH-ID2 to UE 2. The UE1 and the UE2 generate indication information, the indication information including RACH-ID1 and RACH-ID 2; the UE1 transmits RACH-ID1 to BS1 and BS2 respectively, and the UE2 transmits RACH-ID2 to BS1 and BS2 respectively, wherein the RACH-ID is used for indicating the identity of the UE; the identity of the UE is allocated by the core network side.

Alternatively, the UE transmits a preamble signal to the BS1 and the BS 2.

Step 520 comprises: and when the UE is in an idle or inactive state, the UE sends the preamble signal through a message Msg 1. The BS1 and BS2 receive preamble signals from UEs, respectively. The preamble is used for BS1 and BS2 to generate RTOA.

Step 530 includes: the BS sends acknowledgement information RAR to the UE. The UE receives the acknowledgement information RAR.

Step 540 includes: the UE sends the RACH-ID via message Msg 3. The BS receives the RACH-ID from the UE. The RACH-ID received by the BS from the UE is carried in a message Msg 3. RACH-ID is associated with RTOA.

Optionally, the manner of reporting the RACH-ID through MSg3 has been described in detail in step 504 of the above embodiment, and is not described herein again.

Step 550 includes: the LMF receives the RTOA and RACH-ID from the BS for completing the positioning.

It is to be understood that some or all of the steps or operations in the above-described embodiments are merely examples, and other operations or variations of various operations may be performed by the embodiments of the present application. Further, the various steps may be performed in a different order presented in the above-described embodiments, and it is possible that not all of the operations in the above-described embodiments are performed.

It is to be understood that, in the above embodiments, the operations or steps implemented by the terminal may also be implemented by a component (e.g., a chip or a circuit) available for the terminal, the operations or steps implemented by the core network node may also be implemented by a component (e.g., a chip or a circuit) available for the core network node, the operations or steps implemented by the network device may also be implemented by a component (e.g., a chip or a circuit) available for the network device.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device. The communication device may be configured to implement the method for the corresponding part of the network device, the method for locating the corresponding part of the device, or the method for the corresponding part of the terminal device described in the foregoing method embodiment, which is specifically referred to the description in the foregoing method embodiment.

The communication device 1100 may include one or more processors 1110, where the processors 1110 may also be referred to as processing units and may implement certain control functions. The processor 1110 may be a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, or the like.

In an alternative design, the processor 1110 may also store first instructions, which may be executed by the processor, so that the communication device 1100 performs the method corresponding to the network device or the positioning device or the terminal device described in the above method embodiment.

The Processing element herein may be a general purpose processor, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and may also 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), among others. The storage element may be a memory or a combination of a plurality of storage elements.

In yet another possible design, the communication device 1100 may include circuitry that may implement the functionality of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments.

Optionally, the communication device 1100 may include one or more memories 1120 having second instructions or intermediate data stored thereon, where the second instructions are executable on the processor to cause the communication device 1100 to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, other related data may also be stored in the memory. Optionally, instructions and/or data may also be stored in the processor. The processor and the memory may be provided separately or may be integrated together.

Optionally, the communication device 1100 may also include a transceiver 1130. The transceiver 1130 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiving circuit, a transceiver, or the like, and is used for implementing transceiving functions of a communication device.

In the communication device 1100, the processor 1100, the memory 1120, and the transceiver 1130 are connected by a bus.

If the communications device 1100 is configured to perform operations corresponding to the network devices of the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and 5, for example, the processor is configured to generate the indication information, the transceiver may be configured to receive the first configuration information from the positioning device and to transmit the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal. The transceiver may further perform other corresponding communication functions. And the processor is used for completing corresponding determination or control operation, and optionally, corresponding instructions can be stored in the memory. The specific processing manner of each component can be referred to the related description of the previous embodiment.

If the communication device 1100 is configured to implement operations corresponding to the network device in the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and 5, for example, the processor is configured to generate the uplink reference signal into the positioning information, and the transceiver is configured to receive the uplink reference signal and the first configuration information from the terminal device and to transmit the positioning information and the first configuration information. The transceiver may further perform other corresponding communication functions. And the processor is used for completing corresponding determination or control operation, and optionally, corresponding instructions can be stored in the memory. The specific processing manner of each component can be referred to the related description of the previous embodiment.

