CN115088275A

CN115088275A - Method and device for triggering position information reporting

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Publication number: CN115088275A
Application number: CN202280001666.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱亚军
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-09
Filing date: 2022-05-09
Publication date: 2022-09-20
Also published as: WO2023216080A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method and a device for triggering position information reporting, which can be applied to the technical field of communication, wherein the method executed by network equipment comprises the following steps: when the triggering condition is met, a global positioning system (GNSS) position information reporting instruction can be sent to the terminal equipment so as to trigger the terminal equipment to report the GNSS position information. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Description

Method and device for triggering position information reporting

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for triggering reporting of location information.

Background

With the continuous development of the application of the internet of things, the requirement on the accuracy of the communication performance is higher and higher. However, the transmitting end and the receiving end have a long signal transmission distance, which results in a large transmission delay for data transmission.

In the related art, a terminal device may perform positioning through a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), determine position information of the terminal device, and report the position information to a network device, so that the network device determines a delay parameter according to the position information reported by the terminal device to compensate for transmission delay, thereby ensuring synchronization of uplink and downlink transmission.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and a device for triggering reporting of position information, which can trigger terminal equipment to report GNSS position information when it is determined that a triggering condition is met, thereby ensuring reliability of uplink and downlink transmission.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for triggering reporting of location information, where the method is executed by a network device, and the method includes: and responding to the condition that the triggering condition is met, and sending a global satellite positioning system (GNSS) position information reporting instruction to the terminal equipment.

In the disclosure, when the network device meets the trigger condition, the network device may send a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device to trigger the terminal device to report the GNSS location information. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides another method for triggering reporting of location information, where the method is executed by a terminal device, and the method includes: receiving a global positioning system GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by network equipment, wherein the reporting instruction is sent by the network equipment when the network equipment determines that a triggering condition is met.

In the disclosure, the terminal device may receive a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by the network device when it is determined that the triggering condition is satisfied. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, which includes, on a network device side:

and the receiving and sending module is used for responding to the condition that the triggering condition is met and sending a global satellite positioning system (GNSS) position information reporting instruction to the terminal equipment.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, including, on a terminal device side:

the device comprises a receiving and sending module and a sending and receiving module, wherein the receiving and sending module is used for receiving a global positioning system GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by network equipment, and the reporting instruction is sent by the network equipment when the network equipment is determined to meet a trigger condition.

In a fifth aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication device comprising a processor, which, when calling a computer program in a memory, executes the method of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication device comprising a processor that, when invoking a computer program in a memory, performs the method of the second aspect described above.

In a seventh aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a communication device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a computer program; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, including a processor and a memory, in which a computer program is stored; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method of the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, including a processor and an interface circuit, where the interface circuit is configured to receive code instructions and transmit the code instructions to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute the code instructions to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication apparatus, which includes a processor and an interface circuit, where the interface circuit is configured to receive code instructions and transmit the code instructions to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute the code instructions to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a system for triggering reporting of location information, where the system includes the communication device of the third aspect and the communication device of the fourth aspect, or the system includes the communication device of the fifth aspect and the communication device of the sixth aspect, or the system includes the communication device of the seventh aspect and the communication device of the eighth aspect, or the system includes the communication device of the ninth aspect and the communication device of the tenth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, configured to store instructions for the terminal device, where the instructions, when executed, cause the terminal device to perform the method according to the first aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a readable storage medium for storing instructions for the network device, where the instructions, when executed, cause the network device to perform the method of the second aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a fifteenth aspect, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

In a sixteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface for enabling a terminal device to implement the functionality according to the first aspect, e.g. to determine or process at least one of data and information related in the above method. In one possible design, the chip system further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the terminal device. The chip system may be formed by a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

In a seventeenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system comprising at least one processor and an interface, for enabling a network device to implement the functions referred to in the second aspect, e.g., determining or processing at least one of data and information referred to in the above method. In one possible design, the system-on-chip further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the network device. The chip system may be formed by a chip, or may include a chip and other discrete devices.

In an eighteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In a nineteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the second aspect described above.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or the background art of the present disclosure, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments or the background art of the present disclosure will be described below.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a further method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a further method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a further method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a further method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a further method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description refers to the accompanying drawings in which the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

For ease of understanding, terms to which the present disclosure relates will be first introduced.

1. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) generally refers to all satellite navigation systems including global, regional and augmentation systems, such as GPS in the united states, Glonass in russia, Galileo in europe, beidou satellite navigation system in china, and related augmentation systems, such as WAAS (wide area augmentation system) in the united states, EGNOS in europe (european geostationary navigation overlay system), MSAS in japan, and the like, and also covers other satellite navigation systems under construction and later.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, one network device and one terminal device, the number and form of the devices shown in fig. 1 are only for example and do not constitute a limitation to the embodiments of the present disclosure, and two or more network devices and two or more terminal devices may be included in practical applications. The communication system shown in fig. 1 includes a network device 11 and a terminal device 12 as an example.

It should be noted that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various communication systems. For example: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system, a 5G New Radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems.

The network device 11 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity for transmitting or receiving signals on the network side. For example, the network device 11 may be an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission point (TRP), a next generation base station (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in other future mobile communication systems, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technologies and the specific device forms adopted by the network devices. The network device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and a protocol layer of a network device, such as a base station, may be split by using a structure of CU-DU, functions of a part of the protocol layer are placed in the CU for centralized control, and functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layer are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU.

The terminal device 12 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity, such as a mobile phone, on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals. A terminal device may also be referred to as a terminal device (terminal), a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a mobile terminal device (MT), etc. The terminal device may be a vehicle having a communication function, a smart vehicle, a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in self-driving (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in remote surgery (remote medical supply), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), and the like. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and the specific device form adopted by the terminal device.

It is to be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation to the technical solutions provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and as a person having ordinary skill in the art knows that as the system architecture evolves and new service scenarios appear, the technical solutions provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

Generally, in order to ensure synchronization of uplink and downlink transmissions, a terminal device needs to report location information to a network device, so that the network device determines a delay parameter according to the location information reported by the terminal device to compensate for transmission delay. However, it needs to be further defined when the terminal device reports the location information.

A method and an apparatus for triggering reporting of location information according to the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a network device. As shown in fig. 2, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step 201, in response to the trigger condition being met, sending a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device.

The trigger condition may be preset in the system, or may also be agreed by a protocol, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Optionally, the trigger condition may include any one of: and triggering a period, wherein the confidence of the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is smaller than a first threshold, the interference on the first resource is larger than a second threshold, and the interval between the first resource and the resource used for the terminal equipment transmission is smaller than a third threshold.

In the present disclosure, the network device may periodically send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device according to a preset trigger period, so that the terminal device may report the GNSS location information after receiving the GNSS location information reporting instruction.

Optionally, the network device may also evaluate the location information reported by the terminal device to determine a confidence level of the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device, and when the confidence level of the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device is smaller than a preset first threshold, it indicates that the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device is unreliable, so that the network device may send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device to trigger the terminal device to report the GNSS location information again.

Optionally, the network device may further measure a signal on the first resource, determine interference of the signal on the first resource, and when the interference on the first resource is greater than the second threshold, it indicates that the signal on the resource allocated to the terminal device for transmission may cause interference on transmission on the first resource, that is, the location information reported previously by the terminal device is unreliable, so that the transmission resource allocated to the terminal device based on the location information causes interference on the first resource, and at this time, the network device may send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device, so as to trigger the terminal device to report the GNSS location information again. The interference on the first resource may be any information that can determine the communication quality of the resource, such as a signal-to-noise ratio, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Optionally, the reporting indication may include at least one of the following: the device is used for determining the configuration information of the reported position information, reporting the precision of the position information and verifying the transmission configuration of the position information.

The configuration information for determining the reporting position includes at least one of the following: reporting period, time domain initial position, reporting times, frequency domain position and the like, so that the terminal equipment can report the GNSS position information according to the configuration information. For example, the terminal device may periodically report the GNSS location information at a specified time-frequency domain location according to the number of reporting times.

In addition, the accuracy of reporting the location information may be cell level, kilometer (km) level, meter (m) level location accuracy, or the like. The terminal equipment can report the position information according to the precision of reporting the position information indicated by the network equipment.

Optionally, the transmission configuration for verifying the location information may include pilot configuration information and the like, where the pilot configuration information may include sequence information of pilots, configuration information for determining transmission resources, and the like. The terminal device may determine a pilot for transmitting the GNSS location information according to the sequence information of the pilot, and determine a transmission resource for transmitting the GNSS location information according to the configuration information for determining the transmission resource.

In the present disclosure, when the network device meets the trigger condition, the network device may send a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device, so as to trigger the terminal device to report the GNSS location information. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering location information reporting according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a network device. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step 301, in response to the trigger condition being met, sending a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device through the downlink control information DCI.

