# US 11,910,353 B2 · Positioning measurements in new radio positioning protocol a (NRPPA) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,353 B2 - Document ID: US11910353B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/174,683 - Filed: 2021-02-12 - Published: 2021-06-03 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-14 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910353B2 ## CPC - H04W 64/006: {with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination} - G01S 5/0009: {Transmission of position information to remote stations (involving assistance data G01S5/0236)} - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04B 17/327: Received signal code power [RSCP] - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 56/0095: {estimated based on signal strength} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract An apparatus for use in a RAN network node includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the RAN network node for positioning measurement reporting in a wireless network, the processing circuitry is to decode a measurement request message from a location management function (LMF) node of the wireless network. The processing circuitry also encodes a measurement response message for transmission to the LMF node based on the measurement request message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus to be used in a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node including a plurality of Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs), the apparatus comprising: processing circuitry, wherein to configure the NG-RAN node for positioning measurement reporting by the plurality of TRPs using NR Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), the processing circuitry is to: decode a measurement request from a location management function (LMF) node of the NG-RAN, the measurement request associated with a NRPPa measurement procedure and identifying TRP IDs of two or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs in the NG-RAN node, and the measurement request including an information element (IE) type enumerating requested positioning measurements to be performed by the two or more TRPs for a target user equipment (UE), the requested positioning measurements performed at a periodicity specified by the measurement request; and encode a measurement response for transmission to the LMF node based on the measurement request, the measurement response including measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure obtained by a particular TRP of the two or more TRPs for the requested positioning measurements, the measurement results associated with a TRP ID of the particular TRP, and the measurement results obtained at the periodicity specified by the measurement request; and a memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the requested positioning measurements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure include an uplink (UL) angle of arrival measurement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include a gNB transmit-receive (Tx-Rx) time difference measurement. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include an uplink (UL) relative time of arrival (RTOA) measurement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include timestamp information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement request associated with the NRPPa measurement procedure indicates a UE identifier of the target UE and a plurality of measurement items. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of measurement items include one or more of the following: synchronization signal reference signal received quality (SS-RSRQ); channel state information reference signal received power (CSI-RSRP); channel state information reference signal received quality (CSI-RSRQ); uplink (UL) sounding reference signal (SRS) reference signal received power (UL SRS-RSRP); and UL relative time of arrival (UL RTOA. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is to: configure the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure to include a result for each of the plurality of measurement items. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry; and one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver circuitry. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a location management function (LMF) node in a wireless network, the instructions to configure the LMF node for positioning measurement reporting using New Radio (NR) Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), and to cause the LMF node to perform operations comprising: encoding a measurement request associated with a NRPPa measurement procedure for transmission to a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node, the NG-RAN node including a plurality of Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs), the measurement request identifying TRP IDs of two or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs in the NG-RAN node, and the measurement request including an information element (IE) type enumerating requested positioning measurements to be performed by the two or more TRPs for a target user equipment (UE), the requester measurements performed at a periodicity specified by the measurement request; and decoding a measurement response received from the NG-RAN node, the measurement response including measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure obtained by a particular TRP of the two or more TRPs for the requested positioning measurements, the measurement results associated with a TRP ID of the particular TRP, and the measurement results obtained at the periodicity specified by the measurement request. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure include an uplink (UL) angle of arrival measurement. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include a gNB transmit-receive (Tx-Rx) time difference measurement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, an uplink (UL) relative time of arrival (RTOA) measurement, and timestamp information. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node including a plurality of Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs), the instructions to configure the NG-RAN node for positioning measurement reporting by the plurality of TRPs using NR Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), and to cause the RAN network node to perform operations comprising: decoding a measurement request associated with a NRPPa measurement procedure and from a location management function (LMF) node of the NG-RAN, the measurement request identifying TRP IDs of two or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs in the NG-RAN node, and the measurement request including an information element (IE) type enumerating requested positioning measurements to be performed by the two or more TRPs for a target user equipment (UE), the requested positioning measurements performed at a periodicity specified by the measurement request; and encoding a measurement response for transmission to the LMF node based on the measurement request, the measurement response including measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure obtained by a particular TRP of the two or more TRPs for the requested positioning measurements, the measurement results associated with a TRP ID of the particular TRP, and the measurement results obtained at the periodicity specified by the measurement request. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure include an uplink (UL) angle of arrival measurement. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include a gNB transmit-receive (Tx-Rx) time difference measurement. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include an uplink (UL) relative time of arrival (RTOA) measurement. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure further include timestamp information.