CN114009090B

CN114009090B - Positioning measurement method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114009090B
Application number: CN202180003094.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李明菊
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-28
Filing date: 2021-09-28
Publication date: 2024-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 2041-09-28
Also published as: CN114009090A; WO2023050092A1

Abstract

The disclosure provides a positioning measurement method, a positioning measurement device, positioning measurement equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: and when the mobile terminal is in an inactive state, determining the validity of resource configuration information, wherein the resource configuration information is the resource configuration information of a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a receiving position server and/or access network equipment when the mobile terminal is in a connection state. When the terminal in the inactive state needs to measure and/or report the PRS, judging the validity of the resource configuration information of the PRS received in the connection state, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measuring and/or reporting.

Description

Positioning measurement method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a positioning measurement method, apparatus, device, and storage medium.

Background

The base station needs to measure the location of a User Equipment (UE) in a cell, including measuring the location of the UE by a Positioning reference signal (Positioning REFERENCE SIGNAL, PRS). Namely, the UE in a connection state receives positioning measurement configuration from the base station, a measurement result corresponding to the PRS is reported to the base station according to the positioning measurement configuration, and the base station determines the position information of the UE according to the measurement result.

Since only measurement and reporting of PRS of UE in connection state are considered in NR Rel-16 system, but no discussion is made on how to perform measurement and reporting of PRS by UE in non-active state, positioning measurement configuration obtained for UE in non-active state is currently configured by UE in connection state, i.e. configured positioning measurement configuration in connection state is used when UE is turned into non-active state.

However, since the above positioning measurement configuration is a configuration obtained by the UE in the connected state, when the UE enters the inactive state, there may be a case where the UE position changes, and the information indicated in the above positioning measurement configuration may have a failure problem, thereby affecting the accuracy of reporting the measurement result by the UE.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a positioning measurement method, a positioning measurement device, positioning measurement equipment and a storage medium, which ensure the validity of PRS (physical random access channel) for measurement and/or reporting when a terminal is in an inactive state. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement method, the method comprising:

and when the mobile terminal is in an inactive state, determining the validity of resource configuration information, wherein the resource configuration information is the resource configuration information of a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a receiving position server and/or access network equipment when the mobile terminal is in a connection state.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a positioning measurement device, the device comprising:

And the determining module is configured to determine the validity of the resource configuration information when the positioning reference signal PRS is in a non-activated state, wherein the resource configuration information is the resource configuration information of the positioning reference signal PRS sent by the position server and/or the access network equipment when the positioning reference signal PRS is in a connected state.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal including: a processor; a transceiver coupled to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to load and execute executable instructions to implement a positioning measurement method as described above.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one program, a set of codes or a set of instructions, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the set of codes or the set of instructions being loaded and executed by a processor to implement a positioning measurement method as described above.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure has the beneficial effects that at least:

when PRS measurement and/or reporting are needed, the terminal in the inactive state judges the validity of the received PRS resource configuration information in the connection state, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measurement and/or reporting.

When the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application is used for finishing the measurement and/or reporting of the PRS by the terminal, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval (measurement gap), and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person of ordinary skill in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a positioning measurement method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a positioning measurement device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a positioning measurement device provided in another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, refers to the same or similar elements in different drawings, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the application as detailed in the accompanying claims.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Depending on the context, for example, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. The communication system may include: a terminal 10 and a network device 20.

The number of terminals 10 is typically plural and one or more terminals 10 may be distributed within a cell managed by each network device 20. The terminal 10 may include various handheld devices, vehicle mounted devices, wearable devices, computing devices, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, as well as various forms of UEs, mobile Stations (MSs), and the like, having wireless communication capabilities. For convenience of description, in the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned devices are collectively referred to as a terminal.

Network device 20 is a means deployed in an access network to provide wireless communication functionality for terminal 10. The network device 20 may include various forms of macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points. The network device 20 may also be a location management function network element. Optionally, the location management function network element includes a location server (location server), where the location server may be implemented as any one of the following: LMF (Location Management Function, location management network element), E-SMLC (ENHANCED SERVING Mobile Location Centre, mobile location center for enhanced services), SUPL (Secure User Plane Location ), SUPL SLP (SUPL Location Platform, secure user plane location platform). The names of network device-capable devices may vary in systems employing different radio access technologies, such as in 5G NR systems, referred to as gNodeB or gNB. As communication technology evolves, the name "network device" may change. For convenience of description, the above-described devices for providing the wireless communication function for the terminal 10 are collectively referred to as a network device in the embodiments of the present application. A connection may be established between the network device 20 and the terminal 10 over an air interface so that communication, including interaction of signaling and data, may take place over the connection. The number of network devices 20 may be plural, and two adjacent network devices 20 may communicate with each other by wired or wireless means. The terminal 10 may switch between different network devices 20, i.e. establish a connection with different network devices 20.

The "5G NR system" in the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be referred to as a 5G system or an NR system, but a person skilled in the art may understand the meaning thereof. The technical scheme described in the embodiment of the disclosure can be applied to a 5GNR system and also can be applied to a subsequent evolution system of a 5G NR system.

In order to determine the position of the terminal, the terminal receives the PRS sent by the network equipment, and measures and reports the PRS.

PRS is a signal used by a network device to locate a terminal. PRS are transmitted in resource blocks within a downlink subframe configured for PRS transmission. The PRS corresponds to identification information such as positioning reference signal resource identification, sequence identification and the like.

In the related art, after a terminal establishes a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) connection, a location server transmits a positioning measurement configuration of PRS to the terminal through an interface between the location server and the terminal using an LTE positioning protocol (LTE positioning Protocol, LPP). The positioning measurement configuration includes the identification information of PRS received by the terminal and the Priority Order (Priority Order) of PRS, where the Priority Order is mainly used to instruct the terminal to measure PRS sent by some transmission reference points (Transmission Reference Point, TRP) that are as close to the terminal as possible. And the terminal determines PRS needed to be measured and reported according to the positioning measurement configuration.

