WO2020052599A1 - 用户设备的定位方法及装置、存储介质和电子装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a positioning method and device for user equipment, a storage medium, and an electronic device.
- the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3rd Generation, Partnership Project, 3GPP) has introduced support for positioning services since release 9.
- Today, positioning services have become an important value-added service in wireless communication networks.
- Cell identity and enhanced cell identity (E-CID) are very important positioning methods in a communication network.
- the basic principle is to use the geographic coordinates of the serving cell to estimate the location of the user equipment (User Equipment, UE).
- E-CID uses some additional measurement information for positioning. These measurement information usually have other functions, but it is usually not measured for positioning alone.
- the fifth generation mobile communication systems (5th generation mobile networks, 5G) choose millimeter wave technology in order to achieve faster data transmission rates.
- Millimeter wave refers to electromagnetic waves with a wavelength in the order of millimeters, and the frequency of millimeter waves is between 30 GHz and 300 GHz.
- a characteristic of the millimeter wave band is that it has severe attenuation in the air, weak diffraction ability, and a large impact on atmospheric and rain water absorption.
- large arrays and narrow beams are used as an important technology for data transmission.
- the 5G standard in the related technology has been determined to support millimeter-band transmission of synchronization signals / physical broadcast channel blocks (SS / PBCH blocks) in a narrow beam polling manner to implement functions such as synchronization.
- the beam polling method can avoid synchronization signal blocks (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB) transmitted by different cells from interfering with each other to a certain extent.
- the 5G standard has not designed a positioning method based on 5G signal measurement.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for positioning a user equipment, so as to at least solve a problem in the related art that a UE's location cannot be measured based on a 5G signal.
- a positioning method for a user equipment including: after the UE initiates a positioning request, the UE receives first auxiliary information sent by a positioning management unit LMF; wherein the first auxiliary information includes: The SSB beam polling information of the designated cell reported by the next-generation radio access network NG-RAN node to the LMF; the UE measures the designated cell and obtains first measurement information; according to the first measurement Information and first auxiliary information, the UE determines the location of the UE.
- another positioning method for user equipment including: a positioning management unit LMF receiving SSB beam polling information reported by a next-generation radio access network NG-RAN node; and in the NG- After the RAN node initiates a positioning request, the LMF obtains a second measurement message of the designated cell; and according to the second measurement message and the SSB beam polling information, the LMF determines the location of the UE.
- another method for positioning a user equipment including: after a next-generation radio access network NG-RAN node initiates a positioning request, the NG-RAN node obtains a serving cell from the user equipment UE. A third measurement message; the NG-RAN node determines the location of the UE according to the information of the NG-RAN node and the third measurement message, wherein the information of the NG-RAN node includes: SSB beam polling information.
- a positioning device for user equipment is provided at a UE and includes: a first receiving module configured to receive first auxiliary information sent by the LMF after the UE initiates a positioning request; wherein The first auxiliary information includes: the SSB beam polling information of the designated cell reported by the NG-RAN node to the LMF; a measurement module configured to measure the designated cell and obtain the first measurement information; A positioning module is configured to determine a location of the UE according to the first measurement information and the first auxiliary information.
- another positioning device for user equipment which is located in a positioning management unit LMF and includes: a second receiving module configured to receive SSB beam polling information reported by an NG-RAN node; and an acquiring module Is configured to obtain a second measurement message of the designated cell after the NG-RAN node initiates a positioning request; the second positioning module is configured to determine the location of the UE according to the second measurement message and the SSB beam polling information.
- another positioning device for user equipment which is located in a next-generation radio access network NG-RAN node and includes a third receiving module configured to initiate a positioning request at the NG-RAN node. Then, a third measurement message of the serving cell is obtained from the UE; a third positioning module is configured to determine the location of the UE according to the information of the NG-RAN node and the third measurement message, wherein the NG-RAN
- the node information includes at least: SSB beam polling information.
- a storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is configured to execute the method according to any one of the foregoing embodiments when running.
- an electronic device including a memory and a processor, wherein the computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to perform any of the foregoing implementations Example method.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a positioning method for a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another UE positioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of still another UE positioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of positioning of a UE based on scenario 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of positioning a UE based on an SSB beam according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of positioning of a UE based on scenario 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of positioning a UE based on an SSB beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of positioning a UE based on another SSB beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of positioning of a UE based on scenario 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a positioning device for user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of another positioning apparatus for user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of another positioning apparatus for user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the mobile terminal 10 may include one or more (only one shown in FIG. 1) a processor 102 (the processor 102 may include, but is not limited to, a microprocessor (Control Unit, MCU) or programmable logic (Processing device such as Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)) and memory 104 for storing data.
