WO2024078200A1

WO2024078200A1 - Resource configuration method and communication apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2024078200A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/116990
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李俊; 李雪茹; 黎超
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2022-10-09
Filing date: 2023-09-05
Publication date: 2024-04-18
Also published as: CN117858253A

Abstract

The present application provides a resource configuration method and a communication apparatus, applicable to a communication system. The method comprises: a first terminal device receives first information from a network device, the first information being used for indicating a positioning resource pool, the positioning resource pool comprising resources for transmitting positioning reference signals (PRSs) between terminal devices, and the positioning resource pool being only used for communication of positioning functions. The first terminal device uses the resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive PRSs, thereby resolving the problem of resource conflicts.

Description

Resource configuration method and communication device

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office on October 9, 2022, with application number 202211230088.7 and application name “A Measurement Method”, all contents of which are incorporated by reference in this application.

This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office on November 23, 2022, with application number 202211477847.X and application name “Resource Allocation Method and Communication Device”, all contents of which are incorporated by reference in this application.

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a resource configuration method and a communication device.

Background technique

In a communication system, devices can locate each other. When locating each other, resources are needed to transmit positioning reference signals, and resource conflicts may occur. Therefore, how to solve the problem of resource conflicts is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a resource configuration method and a communication device, which can solve the problem of resource conflict in a side link.

In order to achieve the above objectives, this application adopts the following technical solutions:

In a first aspect, a resource configuration method is provided. The resource configuration method includes: a first terminal device receives first information from a network device, wherein the first information is used to indicate a positioning resource pool, the positioning resource pool includes resources for transmitting a positioning reference signal (PRS) between terminal devices, and the positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions. The first terminal device uses resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive the PRS.

Based on the method provided in the first aspect, since the resources in the positioning resource pool are not used for communications of non-positioning functions but are only used for communications of positioning functions, the first terminal device uses the resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive PRS, which will not conflict with the resources used for communications of non-positioning functions.

In a possible design, the positioning resource pool may also include resources for transmitting measurement reports (MRs) between terminal devices. In this way, the terminal device can use the resources in the positioning resource pool to transmit the measurement reports without conflicting with resources used for communication of non-positioning functions.

Optionally, the first information may also be used to indicate a first candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting MR between terminal devices. In this way, when the terminal device needs to transmit MR, it can sense the resources available for transmitting MR at the first candidate resource indicated by the first information, thereby reducing perception complexity; in addition, after the terminal device receives the first candidate resource configuration, it may subsequently indicate the resources for each transmission of MR from the first candidate resource, thereby reducing the bits of signaling and thus reducing signaling complexity.

Further, the first information may include first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information. Among them, the first sub-indication information is used to indicate the first candidate resource. The second sub-indication information is used to indicate the second candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting PRS between terminal devices. The first sub-indication information is carried in the first high-level signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in the second high-level signaling. The first high-level signaling is the same as or different from the second high-level signaling. That is, the first high-level signaling and the second high-level signaling can be the same signaling or different signaling. In this way, by indicating the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource respectively through different sub-indication information, resource configuration can be performed for PRS and MR respectively, thereby improving the flexibility of resource configuration.

Exemplarily, the second sub-indication information may indicate the second candidate resource via a bitmap. In this way, the second candidate resource may be configured for the terminal device more flexibly.

Exemplarily, the first sub-indication information may indicate the first candidate resource via a bitmap. In this way, the first candidate resource may be configured for the terminal device more flexibly.

Alternatively, the first sub-indication information may indicate the first candidate resource by indicating a period corresponding to the MR. In this way, resource overhead may be reduced.

Furthermore, the time units where the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource are located may be different. In this way, the PRS and MR can be sent and received in their own matching manners without being coupled to each other, and the control message carried by each time unit can indicate the content carried by the current time unit in a simpler way.

Alternatively, further, at least one of the time unit where the first candidate resource is located and the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the same. In this way, the PRS and MR can be sent in the same time unit, which can improve positioning efficiency.

Furthermore, the resource configuration method provided in the first aspect may also include: the first terminal device obtains second information. The second information is used to indicate: a first corresponding relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource. The first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource is used to send the MR corresponding to the PRS carried by the second candidate resource. In this way, the resources in the positioning resource pool used between different terminal devices can be better coordinated to improve resource utilization. In addition, it is convenient to adopt more concise signaling when indicating the PRS and the corresponding MR separately in the subsequent process.

Furthermore, the resource configuration method provided in the first aspect may also include: the first terminal device determines the resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device based on the resources where the received PRS is located and the first corresponding relationship. In this way, it is possible to avoid separately indicating the resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device, thereby reducing the signaling overhead required to indicate the MR resources.

Optionally, the resource configuration method provided in the first aspect may further include: the first terminal device determines, from the positioning resource pool, resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device. In this way, the first terminal device can determine, by itself, the resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device based on the resources for sending the PRS each time, thereby improving the flexibility of the positioning process.

Furthermore, the resource configuration method provided in the first aspect may also include: the first terminal device sends third information to the second terminal device. The third information includes third sub-indication information and fourth sub-indication information. The third sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the third information carries MR. The fourth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used to send MR to the second terminal device and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the third sub-indication information indicates that the third information carries MR. In this way, the first terminal device can carry MR in the information that needs to be sent to the second terminal device, thereby reducing decoding complexity and improving positioning efficiency.

Optionally, the resource configuration method provided in the first aspect may further include: the first terminal device receives fourth information from the second terminal device. The fourth information includes fifth sub-indication information and sixth sub-indication information. The fifth sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the fourth information carries MR. The sixth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used for the second terminal device to send MR to the first terminal device, and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the fifth sub-indication information indicates that the fourth information carries MR. In this way, the second terminal device can carry MR in the information that needs to be sent to the first terminal device, thereby reducing decoding complexity and improving positioning efficiency.

Optionally, the resource configuration method provided in the first aspect may further include: the first terminal device receives fifth information from the second terminal device, wherein the fifth information is used to indicate resources for the first terminal device to send PRS and/or MR to the second terminal device.

In a second aspect, a resource configuration method is provided. The resource configuration method includes: a network device acquires first information, wherein the first information is used to indicate a positioning resource pool, and the positioning resource pool includes resources for transmitting a positioning reference signal (PRS) between terminal devices. The positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions. The network device sends the first information.

Based on the method provided in the second aspect, the positioning resource pool is not used for communications of non-positioning functions, but only for communications of positioning functions, so that the terminal device can use the resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive without conflicting with the resources used for communications of non-positioning functions.

In a possible design, the positioning resource pool may further include resources for transmitting measurement reports (MRs) between terminal devices. Thus, the terminal device may use the resources in the positioning resource pool to transmit measurement reports.

Optionally, the first information may also be used to indicate a first candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting MR between terminal devices. In this way, when the terminal device needs to transmit MR, it can sense available resources at the first candidate resource indicated by the first information, thereby reducing perception complexity; in addition, after the terminal device receives the first candidate resource configuration, it may subsequently indicate each MR resource by receiving more concise signaling, thereby further reducing signaling complexity.

Furthermore, the first information may include first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information. The first sub-indication information is used to indicate a first candidate resource. The second sub-indication information is used to indicate a second candidate resource for transmitting PRS between terminal devices. The first sub-indication information is carried in a first high-level signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in a second high-level signaling; the first high-level signaling is the same as or different from the second high-level signaling. In this way, different sub-indication information is used to indicate a first candidate resource. The first candidate resource and the second candidate resource are indicated, and resource configuration can be performed for PRS and MR respectively, thereby improving the flexibility of resource configuration.

Alternatively, the first sub-indication information indicates the first candidate resource by indicating a period corresponding to the MR. In this way, resource overhead can be reduced.

