CN114698096A

CN114698096A - Non-terrestrial network positioning method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114698096A
Application number: CN202011614699.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王园园; 王勇; 司晔; 谢振华
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-30
Filing date: 2020-12-30
Publication date: 2022-07-01
Also published as: WO2022143746A1

Abstract

The application discloses a non-land network positioning method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, belonging to the technical field of communication, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving first information sent by first communication equipment, wherein the first information is used for assisting the terminal in carrying out position measurement; measuring a first signal or a second signal according to the first information to obtain position measurement information; the first communication device is a network side device, a communication satellite or a relay device of a non-terrestrial network. In the application, the terminal receives the information which is sent by the first communication device and used for assisting in position measurement, measures according to the information to obtain the position measurement information, and can meet the terminal positioning requirement under the NTN scene.

Description

Non-terrestrial network positioning method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for non-terrestrial network positioning.

Background

Following the fifth generation (5)^thGeneration, 5G) mobile communication system technology is becoming more mature, and the convergence of non-terrestrial communication platforms represented by satellites and terrestrial communication networks is drawing more and more attention. In non-terrestrial networks (N)TN), a high capacity communication satellite, an aerial platform (e.g., drone, airplane, hot air balloon) may provide a low cost coverage solution in a weak area of ground network coverage, providing access service for a terminal (UE).

Unlike terrestrial networks, in NTN, a UE resides under one satellite beam, but the satellite beam is constantly moving, and over time, the UE may constantly reside in a different satellite and a different beam, even though the UE is stationary and the terrestrial cell has no correspondence to the satellite beam, and over time, the same cell may be covered by a different satellite and a different beam. Therefore, in the NTN scenario, how to obtain the terminal positioning information safely and reliably is an important requirement of the NTN.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present application provide a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for positioning a non-terrestrial network, which can solve a problem of how to safely and reliably obtain terminal positioning information in the non-terrestrial network.

In a first aspect, a method for positioning a non-terrestrial network is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

receiving first information sent by first communication equipment, wherein the first information is used for assisting the terminal to carry out position measurement;

measuring a first signal or a second signal according to the first information to obtain position measurement information;

the first communication device is a network side device, a communication satellite or a relay device of a non-terrestrial network.

In a second aspect, a non-terrestrial network positioning method is provided, which is applied to a first communication device, and includes:

sending first information to a terminal and/or sending a first signal or a second signal;

transmitting or receiving position measurement information reported by the terminal;

the first information is used for assisting the terminal to carry out position measurement;

the first signal or the second signal is used for position measurement.

In a third aspect, a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive first information sent by a first communication device, where the first information is used to assist the terminal in performing location measurement;

the first measurement unit is used for measuring a first signal or a second signal according to the first information to obtain position measurement information;

In a fourth aspect, a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus is provided, which is applied to a first communication device, and includes:

the first sending unit is used for sending first information to the terminal and/or sending a first signal or a second signal;

the transmission unit is used for transmitting or receiving the position measurement information reported by the terminal;

the first signal or the second signal is used for position measurement.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a communication device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which program or instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect or implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect, or to implement the method according to the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives the information which is sent by the first communication device and used for assisting in position measurement, measures according to the information to obtain the position measurement information, and can meet the positioning requirement of the terminal under the NTN scene.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a non-terrestrial network positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a second flowchart of a non-terrestrial network positioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a third schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention

Fig. 7 is a fourth schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

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

fig. 11 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a terminal implementing the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a communication device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

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 should be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and the terms "first" and "second" used herein generally do not denote any order, nor do they denote any order, for example, the first object may be one or more. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and the claims means at least one of connected objects, and a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in some embodiments" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

In the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" means two or more, and other terms are similar thereto.

It is noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other 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 (ofdm), and the likeOFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described techniques can be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for purposes of example, and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, but the techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6)^thGeneration, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a first communication device 12. Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called as a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), the terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop Computer, a netbook, a super-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), and other terminal side devices, the Wearable Device includes: bracelets, earphones, glasses and the like. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11.

The first communication device 12 may be a network-side device, a communication satellite (or simply a satellite), or a relay device in a non-terrestrial network. The relay device may be an aerial platform or a ground relay node, where the aerial platform includes at least one of: an air relay node, an unmanned aerial vehicle node and an air balloon. The network-side device may be a Base Station or a core network device, where 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, a Transmit Receiving Point (TRP), or some other suitable term 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 application, only the Base Station in the NR system is taken as an example, but a specific type of the Base Station is not limited. The core network device may be a location server, LMF, E-SMLC, or some other suitable terminology in the art.

In a research project named "5G new air interface in' Non-terrestrial network oriented" in the third generation mobile communication partnership project (3GPP), a deployment scenario of a Non-terrestrial network (NTN) including a satellite network is defined. As one of multiple access technologies of a fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile networks, 5G) and a later 5G mobile communication system (B5G), a satellite can provide a low-cost coverage scheme in a ground network coverage weak area, and has obvious advantages in some industrial application scenarios requiring wide area coverage.