Wherein the terminal is in a Connected (rrc_connected) state. In addition to the above connection states, the connection states between the terminal and the network device include: an Idle (rrc_idle) state and an Inactive (rrc_inactive) state. The idle state refers to that no RRC connection has been established between the UE and the network device. The connected state means that an RRC connection has been established between the terminal and the network device, and the RRC connection is in an active state. The inactive state means that an RRC connection has been established between the terminal and the network device, but the RRC connection is in an inactive state. The terminal and the network device can realize rapid data transmission in the connection state, however, the resource consumption of the terminal and the resource consumption of the network device are high in the connection state for a long time. And a longer time is required for switching from the idle state to the connection state, so that the time delay for entering the connection state is reduced while the resource consumption is reduced, and the state between the connection state and the idle state is introduced into the inactive state.

Since no discussion is made on how PRS measurements and reporting are performed for the terminal in the inactive state in the current NR system, there are two approaches to how positioning measurement configuration is obtained for the terminal in the inactive state: the first is that the terminal receives and stores the positioning measurement configuration when in a connection state, and when the terminal is switched to a non-activation state, the positioning measurement configuration received when in the connection state is used for carrying out PRS measurement and reporting according to the positioning measurement configuration; the second is acquired based on system information (System Information) of the current serving base station.

However, when a terminal in an inactive state uses a location measurement configuration received while in a connected state, a problem of validity of the location measurement configuration may occur. For example, the positioning measurement configuration gives the priority of each reference signal, and in fact, the priority of the positioning reference signal resource is determined based on the approximate location when the terminal is in the connected state, for example, the terminal is located closer to TRP1 and TRP2, and then the priority of the positioning reference signal resource transmitted by TRP1 and TRP2 is higher. Also for example, the positioning measurement configuration gives that the reference value of the time measurement based method is based on a certain PRS resource, which is also determined based on the approximate location of the terminal. When the terminal is switched into the inactive state, if the position changes, the priority information will be outdated, namely invalid, if the positioning measurement configuration is used for PRS measurement and reporting, the accuracy of reporting the measurement result by the terminal is affected.

Based on this, the present disclosure provides a positioning measurement method, which provides a solution for how to guarantee the validity of PRS measured and reported by a terminal when the terminal is in an inactive state. The technical scheme provided by the application is described and illustrated by the following embodiments.

Referring to fig. 2, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. The method may be applied in a terminal in the communication system shown in fig. 1. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 201, determining validity of resource configuration information when the mobile terminal is in an inactive state, wherein the resource configuration information is resource configuration information of a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a location server and/or an access network device when the mobile terminal is in a connected state.

The resource configuration information instructs the terminal to measure PRS. Optionally, the resource configuration information includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

(one), identification (ID) information corresponding to the PRS.

Optionally, the identification information includes PRS set identification. In some embodiments, PRSs received by a terminal may be set partitioned, e.g., PRSs from the same base station belong to the same PRS set. The resource configuration information includes the identifier of the PRS set, and the terminal may determine, according to the PRS set identifier, to which PRS set the PRS belongs.

Optionally, the identification information includes a PRS resource identification, and the PRS resource identification is used to uniquely identify the PRS.

Optionally, the identification information includes a time domain position occupied by PRS.

Optionally, the identification information includes a frequency domain location occupied by PRS.

Optionally, the identification information includes PRS sequence identification.

(II), PRS is periodically transmitted, or PRS is aperiodically transmitted, or PRS is Semi-statically (Semi-persistent) transmitted.

(III) set priority among PRS sets to which PRSs belong.

(IV), PRS reference priority among PRSs.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information is provided with PRS reference priorities for instructing the terminal to measure PRS transmitted by TRPs as close as possible to the terminal.

(Fifth), nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo (new air-downlink-positioning reference signal-reference information).

The nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo described above is used to give a reference as to which PRS's time should be used in making time-based measurements on PRSs. The PRS measurement method based on time comprises the following information: (a) A reference signal time difference value (REFERENCE SIGNAL TIME DIFFERENCE, RSTD); (b) receiving a transmit (RxTx) time difference value; (c) relative Arrival time (RELATIVE TIME of Arrival); (d) time difference of Arrival (TIME DIFFERENCE of Arrival).

And (six), correspondence between PRS and TRP of access network equipment.

In some embodiments, one access network device includes one or more TRPs, and the resource configuration information includes a correspondence between PRSs received by the terminal and TRPs of the access network device, for example, a mapping table between PRS IDs and TRP IDs.

(Seventh), reference PRS among PRSs.

(Eight) reference TRP among TRPs transmitting PRS.

Alternatively, the failure of the resource configuration information includes failure of all or part of the information in the resource configuration information, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the terminal in the connected state stores the received resource configuration information, and reads the resource configuration information when PRS measurement and/or reporting is required.

In some embodiments, the access network device includes a serving base station of a terminal, and the like.

When the terminal is in an inactive state, if the terminal needs to measure and/or report the PRS, the terminal determines validity of the stored resource configuration information, that is, based on the validity of the resource configuration information, measures and/or reports the PRS.

Optionally, determining the validity of the resource configuration information includes at least one of the following methods:

and (one), determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the value of the timer.

Illustratively, when the value of the timer exceeds the time threshold, determining that the resource configuration information is in a disabled state, wherein the timer begins to count from receiving the resource configuration information. The time threshold may be preset by the terminal, or may be indicated by a location server and/or an access network device that sends resource configuration information, which is not limited herein.

And secondly, determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the using times of the resource configuration information.

Illustratively, when the number of uses of the resource configuration information exceeds the number threshold, it is determined that the resource configuration information is in a failure state. The frequency threshold may be preset by the terminal, or may be indicated by a location server and/or an access network device that sends resource configuration information, which is not limited herein.

And thirdly, determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the service cell where the terminal is located.

Illustratively, when the serving cell in which the terminal is located changes, it is determined that the resource configuration information is in a failure state.

And fourthly, determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the tracking area (TRACKING AREA) where the terminal is located.

Illustratively, when the tracking area where the terminal is located changes, it is determined that the resource configuration information is in a failure state.

And fifthly, judging according to the first evaluation information of the PRS. The first evaluation information includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (a) Reference signal received Power (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING Power, RSRP); (b) A received signal strength Indication (RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH Indication, RSSI); (c) Reference signal received Quality (REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEIVING Quality, RSRQ); (d) arrival time information.

