CN114765489B

CN114765489B - Positioning signal measuring method, sending method, network equipment and terminal

Info

Publication number: CN114765489B
Application number: CN202011640659.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王园园; 司晔; 庄子荀; 邬华明
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2024-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-31
Also published as: WO2022143493A1; CN114765489A

Abstract

The application discloses a method for measuring and sending a positioning signal, network side equipment and a terminal, wherein the method for measuring the positioning signal is applied to the network side equipment and comprises the following steps: performing aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal; the aggregation processing comprises one or more of aggregation receiving, aggregation measuring and reporting the result of the aggregation measuring; the target sounding reference signal is a first sounding reference signal; or the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2. According to the embodiment of the application, the target sounding reference signal is aggregated, so that the measurement errors caused by a plurality of carriers are solved by combining the plurality of carriers, the positioning accuracy is improved, and the resource allocation is optimized.

Description

Positioning signal measuring method, sending method, network equipment and terminal

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of positioning, and particularly relates to a positioning signal measuring method, a positioning signal sending method, network side equipment and a terminal.

Background

In the related art, for a structure of terminal positioning, a process in which a base station or a location server measures an uplink sounding reference signal transmitted by a terminal is performed based on a bandwidth portion activated in a single carrier.

Therefore, the measurement quality of the network-side device actually depends on the size of the active bandwidth portion on a certain carrier, resulting in a great limitation of positioning accuracy.

How to process the sounding reference signal sent by the terminal to improve the positioning accuracy is a technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a measuring method, a transmitting method, network side equipment and a terminal for positioning signals, which can realize the effect of improving positioning accuracy.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for measuring a positioning signal, where the method is applied to a network side device, and the method includes:

Performing aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal;

the aggregation processing comprises one or more of aggregation receiving, aggregation measuring and reporting the result of the aggregation measuring;

the target sounding reference signal is a first sounding reference signal; or (b)

The target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for transmitting a positioning signal, where the method is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

Transmitting a target sounding reference signal so that the network side equipment can aggregate the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal;

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network side device, including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a program or an instruction, and the program or the instruction implements the steps of the method provided in the first aspect when executed by the processor.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a program or instructions that, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method provided in the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement:

The steps of the method provided in the first aspect; and/or steps of the method provided in the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may be a positioning server or a service gNB, and after receiving the target sounding reference signal of the terminal, the network side device performs aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal, and determines a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal through the aggregation processing. The aggregation processing may be one or more of aggregation receiving, aggregation measuring, reporting the result of the aggregation measuring.

Specifically, the target sounding reference signal is a first sounding reference signal or includes N second sounding reference signals. The first sounding reference signal may be a sounding reference signal configured with an aggregation indication, and the second sounding reference signal may be a sounding reference signal not configured with an aggregation indication.

According to the embodiment of the application, the target sounding reference signal is aggregated, so that the measurement errors caused by a plurality of carriers are solved by combining the plurality of carriers, the positioning accuracy is improved, and the resource allocation is optimized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a method of measuring a positioning signal according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method of transmitting a positioning signal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 shows one of the block diagrams of the network side device according to the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 shows a second block diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal of an application embodiment.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that embodiments of the application may be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system 10 includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 may also be referred to as a terminal device or a User Equipment (UE), and the terminal 11 may be a terminal-side device such as a Mobile phone, a tablet Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a Personal digital assistant (Personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA), a palm Computer, a netbook, an ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (ultra-Mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a Mobile internet device (Mobile INTERNET DEVICE, MID), a wearable device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), and the wearable device includes: a bracelet, earphone, glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The network side device 12 may be a base station or a core network, where the base station may be called a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a Basic service set (Basic SERVICE SET, BSS), an Extended service set (Extended SERVICE SET, ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, a transmission receiving point (TransmittingReceivingPoint, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, and the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only a base station in an NR system is taken as an example, but a specific type of the base station is not limited. The core network device may not be a location server, LMF, E-SMLC, or some other suitable terminology in the field.

The method for measuring and transmitting the positioning signal, the network side device and the terminal provided by the embodiment of the application are described in detail through specific embodiments and application scenes thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In some embodiments of the present application, fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method for measuring a positioning signal according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method is applied to a network side device, and the method includes:

Step 202, performing aggregation processing on a target detection reference signal;

in step 202, the aggregation process includes one or more of aggregating the results of the receiving, aggregating the measurements, reporting the aggregated measurements.

In step 204, a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal is determined.

In the embodiment of the application, the network side equipment can be a positioning server or a base station and the like, and after receiving the target sounding reference signal of the terminal, the network side equipment carries out aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal, and determines the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal through the aggregation processing. The aggregation processing may be one or more of aggregation receiving, aggregation measuring, reporting the result of the aggregation measuring.

In some embodiments of the present application, in case the target sounding reference signal comprises N second sounding reference signals, the measurement result comprises at least one of:

aggregate measurement of the target sounding reference signal;

measurement results of the M second sounding reference signals;

Wherein M is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal includes an aggregate measurement result of the target sounding reference signal, that is, the N second sounding reference signals are aggregated, so as to obtain a measurement result.

In some embodiments, the measurement results of the target sounding reference signal further include measurement results of M second sounding reference signals, that is, measurement results of M second sounding reference signals, respectively. And M is less than or equal to N, and M second sounding reference signals are measured, namely at least part of N second sounding reference signals in the target sounding reference signals are measured.

In some embodiments of the application, the first sounding reference signal is transmitted on N carriers; or the first sounding reference signal is mapped to N carriers; or the first sounding reference signal is a signal mapping one ZC sequence onto N carriers.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmitted time domain positions of the first sounding reference signal are the same or have overlapping symbols on N carriers; or the transmission time domain positions of the N second sounding reference signals are the same or have overlapping symbols.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the target sounding reference signal is the first sounding reference signal, the first sounding reference signals on the N carriers may have the same time domain position or have overlapping symbols. When the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, the N second sounding reference signals may have the same time domain position therebetween or have overlapping symbols.

In some embodiments of the present application, the base sequence of the first sounding reference signal is:

Where u is the group number, v is the sequence number, and M _ZC is the sequence length of the first sounding reference signal on N carriers.

In the embodiment of the present application, u is a group number and satisfies u e {0, 1..29 }, v is a sequence number and satisfies v=0 or v=1. M _ZC is the sequence length of the first sounding reference signal on N carriers.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal is determined according to bandwidth configuration information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sequence length of the first sounding reference signal, that is, M _ZC, is related to the bandwidth configuration information. The bandwidth configuration information may be a bandwidth configuration of a sequence on one carrier, a bandwidth configuration of a sequence on a specific carrier, or a total bandwidth configuration of aggregated reception or aggregated measurement.

