US 11,811,690 B2
Scheduling for positioning reference signal (PRS) in narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT)
Arul Durai Murugan Palanivelu, Bangalore (IN); Kapil Bhattad, Bangalore (IN); Manikandan Chandrasekar, Bangalore (IN); and Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,739.
Application 17/449,739 is a continuation of application No. 16/773,546, filed on Jan. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,245,503.
Application 16/773,546 is a continuation of application No. 15/718,447, filed on Sep. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,547,421, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/451,966, filed on Jan. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/423,155, filed on Nov. 16, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 201641033621 (IN), filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0021501 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 5/0048 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 72/0466 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a configuration signal including:
a first indication signal including a narrowband positioning reference signal (NPRS) bitmap for a group of subframes, the NPRS bitmap including a length corresponding to a number of subframes in the group of subframes, wherein the NPRS bitmap indicates a first subframe of the group of subframes, the first subframe including a first NPRS; and
receiving, in a standalone band outside a long term evolution (LTE) band and based on the first indication signal, the first NPRS in the first subframe.