CN117835396A

CN117835396A - Information processing method, device and readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117835396A
Application number: CN202211188966.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张不方; 李健翔; 张惠英
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-27
Filing date: 2022-09-27
Publication date: 2024-04-05
Also published as: WO2024067284A1

Abstract

The application discloses an information processing method, an information processing device and a readable storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication so as to realize downlink positioning of remote UE. The method may include: the remote UE sends first auxiliary information to the LMF; and the remote UE receives the expected measurement receiving window and/or the uncertainty parameter of the expected measurement receiving window sent by the LMF. The embodiment of the application can realize the downlink positioning of the remote UE.

Description

Information processing method, device and readable storage medium

Technical Field

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

Background

In the case of U2N Relay (UE to Network Relay, UE-to-network Relay), the Remote UE needs to access the network through the Relay UE. Remote UE (Remote UE) may be located in an area where coverage of a base station is poor, and LMF (Location Management Function ) cannot directly obtain a distance transmission time difference between the Remote UE and the base station according to a synchronization state between the Remote UE and the base station, etc., so as to estimate a measurement receiving window thereof. In this case, the Remote UE may not measure the PRS (Positioning Reference Signal ) signal, resulting in positioning failure.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an information processing method, an information processing device and a readable storage medium, so as to realize downlink positioning of remote UE.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method, including:

the remote UE sends first auxiliary information to the LMF;

and the remote UE receives the expected measurement receiving window and/or the uncertainty parameter of the expected measurement receiving window sent by the LMF.

Optionally, the first auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a Relay UE identity (Relay UE ID) of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE;

information of a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

and the synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE.

Optionally, the information of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE includes at least one of the following:

PCI (Physical Cell Identifier ) of the serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

the frequency point of the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

the NCGI (NR Cell Global Identifier ) of the serving cell to which the relay UE accesses.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the remote UE receives first bias information sent by the LMF, where the first bias information is bias information between a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System ) clock and a synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method, including:

the relay UE transmits second auxiliary information to the LMF.

Optionally, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of:

information of the relay UE;

and the second deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the serving cell clock accessed by the relay UE.

Optionally, the information of the relay UE includes at least one of:

the position information of the relay UE;

TA (Timing Advance) between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

the distance between the relay UE and a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

and the difference value between the sending time and the receiving time of the relay UE and the serving cell accessed by the relay UE.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the relay UE receives a first request sent by the LMF, wherein the first request is used for requesting the second auxiliary information;

wherein the first request includes at least one of:

the first indication information is used for requesting to acquire the position information of the relay UE;

the second indication information is used for requesting to acquire the TA between the relay UE and the serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

The third indication information is used for requesting to acquire the distance between the relay UE and the serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

fourth indication information, configured to request to obtain a difference between a transmission time and a reception time between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

and fifth indication information for requesting to acquire the second deviation information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method, including:

the network equipment receives a second request sent by the LMF;

the network device sends third auxiliary information to the LMF;

the network equipment corresponds to a service cell accessed by a relay UE associated with a remote UE.

Optionally, the third auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a UE identity (UE ID) of the relay UE;

information of the relay UE;

Optionally, the information of the relay UE includes at least one of:

the position information of the relay UE;

a TA between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

the distance between the relay UE and a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

Optionally, the second request includes at least one of:

sixth indication information, configured to request to acquire a UE ID of the relay UE;

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE;

seventh indication information, configured to request to obtain location information of the relay UE;

eighth indication information, configured to request to obtain a TA between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

ninth indication information, configured to request to obtain a distance between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

tenth indication information for requesting to acquire a difference between a transmission time and a reception time between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

and eleventh indication information, configured to request to acquire second deviation information, where the second deviation information is deviation information between a GNSS clock and a serving cell clock accessed by the relay UE.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method, including:

the LMF acquires auxiliary information;

the LMF transmits the expected measurement receive window and/or the expected measurement receive window uncertainty parameter to the remote UE.

Optionally, the expected measurement receiving window and/or the expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter is determined from the assistance information.