In some embodiments of the present application, determining the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on N carriers according to the bandwidth configuration is determined by the following formula:

Where N is the number of carriers, m _SRS,b is the bandwidth configuration of the sequence on one carrier, K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on N carriers is determined, specifically, the sequence length M _ZC is determined by the formula (1). In formula (1), N is the number of carriers, specifically, the number of N carriers mapped by the first sounding reference signal. m _SRS,b is the bandwidth configuration of the sequence on one carrier, it can be appreciated that the bandwidth configuration on each of the N carriers can be the same or solved according to the average bandwidth configuration.K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

The total bandwidth configuration is obtained by the bandwidth configuration on one carrier and the number of carriers, and the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signals on N carriers is determined by the total bandwidth configuration.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on N carriers is determined by the following formula:

where N is the number of carriers, For the bandwidth configuration of the sequence on the i-th carrier,K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined, specifically, the sequence length M _ZC is determined by the formula (2). In formula (2), N is the number of carriers, specifically, the number of N carriers mapped by the first sounding reference signal.The bandwidth of the sequence on the ith carrier is configured, i.e., any one of the N carriers.K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block. And summing the products of all the carriers, the subcarrier number and the transmission comb number to finally obtain the sequence length M _ZC of the first detection reference signal on the N carriers.

Where m _SRS,b is the aggregate received or aggregate measured total bandwidth configuration, K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined, specifically, the sequence length M _ZC is determined by the formula (3). In equation (3), m _SRS,b is the total bandwidth configuration for aggregate reception or aggregate measurement,K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

The sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined by aggregating the total bandwidth configuration of the received or aggregated measurements.

In some embodiments of the application, the bandwidth configuration is determined by a first preset table and/or a plurality of second preset tables. The number of lines of the first preset table is larger than a first value, and the bandwidth configuration is larger than a second value.

In the embodiment of the application, the bandwidth configuration is determined through a first preset table and/or a plurality of second preset tables. The number of rows of the first preset table is greater than a first value, the first value is 64, the bandwidth configuration is greater than a second value, and the second value is 272.

In some embodiments of the present application, the number of rows of the first preset table and/or the plurality of second preset tables is related to the first cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS, and the value range of C _SRS 1 is:

C _SRS 1 e {0, 1..64, 65..2, N1}, where N1 is a natural number greater than 65.

In the embodiment of the present application, the number of rows of the first preset table is related to the first cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS 1, and specifically, each specific value of C _SRS 1 may be used as one row of the first preset table. C _SRS 1 has a value ranging from 0 to N1, N1 being greater than 64.

For example, the format of the first preset table is shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

In table 1, B _SRS represents a selection parameter B-SRS, where the B-SRS is configured by an upper layer configuration parameter, and in a column of C _SRS, any number greater than 64 may be used in the rows from 64 to a+2, and the numbers in the cells in the above table are only used as examples, and are not limiting in the embodiments of the present application.

In some embodiments of the present application, the number of rows of the first preset table and/or the plurality of second preset tables is related to the second cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS and/or the third cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS;

Wherein, the value range of C _SRS is: c _SRS 2 e {64,..n 1} or C _SRS 2 e {0,1., N2}, N1 is a natural number greater than 65, N2 is a natural number greater than 1;

The range of values of C _SRS 0 is: c _SRS 0 e {0, 1..63 }.

In the embodiment of the present application, the number of rows of the first preset table and the number of rows of the second preset table may also be related to one or more of the second cell specific configuration parameters C _SRS 0 and the third cell configuration parameters C _SRS.

Specifically, the value of C _SRS 2 ranges from 64 to N1, or the value of C _SRS 2 ranges from 0 to N2.

The value of C _SRS 0 ranges from 0 to 63.

In some embodiments of the present application, the plurality of second preset tables includes a first preset table and a second preset table; wherein, the carrier wave smaller than or equal to the bandwidth threshold value corresponds to the first preset table, and the carrier wave larger than the bandwidth threshold value corresponds to the second preset table; or the number of lines of the first preset table is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value, and the number of lines of the second preset table is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value; or the number of lines of the first preset table is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value, and the number of lines of the second preset table is larger than or equal to a third threshold value; or the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the second cell is related to the first preset table, and the specific configuration parameter C _SRS 1 of the first cell is related to the second preset table; or the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the second cell is related to the first preset table, and the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the third cell is related to the second preset table.

In the embodiment of the application, a corresponding table is allocated to the carrier according to the bandwidth of the carrier. Specifically, if the bandwidth of the carrier is less than or equal to the bandwidth threshold, the bandwidth is corresponding to the first preset table. If the bandwidth of the carrier is greater than the bandwidth threshold, the bandwidth is corresponding to the second table.

Further, the number of rows of the first preset table is smaller than or equal to the first threshold value, and the number of rows of the second preset table is smaller than or equal to the second threshold value. Or the number of lines of the first preset table is smaller than or equal to the first threshold value, and the number of lines of the second preset table is larger than or equal to the third threshold value. Or the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the second cell is related to the first preset table, and the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the first cell is related to the second preset table. Or the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the second cell is related to the first preset table, and the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the third cell is related to the second preset table.

In some embodiments of the application, the bandwidth configuration is determined by a third preset table, which is related to the number of carriers and/or the aggregation indication.

In the embodiment of the present application, a third preset table may be used to determine the bandwidth configuration of the carriers, where the format of the third preset table is related to the number of carriers and the aggregation indicator.

In some embodiments of the application, the number of columns of the third preset table is related to the number of carriers and/or the aggregation indication.

In the embodiment of the present application, specifically, the number of columns of the third table is related to the number of carriers. In some cases, the number of columns of the third table may also be related to the aggregation indication.

For example, the second preset table may be as shown in table 2:

TABLE 2

As another example, the second preset table may be as shown in table 3:

TABLE 3 Table 3

	m_SRS,0	N₀	m_SRS,1	N₁	m_SRS,2	N₂	m_SRS,3	N₃
									0	288	1	144	2	72	2	8	9
0	288	1	144	2	12	2	4	3
									0	288	1	144	2	36	4	4	9
0	288	1	96	3	24	4	6	4
									0	288	1	72	4	36	2	4	9
…
									N	544	1	272	2	136	2	68	2
N	544	1	272	2	68	4	4	17
									N	544	1	136	4	68	2	4	17

As another example, the third preset table may be as shown in table 4:

TABLE 4 Table 4

In table 3, 0 or N in the first column may be replaced with any number greater than or equal to 0, X in table 4 may be any positive integer greater than 0 and less than the maximum number of carriers, and the numbers in the respective cells in the above tables 2, 3 and 4 are merely examples and are not limiting as embodiments of the present application.