Furthermore, at least one of the time unit where the first candidate resource is located and the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the same. In this way, the PRS and MR can be sent in the same time unit, which can improve the positioning efficiency.

In a third aspect, a communication device is provided, wherein the communication device is used to execute the resource configuration method described in any one of the implementation modes of the first aspect to the second aspect.

In the present application, the communication device described in the third aspect may be the terminal device described in the first aspect or the network device described in the second aspect, or a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in the terminal device or network device, or a device that includes the terminal device or network device.

It should be understood that the communication device described in the third aspect includes a module, unit, or means corresponding to the resource configuration method described in any one of the first to second aspects, and the module, unit, or means can be implemented by hardware, software, or by hardware executing the corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units for executing the functions involved in the resource configuration method.

In a fourth aspect, a communication device is provided, including: a processor, the processor being configured to execute the resource configuration method described in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a possible design solution, the communication device described in the fourth aspect may further include a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an interface circuit. The transceiver may be used for the communication device described in the fourth aspect to communicate with other communication devices.

In a possible design scheme, the communication device described in the fourth aspect may further include a memory. The memory may be integrated with the processor or may be separately provided. The memory may be used to store the computer program and/or data involved in the resource configuration method described in any one of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In the present application, the communication device described in the fourth aspect may be the terminal device described in the first aspect or the network device described in the second aspect, or a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in the terminal device or network device, or a device that includes the terminal device or network device.

In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor coupled to a memory, the processor being configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes the resource configuration method described in any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a possible design solution, the communication device described in the fifth aspect may further include a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an interface circuit. The transceiver may be used for the communication device described in the fifth aspect to communicate with other communication devices.

In the present application, the communication device described in the fifth aspect may be the terminal device described in the first aspect or the network device described in the second aspect, or a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in the terminal device or network device, or a device that includes the terminal device or network device.

In a sixth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program, and when the processor executes the computer program, the communication device executes the resource configuration method described in any one of the implementation methods in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a possible design solution, the communication device described in the sixth aspect may further include a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an interface circuit. The transceiver may be used for the communication device described in the sixth aspect to communicate with other communication devices.

In the present application, the communication device described in the sixth aspect may be the terminal device described in the first aspect or the network device described in the second aspect, or a chip (system) or other component or assembly that may be arranged in the terminal device or the network device, or a chip (system) or other component or assembly that includes the terminal device or the network device. A device that is a terminal device or a network device.

In a seventh aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor; the processor is used to couple with a memory, and after reading a computer program in the memory, execute the resource configuration method as described in any one of the implementation methods in the first aspect or the second aspect according to the computer program.

In a possible design scheme, the communication device described in the seventh aspect may further include a transceiver. The transceiver may be a transceiver circuit or an interface circuit. The transceiver may be used for the communication device described in the seventh aspect to communicate with other communication devices.

In the present application, the communication device described in the seventh aspect may be the terminal device described in the first aspect or the network device described in the second aspect, or a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in the terminal device or network device, or a device that includes the terminal device or network device.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication device described in the third to seventh aspects above can refer to the technical effects of the resource configuration method described in the first to second aspects above, and will not be repeated here.

In an eighth aspect, a processor is provided, wherein the processor is used to execute the resource configuration method described in any possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, a communication system is provided, wherein the communication system includes one or more terminal devices and one or more network devices.

In a tenth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, comprising: a computer program or instructions; when the computer program or instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the resource configuration method described in any possible implementation manner in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, a computer program product is provided, comprising a computer program or instructions, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the resource configuration method described in any possible implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a physical time slot provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a temporary time slot obtained according to the physical time slot shown in FIG1;

FIG3 is a schematic diagram of available time slots obtained according to the temporary time slots shown in FIG2 ;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of a sidelink resource pool obtained according to the available time slots shown in FIG3 ;

FIG5 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a resource configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG7 is a schematic diagram of resources of a positioning resource pool provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG8 is a schematic diagram of another resource location resource pool provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG9 is a schematic diagram of a first mapping relationship provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG10 is a schematic diagram of another first mapping relationship provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the role of resources in a positioning resource pool provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG12 is a schematic diagram of information carried by resources in a positioning resource pool provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG13 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The following first introduces the technical terms of the embodiments of the present application.

1. Time unit: A time unit may include one or more time slots, or one or more time domain symbols, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The time length of a time slot is different under different sub-carrier spacings (SCS). The larger the sub-carrier spacing, the smaller the time length of the time slot; the smaller the sub-carrier spacing, the larger the time length of the time slot. For ease of understanding, in the following embodiments, an example is given in which a time unit includes a time slot, and no further description is given later.

2. Uplink time unit: a time unit used for uplink transmission. Time domain symbols in an uplink time unit are all uplink symbols. For example, an uplink time unit may be an uplink time slot.

3. Downlink time unit: The time unit used for downlink transmission. The time domain symbols in the downlink time unit are all downlink symbols. For example, the downlink time unit may be a downlink time slot.

4. The available time unit on the sidelink (SL) may refer to the time unit corresponding to the time domain resources that can be used for SL transmission among all the time domain resources of the communication system.

The following uses the time unit as a time slot as an example to illustrate how to determine the available time unit on the sidelink. If the time unit is a time slot, the available time unit on the SL can also be called the available time slot on the SL. Unless otherwise specified or limited, the available time unit refers to the available time unit on the sidelink, and the available time slot refers to the available time slot on the sidelink.

Exemplarily, the available time slots on the SL can be the physical time slots of the communication system, except for the time slots used to transmit the sidelink synchronization signal and the physical broadcast channel block (physical broadcast channel, PBCH) (sidelink synchronization signal and PBCH block, S-SSB) (which may be downlink time slots or uplink time slots, hereinafter referred to as S-SSB time slots), time slots including downlink symbols or flexible symbols (including downlink time slots in time slots other than time slots for transmitting S-SSB, and flexible time slots), and reserved time slots (also called reserved time slots, or reserved time slots), so as to obtain the available time slots on the SL.

As shown in FIG1 , it is assumed that the physical time slots in the communication system include time slots 0 to time slots 29, wherein the ratio of uplink time slots to downlink time slots is 4:1, and the S-SSB cycle is 8 time slots. In time slots 0 to 20, time slots 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 are all downlink time slots, time slots 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26 are all flexible time slots, and time slots 2 to 4, 7 to 9, 12 to 14, 17 to 19, 22 to 24, and 27 to 29 are all uplink time slots. In addition, time slots 7, 15, and 23 are all time slots for transmitting S-SSB. As shown in FIG2 , after removing the time slots (which may be downlink time slots or uplink time slots) used to transmit S-SSB in the physical time slots and the time slots including downlink symbols or flexible symbols, temporary time slots 0 to temporary time slots 15 are obtained. Temporary time slots 0 to temporary time slots 15 correspond to physical time slots 2, physical time slots 3, physical time slots 4, physical time slots 8, physical time slots 9, physical time slots 12, physical time slots 13, physical time slots 14, physical time slots 17, physical time slots 18, physical time slots 19, physical time slots 22, physical time slots 24, physical time slots 27, physical time slots 28, and physical time slots 29. On the basis of temporary time slots 0 to temporary time slots 15, the reserved time slots (physical time slots 2, physical time slots 4, physical time slots 12, physical time slots 17, physical time slots 19, and physical time slots 27) are further removed, so that available time slots 0 to available time slots 9 can be obtained. Among them, the corresponding relationship between available time slots and physical time slots and temporary time slots is shown in FIG3 .

5. The SL communication resource pool may be a collection of resources configured for SL transmission in an available time unit. The resource pool may be configured by a network device, such as a base station, through high-level signaling. Exemplarily, the network device may configure a portion of the SL bandwidth (BWP) through high-level signaling, such as identification information (ID) indicating the BWP, time domain resources (related to the start symbol and symbol length), and the SL-BWP resource pool.

