Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yinan Qi

Mythri Hunukumbure

Seunghoon Choi

Hyunil Yoo

Hyungju Nam

Shangbin Wu

Hyunseok Ryu

Hyun Il Yoo

Hyung Ju Nam

Milos Tesanovic

David Gutierrez Estevez

Maziar Nekovee

Soenghun Kim

Jaehyuk Jang

Boon Loong Ng

Himke Van Der Velde

Young-Han Nam

Li Guo

Saidhiraj Amuru

Mehrdad Shariat

Yue Wang

Louis Christodoulou

A method for transmitting a positioning reference signal, PRS, by a base station operating a cell in a 5G New Radio, NR, wireless communication system. The method comprising: determining a resource allocation from time and frequency resources of the cell for the transmission of the PRS; and transmitting the PRS using the determined resource allocation.

Methods and apparatus for enhancing the configurability of 5G new radio positioning reference signals

The disclosure relates to a pre-5-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes determining power of at least one phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS), and transmitting the at least one PT-RS according to non-codebook based transmission. Herein, the power is determined based on a number of at least one port for the at least one PT-RS.

Apparatus and method for reference signal power boosting in a wireless communication system

A method for configuring frequency layers is disclosed. Each frequency layer comprises one or more frequency layer parts, wherein each frequency layer part comprises a contiguous set of frequencies defined by a bandwidth and a centre frequency. Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) is mapped to each frequency layer. The method comprises: configuring a first frequency layer for a first cell, wherein the first frequency layer comprises at least one frequency layer part, FL, having a bandwidth BWand a centre frequency CF; and configuring a second frequency layer for a second cell, wherein the second frequency layer comprises at least one frequency layer part, FL, having a bandwidth BWand a centre frequency CF

Methods and apparatus for frequency layer configuration for NR positioning reference signals

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of identifying non-Line of Sight, NLOS, links between entities in a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: determining if the link is NLOS and signalling from a first entity to a second entity a result of the determination by means of a parameter indicative of NLOS.

Configuration for non-line of sight links

The disclosure relates to a pre-5-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of determining a User Equipment, UE, location wherein the UE is in communication with at least two base stations (gNB) of a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: determining at least one of: a) Angle of Arrival, AoA, of a signal from the UE at each of the at least two gNBs; b) Angle of Departure, AoD, of a signal from each of the at least two gNBs; c) AoA of a signal from each of the at least two gNBs at the UE; and d) AoD of a signal from the UE at each of the at least two gNBs; and determining the UE position on the basis thereof.

Angle-based positioning and measurement in a telecommunication system

A method, performed by a base station, for locating a User Equipment (UE), in a wireless communication, is provided. The method may comprise receiving, from a Location Management Function (LMF) or the UE, a positioning request for the UE; identifying whether dynamic TDD (D-TDD) is currently implemented; and when the D-TDD is currently implemented, configuring a resource set configuration of a Position Reference Signal (PRS) and a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) to align with slot configuration information of the D-TDD, wherein the resource set configuration of the PRS and the SRS comprises at least one of a periodicity, a slot offset and a repetition factor of the PRS and the SRS.

Method and apparatus for positioning enhancements in a wireless communication system

A method of operating an Integrated Access Backhaul, IAB, node in a wireless communication network is provided. The IAB node is arranged to communicate backhaul traffic wirelessly with a parent node and a child node. The method comprises: receiving a duplexing pattern configuration message from the parent node; transmitting a duplexing pattern configuration message to the child node; receiving a duplexing pattern configuration acknowledgment message from the child node; after receiving the duplexing pattern configuration acknowledgment message from the child node, applying a duplexing pattern contained within the duplexing pattern configuration message received from the parent node; and transmitting a duplexing pattern configuration acknowledgement message to the parent node.

Integrated access backhaul configuration

A method, for a base station, for transmitting Position Reference Signals (PRS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises mapping PRS to Resource Elements (REs) of a frame structure, and transmitting the frame structure such that the power used to transmit REs containing PRS is higher than the power used to transmit REs not containing PRS. Methods, for a User Equipment (UE), for transmitting PRS in a wireless communication system are also provided. One method comprises measuring the signal strength from one or more base stations, and transmitting PRS with a power determined based on the measurements. Another method comprises receiving signaling from a base station, and transmitting PRS with a power determined based on the signaling.

Method and apparatus for providing a positioning reference signal

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.

Method and apparatus for inter communication device measurement and timing advance in a communication system

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed is a method of operating a non-terrestrial network comprising the step of: configuring a Timing Advance, TA, value comprising a cell-specific common TA and a residual TA, wherein the cell-specific common TA is broadcast by a satellite in connection with a particular cell.

Non-terrestrial networks

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term Evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of defining a resource block or resource element offset for mapping PTRS to a symbol, wherein the offset is determined based on an identifier of a particular user equipment, UE.

Method and apparatus for configuring and signaling PTRS in a telecommunication system

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method is provided for mapping Position Reference Signals (PRS) in a wireless communication system comprising a first User Equipment (UE) and a second UE. The method comprises identifying a first Bandwidth Part (BWP) for the first UE and a second BWP for the second UE, and mapping PRS to one or both of the first BWP and the second BWP.

Positioning reference signal

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IOT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed is a method of configuring a positioning reference signal in a telecommunication system, comprising the step of distributing a plurality of positioning reference signal on a per-slot, per-mini slot or per-subframe basis. Also disclosed is a method of using a User Equipment, UE, in a telecommunications network, comprising the steps of configuring the simultaneous use of TD-OCC DMRS and PTRS in at least one of uplink and downlink.

Positioning reference signal configuration in a telecommunication system

The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of operating a telecommunication network, in communication with a User Equipment, UE, comprising the use of Feature Sets, FS, wherein the telecommunication network is operable in a Dual Connectivity, DC, mode to support a first Radio Access Technology, RAT, and a second RAT, comprising the step of: the UE providing a UE capability container including a list of supported Band Combinations, BCs, for which Carrier Aggregation, CA, is supported.

Reference feature sets in a telecommunication network

Disclosed is a method of providing a positional reference signal in a communication system comprising the step of: providing a positional reference signal which is configurable in both time and frequency domains. Also disclosed is a method of configuring a periodicity of a positioning reference signal transmission in a communication system comprising the step of configuring the starting timing and the duration of the positioning reference signal transmission, wherein the transmission is either consecutive or interleaved on cell or cell group basis, and the configuration is numerology dependent.

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