Optionally, the auxiliary information includes one or more of first auxiliary information, second auxiliary information and third auxiliary information;

wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE;

information of a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

the synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE;

alternatively, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of:

information of the relay UE;

the second deviation information is deviation information between a GNSS clock and a serving cell clock accessed by the relay UE;

or,

the third auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a UE identity (UE ID) of the relay UE;

information of the relay UE;

PCI of the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

The frequency point of the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

the NCGI of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

or,

the information of the relay UE includes at least one of:

the position information of the relay UE;

a TA between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

the distance between the relay UE and a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

Optionally, the LMF obtains the first auxiliary information from a remote UE; or alternatively

The LMF acquires the second auxiliary information from the relay UE associated with the remote UE; or alternatively

And the LMF acquires the third auxiliary information from the network equipment of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE.

Optionally, the LMF obtaining the third auxiliary information includes:

the LMF sends a second request to the network equipment;

the LMF receives the third auxiliary information sent by the network equipment according to the second request.

Optionally, the second request includes at least one of:

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE;

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the LMF sends a first request to the relay UE, wherein the first request is used for requesting the second auxiliary information;

wherein the first request includes at least one of:

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the LMF sends first deviation information to the remote UE, wherein the first deviation information is the deviation information between a GNSS clock and a synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, applied to a remote UE, including:

a first transmitting unit, configured to transmit first auxiliary information to the LMF;

and the first receiving unit is used for receiving the expected measurement receiving window and/or the expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter sent by the LMF.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, applied to a relay UE, including:

and the first sending unit is used for sending the second auxiliary information to the LMF.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a network device, where the network device corresponds to a serving cell accessed by a relay UE associated with a remote UE, and includes:

A first receiving unit, configured to receive a second request sent by the LMF;

and the first sending unit is used for sending the third auxiliary information to the LMF.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, applied to an LMF, including:

the first acquisition unit is used for acquiring auxiliary information by the LMF;

and the first sending unit is used for sending the expected measurement receiving window and/or the uncertainty parameter of the expected measurement receiving window to the remote UE.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, applied to a remote UE, including: memory, transceiver, processor:

a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

transmitting first auxiliary information to the LMF;

and receiving an expected measurement receiving window and/or an expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter sent by the LMF.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus applied to a relay UE, including: memory, transceiver, processor:

And sending second auxiliary information to the LMF.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a network device, where the network device corresponds to a serving cell accessed by a relay UE associated with a remote UE, and includes: memory, transceiver, processor:

receiving a second request sent by the LMF;

and sending third auxiliary information to the LMF.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, applied to an LMF, including: memory, transceiver, processor:

acquiring auxiliary information;

the expected measurement receive window and/or the expected measurement receive window uncertainty parameter is transmitted to the remote UE.

In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application also provide a processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the information processing method as described above.

In the embodiment of the application, the LMF can send the expected measurement receiving window and/or the uncertainty parameter of the expected measurement receiving window to the remote UE by providing the auxiliary information to the LMF, so that the remote UE can measure the PRS signal, and downlink positioning of the remote UE is realized.

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Fig. 1 is one of flowcharts of a signal processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a second flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a third flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a fourth flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a fifth flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart eighth of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a signal processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is one of the block diagrams of the signal processing apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a second block diagram of a signal processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a third block diagram of a signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a fourth block diagram of the signal processing apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a fifth block diagram of the signal processing apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 15 is a sixth block diagram of the signal processing apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a seventh block diagram of a signal processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the embodiment of the application, the term "and/or" describes the association relationship of the association objects, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may be represented: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship.

The term "plurality" in the embodiments of the present application means two or more, and other adjectives are similar thereto.

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

The embodiment of the application provides an information processing method, an information processing device and an information processing device, which are used for realizing downlink positioning of remote UE.

The method and the device are based on the same application, and because the principles of solving the problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repetition is not repeated.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a flowchart of a signal processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, including the following steps:

step 101, the remote UE sends first auxiliary information to the LMF.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first assistance information is used for determining the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter.

Wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a Relay UE identity (Relay UE ID) of a Relay UE associated with the remote UE; relaying information of a serving cell accessed by the UE; synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE.