Illustratively, when the first evaluation information of the PRS and the PRS reporting condition indicated by the resource configuration information do not match, determining that the resource configuration information is in a failure state. The PRS reporting conditions include, but are not limited to, PRS priority, reference PRS, etc. information.

And (six) judging according to the second evaluation information of the TRP. The second evaluation information includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (a) RSRP; (b) RSSI; (c) RSRQ; (d) arrival time information.

Illustratively, when the second evaluation information of the PRS and the PRS configuration information indicated by the resource configuration information do not match, determining that the resource configuration information is in a failure state. The PRS configuration information includes, but is not limited to, PRS priority, reference PRS, and the like.

In summary, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, when the terminal in the inactive state needs to perform measurement and/or reporting of the PRS, the validity of the resource configuration information of the PRS received in the connection state is determined, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS performing measurement and/or reporting.

When the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval, and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced.

In some possible implementations of the embodiments of the present disclosure, step 201 may be performed when the terminal is ready to enter the inactive state, may be performed during the terminal enters the inactive state, or may be performed at any point in time after the terminal enters the inactive state.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, and in an embodiment of the present application, determination of validity of resource configuration information is described, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, and k is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 301, determining validity of the resource configuration information according to RSRP of k PRSs when in an inactive state.

The resource configuration information is the resource configuration information of PRS sent by the receiving position server and/or the access network equipment when the resource configuration information is in a connection state.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes PRS reference priorities corresponding to k PRSs, and in embodiments of the present application, the validity of the PRS reference priorities in the resource configuration information is determined, and a condition for determining the validity of the resource configuration information is used according to the validity of the PRS reference priorities.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal measures the RSRP of each PRS and judges the validity according to the RSRP.

In some embodiments, the RSRP comprises at least one of a physical layer RSRP (L1-RSRP), a radio resource control layer RSRP (L3-RSRP), a first path RSRP, a multipath RSRP, and other path RSRP.

Illustratively, in the case that RSRP of the k PRSs meets a first condition, determining that the resource configuration information is in a failure state; and determining that the resource configuration information is in a valid state under the condition that RSRP of the k PRSs does not meet the first condition.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes the number m, m+.k of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, where m is a positive integer, that is, the terminal may report the measurement result of m PRSs at most. The first condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

(one), the difference between m PRSs with the highest priority in the first priority and m PRSs with the highest priority in the PRS reference priority exceeds a first threshold. Wherein the first priority is determined by RSRP of k PRSs.

In some embodiments, the first priority is obtained by ranking the k PRSs according to the strength of RSRP, that is, the stronger the RSRP of the PRS, the higher the priority of the PRS in the first priority.

That is, the m PRSs with the strongest RSRP are different from the m PRSs with the highest priority among PRS reference priorities. The above-mentioned differences are represented by at least one PRS difference, or at least x differences, 1 < x < m, or all differences, and are not limited herein.

The first threshold may be preset by the terminal, or may be indicated by the location server and/or the access network device, which is not limited herein.

And (II) excluding a first reference PRS from the n PRSs with the highest priority in the first priority, wherein the first reference PRS is determined by the resource configuration information, and n is a positive integer less than or equal to m. The first reference PRS is the PRS given by nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo in the resource configuration information.

In summary, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the inactive state terminal judges the validity of the resource configuration information of the PRS received when the terminal is in the connection state according to the RSRP of the PRS. The method can be applied to the situation that the terminal in the inactive state needs to measure and/or report the PRS, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measuring and/or reporting.

When the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval, and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced. It should be noted that, step 301 may be implemented alone or in combination with step 201 to implement "determining validity of resource configuration information" in step 201, and may also be implemented in combination with any other embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 4, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, and in an embodiment of the present disclosure, determination of validity of resource configuration information is described, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, where k PRSs are from j transmission reference points TRP, k is a positive integer, j is less than or equal to k, and j is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 401, determining validity of resource configuration information according to RSRP of j TRP when in inactive state.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal measures the RSRP of each TRP and judges the validity according to the RSRP. Optionally, the RSRP of each TRP is an average of the N strongest RSRPs contained by each TRP, N is a positive integer, or the RSRP of each TRP is the RSRP of the strongest PRS within each TRP, which is not limited herein.

Illustratively, in the case that the RSRP of the j TRPs meets the second condition, determining that the resource configuration information is in a failure state; and in the case that the RSRP of the j TRPs does not meet the second condition, determining that the resource configuration information is in a valid state.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes the number m, m+.k of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, where m is a positive integer, that is, the terminal may report the measurement result of m PRSs at most. The m PRSs are from h TRPs, h is less than or equal to j and h is a positive integer. The second condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

(one), the difference between h TRPs with the highest priority in the second priority and h TRPs with the highest priority in the TRP reference priority exceeds a second threshold, wherein the second priority is determined by RSRP of j TRPs, and the TRP reference priority is determined according to PRS reference priorities corresponding to k PRSs.

In some embodiments, the second priority is obtained by arranging the j TRPs according to the strength of RSRP, that is, the stronger the RSRP of the TRP, the higher the priority of the TRP in the second priority.

That is, the h strongest TRPs of the RSRP are different from the h highest-priority TRPs of the TRP reference priorities. The above-mentioned differences are represented by at least one TRP difference, or at least y differences, 1 < y < h, or all differences, and are not limited herein.

The second threshold may be preset by the terminal, or may be indicated by the location server and/or the access network device, which is not limited herein.

And (II) excluding the first reference TRP from q TRPs with highest priority in the second priority, wherein q is a positive integer less than or equal to h. The first reference TRP is determined by resource allocation information. Optionally, when the first reference TRP is indicated in the resource configuration information, or the first reference RPS is indicated in the resource configuration information, the TRP corresponding to the first reference RPS is determined as the first reference TRP.

In summary, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the inactive state terminal judges the validity of the resource configuration information of the PRS received when in the connection state according to the RSRP of the TRP. The method can be applied to the situation that the terminal in the inactive state needs to measure and/or report the PRS, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measuring and/or reporting.