In the NTN scenario, the requirements of the UE location information are as follows:

since handover generally occurs when a UE or a relay node is in a Connection Management (CM) active state and a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state, the procedure is time-critical in order to avoid data loss. In NTN systems, cells or spot beams move at high speeds and therefore handover procedures from one spot beam to the next or from one satellite to the next must be performed quickly, otherwise the UE may not be able to efficiently utilize the target beam and/or satellite resources and, in the worst case, may lose data.

In a non-geostationary satellite access network, a UE resides under one satellite beam, but the beam is constantly moving, and over time the UE may constantly reside in a different satellite and in a different beam, even if the UE is stationary. Unlike terrestrial Network architectures where terrestrial cells are associated with a Radio Access Network (RAN) by wireless communications, in a non-geostationary satellite Access Network, the satellite beam is moving. The terrestrial cell has no correspondence with the satellite beam. Over time, the same cell may be covered by different satellites and different beams.

Therefore, for the initial registration process, the satellite-based radio Access network cannot provide Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) information from a certain satellite or Tracking Area (TA) on a certain beam that received the registration request. But this tracking area information is crucial for the UE to decide whether a registration area update with the AMF is required.

For the acquisition of the terminal positioning information, the terminal positioning information can be generally obtained by a Global Navigation System (GNSS). However, we cannot assume that all terminals are configured with the global positioning system, and ephemeris information of the global positioning system is known, so that it cannot be guaranteed that a positioning result is safe and reliable and is not tampered. Under the NTN scenario, there is no complete feasible scheme for safely and reliably acquiring the terminal positioning information.

The non-terrestrial network positioning method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a non-terrestrial network positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application, where an execution subject of the method may be a terminal, as shown in fig. 2, the method includes the following steps:

step 200, receiving first information sent by a first communication device, wherein the first information is used for assisting the terminal to carry out position measurement;

in the embodiment of the application, in order to realize terminal positioning in a non-terrestrial network scene, a terminal receives first information sent by first communication equipment, wherein the first information is used for assisting the terminal in performing position measurement.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information.

It should be noted that the relay device identification information is used to uniquely identify the relay device, and in some embodiments, the relay device identification information may be a relay device Identification (ID).

The satellite identification information includes at least one of: satellite type information, satellite ID, beam identification information;

wherein the satellite types include a first type, the first type including GNSS satellites, such as: global Positioning System (GPS), wide-area differential Augmentation System (SBAS), Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), galileo Satellite Navigation Positioning System (galileo), glonass Satellite Navigation System (qlosss), chinese BeiDou Satellite Navigation System (BDS), and the like;

the satellite types also comprise a second type, and the second type is a large-flux data satellite;

the satellite types also include a third type, which is meant to include both the first type and the second type.

It should be noted that the information related to the satellite, or the GNSS global time information or the satellite positioning assistance information mentioned herein can be understood as related to any one satellite type, and is not limited.

The base station identification information is used to uniquely identify the base station, and may be a cell ID or a globally unique identification ID.

The first configuration information includes at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

It should be noted that the signal here may be a satellite signal, such as a GNSS signal or other satellite signals; the signal may also be a communication signal such as an NR signal, an LTE signal or other evolved signal.

Wherein the configuration information of the one or more signals comprises at least one of: time domain information, frequency domain information, spatial relationship information.

Wherein the time domain information comprises one or more of: slot offset, symbol offset, set of periodic values, set of silence parameters, set of repetition indices, frequency domain offset, and comb size

Wherein the frequency domain information comprises one or more of: frequency layer information, carrier information, Bandwidth Part (BWP) information, a starting resource location in a Physical Resource Block (PRB), and a Bandwidth in the PRB.

In some embodiments, the satellite transparently transmits communication signals, such as positioning signals, of the base station when the satellite does not have the capability of generating, mapping, or processing data/signals, in which case the first information includes satellite identification information, base station identification information, and first configuration information. It is noted that the terminal determines the position information by measuring said positioning signal. In one possible embodiment, the communication signals sent by the base station to different satellites are different, and the terminal determines the location information by measuring the different communication signals and/or reporting the measurement results of the communication signals.

In some embodiments, the satellite transparently passes the data of the base station and transmits the GNSS signal to the terminal when the satellite does not have the capability of generating, mapping or processing the data/signal, in which case the first information includes satellite identification information and first configuration information. It is noted that the GNSS signals may in some embodiments be only signals having GNSS signal characteristics.

In some embodiments, when the satellite is provided with data/signal generation, mapping or processing capabilities, the satellite transmits one or more communication signals to the terminal, which one or more communication signals are measured by the terminal, in which case the first information comprises at least satellite identification information, base station identification information and first configuration information. It is noted that the satellite may generate the communication signal itself or one or more communication signals according to the first configuration information for determining the location information of the terminal. In some embodiments, the satellite may generate different communication signals for different beam beams.

In some embodiments, when the relay device is provided with data/signal generation, mapping or processing capabilities, the relay device transmits one or more communication signals to the terminal, the one or more communication signals being measured by the terminal, in which case the first information comprises at least relay device identification information, base station identification information and first configuration information.

Step 201, measuring the first signal or the second signal according to the first information, and obtaining the position measurement information.

In some embodiments, the terminal measures a first signal sent by the network side device or the satellite according to the first information to obtain the position measurement information.