If the communication device 1100 is configured to perform operations corresponding to the network device in the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and 5, for example, the processor is configured to process the positioning information and the first configuration information to complete positioning, the transceiver may be configured to transmit the first configuration information to the terminal device and receive the positioning information and the first configuration information from the network device. The transceiver may further perform other corresponding communication functions. And the processor is used for completing corresponding determination or control operation, and optionally, corresponding instructions can be stored in the memory. The specific processing manner of each component can be referred to the related description of the previous embodiment.

The processors and transceivers described herein may be implemented on Integrated Circuits (ICs), analog ICs, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), mixed signal ICs, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), electronic devices, and the like. The processor and transceiver may also be fabricated using various 1C process technologies, such as Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), N-type Metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), P-type Metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS), Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), Bipolar CMOS (bicmos), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), and the like.

Alternatively, the communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the device may be:

(1) a stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or system-on-chip or subsystem;

(2) a set of one or more ICs, which optionally may also include storage components for storing data and/or instructions;

(3) an ASIC, such as a modem (MSM);

(4) a module that may be embedded within other devices;

(5) receivers, terminals, cellular telephones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, network devices, and the like;

(6) others, etc.

In addition, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application, where the communication device 1200 includes: a generating module 1210, a transmitting module 1220, and a receiving module 1230.

Optionally, if the communication device 1200 is configured to implement an operation corresponding to the terminal device in the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and fig. 5, the generating module 1210 is configured to generate first indication information, where the first indication information includes first configuration information, and the first configuration information is used to indicate an identifier of the terminal device; the sending module 1220 is configured to send the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal.

Optionally, if the communication device 1200 is configured to implement operations corresponding to the network device in the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and fig. 5, the receiving module 1230 is configured to receive the uplink reference signal and the first configuration information; the generating module 1210 generates positioning information through an uplink reference signal; the sending module 1220 is configured to send the positioning information and the first configuration information to the positioning apparatus.

Optionally, if the communication device 1200 is configured to implement operations corresponding to the network device in the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and fig. 5, the receiving module 1230 is configured to receive an uplink reference signal; the sending module 1220 is configured to send acknowledgement information to the terminal device; the receiving module 1230 receives the first configuration information; the generating module 1210 generates positioning information through an uplink reference signal; the sending module 1220 is configured to send the positioning information and the first configuration information to the positioning apparatus.

Optionally, if the communication device 1200 is configured to implement an operation corresponding to the terminal device in the embodiments shown in fig. 4 and fig. 5, the generating module 1210 is configured to generate the first configuration information; the sending module 1220 is configured to send configuration information; the receiving module 1230 is configured to receive the first configuration information and the positioning information sent by the network device.

The communication device of the embodiment shown in fig. 7 may be used to implement the technical solution of the above method embodiment, and the implementation principle and technical effect of the technical solution may further refer to the relevant description in the method embodiment, and optionally, the communication device may be a network device, and may also be a component (e.g., a chip or a circuit) of the network device.

It should be understood that the division of the modules of the communication devices shown in fig. 6 to 7 is merely a logical division, and the actual implementation may be wholly or partially 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 by the processing element in software, and part of the modules can be realized in the form of hardware. For example, the generating module may be a processing element that is set up separately, or may be implemented by being integrated in a chip of a communication device, such as a network device, or may be stored in a memory of the communication device in the form of a program, and the function of each module is called and executed by a processing element of the communication device. 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), among others. As another example, when one of the above modules is implemented in the form of a Processing element scheduler, the Processing element may be a general purpose processor, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or other processor capable of invoking programs. As another example, these modules may be integrated together, implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication device, which can be a terminal or a circuit. The communication device may be configured to perform the actions performed by the terminal in the above-described method embodiments.