When the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval, and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced. It should be noted that, step 401 may be implemented alone or in combination with step 201 to implement "determining validity of resource configuration information" in step 201, and may also be implemented in combination with any other embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 5, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, and in an embodiment of the present application, determination of validity of resource configuration information is described, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, and k is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 501, determining validity of resource configuration information according to arrival time information of k PRSs when the PRS is in an inactive state.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal measures the arrival time information of each PRS, and judges the validity of each PRS according to the arrival time information.

In some embodiments, the above-described arrival time information includes at least one of a reference PRS time difference value, a receive transmit time difference value, a relative arrival time, and an arrival time difference.

Alternatively, the arrival time information includes arrival time information of all paths, or arrival time information of a first path or arrival time information of other paths.

Illustratively, determining that the resource configuration information is in a failure state when the arrival time information of the k PRSs satisfies a third condition; and determining that the resource configuration information is in a valid state under the condition that the arrival time information of the k PRSs does not meet the third condition.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes the number m, m+.k of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, where m is a positive integer, that is, the terminal may report the measurement result of m PRSs at most. The third condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

(one), the difference between m PRSs with the highest priority in the third priority and m PRSs with the highest priority in the PRS reference priority exceeds a first threshold, and the third priority is determined by arrival time information of k PRSs.

In some embodiments, the third priority is obtained by ranking the k PRSs according to the arrival time, that is, the earlier the arrival time of the PRS, the higher the priority of the PRS in the third priority.

That is, the m PRSs with the earliest arrival time are different from the m PRSs with the highest priority among PRS reference priorities. The above-mentioned differences are represented by at least one PRS difference, or at least x differences, 1 < x < m, or all differences, and are not limited herein.

And (2) the n PRSs with the highest priority in the third priority do not comprise a second reference PRS, the second reference PRS is determined by the resource configuration information, and n is a positive integer less than or equal to m. The second reference PRS is the PRS given by nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo in the resource configuration information.

In summary, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the inactive state terminal judges the validity of the resource allocation information of the PRS received in the connection state according to the arrival time information of the RPS. The method can be applied to the situation that the terminal in the inactive state needs to measure and/or report the PRS, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measuring and/or reporting.

When the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval, and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced. It should be noted that, step 501 may be implemented alone or in combination with step 201 to implement "determining validity of resource configuration information" in step 201, and may also be implemented in combination with any other embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 6, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, and in an embodiment of the present disclosure, determination of validity of resource configuration information is described, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, where k PRSs are from j transmission reference points TRP, k is a positive integer, j is less than or equal to k, and j is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 601, determining validity of resource configuration information according to arrival time information of j TRPs when the device is in an inactive state.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal measures the arrival time information of each TRP and judges the validity of the TRP according to the arrival time information. Optionally, the arrival time information of each TRP is an average value of the arrival times of N PRSs with earliest arrival times contained in each TRP, N is a positive integer, or the arrival time information of each TRP is an arrival time value of PRSs with earliest arrival times among PRSs contained in each TRP, which is not limited herein.

Illustratively, in the case that the arrival time information of j TRPs satisfies the fourth condition, determining that the resource allocation information is in the failure state; in the case that the arrival time information of j TRPs does not satisfy the fourth condition, it is determined that the resource configuration information is in a valid state.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes the number m, m.ltoreq.k of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, where m is a positive integer, that is, the terminal may report the measurement result of m PRSs at most, where m PRSs are from h TRPs, h.ltoreq.j, and h is a positive integer. The fourth condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

The difference between h TRPs with the highest priority in the fourth priority and h TRPs with the highest priority in the TRP reference priority exceeds a second threshold, wherein the fourth priority is determined by arrival time information of j TRPs, and the reference priority of the TRP is determined according to PRS reference priorities corresponding to k PRSs.

In some embodiments, the fourth priority is obtained by arranging the j TRPs according to the arrival time, that is, the earlier the arrival time of the TRP, the higher the priority of the TRP in the fourth priority.

That is, the h TRPs having the earliest arrival time are different from the h TRPs having the highest priority among the TRP reference priorities. The above-mentioned differences are represented by at least one TRP difference, or at least y differences, 1< y < h, or all differences, and are not limited herein.

And (2) the q TRPs with the highest priority in the second and fourth priorities do not comprise a second reference TRP, wherein the second reference TRP is determined by the resource configuration information, and q is a positive integer less than or equal to h. Optionally, when the second reference TRP is indicated in the resource configuration information, or the second reference RPS is indicated in the resource configuration information, the TRP corresponding to the second reference RPS is determined as the second reference TRP.

In summary, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the inactive state terminal judges the validity of the resource configuration information of the PRS received in the connection state according to the arrival time information of the TRP. The method can be applied to the situation that the terminal in the inactive state needs to measure and/or report the PRS, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measuring and/or reporting.

When the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval, and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced. It should be noted that, step 601 may be implemented alone, or may be implemented in conjunction with step 201 to implement "determining validity of resource configuration information" in step 201, or may be implemented in conjunction with any other embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Referring to fig. 7, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, and in an embodiment of the present application, determination of validity of resource configuration information is described, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, and k is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

In step 701, when in the inactive state, the validity corresponding to the resource configuration information is determined according to RSRP and arrival time information of k PRSs.

In some embodiments, the RSRP comprises at least one of a physical layer RSRP (L1-RSRP), a radio resource control layer RSRP (L3-RSRP), a first path RSRP, a multipath RSRP, and RSRPs of other paths.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes the number m, m+.k of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, where m is a positive integer, that is, the terminal may report the measurement result of m PRSs at most. The resource configuration information includes PRS reference priorities corresponding to the k PRSs. Illustratively, in the case where the evaluation scores of the k PRSs satisfy the fifth condition, determining that the PRS reference priority is in a failure state; in the case that the evaluation scores of the k PRSs do not satisfy the first condition, it is determined that the PRS reference priority is in a valid state. The evaluation score is determined by both the RSRP of the PRS and the time of arrival information, i.e. the RSRP of the PRS and the time of arrival information are integrated to take into account the validity of the resource configuration information.