In some embodiments of the application, the first sounding reference signal has the same first characteristic over N carriers, the first characteristic comprising one or more of:

transmission comb number, subcarrier spacing, symbol number, time domain position, cyclic shift, sounding reference signal identity, reference point, frequency hopping, repetition factor, period, frequency domain offset, associated spatial transmission filter, transmit power, number of resources, or number of resource sets.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first sounding reference signals on N carriers have the same first characteristics, that is, the first sounding reference signals have the first characteristics. In particular, the first characteristic may be a transmission comb number, a subcarrier spacing, a symbol number, a time domain position, a cyclic shift, a sounding reference signal identity, a reference point, a frequency hopping, a repetition factor, a period, a frequency domain offset, an associated spatial transmission filter, a transmit power, a number of resources, or a number of resource sets.

In some embodiments of the present application, in case the target-sounding reference signal includes N second-sounding reference signals, the target-sounding reference signal further includes N ZC sequences.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, the target sounding reference signal also includes ZC sequences having the same number as the second sounding reference signals. I.e. each second sounding reference signal corresponds to a ZC sequence. In one possible embodiment, there are the third sounding reference signals, which are N first sounding reference signals.

In some embodiments of the application, the N second sounding reference signals have the same second characteristics, the second characteristics comprising one or more of:

The method comprises the steps of detecting a subcarrier spacing of a reference signal, cyclic shift, detecting a comb structure of the reference signal, a product of the subcarrier spacing of the reference signal and the comb structure of the reference signal, a cyclic prefix type, a reference point A, a receiving and transmitting time difference, a number of symbols, a time domain position, a detection reference signal identification, a repetition factor, a period, a frequency domain offset, an associated spatial transmission filter, a transmitting power, a number of resources or a number of resource sets, a resource identification or a resource set identification.

In the embodiment of the present application, the N second sounding reference signals have the same second characteristic, that is, each of the N second sounding reference signals includes the second characteristic. In particular, the second characteristic may be a subcarrier spacing of the sounding reference signal, a cyclic shift, a sounding reference signal comb structure, a product of a subcarrier spacing of the sounding reference signal and the sounding reference signal comb structure, a cyclic prefix type, a reference point a, a time difference of reception and transmission, a number of symbols, a time domain position, a sounding reference signal identity, a repetition factor, a period, a frequency domain offset, an associated spatial transmission filter, a transmit power, a number of resources or a number of resource sets, a resource identity or a resource set identity.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission time domain positions of the M second sounding reference signals are the same or have overlapping symbols, and the M second sounding reference signals have the same third characteristics, and the third characteristics include one or more of the following:

In the embodiment of the present application, when the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, the transmission time domain positions of at least M second sounding reference signals in the N second sounding reference signals are the same or have overlapping symbols, and the M second sounding reference signals also have the same third characteristic, that is, all of the M second sounding reference signals in the N second sounding reference signals have the third characteristic. The third feature includes: the method comprises the steps of detecting a subcarrier spacing of a reference signal, cyclic shift, detecting a comb structure of the reference signal, a product of the subcarrier spacing of the reference signal and the comb structure of the reference signal, a cyclic prefix type, a reference point A, a receiving and transmitting time difference, a number of symbols, a time domain position, a detection reference signal identification, a repetition factor, a period, a frequency domain offset, an associated spatial transmission filter, a transmitting power, a number of resources or a number of resource sets, a resource identification or a resource set identification.

In some embodiments of the present application, the set of sounding reference signal resource identities or the second sounding reference signal resource identities or the cyclic shifts or base sequences corresponding to the N second sounding reference signals are different.

In the embodiment of the application, the identifiers of the sounding reference signal resource sets corresponding to the N second sounding reference signals are different, or the identifiers of the sounding reference signal resources corresponding to the N second sounding reference signals are different, or the cyclic shift of the sounding reference signals corresponding to the N second sounding reference signals is different, or the base sequences of the sounding reference signals corresponding to the N second sounding reference signals are different.

In some embodiments of the application, the method further comprises: and receiving first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signals and/or determining measurement results of the target sounding reference signals.

In the embodiment of the application, the network side equipment receives the first information, performs aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal according to the indication of the first information, determines the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal and realizes the positioning of the terminal. It is noted that the first information may be sent by a terminal or by other network side devices, such as a location server to a base station.

In some embodiments of the application, the first information comprises configuration information of a target sounding reference signal; and/or the first information comprises an aggregation indication; and/or the first information is used for indicating the reception of the first sounding reference signal or the second sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first information sent by the terminal includes configuration information of the target sounding reference signal, and the configuration information indicates to perform aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal. The first information further includes an aggregation indication by which the target sounding reference signal is aggregated.

In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate one of a first sounding reference signal or a second sounding reference signal is received.

In some embodiments of the application, the first information comprises information of a reference unit and information of M first units, the first units comprising one or more of:

Carrier unit, target sounding reference signal resource set unit, target sounding reference signal resource unit.

In the embodiment of the application, the first information includes information of a reference unit and information of M first units. The first unit may be a carrier unit, the first unit may also be a target sounding reference signal resource set unit, and the first unit may also be a target sounding reference signal resource unit.

In some embodiments of the application, the information of the first unit is defaulted in case there is any information of the first unit related to or the same as the information of the reference unit.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the information of the first unit is the same as or related to the information of the reference unit, the information of the first unit may be default, configured by the information of the reference unit, or replaced by the information of the reference unit when the information of the first unit needs to be utilized.

In some embodiments of the present application, the information of the first unit includes identification information of the reference unit or association information of the reference unit; the association information of the reference unit is used for indicating the association relation between the first unit and the reference unit.

In an embodiment of the present application, the information of the first unit includes identification information of the reference unit, or includes association information of the reference unit. By means of the identification information it is possible to indicate which specific unit is the above-mentioned reference unit. Through the association relationship, the association relationship between the current first unit and the reference unit can be determined.

In some embodiments of the application, the first information further comprises priority indication information comprising one or more of:

Priority of different carriers, priority of a carrier group, priority of different carriers in a carrier group, priority threshold, priority of a reference unit, and priority of a target sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first information includes priority indication information, through which the priorities of different carriers can be indicated to determine the priorities of the different carriers, and further includes the priorities of the carrier groups to determine the priorities of the different carrier groups, and further includes the priorities of the different carriers in the carrier groups to determine the priorities of the carriers in the carrier groups, and further includes a priority threshold for indicating the maximum priority range, and further includes the priorities of reference units, and in the case where there are a plurality of reference units, the information priorities of the reference units are determined according to the priorities of the reference units, and further includes the priorities of target sounding reference signals for determining the priorities among the plurality of target sounding reference signals.

