Positioning method and apparatus

A UE comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and executable programs stored on the memory and capable of being executed by the processor, wherein when the processor runs the executable programs, the processor is configured to:

• determine whether positioning assistance information is valid in response to receiving a positioning request;
• and
• perform a positioning measurement in response to the positioning assistance information being valid, wherein the UE is in the a radio resource control, RRC, non-connected state;
• wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether positioning assistance information is valid by at least one of:
• determining whether a current time is within the valid time range of the positioning assistance information;
• or
• determining whether the UE is located within a valid space range of the positioning assistance information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable programs stored thereon, wherein when the executable programs are executed by a processor, implement following steps:

• in response to receiving a positioning request, determining whether positioning assistance information is valid;
• and
• in response to the positioning assistance information being valid, performing a positioning measurement, wherein a user equipment, UE, is in a radio resource control, RRC, non-connected state;
• wherein determining whether positioning assistance information is valid comprises at least one of:
• determining whether a current time is within the valid time range of the positioning assistance information;
• or
• determining whether the UE is located within a valid space range of the positioning assistance information.