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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Zte Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Jianwu Dou, Shenzhen, CN;
Min Fang, Shenzhen, CN;
Yijian Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Nan Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Lin Peng, Shenzhen, CN;
ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A positioning method includes: transmitting, by a transmitting device, a pilot signal to an electromagnetic reflecting surface; transmitting, by the transmitting device, control information to an electromagnetic reflecting surface control unit, where the control information includes temporal information and control direction information, the control information is used for instructing the electromagnetic reflecting surface control unit to orient, in target time periods, reflected beams formed by target pilot signals on the electromagnetic reflecting surface towards preset directions, and the preset directions are directions indicated by multiple pieces of preset direction information corresponding to respective ones of the target time periods; and determining, by the transmitting device or the receiving device, signal measurement results corresponding to the preset directions, and positioning, by the transmitting device or the receiving device, the receiving device according to the preset directions and the signal measurement results.