US 12,082,223 B2
Methods and apparatuses for resource allocation in a telecommunications network
Norbert Franke, Erlangen (DE); Mohammad Alawieh, Erlangen (DE); Ernst Eberlein, Erlangen (DE); Birendra Ghimire, Erlangen (DE); and Niels Hadaschik, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., (DE)
Appl. No. 17/421,777
Filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/050426
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144278, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19151194 (EP), filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095296 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/51 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by a network node, for resource allocation, said resource allocation being used for UpLink-Time Difference Of Arrival (UL-TDOA), and for UpLink-Positioning Reference Signal (UL-PRS) signal transmission, the resource allocation being semi-persistent or aperiodic, the method comprising:
assigning the same resource elements (REs) to a group of User Equipments (UEs) for enabling said UEs belonging to said group to transmit in said resource elements;
configuring a periodic or semi-persistent assignment with a first periodicity such as a UL-PRS period, of REs to said group;
assigning for each UE of said group a sequence, wherein the assigned sequences are different for each UE; and
configuring, for each UE, an activity pattern defining a periodicity assigned to the group in which the UE transmits, wherein the activity pattern for each UE is different.