In some embodiments of the present application, the aggregation processing is performed on the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal, including at least one of the following:

jointly receiving target sounding reference signals on N carriers; and/or

Jointly measuring target sounding reference signals on N carriers; and/or

The target-sounding reference signals on the N carriers are separately received and the target-sounding reference signals on the N carriers are jointly measured.

In the embodiment of the application, the step of performing aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal is specifically to jointly receive the target sounding reference signals on the N carriers, or jointly measure the target sounding reference signals on the N carriers, or separately receive the target sounding reference signals on the N carriers, and jointly measure the target sounding reference signals on the N carriers.

In some embodiments of the present application, the aggregating the target sounding reference signal further includes one or more of:

the target sounding reference signal is received at the same moment, and N carriers belong to the same carrier group;

n carriers belong to the same carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

The sounding reference signals of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the N carriers belong to the same updated carrier group;

n carriers belong to the same updated carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

the sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the N carriers belong to the same activated carrier group;

n carriers belong to the same active carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the sounding reference signal resources on the plurality of carriers are sent out by the same spatial filter;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the time offset of the frame 0 of the sounding reference signal on different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset first threshold;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the received power ratio of the sounding reference signal resources is smaller than a preset second threshold value;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the offset of the center frequency point among different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset third threshold value;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the frequency domain channel interval between different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset fourth threshold;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the phase offset between different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset fifth threshold.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network side device expects to perform aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal when any one of the following conditions is satisfied:

1. the target sounding reference signal is received at the same moment, and N carriers belong to the same carrier group;

2. N carriers belong to the same carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

3. The sounding reference signals of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the N carriers belong to the same updated carrier group;

4. n carriers belong to the same updated carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

5. the sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the N carriers belong to the same activated carrier group;

6. n carriers belong to the same active carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

7. The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the sounding reference signal resources on the plurality of carriers are sent out by the same spatial filter;

8. The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the time offset of the frame 0 of the sounding reference signal on different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset first threshold;

9. the sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same moment, and the received power ratio of the sounding reference signal resources is smaller than a preset second threshold value;

10. the sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the offset of the center frequency point among different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset third threshold value;

11. The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the frequency domain channel interval between different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset fourth threshold;

12. the sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the phase offset between different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset fifth threshold.

In some embodiments of the present application, the aggregation processing is not performed on the target sounding reference signal or the reporting of the target sounding reference signal fails in any of the following cases:

the target sounding reference signal resource is interrupted in the frequency domain;

the spatial relationship of the target detection reference signals is different;

the offset of the center frequency point of the target detection reference signal is larger than a third threshold value;

the frequency domain channel interval of the target detection reference signal is larger than a fourth threshold value;

The phase offset of the target sounding reference signal is greater than a fifth threshold;

the carrier waves of the target detection reference signals belong to different frequency bands;

the difference between the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal and the measurement result of the sounding reference signal exceeds a sixth threshold.

In the embodiment of the application, when the specific condition is met, the network side equipment does not expect to perform aggregation processing on the target detection reference signal, namely, cannot perform aggregation processing on the target detection reference signal, and reports the failure of the aggregation processing.

Specific conditions include:

1. the target sounding reference signal resource is interrupted in the frequency domain;

2. The spatial relationship of the target detection reference signals is different;

3. The offset of the center frequency point of the target detection reference signal is larger than a third threshold value;

4. the frequency domain channel interval of the target detection reference signal is larger than a fourth threshold value;

5. The phase offset of the target sounding reference signal is greater than a fifth threshold;

6. The carrier waves of the target detection reference signals belong to different frequency bands;

7. the difference between the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal and the measurement result of the sounding reference signal exceeds a sixth threshold.

In some embodiments of the application, the method further comprises: and reporting the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the application, after the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal is obtained, the network side equipment reports the measurement result.

In some embodiments of the application, the measurement results further comprise one or more of the following:

Time information of the target sounding reference signal, receiving power of the target sounding reference signal, receiving and transmitting time difference offset of the target sounding reference signal, angle information of the target sounding reference signal, quality information of a measurement result, and beam information of the target sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the application, the target sounding reference signal is measured, and the obtained measurement result comprises time information of the target sounding reference signal, which can be transmission time or receiving time and can be absolute time; the method also comprises the receiving power of the target detection reference signal, wherein the receiving power is related to the bandwidth configuration; the method also comprises the steps of marking the receiving and transmitting time difference offset of the sounding reference signal, wherein the time offset is related to the receiving time difference of the network side equipment according to the transmitting time of the terminal; and angle information of the target sounding reference signal, quality information of the measurement result, beam information of the target sounding reference signal, and the like.

In some embodiments of the application, the measurement results include: a measurement result of aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signal; or the measurement results of the X detection reference signals which are not subjected to aggregation treatment; wherein X is an integer of 1 or more.

In the embodiment of the present application, the measurement results further include measurement results of aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signal, that is, measurement results of the aggregated target sounding reference signal, and measurement results of non-aggregation processing of the X sounding reference signals, that is, individual measurement results of X sounding reference signals that cannot be aggregated.

In some embodiments of the present application, in the case where the measurement result includes a measurement result of aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signal, the measurement result further includes one or more of the following:

measuring results of at least part of the N carriers;

Carrier identification;

A sounding reference signal resource set identifier;

A sounding reference signal resource identifier;

transmitting a reference point identifier;

Frequency point information;

Compensating indication information;

wherein the compensation indication information includes one or more of the following:

whether compensation information or error information indicating information, phase offset, power offset, frequency offset, and frequency error is supplemented.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the measurement result includes a measurement result of aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signal, the measurement result includes a measurement result of at least some carriers of the N carriers, a carrier identifier, a sounding reference signal resource set identifier, a sounding reference signal resource identifier, a transmission reference point identifier, frequency point information, and compensation indication information, where the compensation indication information is specifically whether to supplement the indication information, the compensation indication information may also be phase offset, the compensation indication information may also be power offset, the compensation indication information may also be frequency offset, and the compensation indication information may also be compensation information or error information of a frequency error.

In some embodiments of the present application, in the case that the measurement result includes a measurement result in which the X sounding reference signals are not subjected to the aggregation process, the measurement result further includes one or more of the following:

Measurements of one or more carriers;

first path information measurement results of one or more carriers;

phase information measurements for one or more carriers;

the reason why the aggregation processing is not performed on the target sounding reference signal;

The estimated measurements are combined by one or more carriers.