Optionally, there is a target priority corresponding between the RSRP and the arrival time information. In one example, if the RSRP is higher than the arrival time information, determining a fifth priority corresponding to the PRS preferentially according to the RSRP, and if the RSRP of at least two PRSs is the same, determining according to the arrival time information; or if the priority of the arrival time information is higher than the RSRP, determining a fifth priority corresponding to the PRS according to the arrival time information, and if the arrival time information of at least two PRSs is the same, determining according to the RSRP. The target priority may be preset by the terminal, or may be indicated by the location server and/or the access network device, which is not limited herein.

Optionally, there is a target weight relationship corresponding between the RSRP and the arrival time information. Schematically, according to the target weight relation, the RSRP and the arrival time information are combined to calculate the evaluation score corresponding to the PRS, and the evaluation scores of each PRS are arranged to obtain the fifth priority of the PRS. The target weight relationship may be preset by the terminal, or may be indicated by the location server and/or the access network device, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the fifth condition described above includes at least one of the following conditions:

(one), the difference between the m PRSs with the highest priority in the fifth priority and the m PRSs with the highest priority in the PRS reference priority exceeds a first threshold, and the fifth priority is determined by RSRP and arrival time information of k PRSs.

And (2) the n PRSs with the highest priority in the fifth priority do not comprise a third reference PRS, the third reference PRS is determined by the resource configuration information, and n is a positive integer less than or equal to m. The third reference PRS is the PRS given by nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo in the resource configuration information.

In summary, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the inactive state terminal synthesizes the arrival time information of the RSRP of the PRS to judge the validity of the resource allocation information of the PRS received when the terminal is in the connection state. The method can be applied to the situation that the terminal in the inactive state needs to measure and/or report the PRS, so as to ensure the validity of the PRS for measuring and/or reporting.

When the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal can directly measure and/or report the PRS based on the validity of the received resource configuration information of the PRS in the connection state, and the terminal does not need to reenter the connection state to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRS under the condition of no measurement interval, and the positioning measurement time delay is reduced. It should be noted that, step 701 may be implemented alone or in combination with step 201 to implement "determining validity of resource configuration information" in step 201, and may also be implemented in combination with any other embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not limited thereto.

Illustratively, the steps 301, 401, 501, 601, 701 are described by taking as an example the determination of the validity of the PRS reference priority indicated in the resource configuration information. The failure of the resource configuration information may also be determined by the failure of other information in the resource configuration information, where the failure of the resource configuration information includes that all information of the resource configuration information fails, or that part of the information fails, which is only schematically illustrated by taking the failure of the priority information as an example, and the failure condition of the resource configuration information is not limited.

Referring to fig. 8, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, in an embodiment of the present application, measurement and/or reporting of PRSs by a terminal is described in a failure state of resource configuration information, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, and k is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 801, determining validity of resource configuration information when the mobile terminal is in an inactive state, wherein the resource configuration information is resource configuration information of PRS sent by a location server and/or an access network device when the mobile terminal is in a connected state.

Step 8021, under the condition that the resource configuration information is in a failure state, determining m PRSs with strongest RSRP from the k PRSs according to the RSRP of the k PRSs, and reporting the RSRP of the m PRSs, wherein m is less than or equal to k and m is a positive integer.

In the above embodiment, the validity of the resource configuration information in step 801 may be determined in any manner as in step 201, step 301, step 401, step 501, step 601, and step 701, or may be determined in other manners, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the resource configuration information includes the number m of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, that is, the terminal may report the measurement result of m PRSs at most. When the terminal determines that the resource configuration information is invalid, m PRSs with strongest RSRP in the k PRSs are selected to be reported.

Optionally, the RSRP includes at least one of a physical layer RSRP (L1-RSRP), a radio resource control layer RSRP (L3-RSRP), a first path RSRP, a multipath RSRP, and other paths RSRP.

Optionally, when reporting the m PRSs, the reported positioning measurement result may include, in addition to the RSRP of the PRS, identification information of the reported PRS.

Step 8022, under the condition that the resource configuration information is in a failure state, determining m PRSs with optimal arrival time information from the k PRSs according to the arrival time information of the k PRSs, and reporting the arrival time information of the m PRSs and a new reference PRS, wherein m is less than or equal to k and is a positive integer.

When the terminal determines that the resource allocation information is invalid, m PRSs with earliest arrival time in the k PRSs are selected to report, and corresponding new reference PRSs are reported.

Optionally, the arrival time information includes at least one of a reference PRS time difference value, a receive transmit time difference value, a relative arrival time, and an arrival time difference.

Optionally, when the m PRSs are reported, the reported positioning measurement result may include, in addition to the arrival time information of the PRS and the new reference PRS, identification information of the reported PRS and identification information of the reference PRS.

Illustratively, the steps 8021 and 8022 are implemented as parallel steps, and after step 801, either step 8021 or step 8022 may be performed, or both steps 8021 and 8022 may be performed, which is not limited herein.

When the terminal determines that the resource configuration information is in the failure state, reporting is performed according to RSRP or arrival time information of k PRSs, namely, when the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRSs by using the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, even if the resource configuration information is determined to be in the failure state, the terminal can report the positioning measurement result to the position server and/or the access network equipment in time, and the terminal does not need to enter the connection state again to acquire new resource configuration information, so that the terminal can measure the PRSs without measurement intervals, and positioning measurement time delay is reduced.

Referring to fig. 9, a flowchart of a positioning measurement method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, in an embodiment of the present application, measurement and/or reporting of PRSs by a terminal is described in a failure state of resource configuration information, where the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, and k is a positive integer. The method comprises the following steps.

Step 901, determining validity of resource configuration information when the mobile terminal is in an inactive state, wherein the resource configuration information is the resource configuration information of PRS sent by a receiving location server and/or an access network device when the mobile terminal is in a connected state.

In step 9021, a random access request is initiated if the resource configuration information is in a failure state.

In the above embodiment, the validity of the resource configuration information determined in step 901 may be any one of the manners described in the foregoing step 201, step 301, step 401, step 501, step 601, and step 701, or may be other manners, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the present application, the random access resource used in the random access procedure for PRS resource allocation information request may be dedicated, i.e. different from the random access resource used in other random access procedures, including the random access procedure for the terminal to enter the connected state, or the random access procedure used for small data transmission, or the random access procedure used in the handover procedure, or the random access procedure used for obtaining the time advance, etc. Wherein the random access resource comprises at least one of a random access time-frequency resource and a random access preamble.