In some embodiments, the terminal measures a second signal sent by the relay device according to the first information to obtain the position measurement information.

It should be noted that in some alternative embodiments, when the satellite and the relay device both have the data/signal generation, mapping or processing capability, the satellite transmits the first signal, the relay device transmits the second signal, and the terminal measures the first signal transmitted by the satellite and measures the second signal transmitted by the relay device.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives first information which is sent by first communication equipment and used for assisting in position measurement, and measures signals according to the first information, so that the positioning requirement of the terminal under an NTN scene can be met.

Optionally, the location measurement information includes at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information.

The position measurement time is used for indicating a time point corresponding to position measurement or reporting a time point corresponding to position measurement information.

Optionally, the location measurement time includes at least one of:

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

the device time is relayed.

It should be noted that when the GNSS system time of the GNSS is not consistent with the system time of the NTN satellite, the system time of the NTN satellite can be understood as the system time of the GNSS.

In some optional embodiments, the location measurement time may further include at least one of:

mapping relation between GNSS system time and network frame time;

and mapping relation between the GNSS system time and the relay equipment time.

Optionally, the mapping relationship between the GNSS system time and the network frame time may be a mapping relationship between the GNSS system time and the network frame time corresponding to the transmission time, or a mapping relationship between the GNSS system time and the network frame time corresponding to the measurement time.

Optionally, the mapping relationship between the GNSS system time and the relay apparatus time may be a mapping relationship between the GNSS system time and the relay apparatus time corresponding to the transmission time, or may be a mapping relationship between the GNSS system time and the relay apparatus time corresponding to the measurement time.

Optionally, the location measurement list includes at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a communication signal measurement list;

wherein the satellite signal measurement list comprises measurement information of one or more satellite signals, the measurement information of the satellite signals comprising at least one of: satellite identification information; a carrier phase; integer ambiguity; uncertainty; multipath; a carrier-to-noise ratio;

wherein the relay device measurement list comprises at least one of: identification information of the relay device; measurement information of the relay device;

in some embodiments, the measurement information of the relay device is location information measured by the relay device. Optionally, the measurement information of the relay device may also be a measurement result obtained by measuring, by the terminal, a signal sent by the relay device. Here, the signal is not limited to a satellite signal or a communication signal.

Wherein the list of communication signal measurements comprises at least one of: first communication device identification information; identification information of the communication signal; a communication signal measurement result.

The first communication equipment identification information is network side equipment identification information, relay equipment identification information or satellite identification information.

The communication signal measurement comprises at least one of: reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD), RX-TX, Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), multipath information, measurement quality, uncertainty information.

The uncertain information refers to uncertain measurement quality, position information, and the like.

The position measurement information reported by the terminal may also be absolute position information of the terminal, such as longitude and latitude, or relative position information of the terminal, such as position information of the terminal relative to the relay device.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives the first information which is sent by the first communication device and used for assisting in position measurement, the measurement is carried out according to the first information, the terminal positioning requirement under the NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to tamper.

In some optional embodiments, the non-terrestrial network positioning method further comprises:

and reporting the position measurement information.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the,

in some embodiments, the location measurement information is sent to a location server, which performs the location calculation of the terminal.

Alternatively, the Location server may be a Location Management Function (LMF) network element or an Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC) or other server with Location calculation Function.

Optionally, the first signal or the second signal includes at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

It is noted that the GNSS signals are in one possible embodiment only satellite signals having the same characteristics as the global positioning system. In yet another possible embodiment, the terminal may assist the first communication device or the location server in determining the satellites that transmit the GNSS signals, and/or the satellite locations, by receiving the GNSS signals, and/or reporting identification information and time information of the GNSS signals.

Optionally, the New Radio (NR) Signal may be a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), a Synchronization Signal and broadcast Signal Block (SSB), a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), or the like.

Optionally, the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Signal may be a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), or the like.

Optionally, the first signal or the second signal may also be any evolved signal, i.e. other communication signals having the same characteristics as the NR signal and the LTE signal.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives first information which is sent by first communication equipment and used for assisting in position measurement, measures a first signal or a second signal according to the first information, wherein the first signal or the second signal can be a GNSS signal or a communication signal, uploads position measurement information, can meet the positioning requirement of the terminal under an NTN scene, and obtains safe and reliable position information which is not easy to tamper.

Optionally, the GNSS signal has a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) encoding characteristic, and resources of the GNSS signal are not overlapped with data resources.

In some optional embodiments, the first configuration information further comprises satellite positioning assistance information, the satellite positioning assistance information comprising at least one of:

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

satellite correction or compensation information based on Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) or State Space Representation (SSR) methods.

The almanac (almanac) refers to rough orbit parameters of all orbiting satellites in satellite navigation, has lower precision than ephemeris, and is actually used as a prediction of satellite positions and cannot be directly used for calculation of the satellite positions. The ephemeris refers to satellite orbit parameters, and the position of the satellite can be determined by inputting time based on the ephemeris.

The reference time information refers to a specific reference time of the satellite system, and in one embodiment, refers to a reference time of the satellite transmitting the first signal, or may refer to a mapping relationship between the satellite system and a network frame time.