In the embodiment of the present application, in the case that the measurement result includes the measurement result that the X sounding reference signals are not subjected to aggregation processing, the measurement result further includes the measurement result of one or more carriers, where the one or more carriers are carriers that are not subjected to aggregation processing, the measurement result further includes the measurement result of the head path information and the measurement result of the phase information of the one or more carriers that are subjected to aggregation processing, the measurement result after the joint estimation of these carriers, and the reason why the target sounding reference signal on the carrier is not subjected to aggregation processing.

Wherein, in the measurement result of the joint estimation, the joint estimation refers to smooth estimation, not aggregate estimation.

In some embodiments of the application, the method further comprises: reporting time stamp information corresponding to the measurement result, wherein the time stamp information is associated with one or more of the following: reference point a, bandwidth configuration identifier, carrier identifier, cell-ID, serving Cell identifier, carrier list identifier, cell list identifier, NR Cell global identifier, physical Cell identifier, absolute radio channel number; the time stamp information is time stamp information of absolute time or time stamp information of relative time.

In the embodiment of the application, when the measurement result is reported, timestamp information corresponding to the measurement result needs to be synchronously reported, and the timestamp information is associated with at least one of a reference point A, a bandwidth configuration identifier, a carrier identifier, a Cell-ID, a service Cell identifier, a carrier list identifier, a Cell list identifier, an NR Cell global identifier, a physical Cell identifier and an absolute wireless channel number.

Specifically, the time stamp information may be time stamp information of absolute time. The time stamp information may also be time stamp information of a relative time, such as a relative time with respect to the positioning server.

In some embodiments of the application, the method further comprises:

reporting capability information of a terminal;

wherein the capability information includes one or more of:

whether or not aggregation transmission of sounding reference signals is supported;

whether power control is supported;

whether an active sounding reference signal is supported;

The number of supported aggregated carrier groups;

the number of carriers in a supported group of aggregated carriers;

whether to support one or more of inter-band carrier aggregation, intra-band carrier aggregation, continuous carrier aggregation, discontinuous carrier aggregation;

Maximum bandwidth for each of the N carriers;

Maximum bandwidth of N carriers

The number of sounding reference signals that can be processed on each slot;

The number of sounding reference signals that can be processed within a period of time; one or more of a maximum channel spacing, a maximum timing offset, a maximum phase offset, a maximum frequency error, and a maximum power imbalance between multiple carriers that can be aggregated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, capability information of the terminal needs to be reported, where the capability information specifically includes capability related to a carrier and a sounding reference signal, and the capability information specifically includes: whether or not aggregation transmission of sounding reference signals is supported; whether power control is supported; whether an active sounding reference signal is supported; the number of supported aggregated carrier groups; the number of carriers in a supported group of aggregated carriers; whether to support one or more of inter-band carrier aggregation, intra-band carrier aggregation, continuous carrier aggregation, discontinuous carrier aggregation; maximum bandwidth for each of the N carriers; maximum bandwidth of N carriers; the number of sounding reference signals that can be processed on each slot; the number of sounding reference signals that can be processed within a period of time; one or more of a maximum channel spacing, a maximum timing offset, a maximum phase offset, a maximum frequency error, and a maximum power imbalance between multiple carriers that can be aggregated.

In some embodiments of the present application, fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a method for transmitting a positioning signal according to an embodiment of the present application, the method being used for a terminal, as shown in fig. 3, and the method includes:

Step 302, a target sounding reference signal is sent, so that the network side device performs aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal sends the target sounding reference signal to the network side equipment, wherein the network side equipment can be a positioning server or a base station and the like, and after the network side equipment receives the target sounding reference signal of the terminal, the network side equipment carries out aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal, and the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal is determined through the aggregation processing. The aggregation processing may be one or more of aggregation receiving, aggregation measuring, reporting the result of the aggregation measuring.

In some embodiments of the present application, the target sounding reference signal is transmitted in an aggregate manner.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal performs aggregation transmission on the target sounding reference signal. If the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal includes an aggregate measurement result of the target sounding reference signal, that is, the N second sounding reference signals are aggregated to obtain a measurement result.

In some embodiments of the present application, aggregating transmitted target sounding reference signals includes at least one of:

in some embodiments of the application, the first sounding reference signal is transmitted on N carriers;

the first sounding reference signal is mapped onto N carriers;

the first sounding reference signal is a signal mapping one ZC sequence onto N carriers.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first sounding reference signal may be sent on N carriers, or the first sounding reference signal may be mapped to N carriers. In some embodiments, the first sounding reference signal maps one ZC sequence onto N carriers for transmission.

In some embodiments of the present application, the determining the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers according to the bandwidth configuration includes:

In the embodiment of the present application, the sequence length ZC of the first sounding reference signal on N carriers is determined, specifically, the sequence length M _ZC is determined by the formula (1). In formula (1), N is the number of carriers, specifically, the number of N carriers mapped by the first sounding reference signal. m _SRS,b is the bandwidth configuration of the sequence on one carrier, it can be appreciated that the bandwidth configuration on each of the N carriers can be the same or solved according to the average bandwidth configuration.K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

The total bandwidth configuration is obtained by the bandwidth configuration on one carrier and the number of carriers, and the sequence length ZC of the first sounding reference signals on N carriers is determined by the total bandwidth configuration.

In some embodiments of the present application, determining the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers according to the bandwidth configuration includes:

In the embodiment of the present application, the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined, specifically, the sequence length M _ZC is determined by the formula (3). In equation (3), m _SRS,b is the total bandwidth configuration for aggregate reception or aggregate measurement,K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block. The sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined by aggregating the total bandwidth configuration of the received or aggregated measurements.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the target sounding reference signal includes N second sounding reference signals, the target sounding reference signal also includes ZC sequences having the same number as the second sounding reference signals. I.e. each second sounding reference signal corresponds to a ZC sequence.

In some embodiments of the application, the method further comprises: and receiving second information, wherein the second information is used for indicating to transmit or aggregate and transmit the target sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal receives the second information, and transmits or performs aggregation transmission on the target sounding reference signal according to the second information. The second information may be from a network-side device, such as a positioning server, a base station, etc.

In some embodiments of the application, the second information comprises configuration information of a target sounding reference signal; and/or the second information comprises an aggregation indication; and/or the second information is used for indicating the reception of the first sounding reference signal or the second sounding reference signal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the second information sent by the terminal includes configuration information of the target sounding reference signal, and the configuration information indicates to perform aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal. The second information further includes an aggregation indication by which the target sounding reference signal is aggregated.