The remote UE is accessed to the network through the relay UE associated with the remote UE. The synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE includes a GNSS clock or a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE.

PCI of service cell accessed by relay UE; relaying a frequency point of a service cell accessed by the UE; the NCGI of the serving cell to which the relay UE has access.

Of course, with the development of technology, the content included in the first auxiliary information and the above information can be correspondingly expanded.

In this step, the remote UE may send first assistance information, e.g., an LPP provide capability message, an LPP request assistance data message, etc., to the LMF through an LPP (LTE Positioning Protocol ) message. Of course, the remote UE may also send the first auxiliary information by using other types of messages, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Step 102, the remote UE receives an expected measurement receiving window and/or an expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter sent by the LMF.

In this step, the remote UE may receive the expected measurement receive window and/or the expected measurement receive window uncertainty parameter, such as the LPP assistance data message, sent by the LMF via the LPP message. Of course, the remote UE may also receive the expected measurement reception window and/or the expected measurement reception window uncertainty parameter sent by the LMF using other types of messages, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the remote UE may further receive first offset information sent by the LMF, where the first offset information is offset information between a GNSS clock and a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE, so that downlink positioning of the remote UE is more accurately achieved when the remote UE uses the GNSS clock as a synchronization reference.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart of a signal processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, including the following steps:

step 201, the relay UE sends second auxiliary information to the LMF.

Wherein the second assistance information is used for determining a desired measurement reception window and/or a desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter. The relay UE refers to a relay UE associated with a remote UE.

Wherein the second auxiliary information includes at least one of:

relaying information of the UE; and the second deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the service cell clock accessed by the relay UE.

Optionally, the information of the relay UE includes at least one of:

relaying location information of the UE; TA between relay UE and service cell accessed by relay UE; the distance between the relay UE and the serving cell to which the relay UE is accessed; the difference between the transmission time (Tx) and the reception time (Rx) between the relay UE and the serving cell to which the relay UE accesses.

In this step, the relay UE may transmit second assistance information to the LMF through an LPP message, for example, an LPP request assistance data message or a provide location message, etc. Of course, the relay UE may also send the second auxiliary information by using other types of messages, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, before this step, the relay UE may further receive a first request sent by the LMF, where the first request is used to request the second assistance information. The first request may be, for example, an LPP request location information message, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Wherein the first request includes at least one of:

the second indication information is used for requesting to acquire the TA between the relay UE and the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

and fifth indication information for requesting acquisition of the second deviation information.

Of course, with the development of technology, the content included in the second auxiliary information and the above information can be correspondingly expanded.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of a signal processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, including the following steps:

step 301, the network device receives a second request sent by the LMF.

The network device corresponds to a serving cell, such as a base station, accessed by the relay UE associated with the remote UE. The second request may be, for example, an NRPPa (NR positioning protocol A ) request message, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Wherein the second request includes at least one of:

fifth indication information for requesting acquisition of a UE ID of the relay UE;

relay UE ID of Relay UE;

sixth indication information, which is used for requesting to acquire the position information of the relay UE;

seventh indication information, configured to request to acquire a TA between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

eighth indication information, configured to request to obtain a distance between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

Ninth indication information, configured to request to obtain a difference between a transmission time and a reception time between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

and tenth indication information, configured to request to acquire second deviation information, where the second deviation information is deviation information between the GNSS clock and a serving cell clock accessed by the relay UE.

Step 302, the network device sends third auxiliary information to the LMF according to the second request.

Wherein the third assistance information is used for determining the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter. The third auxiliary information includes at least one of:

UE identification (UE ID) of relay UE; relaying information of the UE; and the second deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the service cell clock accessed by the relay UE.

Wherein the information of the relay UE includes at least one of:

relaying location information of the UE; TA between relay UE and service cell accessed by relay UE; the distance between the relay UE and the serving cell to which the relay UE is accessed; the difference between the transmission time and the reception time between the relay UE and the serving cell to which the relay UE accesses.