Wherein correcting the error information comprises at least one of: satellite clock, almanac, ionosphere time delay, troposphere time delay, etc.

Wherein the orbit information of the satellite is similar to the orbit information description of the almanac.

Wherein the ionospheric compensation information of the satellite is used to provide a parameter or model to estimate or compensate for the loss of the first signal through the ionosphere

The satellite correction or compensation information based on Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) comprises at least one of position information of RTK reference stations (including but not limited to a main station, an auxiliary station and the like), observation information of the RTK reference stations and identification information of the RTK stations.

Wherein satellite correction or compensation information based on a State Space Representation (SSR) method is implemented by providing a series of correction points or a correction grid.

In some optional embodiments, the first information received by the terminal includes first configuration information, and the first configuration information further includes satellite positioning assistance information, where the satellite positioning assistance information is used to assist the terminal in measuring a first signal transmitted by a satellite.

It should be noted that the satellite positioning assistance information may be used in the case of positioning based on GNSS signals, or in the case of positioning based on communication signals (e.g., based on new NR signals, LTE signals, or evolution signals).

For example, when the satellite does not have the capability of generating, mapping or processing data/signals, the satellite transparently transmits data of the base station and transmits GNSS signals to the terminal, in which case the first information includes satellite identification information and first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information includes satellite positioning assistance information to assist the terminal in measuring the GNSS signals.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the satellite positioning assistance information does not include ephemeris information, accurate compensation information, or accurate satellite position information, so as to ensure that positioning is not easily tampered, and improve positioning reliability.

Fig. 3 is a second flowchart of a non-terrestrial network positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application, where an execution subject of the method is a first communication device, and the first communication device may be one of a network-side device, a relay device, and a satellite, as shown in fig. 3, the method includes:

step 300, sending first information to a terminal, and/or sending a first signal or a second signal;

the first signal or the second signal is used for position measurement.

In one embodiment, a network side device sends first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to assist the terminal in performing location measurement.

In one embodiment, a relay device sends first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to assist the terminal in performing position measurement.

In one embodiment, a satellite transmits first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for assisting the terminal in position measurement.

In one embodiment, the network side device or the satellite transmits a first signal to the terminal, and the terminal measures the first signal.

In one embodiment, the relay device sends the second signal to the terminal, and the terminal measures the second signal.

In one embodiment, the network side device sends the first information to the terminal, and the satellite sends the first signal to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the network side device sends the first information to the terminal, and the relay device sends the second signal to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the network side device sends the first information to the terminal, and the network side device sends the first signal to the terminal through the satellite.

In one embodiment, a satellite transmits first information to a terminal, and the satellite transmits a first signal to the terminal.

In one embodiment, a satellite transmits first information to a terminal and the satellite transmits a first signal to a relay device.

In one embodiment, the relay device transmits the first information to the terminal and the relay device transmits the second signal to the terminal.

In an alternative embodiment, the satellite and the relay device each have data or signal generation, mapping or processing capabilities, the satellite transmits a first signal to the terminal, the relay device transmits a second signal to the terminal, and the terminal measures the first signal and the second signal.

Optionally, the first/second signal comprises one of:

a GNSS signal;

an NR signal;

an LTE signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

It is noted that the GNSS signals are in one possible embodiment only satellite signals having the same characteristics as the global positioning system. In yet another possible embodiment, the terminal may assist the first communication device or the location server in determining the satellites that transmit GNSS signals, and/or satellite locations, by receiving the GNSS signals, and/or reporting identification information and time information of the GNSS signals.

Step 301, transmitting or receiving position measurement information reported by the terminal;

in one embodiment, the first communication device transmits the location measurement information reported by the terminal, and the final location measurement information reaches the location server, and the location server performs location calculation of the terminal based on the location measurement information.

In another embodiment, the first communication device receives location measurement information reported by the terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the first communication device sends first information for assisting the terminal in performing position measurement to the terminal, and/or sends the first signal or the second signal, so that the terminal measures the first signal or the second signal according to the first information and uploads position measurement information, and the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information or type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

Optionally, the first configuration information further includes satellite positioning assistance information, and the satellite positioning assistance information includes at least one of:

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

the satellite correction or compensation information of the SSR method is represented based on real-time dynamic positioning RTK or state space.

In one embodiment, the first information sent by the first communication device to the terminal includes first configuration information, where the first configuration information further includes satellite positioning assistance information, and the satellite positioning assistance information does not include ephemeris information, accurate compensation information, or accurate satellite position information, so as to ensure that positioning is not easily tampered, and improve reliability of positioning.

Optionally, the location measurement information includes at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

the location measurement time is used for indicating a time point corresponding to location measurement or reporting a time point corresponding to location measurement information, and the location measurement time includes at least one of the following:

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

wherein the relay device measurement list comprises at least one of: identification information of the relay device; location measurement information of the relay device;

wherein the list of signal measurements comprises at least one of: first communication device identification information; identification information of the communication signal; a communication signal measurement result.

In the embodiment of the application, the first communication device sends first information for assisting the terminal in performing position measurement to the terminal, and/or sends the first signal or the second signal, so that the terminal performs measurement according to the first information and uploads the position measurement information, the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to tamper.

sending second configuration information;

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

mapping relation of satellite and signal;

the mapping relationship of the relay device and the signal.