In response to entering the connected state, new resource configuration information sent by the location server and/or the access network device is received, step 9031.

In the embodiment of the application, when the resource configuration information is determined to be in a failure state, the terminal needs to re-activate the RRC connection with the access network equipment so as to acquire new resource configuration information from the location server and/or the access network equipment, and measure and/or report PRS (radio resource configuration) according to the new resource configuration information.

In step 9022, when the resource configuration information is in the failure state, a transmission method of small data transmission is used to transmit the resource configuration information request.

The transmission mode of the small data transmission (SMALL DATA transmission) has less influence on the network, such as signaling overhead, network resources, reconfiguration delay and the like. After the position server and/or the access network equipment receives the resource configuration information request, the terminal feeds back new resource configuration information to the terminal in a transmission mode of small data transmission, and the terminal can measure and/or report PRS according to the new resource configuration information.

Illustratively, steps 9021 and 9022 are implemented as two side-by-side steps, i.e., steps 901, 9021, 9031 are implemented as one scheme, and steps 901 and 9022 are implemented as another scheme.

When the terminal determines that the resource configuration information is in the failure state, the terminal acquires new resource configuration information from the position server and/or the access network equipment again so as to measure and/or report the PRS according to the new resource configuration information, namely, when the terminal finishes measuring and/or reporting the PRS by using the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, if the resource configuration information is judged to be in the failure state, the terminal acquires the new resource configuration information without using the failed resource configuration information, and the accuracy of measuring and/or reporting the PRS is improved.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a positioning measurement device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 10, taking a terminal as an example, the device 1000 includes: a determination module 1010.

A determining module 1010, configured to determine validity of resource configuration information when in an inactive state, where the resource configuration information is resource configuration information of a positioning reference signal PRS sent by a location server and/or an access network device when in a connected state.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, k being a positive integer;

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine validity of the resource configuration information according to reference signal received power RSRP of the k PRSs.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes PRS reference priorities corresponding to the k PRSs;

the determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state if RSRP of the k PRSs meets a first condition;

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a valid state if RSRP of the k PRSs does not meet the first condition.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes the number m of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, m is less than or equal to k, and m is a positive integer;

the first condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

The difference between the m PRSs with the highest priority in the first priority and the m PRSs with the highest priority in the PRS reference priority exceeds a first threshold, the first priority being determined by RSRP of the k PRSs;

And the n PRSs with the highest priority in the first priority do not comprise a first reference PRS, the first reference PRS is determined by the resource configuration information, and n is a positive integer less than or equal to m.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, k being a positive integer, the k PRSs from j transmission and reception points TRP;

the determining module 1010 is configured to determine validity of the resource configuration information according to RSRP of the j TRPs.

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state if RSRP of the j TRPs meets a second condition;

the determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a valid state if RSRP of the j TRPs does not satisfy the second condition.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes a number m, m.ltoreq.k, and m is a positive integer of PRSs included in the positioning measurement result, the m PRSs being from h TRPs, h.ltoreq.j, and h is a positive integer;

the second condition includes at least one of:

The difference between h TRPs with the highest priority in the second priority and h TRPs with the highest priority in TRP reference priorities exceeds a second threshold, wherein the second priority is determined by RSRP of the j TRPs, and the TRP reference priorities are determined according to PRS reference priorities corresponding to the k PRSs;

the q TRPs with the highest priority in the second priority do not comprise a first reference TRP, the first reference TRP is determined by the resource configuration information, and q is a positive integer less than or equal to h.

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine validity of the resource configuration information according to arrival time information of the k PRSs.

the determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state if the arrival time information of the k PRSs satisfies a third condition;

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a valid state if the arrival time information of the k PRSs does not satisfy the third condition.

The third condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

The difference between the m PRSs with the highest priority in a third priority and the m PRSs with the highest priority in the PRS reference priority exceeds a first threshold, the third priority being determined by arrival time information of the k PRSs;

And the n PRSs with the highest priority in the third priority do not comprise a second reference PRS, the second reference PRS is determined by the resource configuration information, and n is a positive integer less than or equal to m.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes k PRSs, k being a positive integer, the k PRSs from j TRPs;

the determining module 1010 is configured to determine validity of the resource configuration information according to arrival time information of the j TRPs.

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state if the arrival time information of the j TRPs satisfies a fourth condition;

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a valid state if the arrival time information of the j TRPs does not satisfy the fourth condition.

the fourth condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

The difference between h TRPs with highest priority in a fourth priority and h TRPs with highest priority in TRP reference priorities exceeds a second threshold, wherein the fourth priority is determined by the arrival time information of the j TRPs, and the reference priorities of the TRPs are determined according to the PRS reference priorities corresponding to the k PRSs;

And the q TRPs with the highest priority in the fourth priority do not comprise a second reference TRP, the second reference TRP is determined by the resource configuration information, and q is a positive integer less than or equal to h.

The determining module 1010 is configured to determine validity corresponding to the resource configuration information according to RSRP and arrival time information of the k PRSs;

Wherein, the target priority is corresponding between the RSRP and the arrival time information; or, a target weight relation is correspondingly arranged between the RSRP and the arrival time information.

In one example, the RSRP includes at least one of a physical layer RSRP, a radio resource control layer RSRP, a first path RSRP, a multipath RSRP, and other path RSRP.

In one example, the time of arrival information includes at least one of a reference PRS time difference value, a receive transmit time difference value, a relative time of arrival, a time of arrival difference.

The determining module 1010 is configured to implement at least one of:

Determining validity of the resource configuration information according to a value of a timer, wherein the timer starts timing from receiving the resource configuration information;

Determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the use times of the resource configuration information;

determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the located service cell;

and determining the validity of the resource configuration information according to the located tracking area.

In one example, the determination module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a disabled state when the value of the timer exceeds a time threshold.

In one example, the determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state when the number of uses of the resource configuration information exceeds a number threshold.

In one example, the determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state when a serving cell in which the resource configuration information is located changes.