- the mobile terminal may further include a transmission device 106 and an input / output device 108 for communication functions.
- FIG. 1 is only a schematic, and it does not limit the structure of the above mobile terminal.
- the mobile terminal 10 may further include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. 1, or have a different configuration from that shown in FIG. 1.
- the memory 104 may be used to store a computer program, for example, a software program and module of application software, such as a computer program corresponding to a positioning method of a UE in the embodiment of the present invention.
- the processor 102 executes the computer program stored in the memory 104 to execute the computer program.
- a variety of functional applications and data processing, that is, the above method is implemented.
- the memory 104 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic storage devices, a flash memory, or other non-volatile solid-state memory.
- the memory 104 may further include a memory remotely disposed with respect to the processor 102, and these remote memories may be connected to the mobile terminal 10 through a network. Examples of the above network include, but are not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network, and combinations thereof.
- the transmission device 106 is used for receiving or transmitting data via a network.
- a specific example of the above network may include a wireless network provided by a communication provider of the mobile terminal 10.
- the transmission device 106 includes a network adapter (Network Interface Controller, NIC), which can be connected to other network devices through a base station so as to communicate with the Internet.
- the transmission device 106 may be a radio frequency (RF) module, which is used to communicate with the Internet in a wireless manner.
- RF radio frequency
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a positioning method for a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the flow includes the following steps. :
- Step S202 After the positioning request is initiated, the UE receives the first auxiliary information sent by the Location Management Function (LMF); wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least: the next generation radio access network (The Next A Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node polls the synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal Block, SSB) beam information of the designated cell reported by the LMF.
- LMF Location Management Function
- Step S204 The UE performs measurement on the designated cell, and obtains first measurement information.
- Step S206 The UE determines the location of the UE according to the first measurement information and the first auxiliary information.
- the present disclosure by using measurement information of a cell measured by a UE and SSB beam polling information of a cell provided by an NG-RAN node, at the same time, it can be applied to multiple network elements or devices in a network, and therefore, related problems can be solved.
- the problem that the UE cannot measure the location of the UE based on the 5G signal in the technology achieves the effect of positioning the device without increasing resources and improving the positioning accuracy.
- the SSB beam polling information includes at least: a subcarrier interval and a cyclic prefix configuration for sending the SSB, the number of SSB beams, all SSB indexes of the designated cell, and a coverage angle of the SSB beam in a geographic coordinate system.
- the NG-RAN node carries the SSB beam polling information in the New Generation Radio (NR) Positioning Protocol Additional (NR Positioning Protocol) information sent to the LMF.
- NR New Generation Radio
- the SSB beam polling information can be added to the E-CID Measurement Result (E-CID measurement result) in the E-CID MEASUREMENT INITIATION RESPONSE (E-CID measurement start response).
- the SSB beam polling information may also be added to a separately reported public positioning information.
- the positioning public information includes at least information such as the geographic location of the cell.
- the LMF sends the first auxiliary information carrying the SSB beam polling information through the Long Term Evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LTE Positioning Protocol, LPP) or NR positioning protocol (NR Positioning Protocol, anne).
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LPP Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol
- NR Positioning Protocol anne
- the UE before the UE receives the first auxiliary information sent by the LMF, the UE sends an auxiliary information request message for requesting the first auxiliary information to the LMF.
- the LMF may send the first auxiliary information to the UE by itself.
- the LMF may determine whether to time out with the UE request time determined in advance by the UE and, if the determination result is yes, send the first auxiliary information to the UE on its own.
- the LMF may also determine whether to send the first auxiliary information to the UE by sending an inquiry instruction to the UE and according to the inquiry result responded by the UE.
- the designated cell includes at least one of the following: a serving cell where the UE is located, and a neighboring cell of the serving cell where the UE is located.