When the first signal/the second signal is a communication signal, that is, an NR signal, an LTE signal, or an evolved arbitrary signal, in order to position the terminal, at least one of a mapping relationship between a base station and a satellite, a mapping relationship between a satellite and a signal, and a mapping relationship between a relay device and a signal needs to be determined.

The mapping relation between the base station and the satellite refers to the mapping relation between the base station identification information and one or more satellite identification information;

the mapping relation between the satellite and the signal refers to the mapping relation between the satellite identification information and the identification information of one or more signals;

the mapping relationship of the relay device and the signal refers to a mapping relationship of the identification information of the relay device and the identification information of one or more signals.

It is noted that there are many representations of the mapping relationship. Including but not limited to at least one of the following: determining a mapping relation according to network side configuration, determining a mapping relation according to the indication information, determining a mapping relation according to the table, determining a mapping relation according to protocol constraints, determining a mapping relation according to a formula, and the like.

In some embodiments, the network-side device sends the second configuration information to a satellite, a relay device, or a location server.

Optionally, the first communication device is a base station, that is, the base station sends the second configuration information to a satellite, a relay device, or a location server.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may also send first information for assisting in performing position measurement to the terminal, and further, may send second configuration information to the satellite, the relay device, or the location server, so as to assist in calculating the positioning information, and may meet the requirement of terminal positioning in an NTN scenario, and the obtained location information is safe and reliable and is not easily tampered.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention, in fig. 4, Uu is an air interface, ngc (next Generation core network) is a next Generation core network, NGc is a next Generation control plane interface, NGu is a next Generation data plane interface, and gNB is a next Generation base station. As shown in fig. 4, the non-terrestrial network architecture is characterized by bent pipe transmission and no relay.

If the satellite does not have the capability of generating, mapping or processing data or signals, the following steps are performed: the satellite transmits signals of the base station, such as positioning signals, namely the satellite transmits the positioning signals of the base station.

The base station is connected with 1 or N satellites, which are different transmission receiving points TRP, and further, each satellite should be assigned a unique signal identification, such as a positioning reference signal PRS ID, at least at the current time or within a group.

At this time, the first information includes: satellite identification information, base station identification information, and first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one of: identification information/type information of one or more signals, configuration information of one or more signals.

The position measurement information includes: location measurement time and communication signal measurement list.

Optionally, the location server further communicates with the base station/satellite/NGC at least one of:

mapping relationship of base station and satellite, namely mapping relationship of base station identification information and one or more satellite identification information;

the mapping of the satellites to the signals, i.e., the mapping of the satellite identification information and the identification information of one or more signals.

satellite identification information;

ephemeris and/or almanac information for the satellites;

differential correction information of the satellite;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information of the satellite;

the satellite correction or compensation information of the SSR method is represented based on real-time dynamic positioning RTK and state space.

identification information/type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

Optionally, in some embodiments, based on the non-terrestrial network architecture shown in fig. 4, the satellite may also transmit data of the base station and transmit GNSS signals. It is understood that positioning is achieved by the satellites transmitting GNSS signals.

It is noted that the GNSS signals are in one possible embodiment only satellite signals having the same characteristics as the global positioning system. In yet another possible embodiment, the terminal may assist the first communication device or the location server (LMF, etc.) in determining the satellite transmitting the GNSS signal, and/or the satellite location, by receiving the GNSS signal, and/or reporting the identification information and the time information of the GNSS signal.

At this time, the first information includes satellite identification information and first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information includes satellite positioning assistance information including:

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

At this time, the position measurement information includes a satellite signal measurement list.

In the embodiment of the application, the satellite transparently transmits the positioning signal of the base station or transparently transmits the data of the base station and sends the GNSS signal, so that the requirement of terminal positioning in an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to be tampered.

Optionally, when the first communication device is a communication satellite of a non-terrestrial network and the communication satellite has a data or signal generating, mapping or processing capability, the following operation flow is further executed.

Transmitting a first signal comprising:

receiving second information;

and sending a first signal according to the second information.

When the first communication device is a communication satellite of a non-terrestrial network and the communication satellite has data or signal generating, mapping or processing capability, the satellite receives second information and transmits a first signal according to the second information.

In some embodiments, the satellite transmits the first signal to the terminal based on the second information.

And the terminal measures the first signal and reports the position measurement information.

Optionally, the second information includes at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

second configuration information;

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

a mapping relationship of the satellite and the first signal;

identification information/type information of one or more first signals;

configuration information of the one or more first signals.

Optionally, the first signal comprises one of:

a GNSS signal;

an NR signal;

an LTE signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

Optionally, the coding characteristic of the GNSS signal is CDMA, and the resource of the GNSS signal and the data resource do not overlap.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the non-terrestrial network architecture is characterized by on-board access and no relays. At this point, the satellite has data or signal generation, mapping, or processing capabilities.

The satellite transmits the first signal according to the second information. Wherein the second information includes satellite identification information, base station identification information, and second configuration information.

Wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of: mapping relation of base station and satellite; a mapping relationship of the satellite and the first signal; identification information/type information of one or more first signals; configuration information of the one or more first signals.