In some embodiments, the second information is used to indicate reception of one of the first sounding reference signal or the second sounding reference signal.

In some embodiments of the application, the second information comprises information of a reference unit and information of M second units, the second units comprising one or more of:

In the embodiment of the application, the second information includes information of the reference unit and information of the M second units. The second unit may be a carrier unit, the second unit may also be a target sounding reference signal resource set unit, and the second unit may also be a target sounding reference signal resource unit.

In some embodiments of the application, in the event that there is any information of the second unit, related to or the same as the information of the reference unit, the information of the second information is defaulted.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the information of the second unit is the same as or related to the information of the reference unit, the information of the second unit may be default, configured by the information of the reference unit, or replaced by the information of the reference unit when the information of the second unit needs to be utilized.

In some embodiments of the present application, the information of the second unit includes identification information of the reference unit or association information of the reference unit;

The association information of the reference unit is used for indicating the association relation between the second unit and the reference unit.

In an embodiment of the application, the information of the second unit comprises identification information of the reference unit or comprises association information of the reference unit. By means of the identification information it is possible to indicate which specific unit is the above-mentioned reference unit. Through the association relationship, the association relationship between the current second unit and the reference unit can be determined.

In some embodiments of the application, the second information further comprises priority indication information comprising one or more of:

In the embodiment of the present application, the second information includes priority indication information, through which the priorities of different carriers can be indicated to determine the priorities of the different carriers, and further includes the priorities of the carrier groups to determine the priorities of the different carrier groups, and further includes the priorities of the different carriers in the carrier groups to determine the priorities of the carriers in the carrier groups, and further includes a priority threshold for indicating the maximum priority range, and further includes the priorities of reference units, and in the case where there are a plurality of reference units, the information priorities of the reference units are determined according to the priorities of the reference units, and further includes the priorities of target sounding reference signals for determining the priorities among the plurality of target sounding reference signals.

In some embodiments of the present application, a network side device is provided, including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a program or an instruction, and the program or the instruction implements the steps of the method in any of the embodiments described above when executed by the processor, so that the network side device includes all the beneficial effects of the method in any of the embodiments described above, and for avoiding repetition, a detailed description is omitted.

In some embodiments of the present application, fig. 4 shows one of the block diagrams of the network side device according to the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, the network side device 400 includes:

An aggregation module 402, configured to aggregate the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal;

In some embodiments of the present application, the network side device 400 further includes:

the first receiving module 404 is configured to receive first information, where the first information is used to indicate aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signal and/or determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal.

The embodiment of the network side device is a product embodiment corresponding to the embodiment of the method, and the specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the method is applicable to the embodiment of the network side device and can achieve the same technical effect, so that details are not repeated here.

In some embodiments of the present application, fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 5, a terminal 500 includes:

A sending module 502, configured to send a target sounding reference signal, so that the network side device performs aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal;

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal 500 further includes:

A second receiving module 504, configured to receive second information, where the second information is used to indicate to send or aggregate the target sounding reference signal.

The terminal embodiment is a product embodiment corresponding to the above method embodiment, and the specific implementation manner of the above method embodiment is applicable to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect, so that details are not repeated herein.

In some embodiments of the present application, fig. 6 shows a second block diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 6, a network side device 600 includes: the memory 602 and the processor 604, the memory 602 stores a program or an instruction, which when executed by the processor 604, implements the steps of the method of any of the embodiments described above, and thus also includes all the advantages of the steps of the method of any of the embodiments described above, and the repetition is not repeated here.

In some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal 1900, including a processor 1910, a memory 1909, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 1909 and capable of being executed on the processor 1910, where the program or the instruction implements each process of the embodiment of the method when executed by the processor 1910, and the process can achieve the same technical effect, and for avoiding repetition, a description is omitted herein.

It should be noted that, the terminals in the embodiments of the present application include the mobile terminal and the non-mobile terminal described above.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the application.

The terminal 1900 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 1901, network module 1902, audio output unit 1903, input unit 1904, sensor 1905, display unit 1906, user input unit 1907, interface unit 1908, memory 1909, and processor 1910.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that terminal 1900 may also include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may be logically connected to processor 1910 by a power management system for performing functions such as managing charge, discharge, and power consumption by the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 2 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine certain components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 1901 may be used to receive and transmit information or signals during a call, and specifically, receive downlink data of a base station or send uplink data to the base station. The radio frequency unit 1901 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The network module 1902 provides wireless broadband internet access to users, such as helping users send and receive e-mail, browse web pages, and access streaming media, etc.

The audio output unit 1903 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 1901 or the network module 1902 or stored in the memory 1909 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 1903 may also provide audio output (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.) related to a specific function performed by the terminal 1900. The audio output unit 1903 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 1904 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 1904 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 5082 and a microphone 5084, the graphics processor 5082 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on a display unit 1906, or stored in a memory 1909 (or other storage medium), or transmitted via a radio frequency unit 1901 or network module 1902. The microphone 5084 may receive sound and may be capable of processing the sound into audio data, and the processed audio data may be converted into a format output that may be transmitted to the mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 1901 in case of a phone call mode.

Terminal 1900 also includes at least one sensor 1905, such as a fingerprint sensor, pressure sensor, iris sensor, molecular sensor, gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, infrared sensor, light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors.

The display unit 1906 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The display unit 1906 may include a display panel 5122, and the display panel 5122 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like.

The user input unit 1907 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 1907 includes a touch panel 5142 and other input devices 5144. The touch panel 5142, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations thereon or thereabout by a user. The touch panel 5142 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch azimuth of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection device and converts it into touch point coordinates, which are then sent to the processor 1910, and receives and executes commands sent from the processor 1910. Other input devices 5144 can include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 5142 can be overlaid on the display panel 5122, and when the touch panel 5142 detects a touch operation thereon or thereabout, the touch panel is transferred to the processor 1910 to determine a type of touch event, and then the processor 1910 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 5122 according to the type of touch event. The touch panel 5142 and the display panel 5122 may be two independent components or may be integrated into one component.

The interface unit 1908 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 1900. For example, the external devices may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/0) port, a video I/0 port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 1908 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal 1900 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal 1900 and an external device.

The memory 1909 may be used to store software programs and various data. The memory 1909 may mainly include a storage program area that may store an operating system, application programs required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and a storage data area; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, phonebooks, etc.) created according to the use of the mobile terminal, etc. In addition, memory 1909 may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage device.