Among them, the time domain resources can be indicated by multiple bits in the high-level signaling, or a bitmap (bitmap) from the available time unit. Taking the available resources shown in Figure 3 as an example, the time domain resources of the SL communication resource pool indicated by the bitmap "0011111100" that can be carried in the high-level signaling of the network device are: available time slot 2 to available time slot 7. Among them, the time domain position of the time slot (side slot) of the SL resource pool is shown in Figure 4.

6. Positioning resource pool. The positioning resource pool may be a resource in the SL communication resource pool that is configured to transmit information related to positioning, such as a positioning reference signal (PRS) or a measurement report (MR).

In cellular communication, positioning can be performed based on radio access technology (RAT). In SL communication, the network device configures an SL communication resource pool for the sidelink for sidelink communication. In this way, in sidelink communication, if positioning operations are performed between terminal devices, the positioning reference signal needs to be carried by the resources in the SL communication resource pool. The signals transmitted between terminal devices other than the positioning reference signal are also carried on the resources of the SL communication resource pool. In this way, resource conflicts may occur on the SL resource pool.

In order to solve the above technical problems, an embodiment of the present application provides a resource configuration method. In the resource configuration method, a first message can be sent to a first terminal device through a network device to indicate a positioning resource pool. After the first terminal device receives the first message, it sends and/or receives PRS on the resources in the positioning resource pool. Among them, the positioning resource pool includes resources for transmitting PRS between terminal devices, and the positioning resource pool is not used for communications of non-positioning functions. In this way, the positioning resource pool is not used for communications of non-positioning functions, but only for positioning functions. The first terminal device uses the resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive, which will not conflict with the resources used for communications of non-positioning functions.

The technical solution in this application will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as wireless fidelity (WiFi) systems, vehicle to everything (V2X) communication systems, device-to-device (D2D) communication systems, Internet of Vehicles communication systems, 4th generation (4G) mobile communication systems such as long term evolution (LTE) systems, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication systems, fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems such as new radio (NR) systems, and future communication systems such as sixth generation (6G) mobile communication systems.

The present application will present various aspects, embodiments or features around a system that may include multiple devices, components, modules, etc. It should be understood and appreciated that each system may include additional devices, components, modules, etc., and/or may not include all of the devices, components, modules, etc. discussed in conjunction with the figures. In addition, combinations of these schemes may also be used.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplarily" and "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" in the present application should not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the use of the word "exemplary" is intended to present concepts in a concrete way.

In the embodiments of the present application, "information", "signal", "message", "channel" and "signaling" can sometimes be used interchangeably. It should be noted that when the distinction between them is not emphasized, the meanings they intend to express are consistent. "of", "corresponding, relevant" and "corresponding" can sometimes be used interchangeably. It should be noted that when the distinction between them is not emphasized, the meanings they intend to express are consistent.

In the embodiments of the present application, sometimes a subscript such as _W1 may be mistakenly written as a non-subscript such as W1. When the difference is not emphasized, the meanings to be expressed are consistent.

The network architecture and business scenarios described in the embodiments of the present application are intended to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application. A person of ordinary skill in the art can appreciate that with the evolution of the network architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, a communication system applicable to the embodiments of the present application is first described in detail using the communication system shown in Figure 5 as an example.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the communication system includes a network device 501 and a plurality of terminal devices (terminal devices 502 a to 502 c ).

Among them, a communication connection can be established between terminal device 502a and network device 501, a communication connection can be established between terminal device 502b and network device 501, a communication connection can be established between terminal device 502c and network device 501, and a communication connection can be established between any two terminal devices from terminal device 502a to terminal device 502c.

The network device 501 is a device located at the network side of the communication system and having a wireless transceiver function or a chip or chip system that can be set in the device. The network device includes but is not limited to: an access point (AP) in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, such as a home gateway, a router, a server, a switch, a bridge, etc., an evolved Node B (eNB), a radio network controller (RNC), a Node B (NB), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved NodeB, or home Node B, H The invention may also be a 5G network, such as a gNB in a new radio (NR) system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group of (including multiple antenna panels) antenna panels of a base station in a 5G system, or a network node constituting a gNB or a transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU), a distributed unit (DU), a road side unit (RSU) with base station functions, etc.

The above-mentioned terminal devices (terminal devices 502a and terminal devices 502c) are terminals that access the above-mentioned communication system and have wireless transceiver functions, or chips or chip systems that can be set in the terminals. The terminal device can also be called an access terminal, a user unit, a user station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent or a user device. The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver functions, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in smart city, a smart home, or a wireless terminal in smart city. The terminal device of the present application may also be a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit built into the vehicle as one or more components or units, and the vehicle may implement the resource configuration method provided by the present application through the built-in vehicle-mounted module, vehicle-mounted module, vehicle-mounted component, vehicle-mounted chip or vehicle-mounted unit.

In addition, the communication system shown in FIG5 may further include a location management function (LMF) network element 503. A communication connection may be established between the LMF network element and the network device 501, and a communication connection may be established between the LMF network element and any one of the terminal devices 502a and 502c.

It should be noted that the resource configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applicable between the network device and the terminal device shown in Figure 5. The specific implementation can refer to the following method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

It should be pointed out that the solutions in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to other communication systems, and the corresponding names can also be replaced by the names of corresponding functions in other communication systems.

It should be understood that FIG5 is only a simplified schematic diagram for ease of understanding, and the communication system may also include other network devices and/or other terminal devices, which are not shown in FIG5.

The resource configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application will be specifically described below in conjunction with Figures 6 to 12.

FIG6 is a flow chart of a resource configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG6 , the resource configuration method includes:

S601: A network device obtains first information.

The first information is used to indicate a positioning resource pool, wherein the positioning resource pool includes resources used to transmit positioning reference signals PRS between terminal devices. The positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions.

Exemplarily, taking the time slot as an example, the network device can determine the temporary time slot according to the physical time slot (for specific implementation, please refer to the relevant introduction of the temporary time slot), and determine the available time slot according to the temporary time slot. After determining the available time slot, the SL resource pool is determined from the available time slot. Then, the positioning resource pool is determined from the SL resource pool. The principle of the positioning resource pool can refer to the relevant introduction of the positioning resource pool mentioned above, which will not be repeated here.

Exemplarily, determining the positioning resource pool from the SL resource pool may include: the network device may determine the positioning resource pool from the SL resource pool based on the resource requirements for communication of the positioning function among the terminal devices that the network device can provide services for (i.e., the terminal devices within the coverage of the network device). For example, the more terminal devices that perform communication of the positioning function among the terminal devices provided by the network device, the greater the resource requirements for communication of the positioning function. In this case, more resources in the SL resource pool may be determined as resources in the positioning resource pool. The fewer terminal devices that perform communication of the positioning function among the terminal devices provided by the network device, the smaller the resource requirements for communication of the positioning function. In this case, fewer resources in the SL resource pool may be determined as resources in the positioning resource pool. Wherein, the first information may indicate the positioning resource pool through multiple bits, such as a bitmap. Exemplarily, among the multiple bits, each bit corresponds to a time unit, that is, each bit may indicate whether a time unit is a resource in the positioning resource pool. For example, a bit position of "0" may indicate that the time unit corresponding to the bit position is not a resource in the positioning resource pool, and a bit position of "1" may indicate that the time unit corresponding to the bit position is a resource in the positioning resource pool. Assuming that the available resources include available time slots 0 to 9, and the bitmap for indicating the positioning resource pool is "0011000000", the resources in the positioning resource pool include available time slots 2 and 3.

It is understandable that other solutions are also feasible. For example, a bit position of "1" can indicate that the time unit corresponding to the bit position is not a resource in the positioning resource pool, and a bit position of "0" can indicate that the time unit corresponding to the bit position is a resource in the positioning resource pool, which will not be repeated here.