For specific explanation of the triggering condition and the GNSS position information reporting instruction, reference may be made to detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not described herein again.

In this disclosure, the network device may configure the GNSS location information reporting instruction in Downlink Control Information (DCI) and send the DCI to the terminal device, so that when the terminal device receives the DCI, it may be determined that the GNSS location information reporting instruction is received.

Optionally, the network device may configure configuration information and the like for determining the reporting position in a fixed or configurable information domain in the DCI, and the network device may determine an information domain value on an assigned information domain associated with the configuration information of the reporting position in the DCI according to a mapping relationship agreed by a protocol or between preset configuration information and the information domain value, and then may send the information domain value to the terminal device.

Optionally, the network device may further send indication information to the terminal device to indicate a mapping relationship between the configuration information and the information domain value. Therefore, the terminal equipment can determine the configuration information of the reporting position associated with the information domain value in the DCI according to the mapping relation and the received information domain value sent by the network equipment.

For example, assuming that the mapping relationship between the configuration information of the reporting location and the information domain value is shown in table 1, when the network device determines that the information domain value on the designated information domain associated with the configuration information of the reporting location is 00 according to the mapping relationship between the configuration information and the information domain value shown in table 1, the network device may send the information domain value 00 to the terminal device, so as to instruct the terminal device to report the location information according to the configuration information 1 associated with the information domain value 00.

TABLE 1

Value of information field	Reporting configuration information for a location
		00	Configuration information 1
01	Configuration information 2
		10	Configuration information 4
11	Configuration information 4

It is understood that each of the elements of table 1 are present independently and are exemplary listed in the same table, but do not mean that all of the elements in the table must be present according to the presentation in the table at the same time. The value of each element is independent of any other element value in table 1. Therefore, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the values of each element in table 1 are independent embodiments.

Optionally, the network device may configure the GNSS location information reporting instruction in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message and send the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device may determine the GNSS location information reporting instruction when receiving the RRC message.

Optionally, the network device may configure the GNSS location information reporting instruction in a Multimedia Access Control (MAC) control unit and send the configured GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device, so that when the terminal device receives the MAC, the GNSS location information reporting instruction may be determined.

In the present disclosure, when the network device meets the trigger condition, the network device may send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device through the DCI, so as to trigger the terminal device to report the GNSS location information. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a network device. As shown in fig. 4, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step 401, in response to the trigger condition being met, sending a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device.

In the present disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 401 may refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and is not described herein again.

Step 402, sending a GNSS location information reporting de-triggering instruction to the terminal device, where the de-triggering instruction is used to instruct the terminal device to stop reporting the location information.

According to the method and the device, after the network equipment receives the GNSS position information sent by the terminal equipment, the reliability of the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment can be judged, and if the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is judged to be reliable in a preset time period, the terminal equipment can be instructed to stop reporting the position information in the preset time period.

In this disclosure, when the network device meets the trigger condition, the network device may send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device through the DCI, and then may send a GNSS location information reporting de-trigger instruction to the terminal device, where the GNSS location information reporting de-trigger instruction is used to instruct the terminal device to stop reporting the location information. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a network device. As shown in fig. 5, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step 501, in response to the trigger condition being met, sending a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device.

In this disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 501 may refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the disclosure, and is not described herein again.

Step 502, receiving GNSS location information reported by a terminal device.

Step 503, in response to determining that the confidence of the GNSS location information is smaller than the first threshold, sending a GNSS location information re-reporting instruction to the terminal device.

In the disclosure, the network device may evaluate the location information reported by the terminal device to determine a confidence level of the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device, and when the confidence level of the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device is smaller than a preset first threshold, it indicates that the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device is unreliable, so that a GNSS location information re-reporting instruction may be sent to the terminal device to instruct the terminal device to re-report the GNSS location information. The indication for reporting the GNSS location information may be the same as or different from the indication for reporting the GNSS location information, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Optionally, when it is determined that the confidence of the GNSS location information is smaller than the first threshold, the network device may disconnect the wireless link connection with the terminal device, reject access of the terminal device, and avoid resource waste.

In the disclosure, when the network device meets the trigger condition, the network device may send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device through the DCI, and then may receive the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device, and when it is determined that the confidence of the GNSS location information is smaller than the first threshold, may send a GNSS location information re-reporting instruction to the terminal device. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a terminal device. As shown in fig. 6, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step 601, receiving a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by a network device, wherein the reporting instruction is sent by the network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied.