In this step, the network device may send the third auxiliary information to the LMF through an NRPPa response message, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Of course, with the development of technology, the content included in the third auxiliary information and the above information can be correspondingly expanded.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of a signal processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, including the following steps:

step 401, LMF obtains auxiliary information.

In embodiments of the present application, the assistance information is used to determine the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty. The auxiliary information may include one or more of first auxiliary information, second auxiliary information, and third auxiliary information. The meaning of the first auxiliary information, the second auxiliary information and the third auxiliary information can refer to the description of the foregoing method embodiments.

Specifically, the LMF may obtain the first auxiliary information from the remote UE, obtain the second auxiliary information from the relay UE, and obtain the third auxiliary information from the network device. The relay UE is a remote UE associated relay UE. The network device corresponds to a serving cell, such as a base station, to which a relay UE associated with the remote UE accesses.

In a specific application process, the LMF may, for example, receive first assistance information sent by the remote UE through an LPP message (e.g., an LPP request assistance data message or a provide location message, etc.); the LMF may transmit a first request (e.g., LPP request location information message, etc.) to the relay UE and receive second assistance information transmitted by the relay UE through the LPP message (e.g., LPP request assistance data message or provide location message, etc.); the LMF may send a second request (e.g., NRPPa request message) to the network device and receive third auxiliary information sent by the network device according to the second request (e.g., send the third auxiliary information through NRPPa response message).

Wherein the content and meaning of the first request and the second request may refer to the description of the foregoing method embodiments.

Step 402, the LMF sends the expected measurement receive window and/or the expected measurement receive window uncertainty parameter to the remote UE.

In embodiments of the present application, the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter is determined from the assistance information. The specific determination manner may be determined by the LMF according to a certain policy, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the policy may be a specific determination algorithm or the like, which is determined in connection with which of the first auxiliary information, the second auxiliary information, the third auxiliary information.

Optionally, the LMF may further send first offset information to the remote UE, where the first offset information is offset information between the GNSS clock and a synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE, so as to achieve more accurate positioning.

In one embodiment of the present application, the LMF may obtain, from the remote UE, information related to the serving cell of the relay UE with which the remote UE is associated. As shown in fig. 5, the method specifically includes:

in step 501, the LMF sends an LPP request message to the remote UE requesting to acquire information of a serving cell of its associated relay UE. This step is an optional step.

Step 502, the remote UE sends first assistance information (e.g. providing capability message by LPP or requesting assistance data message by LPP) to the LMF, where the first assistance information includes at least one of PCI, frequency point, NCGI of serving cell information of relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, the first assistance information may further include synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE, where the synchronization reference indication information includes a GNSS clock or a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE.

In one embodiment of the present application, the LMF may obtain, from the remote UE, information related to a serving cell of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, and/or a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE. As shown in fig. 6, specifically, the method includes:

in step 601, the LMF sends an LPP request message to the remote UE, requesting to acquire information of a serving cell of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, and a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, it may also request to acquire synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE. This step is an optional step.

Step 602, the remote UE sends first assistance information (for example, an LPP provided capability message or an LPP requested assistance data message sent) to the LMF, where the first assistance information includes serving cell information (for example, at least one of PCI, frequency point, and NCGI) of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, and a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, the first assistance information may further include synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE, where the synchronization reference indication information includes a GNSS clock or a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE.

In one embodiment of the present application, the LMF may obtain information about a serving cell of a relay UE associated with a remote UE from the serving cell. As shown in fig. 7, specifically, the method includes:

In step 701, the LMF sends an LPP request message to the remote UE requesting to acquire information of a serving cell of its associated relay UE. This step is an optional step.

Step 702, the remote UE sends first assistance information (e.g. by LPP providing capability message or LPP requesting assistance data message) to the LMF, where the first assistance information includes at least one of PCI, frequency point, NCGI, and serving cell information of the relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, the first assistance information may further include synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE, where the synchronization reference indication information includes a GNSS clock or a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE.

Step 703, the LMF sends an NRPPa request message to the network device of the serving cell according to the acquired information of the serving cell of the relay UE associated with the remote UE, and requests to acquire the position coordinate information of the serving cell, the coverage radius of the serving cell, and other information.

