Measurement report for sidelink-assisted positioning
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJingchao BAO, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Tao LUO, Alexandros MANOLAKOS
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Abstract
According to embodiments herein, the use of an SL interface in the positioning of a UE can include additional reporting from the UE or an anchor UE related to a reference signal sent via the SL interface. This information can include information regarding the received power and/or timing of the reference signal, the angle at which it was received, and orientation of a receiving UE, and various other considerations that may not be needed in a Uu interface with a base station.
Claims30
A method of providing a positioning measurement report for determining a location of a first user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- obtaining a first measurement, with the first UE, of a first reference signal sent via a sidelink (SL) interface between the first UE and a second UE;
- obtaining a second measurement, with the first UE, of a second reference signal transmitted by a base station, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are obtained within a predetermined time window;
- and
- sending, with the first UE, information indicative of the first measurement and information indicative of the second measurement.
A first user equipment (UE)for providing a positioning measurement report for determining a location of the first UE, the first UE comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- obtain a first measurement, using the transceiver, of a first reference signal sent via a sidelink (SL) interface between the first UE and a second UE;
- obtain a second measurement, using the transceiver, of a second reference signal transmitted by a base station, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are obtained within a predetermined time window;
- and
- send, using the transceiver, information indicative of the first measurement and information indicative of the second measurement.
An apparatus for providing a positioning measurement report for determining a location of a first user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
- means for obtaining a first measurement, at the first UE, of a first reference signal sent via a sidelink (SL) interface between the first UE and a second UE;
- means for obtaining a second measurement, at the first UE, of a second reference signal transmitted by a base station, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are obtained within a predetermined time window;
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- means for sending information indicative of the first measurement and information indicative of the second measurement.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for providing a positioning measurement report for determining a location of a first user equipment (UE), the instructions comprising code for:
- obtaining a first measurement, with the first UE, of a first reference signal sent via a sidelink (SL) interface between the first UE and a second UE;
- obtaining a second measurement, with the first UE, of a second reference signal transmitted by a base station, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are obtained within a predetermined time window;
- and
- sending, with the first UE, information indicative of the first measurement and information indicative of the second measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.