- this embodiment mainly focuses on positioning the UE in the serving cell where the UE is located, that is, single-cell SSB positioning. If the UE obtains the first measurement information corresponding to the neighboring cell after measurement, the solution applied in this embodiment is directed to positioning the UE in multiple cells, that is, multi-cell SSB positioning. Furthermore, if the UE only obtains the first measurement information corresponding to the neighboring cell after measurement, this embodiment is mainly aimed at positioning the UE in the neighboring cell of the serving cell where the UE is located. Therefore, according to the actual usage requirements, the UE may use different measurement strategies to perform measurements on different cells to obtain different first measurement information. Thus, positioning of the UE in different cells is achieved.
- the first auxiliary information further includes at least one of the following: geographic coordinates of the serving cell, and geographic coordinates of the neighboring cell.
- the first auxiliary information further includes: cell identification information of the neighboring cell.
- the first measurement message includes one of the following: an SSB index of the designated cell, a reference signal received power (RSRP) of one or more signals in the SSB, and a reference signal reception quality (Reference, Received, Quality, RSRQ).
- RSRP reference signal received power
- RSRQ reference signal reception quality
- the SSB index of the designated cell in the first measurement message refers to one or more SSB indexes of all SSB indexes of the designated cell. For example, taking the serving cell as an example, if there are 8 SSB indexes in the serving cell, the SSB index of the designated cell in the first measurement message is one or more of the 8 SSB indexes.
- the UE selects the SSB with the highest intensity in the designated cell or the intensity greater than the intensity threshold as the designated cell in the first measurement information.
- SSB index the SSB index.
- the UE estimates the UE position according to the searched SSB index of the specified cell and other information in the first auxiliary information, and the overlapping range of the position covered by the SSB beam in the geographic coordinate system.
- the UE may use a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and a demodulation reference signal of the PBCH in the SSB.
- PSS primary synchronization signal
- SSS secondary synchronization signal
- PBCH physical broadcast channel
- DMRS demodulation reference signal of the PBCH in the SSB.
- DMRS Signal
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another UE positioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the process includes the following steps:
- Step S302 the LMF receives the SSB beam polling information reported by the NG-RAN node
- Step S304 After initiating the positioning request, the LMF acquires a second measurement message of the designated cell;
- Step S306 The LMF determines the location of the UE according to the second measurement message and the SSB beam polling information.
- the SSB beam polling information includes at least: the subcarrier interval and cyclic prefix configuration of the SSB to be transmitted, the number of SSB beams, all SSB indexes of the designated cell, and the coverage angle of the SSB beam in the geographic coordinate system.
- the NG-RAN node carries the SSB beam polling information in the NRPPa information sent to the LMF.
- the SSB beam polling information can be added to the E-CID Measurement Result (E-CID measurement result) in the E-CID MEASUREMENT INITIATION RESPONSE (E-CID measurement start response).
- the SSB beam polling information may also be added to a separately reported public positioning information.
- the positioning public information includes at least information such as the geographic location of the cell.
- the designated cell includes at least one of the following: a serving cell where the UE is located, and a neighboring cell of the serving cell where the UE is located.
- this embodiment mainly focuses on positioning the UE in the serving cell where the UE is located, that is, single-cell SSB positioning. If the UE obtains the second measurement information corresponding to the neighboring cell after measurement, the solution applied in this embodiment is directed to positioning the UE in multiple cells, that is, multi-cell SSB positioning. Furthermore, if the UE only obtains the second measurement information corresponding to the neighboring cell after measurement, this embodiment is mainly aimed at positioning the UE in the neighboring cell of the serving cell where the UE is located. Therefore, according to actual usage requirements, the UE may use different measurement strategies to perform measurements on different cells to obtain different second measurement information. Thus, positioning of the UE in different cells is achieved.
- the LMF acquires the second measurement message from the UE and / or the NG-RAN node.
- the LMF acquires the second measurement message in at least one of the following two ways.
- Method 1 The LMF sends second auxiliary information to the UE, wherein the second auxiliary information is used by the UE to measure SSBs of the serving cell and the neighboring cell; the LMF receives all The second measurement message sent by the UE.
- Manner 2 The UE performs a blind detection on the SSB of the neighboring cell; the LMF receives the second measurement message sent by the UE.
- the UE may carry a detection rule corresponding to the blind detection in the third auxiliary information sent to prevent the LMF from being unable to identify the detection result.
- the rule for the UE to blindly detect the SSB of the neighboring cell may also be a detection rule that the LMF and the UE determine interactively before positioning.
- the UE selects the SSB with the highest intensity in the designated cell or the intensity greater than the intensity threshold as the designated cell in the second measurement information.