Exemplarily, the positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions, and may refer to the resources in the positioning resource pool being used to transmit PRS and/or MR, or MR corresponding control information, such as sidelink control information (SCI); wherein, MR corresponding control information may be information for indicating whether MR is carried in PRS, or indicating resources for a terminal device to send MR to another terminal device.

In a possible design, the positioning resource pool may also include resources for transmitting MR between terminal devices (such as between the first terminal device and the second terminal device). In this way, the terminal device can use the resources in the positioning resource pool to transmit the measurement report without conflicting with the resources used for communication of non-positioning functions.

The following describes the resources in the positioning resource pool used for transmitting measurement reports MR between terminal devices in combination with different scenarios.

Scenario 1: The resources in the positioning resource pool used for transmitting MR between terminal devices may be indicated by the first information.

That is, in scenario 1, the first information may also be used to indicate a first candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting MR between terminal devices. The first candidate resource may be one or more, in other words, the first candidate resource is at least one.

Exemplarily, one of the first candidate resources may refer to a candidate resource for a MR transmission, and the MR may include measurement results of one or more PRSs, or the MR may include a part of the measurement result of a PRS, or a part of the measurement result of each PRS in multiple PRSs.

In this way, when the terminal device needs to transmit MR, it can perceive the resources that can be used to transmit MR at the first candidate resource indicated by the first information, thereby reducing the perception complexity; in addition, after the terminal device receives the first candidate resource configuration, it can subsequently indicate the resources for each transmission of MR from the first candidate resource, thereby reducing the number of signaling bits and thus reducing the signaling complexity.

Further, the first information may include first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information. The first sub-indication information is used to indicate the first candidate resource. The second sub-indication information is used to indicate the second candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting PRS between terminal devices. The first sub-indication information is carried in a first high-layer signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in a second high-layer signaling. The first high-layer signaling is the same as or different from the second high-layer signaling. That is, the first high-layer signaling and the second high-layer signaling may be the same signaling or different signaling.

The second candidate resource may be one or more, in other words, the second candidate resource is at least one.

Exemplarily, one of the second candidate resources may refer to a resource used for one PRS transmission, or one of the second candidate resources may be a resource for transmitting one PRS.

In this way, by indicating the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource respectively through different sub-indication information, resource configuration can be performed for PRS and MR respectively, thereby improving the flexibility of resource configuration.

Exemplarily, the second sub-indication information may indicate the second candidate resource through a bit map.

In this way, the second candidate resource can be configured for the terminal device more flexibly.

Exemplarily, the first sub-indication information may indicate the first candidate resource through a bit map.

In this way, the first candidate resource can be configured for the terminal device more flexibly.

Alternatively, the first sub-indication information indicates the first candidate resource by indicating a period corresponding to the MR.

In this way, resource overhead can be reduced.

The following is an example of the specific implementation of the first sub-indication information and the second sub-indication information to illustrate the principle of the first information indicating the resources in the positioning resource pool in the embodiment of the present application. Specific reference is made to the following indication method 1 and indication method 2.

Indication method 1: The first sub-indication information and the second sub-indication information are both implemented in the form of a bit map. As shown in Figure 7, if the resources available in a resource configuration cycle include available time slots 0 to available time slots 9, the resource pool of the side link includes: available time slots 2 to available time slots 7. The bit map 1 corresponding to the second sub-indication information is "0011000000", then the second candidate resources indicated by the second sub-indication information are available time slots 2 and available time slots 3. The bit map 2 corresponding to the first sub-indication information is "0000100000", then the first candidate resource indicated by the first sub-indication information is available time slot 4.

Indication method 2: The first sub-indication information is implemented by means of a bit map, and the second sub-indication information is implemented by indicating the period corresponding to MR. As shown in Figure 7, if the available resources include available time slots 0 to available time slots 9, the resource pool of the side link includes: available time slots 2 to available time slots 7. The bit map 1 corresponding to the second sub-indication information is "0011100000", then the second candidate resources indicated by the second sub-indication information are available time slots 2, available time slots 3 and available time slots 4. The first sub-indication information includes the period of MR, and the period of MR is 3, then the first candidate resource is located in the third time slot of the second candidate resources, that is, available time slot 4.

In addition, the terminal device may also preconfigure or agree through a protocol on the symbols occupied by the first candidate resource in the time unit where the first candidate resource is located, such as the starting position of the symbol and the symbol length. In this case, the positional relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource indicated by indication mode 1 or indication mode 2 in the time domain is shown in FIG8 .

Furthermore, the time units where the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource are located may be different. That is, each time unit corresponds to one first candidate resource, or each time unit corresponds to one second candidate resource.

The following is an explanation in conjunction with the positioning resource pool.

Assuming that the positioning resource pool includes time unit m to time unit m+5, if the time unit where the first candidate resource is located is time unit m to time unit m+3, then the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the time unit in the positioning resource pool except time unit m+5. The time unit is a time unit other than the time unit m to the time unit m+3, such as the time unit m+4 and/or the time unit m+5. Wherein, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

At this time, in the first sub-indication information, one bit corresponds to one time unit, and if the second sub-indication information indicates the second candidate resource through a bitmap, each bit in the second sub-indication information corresponds to one time unit. In this way, the PRS and MR can be sent and received in their own matching manners without being coupled to each other, and the control message carried by each time unit can indicate the content carried by the current time unit in a simpler way.

Or, further, at least one of the time unit where the first candidate resource is located and the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the same.

Assuming that the positioning resource pool includes time unit m to time unit m+5, if the time unit where the second candidate resource is located includes time unit m to time unit m+4, then the time unit where the first candidate resource is located includes at least one time unit from time unit m to time unit m+4, such as time unit m+2, or time unit m+1 and time unit m+4. In other words, it can be understood that the time unit where the first candidate resource is located may also include time unit m+5.

In this way, the PRS and MR can be sent within the same time unit, which can improve the positioning efficiency.

In this case, the time unit in which the resource for transmitting the MR is located can be indicated by the first sub-indication information. The symbols occupied by the resource for transmitting the MR in a time unit can be pre-configured in the first terminal device, or agreed upon by a protocol. Exemplarily, the starting position and number of symbols occupied by the resource of the MR in a time unit can be pre-configured in the first terminal device, or agreed upon by a protocol.

Scenario 2: The resources in the positioning resource pool used for transmitting MR between terminal devices may be determined by a terminal device, such as the first terminal device or the second terminal device, according to the resources where the PRS received by the terminal device is located.

S602: The network device sends the first information. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the first information from the network device. The second terminal device receives the first information from the network device.

The first information may be carried in high-level signaling, such as radio resource control signaling (radio resource control, RRC).

S603: The first terminal device uses resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive a positioning reference signal PRS. Correspondingly, the second terminal device uses resources in the positioning resource pool to receive and/or send a positioning reference signal PRS.

In a possible design, S603 may include step 6.1.

Step 6.1: The second terminal device may use resources in the positioning resource pool to send a PRS to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device may use resources in the positioning resource pool to receive a PRS from the second terminal device.

In a possible design solution, S603 may include step 6.2.

Step 6.2: The first terminal device may use resources in the positioning resource pool to send a PRS to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device may use resources in the positioning resource pool to receive a PRS from the first terminal device.

In a possible design solution, S603 may include step 6.1 and step 6.2.

It can be understood that in step 6.1, the PRS sent by the second terminal device to the first terminal device may be one or more. Or in step 6.2, the PRS sent by the first terminal device to the second terminal device may be one or more. For example, for the ranging scheme in single-sided round-trip time (SS-RTT), the PRS in step 6.1 is one, and the PRS in step 6.2 is one. For another example, for the ranging scheme in double-sided round-trip time (DS-RTT), the PRS in step 6.1 may be multiple, such as 2, or the PRS in step 6.2 may be multiple, such as 2.