In this disclosure, the network device may also periodically send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device according to a preset trigger period, so that the terminal device may report the GNSS location information after receiving the GNSS location information reporting instruction.

Optionally, the network device may evaluate the location information reported by the terminal device to determine a confidence level of the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device, and when the confidence level of the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device is smaller than a preset first threshold, it indicates that the GNSS location information reported by the terminal device is unreliable, so that the network device may send a GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device to trigger the terminal device to report the GNSS location information again.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a terminal device. As shown in fig. 7, the method may include, but is not limited to, the steps of:

step 701, receiving a GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by a network device through downlink control information DCI, where the reporting instruction is sent by the network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied.

In this disclosure, the network device may configure the GNSS location information reporting instruction in Downlink Control Information (DCI) and send the DCI to the terminal device, so that the terminal device may receive the GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by the network device through the DCI.

Optionally, the terminal device may further receive indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate a mapping relationship between the configuration information and the information domain value. Therefore, the terminal equipment can determine the configuration information of the reporting position associated with the information domain value in the DCI according to the mapping relation and the received information domain value sent by the network equipment.

For example, if the mapping relationship between the configuration information and the information domain value, which is received by the terminal device and sent by the network device, is shown in table 1, and the received information domain value is 00, the terminal device may determine to report the location information based on the configuration information 1 associated with the information domain value 00.

Optionally, the network device may configure the GNSS location information reporting instruction in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message and send the Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device receives the GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by the network device through the RRC.

Optionally, the network device may configure the GNSS location information reporting instruction in a Multimedia Access Control (MAC) control unit and send the configured GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device, so that the terminal device receives the GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by the network device through an MAC.

In the disclosure, the terminal device may receive, through the DCI, a GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by the network device when it is determined that the triggering condition is satisfied. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a terminal device. As shown in fig. 8, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

step 801, receiving a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by a network device, wherein the reporting instruction is sent by the network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied.

In the present disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 801 may refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and is not described herein again.

Step 802, receiving a GNSS location information reporting de-triggering instruction sent by a network device, where the de-triggering instruction is used to instruct a terminal device to stop reporting the location information.

According to the method and the device, after the network equipment receives the GNSS position information sent by the terminal equipment, the reliability of the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment can be judged, and if the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is judged to be reliable in a preset time period, the terminal equipment can be instructed to stop reporting the position information in the preset time period. Therefore, when receiving the GNSS position information reporting and triggering indication sent by the network equipment, the terminal equipment can stop reporting the position information.

In the disclosure, after receiving a GNSS location information reporting instruction of a global positioning system sent by a network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied, a terminal device may receive a GNSS location information reporting de-trigger instruction sent by the network device for instructing the terminal device to stop reporting the location information. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for triggering reporting of location information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method is executed by a terminal device. As shown in fig. 9, the method may include, but is not limited to, the steps of:

step 901, receiving a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by a network device, where the reporting instruction is sent by the network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied.

In the present disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 901 may refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and is not described herein again.

Step 902, reporting the GNSS location information to the network device according to the reporting instruction.

In this disclosure, the reporting indication may include at least one of the following: the device is used for determining the configuration information of the reported position information, reporting the precision of the position information and verifying the transmission configuration of the position information.

The configuration information for determining the reporting position comprises at least one of the following items: reporting period, time domain initial position, reporting times, frequency domain position and the like, so that the terminal equipment can report the GNSS position information according to the configuration information. For example, the terminal device may periodically report the GNSS location information at a specified time-frequency domain location according to the number of reporting times.

In the disclosure, after receiving a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by a network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied, a terminal device may report GNSS location information of the terminal device according to the reporting instruction. Therefore, the terminal equipment is triggered to report the GNSS position information through the triggering condition, so that the accuracy of the time delay parameter determined by the network equipment according to the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is ensured, the invalid GNSS position information is avoided being reported, the resource waste is reduced, and the reliability of uplink and downlink transmission is further ensured.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1000 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The communication device 1000 shown in fig. 10 may include a transceiver module 1001 and a processing module 1002. The transceiver module 1001 may include a transmitting module and/or a receiving module, where the transmitting module is configured to implement a transmitting function, the receiving module is configured to implement a receiving function, and the transceiver module 1001 may implement a transmitting function and/or a receiving function.