- SSB index the SSB index.
- the second measurement message includes one of the following: cell identification information of the designated cell, an SSB index of the designated cell, and RSRP and RSRQ of one or more signals in the SSB.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of another UE positioning method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the process includes the following steps:
- Step S402 After initiating the positioning request, the NG-RAN node obtains a third measurement message of the serving cell from the UE.
- Step S404 the NG-RAN node determines the location of the UE according to the NG-RAN node information and the third measurement message, wherein the NG-RAN node information includes at least: SSB beam polling information.
- the SSB beam polling information includes at least: a subcarrier interval and a cyclic prefix configuration for sending an SSB, a number of SSB beams, an entire SSB index of the designated cell, and a coverage angle of the SSB beam in a geographic coordinate system.
- the NG-RAN node information further includes: geographic location information of the NG-RAN node.
- the third measurement message includes at least: RSRP and RSRQ of one or more signals in the SSB.
- the UE selects the SSB with the highest intensity in the designated cell or the intensity greater than the intensity threshold as the designated cell in the third measurement information SSB index.
- the UE selects the SSB with the highest strength in the serving cell as the SSB corresponding to the detection result. And send it to the LMF based on a third measurement message corresponding to the SSB.
- the UE is positioned by the UE.
- 5 is a flowchart of positioning a UE based on scenario 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5:
- Step 1 The NG-RAN node sends its own SSB polling configuration information to the LMF.
- the subcarrier interval is 120KHz
- the regular CP the SSB transmission period is 5ms
- all SSB indexes k 1 -k 8 the k ssb SSB beams are transmitted.
- Step 2 The UE initiates a positioning request.
- Step 3 The UE sends a request for the first auxiliary information to the LMF through an LPP or NRPP message.
- Step 4 The LMF sends the SSB polling configuration information to the UE through the first auxiliary information carried in the LPP or NRPP message.
- Step 5 After receiving the first auxiliary message, the UE measures the SSB beam of the serving cell where the UE is located, and obtains an SSB index k 3.
- the measured PSS received energy and received quality are RSRP 1 and RSRQ respectively.
- the first measurement information of 1 is a measurement of 1 .
- Step 6 The UE estimates the positioning result of the UE according to the SSB polling configuration information and the first measurement information.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of positioning a UE based on an SSB beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the UE determines that a total of 8 SSB beams including k 1 -k 8 are included in the current serving cell as shown in FIG. 6.
- the UE can determine that the UE is positioned on the SSB beam corresponding to the number k 3 .
- the UE can more accurately locate the UE on the SSB beam.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of positioning a UE based on scenario 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7:
- Step 1 The NG-RAN node sends its own SSB polling configuration information to the LMF.
- the subcarrier interval is 120KHz
- the regular cyclic prefix (Cyclic Prefix, CP)
- the SSB transmission period is 5ms
- all SSB indexes k 1 -k 8 and k ssb SSB beams are transmitted.
- Step 2 The NG-RAN node initiates a positioning request to the UE.
- Step 3 The UE measures cell 1 and the obtained second measurement result of cell 1 includes at least: the positioning capability supports E-CID positioning using multi-beam SSB information, and at time t 1 , the UE measures the SSB of serving cell cell 1 Beam, SSB index k 3 .
- Step 4 The UE measures cell 2 and the obtained second measurement result of cell 2 includes at least: positioning capability supports E-CID positioning using multi-beam SSB information, and at time t 2 , the UE measures the SSB of serving cell cell 2 Beam, SSB index k 5 .
- Step 5 The UE sends the second measurement information of cell 1 and cell 2 to the LMF through an LPP or NRPP message.
- Step 6 The LMF estimates the positioning result of the UE according to the SSB polling configuration information and the second measurement information of cell1 and cell2.
- the UE determines that, as shown in FIG. 8, the current serving cell includes k 1 -k 8 in a total of 8 SSB beams.
- UE. 4 generated in step 3.
- the corresponding UE located in the cell 1 The intersection of the SSB beam numbered k 3 and cell 2 corresponding to the SSB beam numbered k5 (rounded part in FIG. 8).