Based on the method provided in Figure 6, since the positioning resource pool is not used for communications of non-positioning functions but only for communications of positioning functions, the first terminal device uses the resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive PRS, which will not conflict with the resources used for communications of non-positioning functions.

In the case of scenario 1, in the resource configuration method shown in Figure 6, the first terminal device or the second terminal device can also obtain the corresponding relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource. In addition, the first terminal device and the second terminal device can exchange information to implement positioning-related functions.

For ease of understanding, in the following embodiments, description is given in combination with S603 including step 6.1 or step 6.2.

Scenario 1, S603 includes step 6.1, and in S603 the second terminal device sends a PRS to the first terminal device.

In the embodiment of the present application, before S6.1, the resource configuration method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.31.

Step 6.31: The first terminal device obtains second information.

The second information is used to indicate: a first corresponding relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource. The first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource is used to send the MR corresponding to the PRS carried by the second candidate resource.

Among them, one second candidate resource may correspond to one first candidate resource. In the case of multiple first candidate resources, one second candidate resource may also correspond to multiple first candidate resources. In the case of multiple second candidate resources, one first candidate resource may correspond to multiple second candidate resources.

In this way, the resources in the positioning resource pool used by different terminal devices can be better coordinated to improve resource utilization. In addition, it is convenient to adopt more concise signaling when indicating the PRS and the corresponding MR separately in the subsequent process.

The first corresponding relationship is described below in conjunction with the resources in the positioning resource pool.

Assume that the positioning resource pool includes available time slots n+2 to available time slots n+7, and available time slots n+2 to available time slots n+7 each include a second candidate resource (used to carry PRS), and available time slots n+4 and available time slots n+7 each include a first candidate resource (used to carry MR). In this case, as shown in FIG9 , in the first corresponding relationship, the first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource on available time slot n+2 and the second candidate resource on available time slot n+3 can both be the first candidate resource on available time slot n+4. Alternatively, as shown in FIG10 , in the first corresponding relationship, the first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource on available time slot n+2 includes the first candidate resource on available time slot n+4 and the first candidate resource on time slot n+7. Wherein, n is a positive integer.

Furthermore, after step 6.31, the resource configuration method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.32.

Step 6.32: The first terminal device determines the resources for sending the MR by the first terminal device to the second terminal device according to the resources where the received PRS is located and the first corresponding relationship.

Among them, the resource for the first terminal device to send the MR to the second terminal device may be a resource in the first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource where the PRS received by the first terminal device is located. Assuming that the PRS received by the first terminal device is the first PRS, in the first corresponding relationship, the first candidate resource corresponds to the second candidate resource one-to-one, or multiple second candidate resources correspond to one first candidate resource, then the first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource carrying the first PRS is the resource for the first terminal device to send the MR to the second terminal device. For another example, in the first corresponding relationship, when one second candidate resource corresponds to multiple first candidate resources, the resource for the first terminal device to send the MR to the second terminal device may be one or more of the multiple first candidate resources corresponding to the second candidate resource carrying the first PRS.

In this way, it is possible to avoid separately indicating the resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device, thereby reducing the signaling overhead required for indicating the MR resources.

It can be understood that the measurement result in the MR corresponds to the PRS received by the first terminal device. In other words, the MR includes the measurement result of the PRS received by the first terminal device.

For example, if the PRS received by the first terminal device is the first PRS, the measurement result in the MR is the measurement result of the first PRS.

If there are multiple first candidate resources corresponding to one PRS, and the MR used to carry the measurement result corresponding to the PRS is one of the first candidate resources, then after step 6.32, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.33.

Step 6.33: The first terminal device sends sixth information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the sixth information from the first terminal device.

The sixth information is used to indicate the resource of the first terminal device sending the MR to the second terminal device. The sixth information may be carried in the SCI. The resource of the first terminal device sending the MR to the second terminal device is a resource in the first candidate resource.

If the number of the first candidate resources corresponding to one PRS is one, the MR used to carry the measurement result corresponding to the PRS is the first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource carrying the PRS.

Optionally, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.34.

Step 6.34: The first terminal device sends an MR to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the MR from the first terminal device.

The MR is carried on the resources used by the first terminal device to send the MR to the second terminal device.

Before step 6.32, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.35.

Step 6.35: The second terminal device sends seventh information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the seventh information from the second terminal device.

The seventh information is used to instruct the second terminal device to send a PRS to the first terminal device, such as a resource of the first PRS. The seventh information may be carried in the SCI.

In addition, before step 6.35, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.36.

Step 6.36: The second terminal device sends first ranging request information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the first ranging request information from the second terminal device.

The first ranging request information may indicate the first terminal device to perform a ranging operation, and may be used to indicate a terminal device that calculates a ranging result. If the device that calculates the ranging result is the second terminal device, the second terminal device may calculate the distance between the first terminal device and the second terminal device based on the MR sent by the first terminal device to the second terminal device.

In case 2, S603 includes step 6.1, and in S603, the second terminal device sends multiple PRSs to the first terminal device. At this time, based on case 1, one seventh information may indicate a resource for sending each of the multiple PRSs to the first terminal device. Alternatively, the resource for sending each of the multiple PRSs to the first terminal device is indicated by one seventh information, and at this time, different seventh information may be sent separately.

Scenario 3, S603 includes step 6.1. Based on Scenario 1, if the first terminal device also sends PRS to the second terminal device, the seventh information may also indicate the resources for the first terminal device to send PRS to the second terminal device.

Alternatively, the first terminal device may determine by itself the resources for the first terminal device to send the PRS to the second terminal device. In this case, the sixth information may also indicate the resources for the first terminal device to send the PRS to the second terminal device. Alternatively, the first terminal device may send the eighth information to the second terminal device. The eighth information is used to indicate the resources for the first terminal device to send the PRS to the second terminal device.

Scenario 4, S603 includes step 6.2, the second terminal device sends a PSR to the first terminal device.

In the embodiment of the present application, before S6.2, the resource configuration method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.41.

In this case, the resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.41.

Step 6.41: the second terminal device obtains ninth information.

The ninth information is used to indicate: the first corresponding relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource. The first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource is used to send the MR corresponding to the PRS carried by the second candidate resource.

For the implementation principle of the ninth information, please refer to the relevant introduction of the second information, which will not be repeated here.

Furthermore, after step 6.41, the resource configuration method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.42.

Step 6.42: The second terminal device determines the resources for sending the MR by the second terminal device to the first terminal device according to the resources where the received PRS is located and the first corresponding relationship.

The measurement result in the MR corresponds to the PRS received by the second terminal device. In other words, the MR includes the measurement result of the PRS received by the second terminal device.

For example, if the PRS received by the second terminal device is the second PRS, the measurement result in the MR is the measurement result of the second PRS.

In addition, the resource for sending the MR by the second terminal device to the first terminal device may be a resource in the first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource where the PRS received by the second terminal device is located. For the implementation principle of the resource for sending the MR by the second terminal device to the first terminal device, please refer to the relevant introduction of the resource for sending the MR by the first terminal device to the second terminal device, which will not be repeated here.

After step 6.42, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.43.

Step 6.43: The second terminal device sends the tenth information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the tenth information from the second terminal device.

The tenth information may be carried in the SCI.

The tenth information is used to instruct the second terminal device to send MR resources to the first terminal device.

If there are multiple first candidate resources corresponding to one PRS, and the MR used to carry the measurement result corresponding to the PRS is one of the first candidate resources, then after step 6.43, the method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.44.

Step 6.44: The second terminal device sends an MR to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the MR from the second terminal device.

The MR is carried on the resources used by the second terminal device to send the MR to the first terminal device.

Before step 6.42, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.45.

Step 6.45: The first terminal device sends eleventh information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the eleventh information from the first terminal device.

The eleventh information is used to indicate the resource of the first terminal device to send the PRS to the second terminal device. The eleventh information may be carried in the SCI.

