US 12,072,428 B2
Low-layer (DCI or MAC CE) DL puncturing indicator for positioning reference signals (PRS)
Alexandros Manolakos, Escondido, CA (US); Weimin Duan, San Diego, CA (US); Gokul Sridharan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/640,651
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/058957
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/092072, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20190100499 (GR), filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373634 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01)
CPC G01S 5/0063 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for supporting positioning of a user equipment (UE) performed by the UE, comprising:
receiving assistance data for downlink positioning reference signals from a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs);
receiving a plurality of downlink positioning reference signals from the plurality of TRPs;
receiving a positioning reference signal preemption indication (PRS PI) from a serving TRP indicating that one or more downlink positioning reference signals associated with one or more TRPs have been preempted; and
performing positioning measurements using received downlink positioning reference signals from the plurality of TRPs based at least on the PRS PI indication, wherein performing the positioning measurements comprises excluding the preempted downlink positioning reference signals from the positioning measurements.