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of positioning a UE based on another SSB beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the UE determines that, as shown in FIG. 9, cell 1 and cell 2 include a current serving cell including k 1 -k 8 in total, 8 SSB beams. If the second measurement information of cell 1 and cell 2 are set such that the PSS received energy and received quality in the first measurement message in scenario 1 are RSRP 1 and RSRQ 1 , respectively, according to RSRP 1 and RSRQ 1 ( The rectangular part in FIG. 9), the UE can more accurately locate the UE on the SSB beams of cell 1 and cell 2.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of positioning a UE based on scenario 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10:
- Step 1 The NG-RAN node initiates a positioning request to the UE.
- Step 2 The UE measures the SSB beam of the serving cell where the UE is located, and obtains the third measurement information including the SSB index k 3 , and the measured PSS received energy and received quality are RSRP 1 and RSRQ1, respectively.
- Step 3 The UE sends the third measurement information carrying the SSB index k 3 through the preamble and measuring the PSS received energy and received quality to RSRP 1 and RSRQ 1 , respectively.
- Step 4 NG-RAN node itself according to the configuration information includes a polling SSB (i.e., subcarrier spacing is 120KHz, a conventional CP, SSB transmission period is 5ms, all of the designated cell SSB index k 1 -k 8, transmits k ssb SSB beams), its own geographic location, and third measurement information to estimate the positioning result of the UE.
- SSB i.e., subcarrier spacing is 120KHz, a conventional CP, SSB transmission period is 5ms, all of the designated cell SSB index k 1 -k 8, transmits k ssb SSB beams
- third measurement information to estimate the positioning result of the UE.
- a positioning device for user equipment UE is also provided.
- the device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and optional implementation manners, and the descriptions will not be repeated.
- the term "module” may implement a combination of software and / or hardware for a predetermined function.
- the devices described in the following embodiments are preferably implemented in software, implementation in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and conceived.
- FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a positioning device for user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the device includes a first receiving module 1102, a measuring module 1104, and a first positioning module 1106.
- the first receiving module 1102 is configured to receive the first auxiliary information sent by the LMF after the initiated positioning request, where the first auxiliary information includes at least: a designated cell reported by the NG-RAN node to the LMF. SSB beam polling information;
- a measurement module 1104 configured to perform measurement on the designated cell, and obtain first measurement information
- a first positioning module 1106 is configured to determine a location of the UE according to the first measurement information and the first auxiliary information.
- the above multiple modules can be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, they can be implemented by the following methods, but not limited to the above: the above modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above multiple modules are based on Arbitrary combinations are located in different processors.
- another positioning device for user equipment UE is also provided.
- This device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and optional implementation manners, and the descriptions will not be repeated.
- the term "module” may implement a combination of software and / or hardware for a predetermined function.
- the devices described in the following embodiments are preferably implemented in software, implementation in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and conceived.
- FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of another positioning device for user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the device includes a second receiving module 1202, an obtaining module 1204, and a second positioning module 1206.
- a second receiving module 1202 configured to receive SSB beam polling information reported by the NG-RAN node
- An obtaining module 1204 configured to obtain a second measurement message of a specified cell after initiating a positioning request
- a second positioning module 1206 is configured to determine a location of the UE according to the second measurement message and the SSB beam polling information.
- the above multiple modules can be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, they can be implemented by the following methods, but not limited to the above: the above modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above multiple modules are based on Arbitrary combinations are located in different processors.
- another positioning device for user equipment UE is also provided.
- the device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and optional implementation manners, and the descriptions will not be repeated.
- the term "module” may implement a combination of software and / or hardware for a predetermined function.
- the devices described in the following embodiments are preferably implemented in software, implementation in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and conceived.
- FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of another positioning device for user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, the device includes a third receiving module 1302 and a third positioning module 1304.
- a third receiving module 1302, configured to obtain a third measurement message of the serving cell from the UE after initiating a positioning request
- a third positioning module 1304 is configured to determine a location of the UE according to the NG-RAN node information and the third measurement message, where the NG-RAN node information includes at least: SSB beam polling information.
- the above multiple modules can be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, they can be implemented by the following methods, but not limited to the above: the above modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above multiple modules are based on Arbitrary combinations are located in different processors.
- An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a storage medium that stores a computer program therein, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the steps in any one of the foregoing method embodiments when running.
- the foregoing storage medium may be configured to store a computer program for performing the following steps:
- the UE receives the first auxiliary information sent by the LMF.
- the first auxiliary information includes at least: SSB beam polling information of the designated cell reported by the NG-RAN node to the LMF.