It is understood that the communication apparatus 1000 may be a network device, an apparatus in a network device, or an apparatus capable of being used with a network device.

The communication apparatus 1000 is on the network device side, wherein:

the transceiving module 1001 is configured to send a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction to the terminal device in response to the trigger condition being met.

Optionally, the trigger condition includes any one of:

a trigger period;

the confidence of the GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment is smaller than a first threshold value; or

And the interference on the first resource is greater than a second threshold value, wherein the interval between the first resource and the resource used for the terminal equipment transmission is smaller than a third threshold value.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1001 is configured to:

sending a GNSS position information reporting instruction to the terminal equipment through downlink control information DCI; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

sending a GNSS position information reporting instruction to the terminal equipment through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and sending a GNSS position information reporting instruction to the terminal equipment through a Multimedia Access Control (MAC) control unit.

Optionally, the reporting indication includes at least one of the following:

configuration information used for determining reporting position information;

reporting the precision of the position information; or

For verifying the transmission configuration of the location information.

Optionally, the method may be characterized in that,

the configuration information for determining the reporting position includes at least one of:

reporting the period;

a time domain starting position;

reporting times; or

A frequency domain location;

the transmission configuration for verifying location information includes pilot configuration information.

Optionally, the method further includes:

the processing module 1002 is configured to determine, according to a mapping relationship between the configuration information and the information domain value, an information domain value in an assigned information domain associated with the configuration information of the reporting position in the DCI.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to:

and sending indication information to the terminal equipment, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the mapping relation between the configuration information and the information domain value.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to:

and sending a GNSS position information reporting de-triggering indication to the terminal equipment, wherein the de-triggering indication is used for indicating the terminal equipment to stop reporting the position information.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to:

receiving GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment;

the processing module, further configured to, in response to determining that the confidence level of the GNSS location information is less than a first threshold, perform at least one of:

sending a GNSS position information re-reporting instruction to the terminal equipment; or

And disconnecting the wireless link with the terminal equipment.

It is understood that the communication apparatus 1000 may be a terminal device, an apparatus in the terminal device, or an apparatus capable of being used in cooperation with the terminal device.

Communication apparatus 1000, on a terminal device side, wherein:

the receiving and sending module 1001 is configured to receive a global positioning system GNSS location information reporting instruction sent by a network device, where the reporting instruction is sent by the network device when it is determined that a trigger condition is satisfied.

Optionally, the trigger condition includes any one of:

a trigger period;

Optionally, the transceiver module 1001 is configured to:

receiving a GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by the network equipment through downlink control information DCI; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

receiving a GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by the network equipment through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and receiving a GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by the network equipment through a multimedia access control MAC control unit.

Optionally, the reporting indication includes at least one of the following:

configuration information used for determining reporting position information;

reporting the precision of the position information; or alternatively

For verifying the transmission configuration of the location information.

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

reporting the period;

a time domain starting position;

reporting times; or

A frequency domain location;

Optionally, the method further includes:

the processing module 1002 is configured to determine, according to a mapping relationship between the configuration information and the information domain value, configuration information of the reporting position associated with the information domain value in the designated information domain in the DCI.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1002 is further configured to:

and receiving indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the mapping relation between the configuration information and the information domain value.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1001 is further configured to:

and receiving a GNSS position information reporting de-triggering indication sent by the network equipment, wherein the de-triggering indication is used for indicating the terminal equipment to stop reporting the position information.

Optionally, the processing module 1002 is further configured to:

and reporting the GNSS position information to the network equipment according to the reporting indication.

Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device 1100 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The communication apparatus 1100 may be a network device, a terminal device, a chip system, a processor, or the like that supports the network device to implement the method, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like that supports the terminal device to implement the method. The apparatus may be configured to implement the method described in the method embodiment, and refer to the description in the method embodiment.

The communications apparatus 1100 may include one or more processors 1101. The processor 1101 may be a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, or the like. For example, a baseband processor or a central processor. The baseband processor may be configured to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be configured to control a communication device (e.g., a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device chip, a DU or CU, etc.), execute a computer program, and process data of the computer program.

Optionally, the communication device 1100 may further include one or more memories 1102 on which a computer program 1104 may be stored, and the processor 1101 executes the computer program 1104 to make the communication device 1100 perform the method described in the above method embodiment. Optionally, the memory 1102 may further store data therein. The communication device 1100 and the memory 1102 may be provided separately or may be integrated together.