The processor 1910 performs various functions of the terminal 1900 and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 1909 and invoking data stored in the memory 1909, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal 1900. The processor 1910 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 1910 may integrate an application processor that primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., with a modem processor that primarily handles wireless communications.

Terminal 1900 may also include a power supply 1911 for powering the various components, wherein power supply 1911 may be logically coupled to processor 1910 via a power management system that enables charge, discharge, and power management.

The embodiment of the application also provides a readable storage medium, and the readable storage medium stores a program or an instruction, which when executed by a processor, implements each process of the above method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

Wherein the processor is the processor in the terminal in the above embodiment. Readable storage media include computer readable storage media such as Read-Only Memory (ROM), random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic or optical disks, and the like. The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used for running programs or instructions to realize the processes of the embodiment of the method, and can achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and the description is omitted here.

It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip chips, chip systems, or system-on-chip chips, etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (e.g. ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) comprising instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present application.

Claims

1. A method for measuring a positioning signal, wherein the method is applied to a network side device, and the method comprises:

Wherein the aggregation processing comprises one or more of aggregation receiving, aggregation measuring and reporting the result of the aggregation measuring;

The target sounding reference signals comprise N second sounding reference signals, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

The transmission time domain positions of the N second sounding reference signals are the same or have overlapping symbols, and the N second sounding reference signals have the same second characteristics, the second characteristics including one or more of the following: subcarrier spacing of the sounding reference signal, sounding reference signal comb structure, cyclic prefix type, number of symbols, period;

the first sounding reference signal is sent on N carriers; or, the first sounding reference signal is a signal mapping ZC sequences onto the N carriers.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in case the target sounding reference signal comprises the N second sounding reference signals, the measurement result comprises at least one of:

an aggregate measurement of the target sounding reference signal;

measurement results of the M second sounding reference signals;

Wherein M is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that on the N carriers the transmitted time domain positions of the first sounding reference signal are the same or have overlapping symbols.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the base sequence of the first sounding reference signal is:

Where u is a group number, v is a sequence number, and M _ZC is a sequence length of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal is determined based on bandwidth configuration information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined by the following formula:

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined by the following formula:

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first measurement reference signal on the N carriers is determined by the following formula:

9. The method according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the bandwidth configuration is determined by a first preset table and/or a plurality of second preset tables, wherein the number of rows of the first preset table is larger than a first value and the bandwidth configuration is larger than a second value.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the number of rows of the first preset table and/or the plurality of second preset tables is related to a first cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS, and the range of values of C _SRS 1 is:

C_SRS1∈{0,1，...,64，65,...,N1}；

wherein N1 is a natural number greater than 65.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the number of rows of the first preset table and/or the plurality of second preset tables is related to a second cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS and/or a third cell specific configuration parameter C _SRS;

The range of values of C _SRS 0 is: c _SRS 0 e {0, 1..63 }.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of second preset tables includes a first preset table and a second preset table;

Wherein carriers smaller than or equal to a bandwidth threshold correspond to the first preset table, and carriers larger than the bandwidth threshold correspond to the second preset table; or (b)

The number of lines of the first preset table is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value, and the number of lines of the second preset table is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value; or (b)

The number of lines of the first preset table is smaller than or equal to the first threshold value, and the number of lines of the second preset table is larger than or equal to a third threshold value; or (b)

The specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the second cell is related to the first preset table, and the specific configuration parameter C _SRS 1 of the first cell is related to the second preset table; or (b)

The specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the second cell is related to the first preset table, and the specific configuration parameter C _SRS of the third cell is related to the second preset table.

13. The method according to any of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the bandwidth configuration is determined by a third preset table, which is related to the number of carriers and/or the aggregation indication.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the number of columns of the third preset table is related to the number of carriers and/or an aggregation indication.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sounding reference signal has a same first characteristic over the N carriers, the first characteristic comprising one or more of:

Transmission comb number, subcarrier spacing, symbol number, time domain position, cyclic shift, sounding reference signal identity, reference point, frequency hopping, repetition factor, period, frequency domain offset, associated spatial transmission filter, transmit power, number of resources, number of resource sets.

16. The method of claim 2, wherein the target-sounding reference signal further comprises N ZC sequences in the case that the target-sounding reference signal comprises N second sounding reference signals.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second feature further comprises one or more of:

Cyclic shift, product of subcarrier spacing of the sounding reference signal and sounding reference signal comb structure, reference point a, time difference of reception and transmission, time domain position, sounding reference signal identity, repetition factor, frequency domain offset, associated spatial transmission filter, transmit power, number of resources, number of resource sets, resource identity, resource set identity.

18. The method according to claim 2 or 16, wherein the M second sounding reference signals have the same third characteristics, the third characteristics comprising one or more of:

The method comprises the steps of subcarrier spacing of a sounding reference signal, cyclic shift, sounding reference signal comb structure, product of subcarrier spacing of the sounding reference signal and sounding reference signal comb structure, cyclic prefix type, reference point A, receiving and transmitting time difference, number of symbols, time domain position, sounding reference signal identification, repetition factor, period, frequency domain offset, associated spatial transmission filter, transmitting power, number of resources, number of resource sets, resource identification and resource set identification.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein a sounding reference signal resource set identity or a second sounding reference signal resource identity or a cyclic shift or a base sequence for the N second sounding reference signals is different.

20. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

First information is received, wherein the first information is used for indicating aggregation processing of target sounding reference signals and/or determining measurement results of the target sounding reference signals.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of providing the first information comprises,

The first information comprises configuration information of the target sounding reference signal; and/or

The first information includes an aggregation indication; and/or

The first information is used for indicating the reception of the first or second sounding reference signal.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the first information comprises information of a reference unit and information of M first units, the first units comprising one or more of:

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the information of the first unit is defaulted if there is any information of the first unit related to or the same as the information of the reference unit.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the information of the first unit includes identification information of the reference unit or association information of the reference unit;

The association information of the reference unit is used for indicating the association relation between the first unit and the reference unit.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the first information further comprises priority indication information comprising one or more of:

Priority of different carriers, priority of a carrier group, priority of different carriers in the carrier group, priority threshold, priority of a reference unit, and priority of the target sounding reference signal.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregating the target sounding reference signals to determine the measurement of the target sounding reference signals comprises at least one of:

jointly receiving target sounding reference signals on N carriers; and/or

Jointly measuring target sounding reference signals on the N carriers; and/or

The target sounding reference signals on the N carriers are separately received and the target sounding reference signals on the N carriers are jointly measured.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregating the target sounding reference signals further comprises one or more of:

The target sounding reference signal is received at the same moment, and the N carriers belong to the same carrier group;