Step 704, the serving cell of the relay UE associated with the remote UE sends an NRPPa response message to the LMF, and provides information such as location coordinate information of the serving cell, coverage radius of the serving cell, and the like.

After the above step 702, the LMF may also obtain information of the serving cell of the relay UE associated with the UE based on the pre-configuration of the OAM (Operation Administration and Maintenance, operation maintenance management), and at this time, step 703 and step 704 may not be performed.

In one embodiment of the present application, the LMF may obtain information of a relay UE associated with a remote UE from the relay UE, as shown in fig. 8, specifically including:

step 801, the LMF sends an LPP request message to the remote UE, requesting to acquire information of a serving cell of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, and Relay UE ID information of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, it may also request to acquire synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE. This step is an optional step.

Step 802, the remote UE sends first assistance information (e.g. by LPP providing capability message or LPP requesting assistance data message) to the LMF, where the first assistance information includes at least one of PCI, frequency point, NCGI, and serving cell information of the relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, the first assistance information may further include synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE, where the synchronization reference indication information includes a GNSS clock or a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE.

Step 803, the LMF sends a second request (such as an NRPPa request message) to the network device of the serving cell, where the second request carries a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE and sixth indication information, and is used to request to acquire the UE ID of the Relay UE.

Step 804, the network device of the serving cell sends an NRPPa response message to the LMF, carrying the UE ID of the relay UE.

Step 805, the LMF sends a first request (e.g. by LPP request location information message transmission) to the relay UE, including at least one of:

Step 806, the relay UE sending second assistance information to the LMF (e.g. providing location information messaging via LPP), including at least one of:

relaying location information of the UE;

timing advance TA between relay UE and service cell accessed by the relay UE;

the distance between the relay UE and the serving cell to which the relay UE is accessed;

a difference between a transmission time and a reception time between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

and the second deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the service cell clock accessed by the relay UE.

In one embodiment of the present application, the LMF may acquire information of the relay UE associated with the remote UE from a serving cell of the relay UE associated with the remote UE. As shown in fig. 9, specifically, the method includes:

step 901, the LMF sends an LPP request message to the remote UE, requesting to acquire information of a serving cell of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, and Relay UE ID information of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, it may also request to acquire synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE. This step is an optional step.

In step 902, the remote UE sends first assistance information (e.g., an LPP provided capability message or an LPP requested assistance data message sent) to the LMF, where the first assistance information includes serving cell information (e.g., at least one of PCI, frequency point, NCGI) of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, and a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE. Optionally, the first assistance information may further include synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE, where the synchronization reference indication information includes a GNSS clock or a synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE.

Step 903, the LMF sends a second request (such as an NRPPa request message) to a network device of a serving cell of the Relay UE according to Relay UE ID information of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE, where the second request includes at least one of the following:

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE;

The eleventh indication information is carried by the LMF when determining that the remote UE is synchronous with the GNSS clock according to the synchronization reference indication information acquired from the remote UE.

Step 904, the serving cell of the relay UE sends third auxiliary information (e.g. via NRPPa response message), including at least one of the following:

UE ID of relay UE;

relaying location information of the UE;

TA between relay UE and service cell accessed by relay UE;

Based on the above embodiments, the LMF obtains the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter from the obtained information. The specific acquisition method depends on the algorithm or LMF internal implementation. The LMF transmits the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter to the remote UE.

Specifically, the LMF sends an LPP assistance data message to the remote UE, where the message includes PRS configuration information, a reception window is expected to be measured, and a reception window uncertainty parameter is expected to be measured. Optionally, offset information between the GNSS clock and the synchronization reference cell clock of the remote UE may also be included.