When the communication device is a terminal, fig. 8 shows a simplified structure diagram of the terminal. For easy understanding and convenience of illustration, in fig. 8, the terminal is exemplified by a mobile phone. As shown in fig. 8, the terminal includes a processor, a memory, a radio frequency circuit, an antenna, and an input-output device. The processor is mainly used for processing communication protocols and communication data, controlling the terminal, executing software programs, processing data of the software programs and the like. The memory is used primarily for storing software programs and data. The radio frequency circuit is mainly used for converting baseband signals and radio frequency signals and processing the radio frequency signals. The antenna is mainly used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. Input and output devices, such as touch screens, display screens, keyboards, etc., are used primarily for receiving data input by a user and for outputting data to the user. It should be noted that some kinds of terminals may not have input/output devices.

When data needs to be sent, the processor performs baseband processing on the data to be sent and outputs baseband signals to the radio frequency circuit, and the radio frequency circuit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signals and sends the radio frequency signals to the outside in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the terminal, the radio frequency circuit receives radio frequency signals through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signals into baseband signals and outputs the baseband signals to the processor, and the processor converts the baseband signals into the data and processes the data. For ease of illustration, only one memory and processor are shown in FIG. 16. In an actual end product, there may be one or more processors and one or more memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, etc. The memory may be provided independently of the processor, or may be integrated with the processor, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In the embodiment of the present application, the antenna and the radio frequency circuit having the transceiving function may be regarded as a transceiving unit of the terminal, and the processor having the processing function may be regarded as a processing unit of the terminal. As shown in fig. 8, the terminal includes a transceiving unit 1610 and a processing unit 1620. A transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiving device, etc. A processing unit may also be referred to as a processor, a processing board, a processing module, a processing device, or the like. Alternatively, a device for implementing a receiving function in the transceiving unit 1610 may be regarded as a receiving unit, and a device for implementing a transmitting function in the transceiving unit 1610 may be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiving unit 1610 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. A transceiver unit may also sometimes be referred to as a transceiver, transceiving circuitry, or the like. A receiving unit may also be referred to as a receiver, a receiving circuit, or the like. A transmitting unit may also sometimes be referred to as a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit, etc.

It should be understood that the transceiving unit 1610 is configured to perform the transmitting operation and the receiving operation on the terminal side in the above method embodiments, and the processing unit 1620 is configured to perform other operations on the terminal in the above method embodiments besides the transceiving operation.

When the communication device is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit. The transceiver unit can be an input/output circuit and a communication interface; the processing unit is a processor or a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.

When the communication device in this embodiment is a terminal, reference may be made to the device shown in fig. 9. As an example, the device may perform functions similar to processor 1110 of FIG. 8. In fig. 9, the apparatus includes a processor 1710, a transmit data processor 1720, and a receive data processor 1730. The processing module 1110 in the above embodiments may be the processor 1710 in fig. 17, and performs the corresponding functions. The transceiver module 1130 in the above embodiments may be the transmit data processor 1720 and/or the receive data processor 1730 of fig. 9. Although fig. 9 shows a channel encoder and a channel decoder, it is understood that these blocks are not limitative and only illustrative to the present embodiment.

Fig. 10 shows another form of the present embodiment. The processing device 1800 includes modules such as a modulation subsystem, a central processing subsystem, and peripheral subsystems. The communication device in this embodiment may act as a modulation subsystem therein. In particular, the modulation subsystem may include a processor 1803 and an interface 1804. The processor 1803 performs the functions of the processing module 1110, and the interface 1804 performs the functions of the transceiver module 1130. As another variation, the modulation subsystem includes a memory 1806, a processor 1803, and a program stored on the memory 1806 and executable on the processor, and the processor 1803 executes the program to implement the method at the terminal side in the above method embodiment. It is noted that the memory 1806 may be non-volatile or volatile, and may be located within the modulation subsystem or within the processing device 1800, as long as the memory 1806 is coupled to the processor 1803.

As another form of the present embodiment, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, perform the method at the terminal side in the above-described method embodiments.