The N carriers belong to the same carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

the N carriers belong to the same updated carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

The N carriers belong to the same activated carrier group, and the N carriers contain aggregation indications;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the sounding reference signal resources on the plurality of carriers are sent out by the same spatial filter;

The sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the received power ratio of the sounding reference signal resources is smaller than a preset second threshold;

the sounding reference signal resources of the N carriers are received at the same time, and the offset of the center frequency point among different carriers in the N carriers is smaller than a preset third threshold;

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the target sounding reference signal is not aggregated or reported that the target sounding reference signal aggregation failed in any of the following cases:

the target sounding reference signal resource is interrupted in a frequency domain;

the spatial relationships of the target detection reference signals are different;

the offset of the center frequency point of the target detection reference signal is larger than the third threshold value;

the frequency domain channel interval of the target detection reference signal is larger than the fourth threshold value;

The target sounding reference signal phase offset is greater than the fifth threshold;

the carriers of the target sounding reference signal belong to different frequency bands;

29. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

And reporting the measurement result of the target sounding reference signal.

30. The method of claim 2 or 29, wherein the measurement further comprises one or more of:

the time information of the target sounding reference signal, the received power of the target sounding reference signal, the received and transmitted time difference offset of the target sounding reference signal, the angle information of the target sounding reference signal, the quality information of the measurement result, and the beam information of the target sounding reference signal.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the measurement comprises:

The target detection reference signal is subjected to a measurement result of aggregation treatment; or alternatively

Measurement results of the X sounding reference signals which are not subjected to aggregation treatment;

Wherein X is an integer of 1 or more.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein in the case where the measurement result includes a measurement result of aggregation processing of the target sounding reference signal, the measurement result further includes one or more of:

measuring results of at least part of the N carriers;

Carrier identification;

A sounding reference signal resource set identifier;

A sounding reference signal resource identifier;

transmitting a reference point identifier;

Frequency point information;

Compensating indication information;

Wherein the compensation indication information includes one or more of:

whether to supplement the indication information, the phase offset, the power offset, the compensation information for the frequency offset and the frequency error, the error information for the frequency offset and the frequency error.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein in the case where the measurement result includes measurement results of X sounding reference signals that are not aggregated, the measurement results further include one or more of:

Measurements of one or more carriers;

first path information measurement results of one or more carriers;

phase information measurements for one or more carriers;

The estimated measurements are combined by one or more carriers.

34. The method as recited in claim 29, further comprising:

reporting timestamp information corresponding to the measurement result, wherein the timestamp information is associated with one or more of the following:

Reference point a, bandwidth configuration identifier, carrier identifier, cell-ID, serving Cell identifier, carrier list identifier, cell list identifier, NR Cell global identifier, physical Cell identifier, absolute radio channel number;

wherein the time stamp information is time stamp information of absolute time or time stamp information of relative time.

35. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

reporting capability information of a terminal;

wherein the capability information includes one or more of:

whether power control is supported;

whether the sounding reference signal is supported to be activated;

The number of supported aggregated carrier groups;

the number of carriers in a supported group of aggregated carriers;

A maximum bandwidth of each of the N carriers;

maximum bandwidths of the N carriers;

the number of sounding reference signals that can be processed on each slot;

The number of sounding reference signals that can be processed within a period of time;

One or more of a maximum channel spacing, a maximum timing offset, a maximum phase offset, a maximum frequency error, and a maximum power imbalance between multiple carriers that can be aggregated.

36. A method for transmitting a positioning signal, wherein the method is applied to a terminal, and the method comprises:

transmitting a target sounding reference signal so that network side equipment performs aggregation processing on the target sounding reference signal to determine a measurement result of the target sounding reference signal;

Wherein the target sounding reference signal is a first sounding reference signal; or (b)

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the target-sounding reference signal is transmitted in aggregate.

38. The method according to claim 36 or 37, wherein the transmitted time domain positions of the first sounding reference signal are the same or have overlapping symbols on the N carriers.

39. The method of claim 36, wherein the base sequence of the first sounding reference signal is:

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal is determined based on bandwidth configuration information.

41. The method of claim 40 wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined by the following formula:

Wherein, the number of the carriers N, m _SRS,b is the bandwidth configuration of the sequence on one carrier, K _TC is the number of transmission combs for the number of subcarriers in each resource block.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers is determined by the following formula:

43. The method of claim 40 wherein the determining the sequence length M _ZC of the first sounding reference signal on the N carriers according to the bandwidth configuration is determined by the formula:

44. The method of claim 36, wherein the first sounding reference signal has a same first characteristic over the N carriers, the first characteristic comprising one or more of:

45. The method of claim 36, wherein the target-sounding reference signal further comprises N ZC sequences in the case that the target-sounding reference signal comprises N second sounding reference signals.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the second feature further comprises one or more of:

47. The method of claim 45, wherein in the case where the target sounding reference signal includes the N second sounding reference signals, the measurement results include measurement results of M second sounding reference signals, M being a positive integer less than or equal to N; the M second sounding reference signals have the same third characteristics, including one or more of:

48. The method of claim 45, wherein the set of sounding reference signal resource identities or the second sounding reference signal resource identities or cyclic shifts or base sequences for the N second sounding reference signals are different.

49. The method as recited in claim 37, further comprising:

And receiving second information, wherein the second information is used for indicating to transmit or aggregate and transmit the target sounding reference signal.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein,

The second information comprises configuration information of the target sounding reference signal; or (b)

The second information includes an aggregation indication; or (b)

The second information is used to indicate the reception of the first or second sounding reference signal.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein the second information comprises information of a reference unit and information of M second units, the second units comprising one or more of:

52. The method of claim 51, wherein the information of the second information is defaulted if there is any information of the second unit related to or the same as the information of the reference unit.

53. The method of claim 52, wherein the information of the second unit includes identification information of the reference unit or association information of the reference unit;

54. The method of claim 50, wherein the second information further comprises priority indication information, the priority indication information comprising one or more of:

55. A network side device, comprising:

The measuring module is used for carrying out aggregation processing on the target detection reference signals so as to determine the measuring result of the target detection reference signals;

56. A terminal, comprising:

the network side equipment is used for acquiring the target sounding reference signal from the network side equipment, and transmitting the target sounding reference signal to the network side equipment;

57. A network side device comprising a memory and a processor, the memory having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by the processor implement:

The method of any one of claims 1 to 35.

58. A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, the memory having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by the processor implement:

The method of any one of claims 36 to 54.

59. A readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions, which when executed by a processor, implement:

the method of any one of claims 1 to 35; or (b)

The method of any one of claims 36 to 54.