Wherein the first signal comprises one of: GNSS signals, NR signals, LTE signals and any signals of evolution.

In the embodiment of the application, when the satellite has the signal processing capability, the first signal is sent to the terminal, the first signal can be a GNSS signal or a communication signal, the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to tamper.

When the first communication device is a relay device of a non-terrestrial network, transmitting a second signal, comprising:

receiving third information;

and sending a second signal according to the third information.

In some embodiments, when the first communication device is a relay device of a non-terrestrial network, the relay device receives third information and transmits a second signal according to the third information.

In some embodiments, the relay device transmits the second signal to the terminal according to the third information.

And the terminal measures the second signal and reports the position measurement information.

Optionally, the third information includes at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

relay device identification information;

mapping relation of satellite and relay equipment;

mapping relation between the base station and the relay equipment;

mapping relation between the second signal and the relay equipment;

third configuration information;

wherein the third configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more second signals;

configuration information of the one or more second signals.

Optionally, the mapping relationship between the satellite and the relay device refers to a mapping relationship between the satellite identification information and the relay device identification information, the mapping relationship between the base station and the relay device refers to a mapping relationship between the base station identification information and the relay device identification information, and the mapping relationship between the second signal and the relay device refers to a mapping relationship between the second signal and the relay device identification information.

Optionally, the second signal comprises one of:

a GNSS signal;

an NR signal;

an LTE signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

Fig. 6 is a third schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the non-terrestrial network architecture is characterized by bent pipe transmission and relaying. A UE is associated with a relay device (e.g., relay node in fig. 6), which has no data or signal generating, mapping or processing capability, and passes through signals of a base station, such as positioning signals. In this case, the positioning accuracy is the coverage of the relay device, and the information interaction process may refer to the descriptions in the embodiments of fig. 4 and fig. 5, and there are different interaction processes according to the satellite capability, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 7 is a fourth schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, the non-terrestrial network architecture is characterized by an on-satellite access and a relay. One UE may detect one or more relay nodes with signal processing capability, and under the architecture shown in fig. 7, the relay nodes perform the following operations: and transmitting the second signal according to the third information.

Wherein the third information comprises at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

relay device identification information;

mapping relation of satellite and relay equipment;

mapping relation between the base station and the relay equipment;

mapping relation between the second signal and the relay equipment;

third configuration information;

wherein the third configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more second signals;

configuration information of the one or more second signals.

The second signal comprises one of:

a GNSS signal;

an NR signal;

an LTE signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

In the embodiment of the application, when the relay device has the signal processing capability, the relay device sends a second signal to the terminal, where the second signal may be a GNSS signal or a communication signal, so that the terminal positioning requirement in an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to be tampered.

In some optional embodiments, the non-terrestrial network positioning method further comprises at least one of:

measuring a first signal sent by a satellite to obtain position measurement information of the relay equipment;

and reporting the position measurement information of the relay equipment or sending the position measurement information of the relay equipment to a terminal.

The relay device may also perform position measurement, measure the first signal transmitted by the satellite, and obtain position measurement information of the relay device.

The position measurement information of the relay equipment can improve the accuracy of terminal positioning.

In some embodiments, the relay device may report location measurement information for the relay device.

In some embodiments, the relay device sends location measurement information for the relay device to the terminal.

Optionally, on the basis of the foregoing embodiments, the method for positioning a non-terrestrial network further includes:

the positioning assistance information or the second information is sent to a location server.

The location server may receive the positioning assistance information or the second information in addition to the location measurement information uploaded by the terminal, so as to calculate the location of the terminal more accurately.

Optionally, the positioning assistance information includes at least one of: first configuration information, second configuration information, and satellite positioning assistance information.

In the embodiment of the application, the first communication device sends the positioning auxiliary information to the position server, so that the accuracy of positioning the terminal position can be effectively improved.

It should be noted that, in the non-terrestrial network positioning method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a non-terrestrial network positioning device, or a control module in the non-terrestrial network positioning device for executing the non-terrestrial network positioning method. In the embodiments of the present application, a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus executing a non-terrestrial network positioning method is taken as an example to describe the non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a terminal, as shown in fig. 8, the non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus includes: a receiving unit 810 and a first measuring unit 820, wherein,

a receiving unit 810, configured to receive first information sent by a first communication device, where the first information is used to assist the terminal in performing location measurement;

a first measurement unit 820, configured to measure a first signal or a second signal according to the first information to obtain position measurement information;

In the embodiment of the application, first information which is sent by first communication equipment and used for assisting in position measurement is received, measurement is carried out according to the first information, and position measurement information is obtained, so that the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

Optionally, the location measurement information includes at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

Optionally, the method further includes:

a reporting unit, configured to report the location measurement information

Optionally, the first signal or the second signal includes at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

Optionally, the coding characteristic of the GNSS signal is code division multiple access CDMA, and the resource of the GNSS signal and the data resource do not overlap.

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

In the embodiment of the application, the first information which is sent by the first communication device and used for assisting in position measurement is received, the measurement is carried out according to the first information, and the position measurement information is uploaded, so that the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to tamper.