In addition, before step 6.45, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.46.

Step 6.46: The first terminal device sends second ranging request information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the second ranging request information from the first terminal device.

The second ranging request information may instruct the second terminal device to perform a ranging operation, and may be used to instruct a device to calculate a ranging result.

If the device that calculates the distance measurement result is the first terminal device, the first terminal device may calculate the distance between the second terminal device and the first terminal device based on the MR sent by the second terminal device to the first terminal device.

Scenario 5, S603 includes step 6.2, if in S603, the first terminal device sends multiple PRSs to the second terminal device. At this time, based on Scenario 4, the eleventh information may indicate the resource used to send each of the multiple PRSs to the second terminal device, or the resource for sending each of the multiple PRSs to the second terminal device is indicated by one of the eleventh information, in which case different eleventh information may be sent separately.

Scenario 6, S603 includes step 6.2. If the second terminal device also sends PRS to the first terminal device, then based on Scenario 4, the eleventh information can also indicate the resources for the second terminal device to send PRS to the first terminal device.

Alternatively, the second terminal device may determine by itself the resources for the second terminal device to send the PRS to the first terminal device. In this case, the tenth information may also indicate the resources for the second terminal device to send the PRS to the first terminal device. Alternatively, the second terminal device may send the twelfth information to the first terminal device. The twelfth information is used to indicate the resources for the second terminal device to send the PRS to the first terminal device.

It should be noted that the execution order of the various steps in the embodiments of the present application only needs to be logical and is not limited here.

In scenario 2, in the resource configuration method shown in Figure 6, the first terminal device or the second terminal device may also obtain resources for transmitting the MR. In addition, the first terminal device and the second terminal device may exchange information to implement positioning-related functions.

The following is an explanation combining Situation 7 to Situation 9.

Scenario 7: the first terminal device determines the resources for sending MR by itself, and S603 includes step 6.1.

In this case, after step 6.1, the resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.51.

Step 6.51: The first terminal device determines the resources in the positioning resource pool for sending MR to the second terminal device (hereinafter referred to as first MR resources).

In some possible designs, the first terminal device may send indication information to the second terminal device to indicate the first MR resource.

In this way, the first terminal device can determine the resources used to send the MR to the second terminal device according to the resources used to send the PRS each time, thereby improving the flexibility of the positioning process.

Optionally, the MR sent to the second terminal device may be sent together with information sent by the first terminal device to the second terminal device, such as PRS. In this case, the resource configuration method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.52.

Step 6.52: The first terminal device sends third information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the third information from the first terminal device.

In this case, optionally, the third information includes third sub-indication information and fourth sub-indication information. The third sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the third information carries an MR. The fourth sub-indication information is used to indicate resources used to send the MR to the second terminal device when the third sub-indication information indicates that the third information carries an MR, and the MR The identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in .

If the third sub-indication information is used to indicate that the third information carries an MR, the fourth sub-indication information may indicate the first MR resource and identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR.

If the third sub-indication information indicates that the third information does not carry an MR, the fourth sub-indication information may be used to indicate information other than the first MR resource, or to indicate no information.

In this way, the first terminal device can carry the MR in the information that needs to be sent to the second terminal device, thereby reducing decoding complexity and improving positioning efficiency.

The third sub-indication information and the fourth sub-indication information may both be carried in SCI. Exemplarily, the third sub-indication information may be carried in a first-order SCI, and the fourth sub-indication information may be carried in a second-order SCI.

In this way, when the third sub-indication information indicates that the third information does not carry an MR, decoding of the fourth sub-indication information can be avoided, thereby reducing overhead.

Taking the case where the PRS and the MR are sent together as an example, in this case, the third information may also include the PRS and the MR. The third information is described below by assuming that the third information is carried in a time unit, and the time unit is a time slot.

As shown in Figure 11, there are 14 OFDM symbols (symbol 0 to symbol 13) on the available time slot p in the positioning resource pool. Among them, symbol 1 and symbol 2 on the available time slot p can be used to carry the first-order SCI (carrying the third sub-indication information) and the second-order SCI (carrying the fourth sub-indication information) in sequence, and symbols 3 to 12 are resources used to carry PRS, and symbol 13 does not carry information (also referred to as a blank (GAP) symbol or a gap symbol). In combination with the resource pool of Figure 11 above, as shown in Figure 12, if MR is sent together with PRS, the resources configured to carry PRS can be occupied to send MR to the second terminal device. For example, symbols 3 to 9 can be used to carry PRS sent to the second terminal device, and symbols 10 to 12 are used to carry MR sent to the second terminal device.

It can be understood that symbol 10 can also be used for automatic gain control (Automatic Gain Control, AGC), or symbol 10 is an AGC symbol.

In addition, symbol 0 can be used to implement AGC, or in other words, symbol 0 is an AGC symbol.

One possible design is that the comb teeth form of the MR is consistent with the comb teeth form of the PRS when the symbol occupied by the MR is used to transmit the PRS. In this way, interference with the PRS using other comb teeth can be avoided.

Further, the subchannel occupied by the resource for sending the MR to the second terminal device may be the same as the subchannel occupied by the resource for carrying the PRS. In this case, the fourth sub-indication information may not indicate the occupied subchannel.

The fourth sub-indication information may be used to indicate resources used by the first terminal device to send the MR to the second terminal device, and identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR.

Furthermore, the fourth sub-indication information may indicate the resources used for the first terminal device to send MR to the second terminal device by indicating the starting symbol, the number of occupied symbols, and the occupied subchannel of the resources used for the first terminal device to send MR to the second terminal device.

In addition, the fourth sub-indication information may also indicate a modulation and coding scheme used by resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device.

Or, optionally, the MR sent to the second terminal device may be sent separately. In this case, the method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.53 and step 6.54.

Step 6.53: The first terminal device sends thirteenth information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the thirteenth information from the first terminal device.

The thirteenth information is used to indicate the first MR resource.

Regarding the principle of the thirteenth information indicating the first MR resource, reference may be made to the relevant introduction of the fourth sub-indication information, which will not be repeated here.

Step 6.54: The first terminal device sends an MR to the second terminal device on the first MR resource. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the MR from the first terminal device on the first MR resource.

Before step 6.51 or step 6.53, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.55.

Step 6.55: The second terminal device sends fourteenth information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the fourteenth information from the second terminal device.

The fourteenth information is used to indicate the resources of the second terminal device to send PRS to the first terminal device.

Scenario 8: the second terminal device determines the resources for sending the MR by itself, and S603 includes step 6.2.

In this case, after step 6.2, the resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.61.

Step 6.61: The second terminal device determines the resources in the positioning resource pool for sending MR to the first terminal device (hereinafter referred to as second MR resources).

In some possible designs, the second terminal device may send information to the first terminal device to indicate the second MR resource.

Optionally, the MR sent to the first terminal device may be sent together with information, such as PRS, sent by the second terminal device to the first terminal device. In this case, the resource configuration method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.62.

Step 6.62: The second terminal device sends fourth information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the fourth information from the second terminal device.

The fourth information includes fifth sub-indication information and sixth sub-indication information. The fifth sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the fourth information carries an MR. The sixth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used for the second terminal device to send the MR to the first terminal device, and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the fifth sub-indication information indicates that the fourth information carries an MR.

The implementation principle of the fourth information may refer to the implementation principle of the third information, which will not be repeated here.

For the implementation principle of the fourth information, please refer to the relevant introduction of the third information. For the implementation principle of the fifth sub-indication information, please refer to the relevant introduction of the third sub-indication information. For the implementation principle of the sixth sub-indication information, please refer to the relevant introduction of the fourth sub-indication information. No further details will be given here.

In this way, the second terminal device can carry the MR in the information that needs to be sent to the first terminal device, thereby reducing decoding complexity and improving positioning efficiency.

