US 12,452,824 B2
Positioning time gap scheduling for non-terrestrial communication
Jeroen Wigard, Aalborg (DK); Mads Lauridsen, Aalborg (DK); and Ryan Keating, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/258,385
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075152
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/152412, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20215041 (FI), filed on Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306115 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor;
and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
obtain positioning capability information of a device, wherein the positioning capability information comprises an indication of a first time period for determining a position of the device with first initial positioning data and an indication of a second time period for determining the position of the device with second initial positioning data, wherein the first initial positioning data comprises at least almanac data of a plurality of satellites and not ephemeris data, and wherein the second initial positioning data comprises at least the almanac data of the plurality of satellites and the ephemeris data of at least one of the plurality of satellites;
determine a positioning time gap based on the positioning capability information of the device, and wherein determining the position time gap further comprises:
when a previous location update of the device has been received within an update interval of the almanac data and not within an update interval of the ephemeris data, using the first time period as basis for determining the positioning time gap; and
when the previous location update of the device has been received within the update interval of the ephemeris data determine to use the second time period as basis for determining the positioning time gap;
transmit a first signal to the device;
refrain from transmitting a second signal to the device for at least a duration of the positioning time gap from the first signal, wherein the first signal comprises a paging message and the second signal comprises a second paging message; and
determine that the device is expected to perform cell reselection to another cell before an intended transmission time of the second paging message; and
adjust the positioning time gap based on a cell reselection time.