SFN indication method, terminal device, and positioning server and system

• US 10,736,073 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2019
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chen, Zhe, Jin, Zhe, Wu, Yiling, Zhang, Weiliang
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US16/401,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20190261304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/00 Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using active systems G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0236 Assistance data, e.g. base station almanac
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/10 Position of receiver fixed by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements , e.g. omega or decca systemsG01S5/12 takes precedence ; beacons and receivers cooperating therewith G01S1/306, G01S1/308
• 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 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to SFN indication methods, terminal devices, and positioning servers and systems. One example method includes obtaining an SFN offset indication parameter of a cell i, sending the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i to a terminal device, receiving the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i from the positioning server, obtaining a frame number of a radio frame n of a cell j, and determining a phase rotation parameter of the cell i based on the frame number of the radio frame n of the cell j and the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i, or obtaining a sequence initialization factor used by a narrowband positioning reference signal (NPRS) on a radio frame m of the cell i, and obtaining the NPRS on the radio frame m of the cell i based on the sequence initialization factor.

Claims

1. A positioning server, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the positioning server to perform operations including;

obtaining an system frame number (SFN) initialization moment of a cell i from the cell i, and an SFN initialization moment of a cell j from the cell j;

generating an SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i based on the SFN initialization moment of the cell i and the SFN initialization moment of the cell j by using the following formula;

2. The positioning server according to claim 1, wherein the sending the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i to a terminal device comprises:

sending the SFN offset indication parameter to the terminal device by using an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message.

3. The positioning server according to claim 1, wherein the sending the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i to a terminal device comprises:

sending the SFN offset indication parameter to the terminal device through the cell j by using an LTE Positioning Protocol A (LPPa) message.

4. A apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations including;

receiving an SFN offset indication parameter of a cell i from a positioning server, wherein the SFN offset indication parameter indicates a relative offset between an SFN of a radio frame m of the cell i and an SFN of a radio frame n of a cell j;

obtaining a frame number SFN_j of the radio frame n of the cell j; and

determining a phase rotation parameter of the cell i based on the frame number SFN_j of the radio frame n of the cell j and the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i;

or

obtaining, based on the frame number SFN_j of the radio frame n of the cell j and the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i, a sequence initialization factor c_init used by a narrowband positioning reference signal (NPRS) on the radio frame m of the cell i, and obtaining the NPRS on the radio frame m of the cell i based on the sequence initialization factor c_init of the cell i.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a time difference between an initialization moment of the radio frame m of the cell i and an initialization moment of the radio frame n of the cell j is less than a time length of one radio frame.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the initialization moment of the radio frame m of the cell i is later than the initialization moment of the radio frame n of the cell j.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the cell j is a serving cell of the apparatus, the SFN of the radio frame n is determined by the apparatus based on at least one of a synchronization signal or broadcast information sent by the cell j.

8. The apparatus according to claims 4, wherein the receiving an SFN offset indication parameter of a cell i from a positioning server comprises:

receiving the SFN offset indication parameter from the positioning server by using an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message.

9. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the receiving an SFN offset indication parameter of a cell i from a positioning server comprises:

receiving, by using an LTE Positioning Protocol A (LPPa) message, the SFN offset indication parameter sent by the positioning server through the cell j.

10. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determining a phase rotation parameter of the cell i based on the frame number SFN_j of the radio frame n of the cell j and the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i comprises:

if a phase rotation parameter of a narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS) transmitted by the cell j on the radio frame n is θ

_f=33/132(SFN_j/2)mod4, and

if the SFN offset indication parameter SFN_offset_i of the cell i is an odd number, determining, by the terminal device, that a phase rotation parameter θ

′

_f used by an NSSS received on a next radio frame of the radio frame m of the cell i is as follows;

11. A positioning system, comprising a positioning server, wherein the positioning server is configured to:

obtain an SFN initialization moment of a cell i from the cell i, and an SFN initialization moment of a cell j from the cell j;

generate an SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i based on the SFN initialization moment of the cell i and the SFN initialization moment of the cell j by using the following formula;

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the sending the SFN offset indication parameter of the cell i to a terminal device comprises:

sending the SFN offset indication parameter to the terminal device by using an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message.

13. The system according to claim 11, comprising a terminal device, wherein the terminal device is configured to receive the SFN offset indication parameter.