Measurement period formulation for reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurements

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
• receive, via the at least one transceiver, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with the first TRP;
• receive, via the at least one transceiver, a measurement gap configuration from a serving base station, the measurement gap configuration indicating at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap;
• and
• perform one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• means for receiving a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with the first TRP;
• means for receiving a measurement gap configuration from a serving base station, the measurement gap configuration indicating at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap;
• and
• means for performing one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

• receive a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with the first TRP;
• receive a measurement gap configuration from a serving base station, the measurement gap configuration indicating at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap;
• and
• perform one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.