US 12,309,615 B2
Beam management methods and apparatuses for positioning measurements in a communications network
Norbert Franke, Erlangen (DE); Marcus Grossman, Erlangen (DE); Markus Landmann, Erlangen (DE); and Mohammad Alawieh, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,408.
Application 17/890,545 is a division of application No. 17/289,067, granted, now 11,477,665, previously published as PCT/EP2019/079608, filed on Oct. 30, 2019.
Application 18/144,408 is a continuation of application No. 17/890,545, filed on Aug. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,689,938.
Claims priority of application No. 18203980 (EP), filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276257 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04J 11/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a processor circuit and a memory,
wherein memory comprises instructions executable by the processor circuit,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to configure a user equipment with at least one reference signal resource setting,
wherein the at least one reference signal resource setting comprises a plurality of configurations,
wherein each configuration is of a distinct one of a plurality of resource sets,
wherein each resource set comprises at least one reference signal resource,
wherein the at least one reference signal resource is associated with at least one network node,
wherein each configuration comprises information on a time and a frequency location behavior of the at least one reference signal resource,
wherein each reference signal resource is transmitted using beamforming,
wherein each reference signal resource is received by the user equipment;
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to configure the user equipment with at least one Channel State Information reporting setting so as to provide instructions to the user equipment on when and how to report,
wherein the report is associated with the at least one reference signal,
wherein the report comprises at least a measurement information beam report,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to inform at least one network node about at least one resource configuration,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to configure the user equipment with at least one Positioning Reference Signal resource configuration,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to configure at least one Channel State Information reporting setting to provide instructions to the user equipment on when to perform at least one beam measurement and at least one parameter measurement,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to receive at least one measurement beam report from the user equipment,
wherein the measurement beam report comprises at least one value of each identified beam-ID along with an associated signal strength/quality indicator and at least one Time-Of-Arrival or Reference Signal Time Difference or Round Trip Time estimates associated with at least one beam,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to estimate the location of the user equipment using at least the measurement beam report, and
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to configure the user equipment with multiple Time-Of-Arrival reporting for each beam and receive a Time-Of-Arrival report from the user equipment, and
wherein the Time-Of-Arrival report comprises a plurality of Time-Of-Arrival values relating to a first or strongest Time-Of-Arrival value.