US 11,758,511 B2
Methods and apparatus for positioning reference signal muting for user equipment positioning in full duplex systems
Weimin Duan, San Diego, CA (US); Alexandros Manolakos, Escondido, CA (US); and Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/458,164.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/076,845, filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0078747 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 64/006 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04L 5/1461 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a base station serving a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network for supporting positioning of the UE, the method comprising:
receiving a schedule for positioning reference signals (PRS) to be transmitted in a plurality of slots, wherein the plurality of slots has slot types comprising full duplex slots in which downlink transmissions and uplink reception occur simultaneously and half-duplex slots in which downlink transmissions and uplink reception do not occur simultaneously;
obtaining a muting configuration for the PRS in the plurality of slots, wherein the muting configuration is at least partially based on the slot type; and
sending the muting configuration to the UE.