- the UE performs measurement on the designated cell, and obtains first measurement information.
- the UE determines a location of the UE.
- the LMF receives the SSB beam polling information reported by the NG-RAN node.
- the LMF After initiating a positioning request, acquires a second measurement message of a specified cell.
- the LMF determines the location of the UE according to the second measurement message and the SSB beam polling information.
- the NG-RAN node After initiating the positioning request, the NG-RAN node obtains a third measurement message of the serving cell from the UE.
- the NG-RAN node determines the location of the UE according to the NG-RAN node information and the third measurement message, wherein the NG-RAN node information includes at least: SSB beam polling information.
- the foregoing storage medium may include: a universal serial bus flash disk (Universal Serial Bus flash disk (U disk)), a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory (ROM), and a random access memory (ROM) Random (Access, Memory, RAM), mobile hard disk, magnetic disk or compact disc and other media that can store computer programs.
- a universal serial bus flash disk Universal Serial Bus flash disk (U disk)
- ROM Read-Only Memory
- ROM random access memory
- RAM Random
- mobile hard disk magnetic disk or compact disc and other media that can store computer programs.
- An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device including a memory and a processor.
- the memory stores a computer program
- the processor is configured to run the computer program to perform the steps in any one of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the electronic device may further include a transmission device and an input-output device, wherein the transmission device is connected to the processor, and the input-output device is connected to the processor.
- the foregoing processor may be configured to execute the following steps by a computer program:
- the UE receives the first auxiliary information sent by the LMF.
- the first auxiliary information includes at least: SSB beam polling information of the designated cell reported by the NG-RAN node to the LMF.
- the UE performs measurement on the designated cell, and obtains first measurement information.
- the UE determines a location of the UE.
- the LMF receives the SSB beam polling information reported by the NG-RAN node.
- the LMF After initiating a positioning request, acquires a second measurement message of a specified cell.
- the LMF determines the location of the UE according to the second measurement message and the SSB beam polling information.
- the NG-RAN node After initiating the positioning request, the NG-RAN node obtains a third measurement message of the serving cell from the UE.
- the NG-RAN node determines the location of the UE according to the NG-RAN node information and the third measurement message, wherein the NG-RAN node information includes at least: SSB beam polling information.
- multiple modules or multiple steps of the present disclosure may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, and they may be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed and composed of multiple computing devices.