Optionally, the communications apparatus 1100 may further include a transceiver 1105, an antenna 1106. The transceiver 1105 may be referred to as a transceiving unit, a transceiver, or a transceiving circuit, etc., for implementing transceiving functions. The transceiver 1105 may include a receiver and a transmitter, and the receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc. for implementing a receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmission circuit, etc. for implementing the transmission function.

Optionally, one or more interface circuits 1107 may also be included in communication device 1100. Interface circuitry 1107 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to processor 1101. The processor 1101 executes the code instructions to cause the communication device 1100 to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments.

The communication apparatus 1100 is a network device: processor 1101 is configured to perform step 503 of fig. 5, etc.

The communication apparatus 1100 is a terminal device: the transceiver 1105 is used to execute step 601 in fig. 6; step 701 in fig. 7; step 801 in FIG. 8; step 901 in fig. 9, and so on.

In one implementation, a transceiver may be included in the processor 1101 for performing receive and transmit functions. The transceiver may be, for example, a transceiver circuit, or an interface circuit. The transmit and receive circuitry, interfaces or interface circuitry used to implement the receive and transmit functions may be separate or integrated. The transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code/data, or the transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for transmitting or transferring signals.

In one implementation, the processor 1101 may have a computer program 1103 stored thereon, and the computer program 1103 running on the processor 1101 may cause the communication apparatus 1100 to perform the method described in the above method embodiments. The computer program 1103 may be solidified in the processor 1101, in which case the processor 1101 may be implemented in hardware.

In one implementation, the communications device 1100 may include circuitry that may implement the functionality of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processors and transceivers described in this disclosure 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 IC 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.

The communication apparatus in the above description of the embodiment may be a network device or an access network device (such as a terminal device in the foregoing embodiment of the method), but the scope of the communication apparatus described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication apparatus may not be limited by fig. 11. The communication means may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication means 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 means for storing data, computer programs;

(3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem);

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

(5) receivers, terminal devices, smart terminal devices, cellular phones, wireless devices, handsets, mobile units, in-vehicle devices, network devices, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, and the like;

(6) others, and so forth.

For the case that the communication device may be a chip or a system of chips, see the schematic structural diagram of the chip shown in fig. 12. The chip shown in fig. 12 comprises a processor 1201 and an interface 1203. The number of the processors 1201 may be one or more, and the number of the interfaces 1203 may be more.

For the case where the chip is used to implement the functions of the network device in the embodiments of the present disclosure:

an interface 1203 for performing step 201 in fig. 2; step 301 in FIG. 3; or step 401, step 402 in fig. 4; or step 501, step 502, etc. in fig. 5.

For the case that the chip is used for realizing the functions of the terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure:

an interface 1203 for performing step 601 in fig. 6; step 701 in fig. 7; step 801 in FIG. 8; step 901 in fig. 9, and so on.

Optionally, the chip further comprises a memory 1203, the memory 1203 being used for storing necessary computer programs and data.

Those of skill in the art will also appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps (step) set forth in the embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design requirements of the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the disclosed embodiments.

The present disclosure also provides a readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement the functionality of any of the above-described method embodiments.

The present disclosure also provides a computer program product which, when executed by a computer, implements the functionality of any of the above-described method embodiments.

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 programs. The procedures or functions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure are wholly or partially generated when the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer program can 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 (DSL)) or wireless (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., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

It is understood that "a plurality" in this disclosure means two or more, and other words are analogous. "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. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It is further to be understood that while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this is not to be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in serial order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the various numbers of the first, second, etc. involved in this disclosure are merely for convenience of description and distinction, and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the disclosure, but also to indicate the order of precedence.

At least one of the present disclosure may also be described as one or more, and a plurality may be two, three, four or more, without limitation of the present disclosure. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D", and the like, and the technical features described in "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D" are not in the order of priority or magnitude.

The correspondence shown in the tables in the present disclosure may be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are only examples, and may be configured as other values, and the disclosure is not limited thereto. When the correspondence between the information and each parameter is configured, it is not always necessary to configure all the correspondences indicated in each table. For example, in the table in the present disclosure, the correspondence relationship shown by some rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate modification adjustments, such as splitting, merging, etc., can be made based on the above tables. The names of the parameters in the tables may be other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or the expression of the parameters may be other values or expressions understandable by the communication device. When the above tables are implemented, other data structures may be used, for example, arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear tables, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables, or hash tables may be used.

