Method for receiving reference signal in wireless communication system, and apparatus for the method

• US 10,225,759 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Hyunho, Park, Hanjun, Chae, Hyukjin
• Primary Examiner(s): Adhami, Mohammad S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Weibin
• Application Number:
  US15/545,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20180007576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,124 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for receiving a reference signal for determining location by means of one or more unlicensed band cells in a wireless communication system, and the method, carried out by a terminal, may comprise the steps of: receiving configuration information associated with a positioning reference signal (PRS) transmitted by means of one or more unlicensed band cells, the PRS-related configuration information comprising information regarding the subframe from which the PRS is transmitted; receiving and measuring the PRS by means of the PRS-related configuration information; and reporting the results of the PRS measurement to a serving base station.

Claims

1. A method for receiving a reference signal for positioning through one or more unlicensed band cells in a wireless communication system, the method being carried out by a terminal and comprising:

receiving positioning reference signal (PRS) related configuration information transmitted through the one or more unlicensed band cells, the PRS related configuration information including information on a subframe in which the PRS is transmitted, and information on a measurement window related to the PRS through the one or more unlicensed band cells;

receiving and measuring the PRS by using the PRS related configuration information; and

reporting a measurement result of the PRS to a serving base station,

wherein the information on the measurement window is configured differently in a unit of each unlicensed band cell or in a unit of a plurality of unlicensed band cells.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on a subframe in which the PRS is transmitted indicates at least one subframe which belongs to a resource period obtained in a corresponding unlicensed band cell.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on a subframe in which the PRS is transmitted indicates a period or a offset value of a specific subframe.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on a subframe in which the PRS is transmitted indicates a period or a offset value of a subframe of a licensed band cell to which the PRS is transmitted.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the PRS is transmitted in the subframe which belongs to a resource period obtained in a corresponding unlicensed band cell, among the indicated subframes.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting a PRS transmission request through the one or more unlicensed band cells to the serving base station.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the PRS related configuration information includes information on an unlicensed band cell to which the PRS is transmitted.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a trigger of a transmission of an aperiodic uplink reference signal for positioning in one or more unlicensed band cells from the serving base station.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

wherein the receiving a transmission trigger includes;

performing channel sensing in the one or more unlicensed band cells when the trigger is received; and

transmitting the aperiodic uplink reference signal for a resource period obtained through the channel sensing.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising receiving transmission related configuration of the aperiodic uplink reference signal from the serving base station.

11. A terminal configured to receive a positioning reference signal through one or more unlicensed band cells in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a receiver and a transmitter; and

a processor that controls the receiver and the transmitter,

wherein the processor receives positioning reference signal (PRS) related configuration information transmitted through the one or more unlicensed band cells, the PRS related configuration information including information on a subframe in which the PRS is transmitted and information on a measurement window related to the PRS through the one or more unlicensed band cells, receives and measures the PRS by using the PRS related configuration information, and report a measurement result of the PRS to a serving base station,

wherein the information on the measurement window is configured differently in a unit of each unlicensed band cell or in a unit of a plurality of unlicensed band cells.