As can be seen from the above description, in the embodiments of the present application, the remote UE, the relay UE associated with the remote UE, and the serving cell of the relay UE associated with the remote UE may provide corresponding auxiliary information to the LMF, so as to determine the expected measurement receiving window and/or the expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter with the auxiliary LMF, and send the expected measurement receiving window and/or expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter to the remote UE, so that DL positioning for the remote UE may be implemented.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be suitable for various systems, in particular to a 5G system. For example, suitable systems may be global system for mobile communications (global system of mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) universal packet Radio service (general packet Radio service, GPRS), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD), LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), long term evolution-advanced (long term evolution advanced, LTE-a), universal mobile system (universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX), 5G New air interface (New Radio, NR), and the like. Terminal devices and network devices are included in these various systems. Core network parts such as evolved packet system (Evolved Packet System, EPS), 5G system (5 GS) etc. may also be included in the system.

The terminal device according to the embodiments of the present application may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, etc. The names of the terminal devices may also be different in different systems, for example in a 5G system, the terminal devices may be referred to as User Equipment (UE). The wireless terminal device may communicate with one or more Core Networks (CNs) via a radio access Network (Radio Access Network, RAN), which may be mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, e.g., portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and/or data with the radio access Network. Such as personal communication services (Personal Communication Service, PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (Session Initiated Protocol, SIP) phones, wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDAs), and the like. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile station (mobile), remote station (remote station), access point (access point), remote terminal device (remote terminal), access terminal device (access terminal), user terminal device (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user equipment (user device), and the embodiments of the present application are not limited.

The network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station, where the base station may include a plurality of cells for providing services for a terminal. A base station may also be called an access point or may be a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminal devices, or other names, depending on the particular application. The network device may be operable to exchange received air frames with internet protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network device according to the embodiments of the present application may be a network device (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile communications, GSM) or code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in a wideband code division multiple access (Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA), an evolved network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), a home evolved base station (Home evolved Node B, heNB), a relay node (relay node), a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), and the like. In some network structures, the network device may include a Centralized Unit (CU) node and a Distributed Unit (DU) node, which may also be geographically separated.

Multiple-input Multiple-output (Multi Input Multi Output, MIMO) transmissions may each be made between a network device and a terminal device using one or more antennas, and the MIMO transmissions may be Single User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multiple User MIMO (MU-MIMO). The MIMO transmission may be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO, or massive-MIMO, or may be diversity transmission, precoding transmission, beamforming transmission, or the like, depending on the form and number of the root antenna combinations.

As shown in fig. 10, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a network device, where the network device corresponds to a serving cell accessed by a relay UE associated with a remote UE, and includes: processor 1000, for reading the program in memory 1020, performs the following processes:

receiving a second request sent by the LMF;

and sending third auxiliary information to the LMF.

A transceiver 1010 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1000.

Wherein in fig. 10, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by the processor 1000 and various circuits of the memory, represented by the memory 1020, are chained together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1010 may be a number of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 1000 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 may store data used by the processor 1000 in performing operations.

Processor 1000 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), and may also employ a multi-core architecture.

The processor 1000 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 may store data used by the processor 1000 in performing operations.

The meaning and content of the third auxiliary information may be referred to the description of the foregoing method embodiment.

It should be noted that, the above device provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as those of the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted.

As shown in fig. 11, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to an LMF, and includes: the processor 1100, configured to read the program in the memory 1120, performs the following procedures:

acquiring auxiliary information;

A transceiver 1111 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1100.

Wherein in fig. 11, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular one or more processors represented by processor 1100 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 1120, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1111 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 1100 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1120 may store data used by the processor 1100 in performing operations.

The processor 1100 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), or it may employ a multi-core architecture.

The processor 1100 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1120 may store data used by the processor 1100 in performing operations.

The desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter are determined from the assistance information. The meaning and content of the auxiliary information can be referred to the description of the foregoing method embodiments.

Optionally, the processor 1100 is further configured to read a program, and perform the following steps:

acquiring first auxiliary information from a remote UE; or alternatively

Acquiring second auxiliary information from relay UE associated with the remote UE; or alternatively

And acquiring third auxiliary information from the network equipment of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE.

sending a second request to the network device;

and receiving third auxiliary information sent by the network equipment according to the second request.

Wherein the content of the second request may be referred to the description of the previous method embodiments.

a first request is sent to the relay UE, the first request being for requesting second assistance information.