In one example, the determining module 1010 is configured to determine that the resource configuration information is in a failure state when a change occurs in a tracking area in which it is located.

The apparatus 1000, as shown in fig. 11, further includes:

And the reporting module 1020 is configured to determine, from the k PRSs, the PRS with the strongest m RSRP according to the RSRP of the k PRSs and report the RSRP of the m PRSs if the resource configuration information is in a failure state, where m is less than or equal to k and m is a positive integer.

The reporting module 1020 is configured to determine m PRSs with optimal arrival time information from the k PRSs according to the arrival time information of the k PRSs when the resource configuration information is in a failure state, and report the arrival time information of the m PRSs and a new reference PRS, where m is less than or equal to k and m is a positive integer.

In one example, the apparatus 1000 further comprises:

A sending module 1030 configured to initiate a random access request if the resource configuration information is in a failure state;

a receiving module 1040 is configured to receive new resource configuration information sent by the location server and/or the access network device in response to entering the connected state.

In one example, the sending module 1030 is configured to send a resource configuration information request by using a transmission method of SMALL DATA transmission when the resource configuration information is in a failure state.

In one example, the resource configuration information includes at least one of the following information:

The identification information corresponding to the PRS comprises at least one of PRS set identification, PRS resource identification, time domain position occupied by the PRS, frequency domain position occupied by the PRS and PRS sequence identification;

And/or the number of the groups of groups,

Set priority among PRS sets to which the PRS belongs;

And/or the number of the groups of groups,

PRS reference priorities between the PRSs;

And/or the number of the groups of groups,

A correspondence between the PRS and the TRP of the access network device;

And/or the number of the groups of groups,

And a reference PRS in the PRSs.

Fig. 12 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1200 (which may be implemented as the terminal described above) provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, where the communication device 1200 includes: processor 1210, receiver 1220, transmitter 1230, memory 1240 and bus 1250.

Processor 1210 includes one or more processing cores, and processor 1210 executes various functional applications and information processing by running software programs and modules.

The receiver 1220 and the transmitter 1230 may be implemented as one communication component, which may be a communication chip.

Memory 1240 is coupled to processor 1210 by bus 1250.

The memory 1240 may be used to store at least one instruction and the processor 1210 may be configured to execute the at least one instruction to implement the steps performed by the terminal in the method embodiment described above or to implement the steps performed by the network device in the method embodiment described above.

Further, memory 1240 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile memory devices including, but not limited to: magnetic or optical disks, electrically erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EEPROM), erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), static ready-access Memory (Static Random Access Memory, SRAM), read-Only Memory (ROM), magnetic Memory, flash Memory, programmable Read-Only Memory (Programmable Read-Only Memory, PROM).

An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a positioning measurement system, the system including: a terminal; the terminal comprises a positioning measurement device as provided in the embodiments shown in fig. 10 and 11.

An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one program, a code set, or a set of instructions, which are loaded and executed by the processor to implement the steps performed by the terminal in the positioning measurement method provided in the above respective method embodiments.

The conception of the embodiment scheme of the disclosure is as follows:

and firstly, the terminal receives positioning reference signal resource allocation and/or reporting information sent by the network equipment, and when the terminal is in an RRC_inactive state, the terminal judges the validity of the allocation and/or reporting information of the PRS.

A) The network device comprises a location management function entity (location management function, LMF) and/or a serving base station.

(II) the positioning reference signal resource configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

a) Configuration information of positioning reference signals:

i. Positioning reference signal set ID, positioning reference signal resource ID, occupied time domain position, frequency domain position, sequence ID, etc.

The positioning reference signal may be periodic, aperiodic, or semi-persistent.

Locating the priority of the set of reference signal resources.

Priority order of each PRS: this priority order is mainly given to instruct the terminal to measure PRS transmitted by some TRPs as close as possible to the terminal.

Nr-DL-PRS-ReferenceInfo: mainly giving which PRS time to reference when making time-based measurements.

1. The method based on time measurement comprises the following steps:

(a) A reference signal time difference value RSTD REFERENCE SIGNAL TIME DIFFERENCE;

(b) Receiving a transmission time difference value, rxTx time difference values;

(c) Relative arrival time: RELATIVE TIME of arival;

(d) Time difference of arrival: TIME DIFFERENCE of arival.

(III) how the terminal judges the validity:

1) The terminal measures the RSRP of each PRS and judges the validity according to the RSRP.

(A) For example, the terminal determines the priority and/or REFERENCE PRS of each PRS according to the RSRP of each PRS:

the RSRP may be L1-RSRP or L3-RSRP; the RSRP may be the RSRP of the first path or the RSRP of the multipath.

Specifically, for example, the UE may report the measurement results of M PRSs at most, and then, according to the priority, the UE reports the measurement results of M PRSs with the highest priority. However, from the perspective of RSRP measurement, how to determine the priority configuration age in this configuration information may be based on one of the following determination conditions:

condition one: the M PRSs with the strongest RSRP are different from the M PRSs with the strongest priorities.

The differences are embodied in at least one difference, or at least X differences, or all differences.

Condition II: the PRS with the strongest RSRP is not among the M PRSs with the strongest priorities.

And (3) a third condition: the PRS with the strongest RSRP is not the PRS with the strongest priority.

(B) Or the terminal judges the priority/REFERENCE PRS of the PRS according to the RSRP of each TRP, wherein the RSRP of each TRP is the average value of N strongest RSRPs contained by each TRP or the RSRP of the strongest PRS in the TRP.

Specifically, for example, the UE may report the measurement results of M PRSs at most, and then, according to the priority, the UE reports the measurement results of M PRSs with the highest priority, where the M PRSs are from L TRPs. However, from the perspective of RSRP measurement, how to determine the priority configuration age in this configuration information may be based on one of the following determination conditions:

condition one: the L TRPs with the strongest RSRP are different from the L TRPs with the strongest priorities.

The differences are embodied in at least one difference, or at least Y differences, or all differences.

Condition II: the TRP with the strongest RSRP is not among the L TRPs with the strongest priorities.

And (3) a third condition: the TRP with the strongest RSRP is not the one with the strongest priority.

2) The terminal measures the arrival time of each PRS and judges the validity according to the arrival time.