- they can be implemented with program code executable by a computing device, so that they can be stored in a storage device and executed by the computing device, and in some cases, can be different from here
- the steps shown or described are performed sequentially, or they are made into one or more integrated circuit modules, respectively, or multiple modules or steps in them are made into a single integrated circuit module.
- the present disclosure is not limited to a specific combination of hardware and software.
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- 一种用户设备UE的定位方法,包括:在UE发起定位请求后,所述UE接收定位管理单元LMF发送的第一辅助信息;其中,所述第一辅助信息包括:由下一代无线接入网络NG-RAN节点向所述LMF上报的指定小区的同步信号块SSB波束轮询信息;所述UE对所述指定小区进行测量,并获取第一测量信息;根据所述第一测量信息和所述第一辅助信息,所述UE确定所述UE的位置。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,在所述UE接收所述LMF发送的所述第一辅助信息之前,还包括:所述UE向所述LMF发送用于请求所述第一辅助信息的辅助信息请求消息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其中,所述指定小区包括以下至少之一:所述UE所在的服务小区;所述UE所在的服务小区的相邻小区。
- 根据权利要求3所述的方法,其中,所述第一辅助信息还包括以下至少之一:所述服务小区的地理坐标;所述相邻小区的地理坐标。
- 根据权利要求3所述的方法,其中,在所述指定小区包括所述相邻小区的情况下,所述第一辅助信息还包括:所述相邻小区的小区标识信息。
- 根据权利要求1至5任一项所述的方法,其中,所述SSB波束轮询信息包括:发送所述SSB的子载波间隔和循环前缀配置,所述SSB波束数量,所述指定小区的全部SSB索引以及所述SSB波束在地理坐标系中的覆盖角度。
- 根据权利要求1至5任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一测量消息包括以下其中之一:所述指定小区的SSB索引,以及所述SSB中一个或者多个信号的参考信号接收功率RSRP和参考信号接收质量RSRQ。
- 一种用户设备UE的定位方法,包括:定位管理单元LMF接收下一代无线接入网络NG-RAN节点上报的同步信号块SSB波束轮询信息;在所述NG-RAN节点发起定位请求后,所述LMF获取指定小区的测量消息;根据所述测量消息以及所述SSB波束轮询信息,所述LMF确定UE的位置。
- 根据权利要求8所述的方法,其中,所述LMF从以下至少之一获取所述 测量消息:所述UE;所述NG-RAN节点。
- 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其中,所述指定小区包括以下至少之一:所述UE所在的服务小区;所述UE所在的服务小区的相邻小区。
- 根据权利要求10所述的方法,其中,所述LMF从所述UE获取所述测量消息,包括:所述LMF向所述UE发送辅助信息,其中,所述辅助信息用于所述UE对所述服务小区和所述相邻小区的SSB进行测量;所述LMF接收所述UE发送的所述测量消息。
- 根据权利要求10所述的方法,所述LMF从所述UE获取所述测量消息,包括:所述LMF接收所述UE发送的所述测量消息,其中,所述测量消息通过所述UE对所述相邻小区的SSB进行盲检确定。
- 根据权利要求8至12任一项所述的方法,其中,所述测量消息包括以下其中之一:所述指定小区的小区标识信息,所述指定小区的SSB索引,以及所述SSB中一个或者多个信号的参考信号接收功率RSRP和参考信号接收质量RSRQ。
- 根据权利要求8至12任一项所述的方法,其中,所述SSB波束轮询信息=包括:发送所述SSB的子载波间隔和循环前缀配置,所述SSB波束数量,所述指定小区的全部SSB索引以及所述SSB波束在地理坐标系中的覆盖角度。
- 一种用户设备UE的定位方法,包括:在下一代无线接入网络NG-RAN节点发起定位请求后,所述NG-RAN节点从UE获取服务小区的测量消息;所述NG-RAN节点根据所述NG-RAN节点的信息以及所述测量消息确定所述UE的位置,其中,所述NG-RAN节点的信息包括:同步信号块SSB波束轮询信息。
- 根据权利要求15所述的方法,其中,所述测量消息包括:所述SSB中一个或者多个信号的参考信号接收功率RSRP和参考信号接收质量RSRQ。
- 根据权利要求15或16所述的方法,其中,所述NG-RAN节点的信息还包括:所述NG-RAN节点的地理位置信息。
- 根据权利要求15-17任一项所述的方法,其中,所述SSB波束轮询信息 包括以下至少之一:发送所述SSB的子载波间隔和循环前缀配置,所述SSB波束数量,所述指定小区的全部SSB索引以及所述SSB波束在地理坐标系中的覆盖角度。
- 一种用户设备UE的定位装置,位于UE中,包括:第一接收模块,设置为在所述UE发起定位请求后,接收定位管理单元LMF发送的第一辅助信息;其中,所述第一辅助信息包括:由下一代无线接入网络NG-RAN节点向所述LMF上报的指定小区的同步信号块SSB波束轮询信息;测量模块,设置为对所述指定小区进行测量,并获取第一测量信息;第一定位模块,设置为根据所述第一测量信息以及所述第一辅助信息,确定所述UE的位置。
- 一种用户设备UE的定位装置,位于定位管理单元LMF,包括:接收模块,设置为接收下一代无线接入网络NG-RAN节点上报的同步信号块SSB波束轮询信息;获取模块,设置为在所述NG-RAN节点发起定位请求后,获取指定小区的测量消息;定位模块,设置为根据所述测量消息以及所述SSB波束轮询信息,确定UE的位置。
- 一种用户设备UE的定位装置,位于下一代无线接入网络NG-RAN节点中,包括:接收模块,设置为在所述NG-RAN节点发起定位请求后,从UE获取服务小区的测量消息;定位模块,设置为根据所述NG-RAN节点的信息以及所述测量消息确定所述UE的位置,其中,所述NG-RAN节点的信息包括:同步信号块SSB波束轮询信息。
- 一种存储介质,所述存储介质中存储有计算机程序,其中,所述计算机程序被设置为运行时执行所述权利要求1至7,8至14,15至18任一项中所述的方法。
- 一种电子装置,包括存储器和处理器,所述存储器中存储有计算机程序,所述处理器被设置为运行所述计算机程序以执行所述权利要求1至7,8至14,15至18任一项中所述的方法。
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