The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus in the embodiment of the present application may be an apparatus, and may also be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in the terminal. The device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. By way of example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the above-listed type of terminal 11, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a kiosk, or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The non-terrestrial network locating device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present application are not limited specifically.

The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 2, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a first communication device, as shown in fig. 9, the non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus includes: a first transmission unit 910 and a transmission unit 920, wherein,

the first signal or the second signal is used for position measurement.

In the embodiment of the application, the first information for assisting the terminal in position measurement is sent to the terminal, and/or the first signal or the second signal is sent, so that the terminal performs measurement according to the first information, and the terminal positioning requirement under the NTN scene can be met.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information or type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

Optionally, the location measurement information includes at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

Optionally, the first signal or the second signal includes at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

Optionally, the coding characteristic of the GNSS signal is code division multiple access CDMA, and the resource of the GNSS signal and the data resource are not overlapped.

Optionally, the method further includes:

a second transmitting unit configured to transmit second configuration information;

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

mapping relation of satellite and signal;

the mapping relationship of the relay device and the signal.

Optionally, the first communication device is a base station.

Optionally, the first sending unit is configured to:

receiving second information;

and sending a first signal according to the second information.

Optionally, the second information includes at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

second configuration information;

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

a mapping relationship of the satellite and the first signal;

identification information/type information of one or more first signals;

configuration information of the one or more first signals.

Optionally, the first communication device is a communication satellite of a non-terrestrial network.

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

and positioning RTK or state space based on real-time dynamics to represent satellite correction or compensation information of the SSR method.

Optionally, the first sending unit is configured to:

receiving third information;

and sending a second signal according to the third information.

Optionally, the third information includes at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

relay device identification information;

mapping relation of satellite and relay equipment;

mapping relation between the base station and the relay equipment;

mapping relation between the second signal and the relay equipment;

third configuration information;

wherein the third configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more second signals;

configuration information of the one or more second signals.

Optionally, at least one of the following is also included:

the second measurement unit is used for measuring the first signal sent by the satellite and obtaining the position measurement information of the relay equipment;

and the third sending unit is used for reporting the position measurement information of the relay equipment or sending the position measurement information of the relay equipment to a terminal.

Optionally, the first communication device is a relay device of a non-terrestrial network.

Optionally, the method further includes:

and the fourth sending unit is used for sending the positioning auxiliary information or the second information to the position server.

In the embodiment of the application, the first information for assisting the terminal in position measurement is sent to the terminal, and/or the first signal or the second signal is sent, so that the terminal performs measurement according to the first information, the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to tamper.

The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus in the embodiment of the present application may be an apparatus, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. By way of example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the above-listed type of terminal 11, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a kiosk, or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 3 to fig. 7, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1000, which includes a processor 1001, a memory 1002, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 1002 and executable on the processor 1001, for example, when the communication device 1000 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor m01 to implement the processes of the non-terrestrial network positioning method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 1000 is a network-side device, the program or the instructions are executed by the processor 1001 to implement the processes of the above-mentioned non-terrestrial network positioning method embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Fig. 11 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a terminal for implementing the embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 1100 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109, a processor 1110, and the like.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that terminal 1100 can also include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which can be logically coupled to processor 1110 via a power management system to facilitate managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 11 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or have a different arrangement of components, and thus will not be described again.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 1104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042, and the Graphics processor 11041 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 display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, and the display panel 11061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1107 includes a touch panel 11071 and other input devices 11072. A touch panel 11071, also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment of the application, the radio frequency unit 1101 receives downlink data from a network side device and then processes the downlink data to the processor 1110; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network side equipment. In general, radio frequency unit 1101 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.

The memory 1109 may be used for storing software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 1109 may mainly include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program or instruction storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like. In addition, the Memory 1109 may include a high-speed random access Memory and may also include a nonvolatile Memory, which may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable Programmable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device.

Processor 1110 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, processor 1110 may integrate an application processor that primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, and applications or instructions, etc. and a modem processor that primarily handles wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1110.

The radio frequency unit 1101 is configured to receive first information sent by a first communication device, where the first information is used to assist the terminal in performing location measurement;

a processor 1110, configured to measure a first signal or a second signal according to the first information, and obtain position measurement information;

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives first information which is sent by the first communication device and used for assisting in position measurement, and the measurement is carried out according to the first information, so that the terminal positioning requirement under an NTN scene can be met.

Optionally, the first information includes at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

Optionally, the location measurement information includes at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

Optionally, the radio frequency unit 1101 is configured to report the location measurement information.

Optionally, the first signal or the second signal includes at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information of the satellite;

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives first information which is sent by the first communication device and used for assisting in position measurement, measures according to the first information, and uploads the position measurement information, so that the positioning requirement of the terminal under an NTN scene can be met, and the obtained position information is safe and reliable and is not easy to tamper.

The embodiment of the application also provides communication equipment. As shown in fig. 12, the communication apparatus 1200 includes: antenna 1201, radio frequency device 1202, baseband device 1203. Antenna 1201 is connected to radio frequency device 1202. In the uplink direction, the rf device 1202 receives information through the antenna 1201 and sends the received information to the baseband device 1203 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1203 processes information to be transmitted and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 1202, and the radio frequency device 1202 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 1201.