Predefinition in this disclosure may be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, curing, or pre-firing.

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

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

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for triggering reporting of location information, the method being performed by a network device, the method comprising:

and responding to the condition that the triggering condition is met, and sending a global satellite positioning system (GNSS) position information reporting instruction to the terminal equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger condition comprises any one of:

a trigger period;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a global positioning system (GNSS) location information reporting indicator to a terminal device comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting indication comprises at least one of:

configuration information used for determining reporting position information;

reporting the precision of the position information; or alternatively

For verifying the transmission configuration of the location information.

5. The method of claim 4,

reporting the period;

a time domain starting position;

reporting times; or

A frequency domain location;

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

and determining the information domain value on the designated information domain associated with the configuration information of the reporting position in the DCI according to the mapping relation between the configuration information and the information domain value.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

8. The method of any of claims 1-7, further comprising:

9. The method of any of claims 1-8, further comprising:

receiving GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment;

in response to determining that the confidence level of the GNSS location information is less than a first threshold, performing at least one of:

sending a GNSS position information re-reporting instruction to the terminal equipment; or alternatively

And disconnecting the wireless link with the terminal equipment.

10. A method for triggering reporting of location information, the method being performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving a global positioning system GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by network equipment, wherein the reporting instruction is sent by the network equipment when the network equipment determines that a triggering condition is met.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the trigger condition comprises any one of:

a trigger period;

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein said receiving the GNSS location information reporting indication sent by the network device comprises:

receiving a GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by the network equipment through a radio resource control RRC message; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and receiving a GNSS position information reporting instruction sent by the network equipment through a Multimedia Access Control (MAC) control unit.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the reporting indication comprises at least one of:

configuration information used for determining reporting position information;

reporting the precision of the position information; or

For verifying the transmission configuration of the location information.

14. The method of claim 13,

reporting the period;

a time domain starting position;

reporting times; or

A frequency domain location;

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

and determining the configuration information of the reporting position associated with the information domain value on the designated information domain in the DCI according to the mapping relation between the configuration information and the information domain value.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

17. The method of any of claims 10-16, further comprising:

18. The method of any of claims 10-17, further comprising:

and reporting the GNSS position information to the network equipment according to the reporting instruction.

19. A communications apparatus, performed by a network device, the apparatus comprising:

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the trigger condition comprises any one of:

a trigger period;

21. The apparatus as recited in claim 19, wherein said transceiver module is configured to:

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the reporting indication comprises at least one of:

configuration information used for determining reporting position information;

reporting the precision of the position information; or

For verifying the transmission configuration of the location information.

23. The apparatus of claim 22,

reporting the period;

a time domain starting position;

reporting times; or

A frequency domain location;

24. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

and the processing module is used for determining the information domain value on the designated information domain associated with the configuration information of the reporting position in the DCI according to the mapping relation between the configuration information and the information domain value.

25. The apparatus as recited in claim 24, wherein said transceiver module is further configured to:

26. The apparatus of any of claims 19-25, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to:

sending a GNSS position information reporting de-triggering instruction to the terminal equipment, wherein the de-triggering instruction is used for instructing the terminal equipment to stop reporting the position information.

27. The apparatus of any of claims 19-26, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to:

receiving GNSS position information reported by the terminal equipment;

And disconnecting the wireless link connection with the terminal equipment.

28. A communication apparatus, performed by a terminal device, the apparatus comprising:

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the trigger condition comprises any one of:

a trigger period;

30. The apparatus as recited in claim 28, wherein said transceiver module is configured to:

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the reporting indication comprises at least one of:

configuration information used for determining reporting position information;

reporting the precision of the position information; or

For verifying the transmission configuration of the location information.

32. The apparatus of claim 31,

reporting the period;

a time domain starting position;

reporting times; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

a frequency domain location;

33. The apparatus of claim 31, further comprising:

and the processing module is used for determining the configuration information of the reporting position associated with the information domain value on the designated information domain in the DCI according to the mapping relation between the configuration information and the information domain value.

34. The apparatus as recited in claim 33, wherein said transceiver module is further configured to:

35. The apparatus of any of claims 28-34, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to:

36. The apparatus of any of claims 28-35, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

37. A communication apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a processor and a memory, in which a computer program is stored, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

38. A communications apparatus, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a computer program, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 10 to 18.

39. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any of claims 1-9 to be implemented.

40. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any one of claims 10 to 18 to be implemented.