Or, optionally, the MR sent to the first terminal device may be sent separately. In this case, the method shown in FIG6 may further include step 6.63 and step 6.64.

Step 6.63: The second terminal device sends the fifteenth information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the fifteenth information from the second terminal device.

The fifteenth information is used to indicate the second MR resource.

Regarding the principle of the fifteenth information indicating the second MR resource, reference may be made to the relevant introduction of the fourth sub-indication information or the sixth sub-indication information, which will not be repeated here.

Step 6.64: The second terminal device sends an MR to the first terminal device on the second MR resource. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives an MR from the second terminal device on the second MR resource.

Before step 6.61 or step 6.63, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.65.

Step 6.65: The first terminal device sends sixteenth information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the sixteenth information from the first terminal device.

The sixteenth information is used to indicate the resources of the first terminal device to send PRS to the second terminal device.

Case 9: Information used by a terminal device to send MR can be determined by another terminal device involved in positioning.

In this case, in a possible design scheme, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.71.

Step 6.71: The second terminal device sends fifth information to the first terminal device. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the fifth information from the second terminal device.

The fifth information is used to instruct the first terminal device to send resources of PRS and/or MR to the second terminal device.

Exemplarily, when S603 includes step 6.1, and the first terminal device needs to feed back the MR corresponding to the PRS to the second terminal device, the fifth information may include resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device.

In the case where S603 includes step 6.2, the fifth information may include resources for sending the PRS to the second terminal device.

When S603 includes step 6.1 and step 6.2, and the first terminal device needs to feed back the MR corresponding to the PRS to the second terminal device, the fifth information may include resources for sending the PRS to the second terminal device and resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device.

In addition, the fifth information may also be used to instruct the first terminal device to receive the PRS from the second terminal device. resource.

In another possible design, the method shown in FIG. 6 may further include step 6.81.

Step 6.81: The first terminal device sends seventeenth information to the second terminal device. Correspondingly, the second terminal device receives the seventeenth information from the first terminal device.

The seventeenth information is used to instruct the second terminal device to send resources of PRS and/or MR to the first terminal device.

Exemplarily, when S603 includes step 6.2, and the second terminal device needs to feed back the MR corresponding to the PRS to the first terminal device, the seventeenth information may include resources for sending the MR to the first terminal device.

In the case where S603 includes step 6.1, the seventeenth information may include resources for sending the PRS to the second terminal device.

When S603 includes step 6.1 and step 6.2, and the second terminal device needs to feed back the MR corresponding to the PRS to the first terminal device, the seventeenth information may include resources for sending the PRS to the first terminal device and resources for sending the MR to the first terminal device.

In addition, the seventeenth information may also be used to indicate resources for the second terminal device to receive the PRS from the first terminal device.

The resource configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above in conjunction with Figures 6 to 12. The communication device for executing the resource configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below in conjunction with Figures 13 and 14.

For example, Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 13, the communication device 1300 includes: a processing module 1301 and a transceiver module 1302. For ease of description, Fig. 13 only shows the main components of the communication device 1300.

In some embodiments, the communication device 1300 may be applicable to the communication system shown in FIG. 5 , and execute the functions of the terminal device in the resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 .

The processing module 1301 is used to receive first information from a network device through the transceiver module 1302, wherein the first information is used to indicate a positioning resource pool, and the positioning resource pool includes resources for transmitting PRS between terminal devices. The positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions. The processing module 1301 is also used to send and/or receive a positioning reference signal PRS using resources in the positioning resource pool through the transceiver module 1302.

In a possible design scheme, the positioning resource pool may also include resources for transmitting measurement reports MR between terminal devices.

Optionally, the first information may also be used to indicate a first candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting MR between terminal devices.

Further, the first information may include first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information. The first sub-indication information is used to indicate the first candidate resource. The second sub-indication information is used to indicate a second candidate resource in a positioning resource pool for transmitting a PRS between terminal devices. The first sub-indication information is carried in a first high-layer signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in a second high-layer signaling. The first high-layer signaling is the same as or different from the second high-layer signaling.

Exemplarily, the first sub-indication information may indicate the first candidate resource through a bitmap. Alternatively, the first sub-indication information may indicate the first candidate resource by indicating a period corresponding to an MR.

Furthermore, the time units where the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource are located may be different.

Furthermore, the processing module is further used to obtain second information. The second information is used to indicate: a first corresponding relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource. The first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource is used to send an MR corresponding to the PRS carried by the second candidate resource.

Furthermore, the processing module 1301 is further used to determine the resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device according to the resources where the received PRS is located and the first corresponding relationship.

Optionally, the processing module 1301 is used to determine, from the positioning resource pool, resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device.

Further, the processing module 1301 is further used to send third information to the second terminal device through the transceiver module 1302. The third information includes third sub-indication information and fourth sub-indication information. The third sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the third information carries an MR. The fourth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used to send the MR to the second terminal device and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the third sub-indication information indicates that the third information carries an MR.

Optionally, the processing module 1301 is further used to receive fourth information from the second terminal device. The fourth information includes fifth sub-indication information and sixth sub-indication information. The fifth sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the fourth information carries an MR. The sixth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used for the second terminal device to send an MR to the communication device 1300, and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the fifth sub-indication information indicates that the fourth information carries an MR.

Optionally, the processing module 1301 is further configured to receive fifth information from the second terminal device, wherein the fifth information is used to instruct the communication apparatus 1300 to send resources of the PRS and/or MR to the second terminal device.

Optionally, the transceiver module 1302 may include a receiving module and a sending module (not shown in FIG. 13 ). The transceiver module 1302 is used to implement the sending function and the receiving function of the communication device 1300 .

Optionally, the communication device 1300 may further include a storage module (not shown in FIG. 13 ), which stores a program or instruction. When the processing module 1301 executes the program or instruction, the communication device 1300 may perform the function of the first terminal device in any resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 .

It should be understood that the processing module 1301 involved in the communication device 1300 can be implemented by a processor or a processor-related circuit component, which can be a processor or a processing unit; the transceiver module 1302 can be implemented by a transceiver or a transceiver-related circuit component, which can be a transceiver or a transceiver unit.

It should be noted that the communication device 1300 can be a terminal device, or a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in the terminal device, or a device that includes a terminal device, which is not limited in this application.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1300 can refer to the technical effects of the resource configuration method shown in any one of Figure 6, and will not be repeated here.

In some other embodiments, the communication device 1300 may be applicable to the communication system shown in FIG. 5 , and execute the function of the network device in the resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 .

The processing module 1301 is used to obtain first information.

The transceiver module 1302 is used to send the first information.

Further, the first information may include first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information. The first sub-indication information is used to indicate the first candidate resource. The second sub-indication information is used to indicate a second candidate resource for transmitting a PRS between terminal devices. The first sub-indication information is carried in a first high-layer signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in a second high-layer signaling; the first high-layer signaling is the same as or different from the second high-layer signaling.

Furthermore, at least one of the time unit where the first candidate resource is located and the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the same.

Optionally, the communication device 1300 may further include a storage module (not shown in FIG. 13 ), which stores a program or instruction. When the processing module 1301 executes the program or instruction, the communication device 1300 may perform the function of the network device in any resource configuration method shown in FIG. 6 .

It should be noted that the communication device 1300 can be a network device, or a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in the network device, or a device that includes a network device, which is not limited in this application.

Exemplarily, FIG14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device may be a terminal device or a network device, or may be a chip (system) or other parts or components that can be set in a terminal device or a network device. As shown in FIG14, a communication device 1400 may include a processor 1401. Optionally, the communication device 1400 may also include a memory 1402 and/or a transceiver 1403. The processor 1401 is coupled to the memory 1402 and the transceiver 1403, such as being connected via a communication bus.