The above band processing means may be located in the baseband apparatus 1203, and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 1203, where the baseband apparatus 1203 includes a processor 1204 and a memory 1205.

The baseband apparatus 1203 may include at least one baseband board, for example, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 12, where one chip, for example, the processor 1204, is connected to the memory 1205 to call up a program in the memory 1205 to perform the network device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

The baseband apparatus 1203 may further include a network interface 1206 for exchanging information with the radio frequency apparatus 1202, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes: the instructions or programs stored in the memory 1205 and executable on the processor 1204, the processor 1204 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 1205 to execute the method executed by each module shown in fig. 9, and achieve the same technical effect, which is not described herein for avoiding repetition.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the above-mentioned non-terrestrial network positioning method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the non-terrestrial network positioning method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is omitted here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that 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.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A non-terrestrial network positioning method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

3. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 1, wherein the location measurement information comprises at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

4. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 1, further comprising:

and reporting the position measurement information.

5. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 1, wherein the first signal or the second signal comprises at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an evolved arbitrary signal.

6. The non-terrestrial network positioning method according to claim 5, wherein the coding property of the GNSS signals is code division multiple access CDMA, and the resources of the GNSS signals and the data resources do not overlap.

7. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 2, wherein the first configuration information further comprises satellite positioning assistance information, the satellite positioning assistance information comprising at least one of:

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

8. A non-terrestrial network positioning method applied to a first communication device, comprising:

the first signal or the second signal is used for position measurement.

9. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, wherein the first information comprises at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information or type information of one or more signals;

configuration information for one or more signals.

10. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, wherein the location measurement information comprises at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

wherein the location measurement time is used to indicate a time point corresponding to the location measurement or a time point corresponding to the reported location measurement information, and the location measurement time includes at least one of the following:

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

11. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, wherein the first signal or the second signal comprises at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

12. The non-terrestrial network-positioning method of claim 11, wherein the coding property of the GNSS signals is code division multiple access CDMA, and the resources of the GNSS signals do not overlap with the data resources.

13. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, further comprising:

sending second configuration information;

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

mapping relation of satellite and signal;

the mapping relationship of the relay device and the signal.

14. The method of any of claims 8-13, wherein the first communication device is a base station.

15. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, wherein the sending the first signal comprises:

receiving second information;

and sending a first signal according to the second information.

16. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 15, wherein the second information comprises at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

second configuration information;

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

a mapping relationship of the satellite and the first signal;

identification information/type information of one or more first signals;

configuration information of the one or more first signals.

17. A method for non-terrestrial network positioning according to any of claims 8-12 and 15-16, wherein the first communication device is a communication satellite of a non-terrestrial network.

18. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 9, wherein the first configuration information further comprises satellite positioning assistance information, the satellite positioning assistance information comprising at least one of:

an almanac;

referring to time information;

correcting the error information;

orbit information of the satellite;

ionospheric compensation information for the satellite;

19. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the second signal comprises:

receiving third information;

and sending a second signal according to the third information.

20. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 19, wherein the third information comprises at least one of:

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

relay device identification information;

mapping relation of satellite and relay equipment;

mapping relation between the base station and the relay equipment;

mapping relation between the second signal and the relay equipment;

third configuration information;

wherein the third configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more second signals;

configuration information of the one or more second signals.

21. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 19, further comprising at least one of:

22. A method as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 12 and 19 to 21, wherein the first communications device is a relay device of a non-terrestrial network.

23. The non-terrestrial network positioning method of claim 8, further comprising:

24. A non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus applied to a terminal, comprising:

25. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first information comprises at least one of:

relay device identification information;

satellite identification information;

base station identification information;

first configuration information;

wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of:

identification information/type information of one or more signals;

configuration information of one or more signals.

26. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 24, wherein the location measurement information comprises at least one of:

a location measurement time;

a location measurement list;

absolute or relative position information;

global navigation satellite system GNSS system time;

a network frame time;

a relay device time;

wherein the location measurement list comprises at least one of:

a relay device measurement list;

a satellite signal measurement list;

a list of communication signal measurements.

27. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

and the reporting unit is used for reporting the position measurement information.

28. The non-terrestrial network-locating apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first or second signal comprises at least one of:

a GNSS signal;

a new air interface NR signal;

a long term evolution, LTE, signal;

an arbitrary signal of evolution.

29. A non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus for use with a first communication device, comprising:

the first signal or the second signal is used for position measurement.

30. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 33, further comprising:

wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

mapping relation of base station and satellite;

mapping relation of satellite and signal;

the mapping relationship of the relay device and the signal.

31. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 29, wherein the first sending unit is configured to:

receiving second information;

and sending a first signal according to the second information.

32. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 29, wherein the first sending unit is configured to:

receiving third information;

and sending a second signal according to the third information.

33. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 32, further comprising at least one of:

34. The non-terrestrial network positioning apparatus of claim 29, further comprising:

35. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the non-terrestrial network positioning method according to any of claims 1 to 7.

36. A communications device comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the non-terrestrial network positioning method according to any one of claims 8 to 23.

37. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which program or instructions, when executed by a processor, carry out a non-terrestrial network positioning method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or carry out the steps of a non-terrestrial network positioning method according to any one of claims 8 to 23.