As another form of the present embodiment, there is provided a computer program product containing instructions that, when executed, perform the method at the terminal side in the above-described method embodiments.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the information processing method described in the above embodiment.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the information processing method described in the above embodiment.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the procedures or functions described in accordance with the present application are generated, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line) or wirelessly (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk), among others.

Claims

An information processing method characterized by comprising:

the terminal equipment generates indication information, wherein the indication information comprises first configuration information; the terminal device sends the first configuration information to a network device, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating the identifier of the terminal device;

and the identifier of the terminal equipment is distributed by the core network side.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and the terminal equipment sends an uplink reference signal to the network equipment.
The method of claim 2, wherein the uplink reference signal comprises a preamble signal.
The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the terminal device sends the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal via a message MsgA.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device sends the first configuration information via a message Msg 3.
The method of claim 5, wherein before the terminal device sends the first configuration information via Msg3, the method further comprises:

the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to the network device through a message Msg 1;

the terminal device receives acknowledgement information RAR from the network device.
The method of claim 2, 3 or 6,

the first configuration information is carried in a MAC layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

the first configuration information is explicitly reported on a physical layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

and the first configuration information is implicitly reported on a physical layer.
An information processing method characterized by comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives first configuration information and an uplink reference signal from terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration information is used for indicating an identifier of the terminal equipment; the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information;

the network equipment sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to positioning equipment;

the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal received by the network device from the terminal device are carried in a message MsgA.
An information processing method characterized by comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives an uplink reference signal from terminal equipment, wherein the uplink reference signal is used for the network equipment to generate positioning information;

the network equipment receives first configuration information from the terminal equipment; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information;

the network equipment sends the positioning information and the first configuration information to positioning equipment;

the first configuration information received by the network device from the terminal device is carried in a message Msg 3.
An information processing method characterized by comprising:

the positioning equipment sends first configuration information to the terminal equipment; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment;

the positioning equipment receives positioning information and the first configuration information sent by network equipment; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information.
A communication device, comprising:

the generating module is used for generating indication information, and the indication information comprises first configuration information;

a sending module, configured to send the first configuration information to a network device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate an identifier of the terminal device, and the identifier of the terminal device is allocated by a core network side.
The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: and the terminal equipment sends an uplink reference signal to the network equipment.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the uplink reference signal comprises a preamble signal.
The device according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the terminal device sends the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal via a message MsgA.
The device of claim 11, wherein the terminal device sends the first configuration information via a message Msg 3.
The method of claim 15, wherein before the terminal device sends the first configuration information via Msg3, the method further comprises:

the terminal device sends an uplink reference signal to the network device through a message Msg 1;

the terminal device receives acknowledgement information RAR from the network device.
The method of claim 12, 13 or 16,

the first configuration information is carried in a MAC layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

the first configuration information is explicitly reported on a physical layer; or the like, or, alternatively,

and the first configuration information is implicitly reported on a physical layer.
A communication device, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive first configuration information and an uplink reference signal from a terminal device, where the first configuration information is used to indicate an identifier of the terminal device;

the generating module is used for generating the positioning information from the uplink reference signal; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information; the first configuration information and the uplink reference signal are carried in a message MsgA;

and the sending module is used for sending the positioning information and the first configuration information to the positioning management equipment.
A communication device, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive an uplink reference signal from a terminal device;

the generating module is used for generating the positioning information from the uplink reference signal;

the receiving module is further configured to receive first configuration information from the terminal device; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information; the first configuration information is carried in a message Msg 3;

and the sending module is used for sending the positioning information and the first configuration information by the positioning management equipment.
A communication device, comprising:

the sending module is used for sending first configuration information to the terminal equipment; the first configuration information is used for indicating the identification of the terminal equipment;

the receiving module is used for receiving positioning information and the first configuration information sent by network equipment; the positioning information is associated with the first configuration information.
A communication device, comprising: a transceiver, a processor, a memory, and a bus, the transceiver, the processor, and the memory being respectively coupled to the bus, the memory storing program instructions, the processor executing the program instructions to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.
A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method according to any one of claims 1-10.