The following is a detailed introduction to the various components of the communication device 1400 in conjunction with FIG14:

The processor 1401 is the control center of the communication device 1400, which may be a processor or a general term for multiple processing elements. For example, the processor 1401 is one or more central processing units (CPUs), or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present application, such as one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

Optionally, the processor 1401 may perform various functions of the communication device 1400 by running or executing a software program stored in the memory 1402 , and calling data stored in the memory 1402 .

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the processor 1401 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU0 and CPU1 shown in FIG. 14 .

In a specific implementation, as an embodiment, the communication device 1400 may also include multiple processors, such as the processor 1401 and the processor 1404 shown in FIG. 14. Each of these processors may be a single-core processor (single-CPU) or a multi-core processor (multi-CPU). The processor here may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

The memory 1402 is used to store the software program for executing the solution of the present application, and the execution is controlled by the processor 1401. The specific implementation method can refer to the above method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

Optionally, the memory 1402 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compressed optical disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store the desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto. The memory 1402 may be integrated with the processor 1401, or may exist independently and be coupled to the processor 1401 through an interface circuit (not shown in FIG. 14 ) of the communication device 1400, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The transceiver 1403 is used for communication with other communication devices. For example, the communication device 1400 is a terminal device, and the transceiver 1403 can be used to communicate with a network device, or with another terminal device. For another example, the communication device 1400 is a network device, and the transceiver 1403 can be used to communicate with a terminal device, or with another network device.

Optionally, the transceiver 1403 may include a receiver and a transmitter (not shown separately in FIG. 14 ), wherein the receiver is used to implement a receiving function, and the transmitter is used to implement a sending function.

Optionally, the transceiver 1403 may be integrated with the processor 1401, or may exist independently and be coupled to the processor 1401 via an interface circuit (not shown in FIG. 14 ) of the communication device 1400 , which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

It should be noted that the structure of the communication device 1400 shown in FIG. 14 does not constitute a limitation on the communication device, and an actual communication device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

In addition, the technical effects of the communication device 1400 can refer to the technical effects of the resource configuration method described in the above method embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also be any conventional processor, etc.

It should also be understood that the memory in the embodiments of the present application may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), which is used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of random access memory (RAM) are available, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM).

The above embodiments can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware (such as circuits), firmware or any other combination. When implemented using software, the above embodiments can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions or computer programs. When the computer instructions or computer programs are loaded or executed on a computer, the process or function described in the embodiment of the present application is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions 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 instructions can be transmitted from one website site, computer, server or data center to another website site, computer, server or data center by wired (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that contains one or more available media sets. The available medium can be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape), an optical medium (for example, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium can be a solid-state hard disk.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and/or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. A and B can be singular or plural. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship, but it may also indicate an "and/or" relationship. Please refer to the context for specific understanding.

In this application, "at least one" means one or more, and "more than one" means two or more. "At least one of the following" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, or c can mean: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, where a, b, c can be single or multiple.

It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

If the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage media include: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), disk or optical disk, and other media that can store program codes.

The above is only a specific implementation of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the present technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, which should be included in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A resource configuration method, characterized in that the method comprises:

The first terminal device receives first information from the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a positioning resource pool, where the positioning resource pool includes resources for transmitting a positioning reference signal PRS between terminal devices; the positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions;

The first terminal device uses resources in the positioning resource pool to send and/or receive PRS.
The method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the positioning resource pool also includes resources for transmitting measurement reports MR between the terminal devices.
The method according to claim 2 is characterized in that the first information is also used to indicate a first candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting MR between the terminal devices.
The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the first information includes first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information; wherein the first sub-indication information is used to indicate the first candidate resource; and the second sub-indication information is used to indicate a second candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting PRS between terminal devices;

The first sub-indication information is carried in a first high-layer signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in a second high-layer signaling; the first high-layer signaling is the same as or different from the second high-layer signaling.
The method according to claim 4 is characterized in that the second sub-indication information indicates the second candidate resource through a bit map.
The method according to claim 4 or 5 is characterized in that the first sub-indication information indicates the first candidate resource through a bit map, or the first sub-indication information indicates the first candidate resource by indicating a period corresponding to MR.
The method according to any one of claims 4-6 is characterized in that the time unit where the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource are located is different.
The method according to any one of claims 4-6 is characterized in that at least one of the time unit where the first candidate resource is located and the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the same.
The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The first terminal device acquires second information; wherein the second information is used to indicate: a first corresponding relationship between the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource;

The first candidate resource corresponding to the second candidate resource is used to send the MR corresponding to the PRS carried by the second candidate resource.
The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The first terminal device determines the resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device according to the resources where the received PRS is located and the first corresponding relationship.
The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The first terminal device determines, from the positioning resource pool, resources for sending the MR to the second terminal device.
The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The first terminal device sends third information to the second terminal device; wherein the third information includes third sub-indication information and fourth sub-indication information; the third sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the third information carries MR; the fourth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used to send the MR to the second terminal device and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the third sub-indication information indicates that the third information carries MR.
The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The first terminal device receives fourth information from the second terminal device; wherein the fourth information includes fifth sub-indication information and sixth sub-indication information; the fifth sub-indication information is used to indicate whether the fourth information carries MR; the sixth sub-indication information is used to indicate the resources used for the second terminal device to send the MR to the first terminal device, and the identification information of the PRS corresponding to the measurement result in the MR when the fifth sub-indication information indicates that the fourth information carries MR.
The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The first terminal device receives fifth information from the second terminal device, wherein the fifth information is used to indicate resources for the first terminal device to send PRS and/or MR to the second terminal device.
A resource configuration method, characterized in that the method comprises:

The network device obtains first information; wherein the first information is used to indicate a positioning resource pool, the positioning resource pool includes resources for transmitting a positioning reference signal PRS between terminal devices; the positioning resource pool is not used for communication of non-positioning functions;

The network device sends the first information.
The method according to claim 15 is characterized in that the positioning resource pool also includes resources for transmitting measurement reports MR between the terminal devices.
The method according to claim 16 is characterized in that the first information is also used to indicate a first candidate resource in the positioning resource pool for transmitting MR between the terminal devices.
The method according to claim 17, characterized in that the first information includes first sub-indication information and second sub-indication information; wherein the first sub-indication information is used to indicate the first candidate resource; and the second sub-indication information is used to indicate a second candidate resource for transmitting a PRS between terminal devices;

The first sub-indication information is carried in a first high-layer signaling, and the second sub-indication information is carried in a second high-layer signaling; the first high-layer signaling is the same as or different from the second high-layer signaling.
The method according to claim 18 is characterized in that the second sub-indication information indicates the second candidate resource through a bit map.
The method according to claim 18 or 19 is characterized in that the first sub-indication information indicates the first candidate resource through a bit map, or the first sub-indication information indicates the first candidate resource by indicating a period corresponding to MR.
The method according to any one of claims 18-20 is characterized in that the time unit where the first candidate resource and the second candidate resource are located is different.
The method according to any one of claims 18-20 is characterized in that at least one of the time unit where the first candidate resource is located and the time unit where the second candidate resource is located is the same.
A communication device, characterized in that the communication device is used to execute the resource configuration method as described in any one of claims 1-22.
A communication device, characterized in that it includes: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store computer instructions, and when the processor executes the instructions, the communication device executes the resource configuration method as described in any one of claims 1-22.
A communication device, characterized in that it comprises: a processor and an interface circuit; wherein:

The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor;

The processor is configured to execute the code instructions to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 22.
A communication device, characterized in that the communication device includes a processor and a transceiver, the transceiver is used for information exchange between the communication device and other communication devices, and the processor executes program instructions to execute the resource configuration method as described in any one of claims 1-22.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium includes a computer program or instructions, and when the computer program or instructions are executed on a computer, the computer executes the resource configuration method as described in any one of claims 1 to 22.
A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product comprises: a computer program or instructions, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the resource configuration method as described in any one of claims 1 to 22.