Wherein the content of the first request may be referred to the description of the previous method embodiments.

and sending first deviation information to the remote UE, wherein the first deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

As shown in fig. 12, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a remote UE, and includes: processor 1200 for reading the program in memory 1220, performs the following process:

transmitting first auxiliary information to the LMF;

A transceiver 1210 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1200.

Wherein in fig. 12, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and in particular, one or more processors represented by processor 1200 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 1220, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1210 may be a number of elements, i.e. include a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The user interface 1230 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with an inscribed desired device for a different user device, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.

The processor 1200 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1220 may store data used by the processor 1200 in performing operations.

The processor 1200 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), or it may employ a multi-core architecture.

The processor is configured to execute any of the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application in accordance with the obtained executable instructions by invoking a computer program stored in a memory. The processor and the memory may also be physically separate.

The meaning of the first auxiliary information may be referred to the description of the foregoing method embodiment.

The processor 1200 is also configured to read a program, and perform the following steps:

and receiving first deviation information sent by the LMF, wherein the first deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

As shown in fig. 13, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a relay UE, and includes: processor 1300, for reading the program in memory 1320, performs the following procedure:

and sending second auxiliary information to the LMF.

A transceiver 1310 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1300.

Where in FIG. 13, a bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits of the one or more processors, specifically represented by processor 1300, and the memory, represented by memory 1320, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, power management circuits, etc., which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1310 may be a number of elements, i.e., include a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The user interface 1330 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with an inscribed desired device for a different user device, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.

The processor 1300 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1320 may store data used by the processor 1300 in performing operations.

Processor 1300 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or complex programmable logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device, CPLD), and may also employ a multi-core architecture.

The meaning of the second auxiliary information may be referred to the description of the foregoing method embodiments.

The processor 1300 is also configured to read a program, and perform the following steps:

receiving a first request sent by an LMF, wherein the first request is used for requesting second auxiliary information;

wherein the first request includes at least one of:

As shown in fig. 14, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a remote UE, and includes:

a first transmitting unit 1401 for transmitting first auxiliary information to the LMF; a first receiving unit 1402 is configured to receive an expected measurement receiving window and/or an expected measurement receiving window uncertainty parameter sent by the LMF.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

and the second receiving unit is used for receiving the first deviation information sent by the LMF, wherein the first deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

As shown in fig. 15, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a relay UE, and includes:

a first sending unit 1501, configured to send the second auxiliary information to the LMF.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

the first receiving unit is used for receiving a first request sent by the LMF, wherein the first request is used for requesting second auxiliary information;

wherein the first request includes at least one of:

As shown in fig. 16, the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present application is applied to a network device, where the network device corresponds to a serving cell accessed by a relay UE associated with a remote UE, and includes:

a first receiving unit 1601, configured to receive a second request sent by the LMF; a first sending unit 1602, configured to send third auxiliary information to the LMF.

The meaning of the second request and the third auxiliary information may refer to the description of the foregoing method embodiment.

As shown in fig. 17, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application is applied to an LMF, and includes:

A first obtaining unit 1701, configured to obtain auxiliary information by using the LMF; a first sending unit 1702 configured to send, to a remote UE, a desired measurement reception window and/or a desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter.

Wherein the desired measurement reception window and/or the desired measurement reception window uncertainty parameter is determined from the assistance information. The auxiliary information comprises one or more of the first auxiliary information, the second auxiliary information and the third auxiliary information, each auxiliary information comprising a meaning which may be referred to the description of the previous method embodiments.

Optionally, the first acquiring unit is configured to acquire first auxiliary information from the remote UE; or acquiring second auxiliary information from the relay UE associated with the remote UE; or acquiring the third auxiliary information from the network equipment of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE.

