# US 2021/0345147 A1 · Location resource coordinating method, location resource coordinating device, network node, user equipment and base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0345147 A1 - Document ID: US20210345147A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/273,651 - Filed: 2019-08-30 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-05 - Assignees: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co.,Ltd. - Inventors: Dajun ZHANG; Haiyang QUAN; Ming AI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210345147A1 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - G01S 1/042: {Transmitters} - G01S 1/0428: {Signal details} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04W 8/08: Mobility data transfer - H04W 64/003: {locating network equipment} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 27/2607: {Cyclic extensions} - H04L 27/2613: {Structure of the reference signals} - H04W 88/18: Service support devices; Network management devices - H04W 92/045: {between access point and backbone network device} - H04W 92/12: between access points and access point controllers - 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 - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A location resource coordinating method, a location resource coordinating device, a network node, a UE, and a base station are provided. The location resource coordinating method includes: sending location resource coordination information to a base station before performing location measurement for a serving UE; the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell of the base station, and carries dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell, or the location resource coordination information includes the identity information of a target cell for which the base station activates a location resource, and instructs the base station to activate pre-configured dedicated location resource information; the base station is a base station related to the serving UE. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A location resource coordinating method, applied to a network node, the network node being a local location management function entity or a location management function entity, wherein the location resource coordinating method comprises: sending location resource coordination information to a base station before performing location measurement for a serving user equipment (UE); wherein the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell of the base station, and carries dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell, or location resource coordination information includes the identity information of a target cell for which the base station activates a location resource, and instructs the base station to activate pre-configured dedicated location resource information; the base station is a base station related to the serving UE. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell includes at least one of the following information: bandwidth information of a positioning reference symbol (PRS); PRS index information; cyclic prefix (CP) length information; a quantity of continuous downlink (DL) subframes; a quantity of ports. ### Claim at position 3 -4. (canceled) ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein after sending the location resource coordination information to the base station, the location resource coordinating method further comprises: receiving a first configuration success response message fed back by the base station; and triggering a corresponding downlink location measurement process after completing a minimum configuration set of required location resources, wherein the first configuration success response message is a message that the configuration is successful for all or part of target points. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 5, wherein if the location resource coordination information instructs the base station to activate pre-configured dedicated location resource information, the first configuration success response message comprises at least one of the following information: bandwidth information of a PRS; PRS index information; CP length information; a quantity of consecutive DL subframes; a quantity of ports. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein the sending the location resource coordination information to the base station comprises: transferring the location resource coordination information in a form of an LPPa data packet through an access and mobility management function entity (AMF), and transmitting the location resource coordination information to the base station through an N2 interface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein after the location resource coordination information is sent to the base station, the location resource coordinating method further comprises: sending location resource update information to the base station before updating a location measurement resource or a measurement signal source for the serving UE; wherein the location resource update information includes identity information of a target cell newly added by the base station, and carries dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell newly added by the base station; or the location resource update information includes identity information of a target cell for which the base station releases the location resource; or the location resource update information includes identity information of a target cell for which the base station changes the location resource, and carries the dedicated location resource information updated for the target cell for which the base station changes the location resource; or the location resource update information includes identity information of a newly added target cell for which that the base station activates the location resource, and instructs the base station to activate corresponding pre-configured dedicated location resource information; or the location resource update information includes the identity information of the target cell for which the base station changes the location resource, and instructs the base station to activate the corresponding pre-configured dedicated location resource information; the base station is a base station related to the service UE. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 8, wherein the dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell newly added by the base station, and/or the dedicated location resource information updated for the target cell for which the base station changes the location resource, includes at least one of the following information: bandwidth information of PRS; PRS index information; CP length information; a quantity of continuous DL subframes; a quantity of ports. ### Claim at position 9 -11. (canceled) ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 8, wherein, after sending the location resource update information to the base station, the location resource coordinating method further comprises: receiving a second configuration success response message fed back by the base station; and triggering a corresponding downlink location measurement process after completing a minimum configuration set of required location resources, wherein the second configuration success response message is a message that the configuration is successful for all or part of target points. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 12, wherein if the location resource update information instructs the base station to activate the corresponding pre-configured dedicated location resource information, the second configuration success response message includes at least one of the following information: bandwidth information of a PRS; PRS index information; CP length information; a quantity of continuous DL subframes; a quantity of ports. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 8, wherein the sending location resource update information to the base station comprises: transferring the location resource update information in the form of an LPPa data packet through an access and mobility management function entity (AMF), and transmitting the location resource update information to the base station through an N2 interface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein after sending location resource coordination information to the base station, the location resource coordinating method further comprises: sending location resource release information to the base station; receiving a resource release success message fed back by the base station; wherein the location resource release information includes identity information of a target cell for which the base station releases the location resource, the resource release success message is a message that the resource is successfully released for all or part of target points. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 15, wherein the sending the location resource release information to the base station comprises: transferring the location resource release information in a form of an LPPa data packet through an access and mobility management function entity (AMF), and transmitting the location resource release information to the base station through an N2 interface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein after sending the location resource coordination information to the base station, the location resource coordinating method further comprises: receiving the location resource coordination information sent by the base station; and feeding back a coordination success response message to the base station according to positioning requirements, wherein the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell for which the base station updates the location resource and corresponding recommended dedicated location resource information; or the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell for which the base station releases the location resource; the coordination success response message is a message that the coordination is successful for all or part of target points. ### Claim 18 (canceled) ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 17, wherein the recommended dedicated location resource information comprises at least one of the following information: bandwidth information of a PRS; PRS index information; CP length information; a quantity of consecutive DL subframes; a quantity of ports. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The location resource coordinating method according to claim 1, wherein after sending the location resource coordination information to the base station, the location resource coordinating method further comprises: using the changed location resource information to form a corresponding peer layers positioning protocol LPP message, the LPP message carrying updated location resource configuration information, and/or deleted location resource configuration information; and sending the LPP message to a UE that has a positioning requirement. ### Claim 21 A location resource coordinating method, applied to a UE, comprising: receiving a peer layers positioning protocol LPP message sent by a network node; changing location configuration information according to the LPP message; wherein the LPP message carries updated location resource configuration information, and/or deleted location resource configuration information, the network node is a local location management function entity or a location management function entity. ### Claim 22 (canceled) ### Claim 23 A location resource coordinating method, applied to a base station, comprising: receiving location resource coordination information sent by a network node; the network node is a local location management function entity or a location management function entity; configuring and activating corresponding dedicated location resources according to the location resource coordination information; wherein the location resource coordination information includes identity information of a target cell of a base station, and carries dedicated location resource information configured for the target cell, or the location resource coordination information includes the identity information of a target cell for which the base station activates the location resource, and instructs the base station to activate pre-configured dedicated location resource information. ### Claim at position 22 -41. (canceled) ### Claim 42 (depends on 1) A network node, wherein the network node is a local location management function entity or a location management function entity, and comprises a memory, a processor, a transceiver, and a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor, the processor executes the program to implement, the location resource coordinating method according to claim 1. ### Claim at position 24 -61. (canceled) ### Claim 62 (depends on 21) A user equipment, comprising a memory, a processor, a transceiver, and a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; wherein the processor executes the program to implement the location resource coordinating method according to claim 21. ### Claim 63 (canceled) ### Claim 64 (depends on 23) A base station, comprising a memory, a processor, a transceiver, and a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor; wherein the processor executes the program to implement the location resource coordinating method according to claim 23. ### Claim at position 28 -89. (canceled)