(A) And the terminal judges the priority and/or REFERENCE PRS of each PRS according to the arrival time of all paths of each PRS or the arrival time of the first path.

Specifically, for example, the UE may report the measurement results of M PRSs at most, and then, according to the priority, the UE reports the measurement results of M PRSs with the highest priority. However, from the measurement of the arrival time, how to determine the aging of the priority configuration in this configuration information may be based on one of the following determination conditions:

Condition one: the M PRSs with the earliest arrival time are different from the M PRSs with the strongest priorities.

Condition II: the PRS with the earliest arrival time is not among the M PRSs with the strongest priorities.

And (3) a third condition: the PRS with the earliest arrival time is not the PRS with the strongest priority.

(B) Or the terminal judges the priority/REFERENCE PRS of the PRS according to the arrival time of each TRP, wherein the arrival time of each TRP is the average value of the arrival times of the N PRSs with earliest arrival times contained in each TRP or the arrival time value with earliest arrival times in the PRSs contained in the TRP.

The arrival time may be the arrival time of the first path or the arrival time of the multipath.

Specifically, for example, the UE may report the measurement results of M PRSs at most, and then, according to the priority, the UE reports the measurement results of M PRSs with the highest priority, where the M PRSs are from L TRPs. However, from the measurement of the arrival time, how to determine the aging of the priority configuration in this configuration information may be based on one of the following determination conditions:

condition one: the L TRPs with the earliest arrival time are different from the L TRPs with the strongest priorities.

Condition II: the TRP with the earliest arrival time is not among the L TRPs with the strongest priorities.

And (3) a third condition: the TRP with the earliest arrival time is not the TRP with the strongest priority

3) And the terminal comprehensively judges the priority and/or REFERENCE PRS of each PRS according to the arrival time and the RSRP of each PRS.

(A) The comprehensive judgment can be carried out by considering RSRP firstly, and if the RSRP is the same, the arrival time is considered; or vice versa.

(B) The comprehensive judgment can also be that the two occupy different weights, such as 0.5 and 0.5, or one weight is larger and the other weight is smaller.

And fourthly, after the terminal judges that the configuration information is invalid, the terminal acts.

1) Reporting PRS measurement results based on new priority, such as reporting M PRSs with strongest RSRP, or reporting M PRSs with earliest arrival time (angle-based method)

2) Report the measurement results based on the new REFERENCE PRS and report REFERENCE PRS ID. For example, new REFERENCE PRS is the strongest PRS of RSRP or the earliest PRS of arrival time (time-based method)

3) Or initiating random access to enter a connection state, and re-acquiring new PRS configuration.

4) Or request a new PRS configuration using an SDT (SMALL DATA transmission) method.

It should be understood that references herein to "a plurality" are to two or more. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A positioning measurement method, the method comprising:

when the mobile terminal is in an inactive state, determining the validity corresponding to the resource configuration information according to Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and arrival time information of k Positioning Reference Signals (PRS);

the resource configuration information is the resource configuration information of PRSs sent by a receiving position server and/or access network equipment when the resource configuration information is in a connection state, wherein the resource configuration information comprises k PRSs, and k is a positive integer; a target priority is correspondingly arranged between the RSRP and the arrival time information, or a target weight relation is correspondingly arranged between the RSRP and the arrival time information;

the resource configuration information includes PRS reference priorities corresponding to the k PRSs, and the determining validity corresponding to the resource configuration information includes:

Determining that the PRS reference priority is in a failure state under the condition that the evaluation scores of the k PRSs meet a fifth condition;

determining that the PRS reference priority is in a valid state if the evaluation scores of the k PRSs do not satisfy the fifth condition;

The fifth condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

The difference between the m PRSs with the highest priority in the fifth priority and the m PRSs with the highest priority in the PRS reference priority exceeds a first threshold;

The n PRSs with the highest priority in the fifth priority do not include a third reference PRS, where the third reference PRS is determined by the resource configuration information, and n is a positive integer less than or equal to m;

The fifth priority is determined according to the target priority, or the fifth priority is arranged according to the evaluation scores of the k PRSs, and the evaluation scores of the k PRSs are calculated according to the target weight relation, the RSRP and the arrival time information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the RSRP comprises at least one of a physical layer RSRP, a radio resource control layer RSRP, a first path RSRP, a multipath RSRP, and other path RSRP.

3. The method of claim 1, in which the time of arrival information comprises at least one of a reference PRS time difference value, a receive transmit time difference value, a relative time of arrival, a time of arrival difference.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises:

And under the condition that the resource allocation information is in the failure state, determining m PRSs with strongest RSRP from the k PRSs according to the RSRP of the k PRSs, and reporting the RSRP of the m PRSs, wherein m is less than or equal to k and is a positive integer.

5. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises:

And under the condition that the resource allocation information is in the failure state, determining m PRSs with optimal arrival time information from the k PRSs according to the arrival time information of the k PRSs, and reporting the arrival time information of the m PRSs and a new reference PRS, wherein m is less than or equal to k and is a positive integer.

6. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises:

initiating a random access request under the condition that the resource configuration information is in the failure state;

And receiving new resource configuration information sent by the location server and/or the access network equipment in response to entering the connection state.

7. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises:

and under the condition that the resource configuration information is in the failure state, transmitting a resource configuration information request by using a transmission method of small data transmission.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource configuration information further comprises at least one of:

Set priority among PRS sets to which the PRS belongs;

A correspondence between the PRS and the TRP of the access network device;

And a reference PRS in the PRSs.

9. A positioning measurement device, the device comprising:

The determining module is configured to determine the validity corresponding to the resource configuration information according to reference signal received power RSRP and arrival time information of the k positioning reference signals PRS when the positioning reference signals PRS are in an inactive state;

the determining module is configured to determine that the PRS reference priority is in a failure state if the evaluation scores of the k PRSs meet a fifth condition;

The fifth condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

10. A terminal, the terminal comprising:

A processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor;

Wherein the processor is configured to load and execute executable instructions to implement the positioning measurement method according to any of claims 1 to 8.

11. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that at least one program is stored in the computer readable storage medium, which is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the positioning measurement method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.