Optionally, the first obtaining unit is configured to send a second request to the network device; and receiving third auxiliary information sent by the network equipment according to the second request. The second request includes meanings that may be referred to in the description of the method embodiments described above.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include: and the second sending unit is used for sending a first request to the relay UE, wherein the first request is used for requesting the second auxiliary information. The first request includes meanings that may be referred to in the description of the method embodiments described above.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include: and the third sending unit is used for sending first deviation information to the remote UE, wherein the first deviation information is the deviation information between the GNSS clock and the synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the units is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual practice. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied in essence or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The embodiment of the application also provides a processor readable storage medium, and a program is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program is executed by a processor, the program realizes each process of the embodiment of the information processing method, and the same technical effect can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided here. The readable storage medium may be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by a processor, including, but not limited to, magnetic memories (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc.), optical memories (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), semiconductor memories (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, nonvolatile memories (NAND FLASH), solid State Disks (SSD)), 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 one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. In light of such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in part in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and including instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a cell phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. An information processing method, characterized by comprising:

the remote User Equipment (UE) transmits first auxiliary information to a Location Management Function (LMF);

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first assistance information comprises at least one of:

a Relay UE identifier (Relay UE ID) of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE;

information of a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

and the synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE comprises at least one of:

a physical cell identifier PCI of a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

the frequency point of the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

and the NR cell global identifier NCGI of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the remote UE receives first deviation information sent by the LMF, wherein the first deviation information is deviation information between a GNSS clock of a global navigation satellite system and a synchronous reference cell clock of the remote UE.

5. An information processing method, characterized by comprising:

the relay UE transmits second auxiliary information to the LMF.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second auxiliary information comprises at least one of:

information of the relay UE;

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information of the relay UE comprises at least one of:

the position information of the relay UE;

timing advance TA between the relay UE and the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

the distance between the relay UE and a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

wherein the first request includes at least one of:

9. An information processing method, characterized by comprising:

the network equipment receives a second request sent by the LMF;

the network device sends third auxiliary information to the LMF;

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the third assistance information comprises at least one of:

a UE identity (UE ID) of the relay UE;

information of the relay UE;

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the information of the relay UE comprises at least one of:

The position information of the relay UE;

a TA between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

the distance between the relay UE and a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second request comprises at least one of:

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE;

13. An information processing method, characterized by comprising:

the LMF acquires auxiliary information;

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

the expected measurement receive window and/or the expected measurement receive window uncertainty parameter is determined from the assistance information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the auxiliary information comprises one or more of first auxiliary information, second auxiliary information, and third auxiliary information;

wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE associated with the remote UE;

information of a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

the synchronization reference indication information of the remote UE;

alternatively, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of:

information of the relay UE;

or,

the third auxiliary information includes at least one of:

a UE identity (UE ID) of the relay UE;

Information of the relay UE;

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

the information of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE includes at least one of the following:

PCI of the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

the frequency point of the service cell accessed by the relay UE;

the NCGI of the serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

or,

the information of the relay UE includes at least one of:

the position information of the relay UE;

a TA between the relay UE and a serving cell to which the relay UE accesses;

the distance between the relay UE and a serving cell accessed by the relay UE;

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

the LMF acquires the first auxiliary information from a remote UE; or alternatively

18. A method as defined in claim 17, wherein the LMF obtaining the third assistance information comprises:

the LMF sends a second request to the network equipment;

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second request comprises at least one of:

a Relay UE ID of the Relay UE;

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

wherein the first request includes at least one of:

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

22. An information processing apparatus applied to a remote UE, comprising:

23. An information processing apparatus applied to a relay UE, comprising:

24. An information processing apparatus applied to a network device corresponding to a serving cell to which a relay UE associated with a remote UE accesses, comprising:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a second request sent by the LMF;

25. An information processing apparatus, applied to an LMF, comprising:

26. An information processing apparatus applied to a remote UE, comprising: memory, transceiver, processor:

Transmitting first auxiliary information to the LMF;

27. An information processing apparatus applied to a relay UE, comprising: memory, transceiver, processor:

and sending second auxiliary information to the LMF.

28. An information processing apparatus applied to a network device corresponding to a serving cell to which a relay UE associated with a remote UE accesses, comprising: memory, transceiver, processor:

receiving a second request sent by the LMF;

and sending third auxiliary information to the LMF.

29. An information processing apparatus, applied to an LMF, comprising: memory, transceiver, processor:

acquiring auxiliary information;

30. A processor-readable storage medium, characterized in that the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program for causing the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 21.