US 11,706,588 B2
Positioning method and apparatus for UE
Cheng Bi, Shenzhen (CN); Shijun Chen, Shenzhen (CN); Dawei Chen, Shenzhen (CN); and Yuanyuan Wang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/275,747
Filed by ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/105427
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/052599, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811076343.0 (CN), filed on Sep. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038857 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positioning method for a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
after a UE initiates a positioning request, receiving, by the UE, first supplementary information sent by a Location Management Function (LMF), wherein the first supplementary information comprises Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) beam polling information of a designated cell reported to the LMF by a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN node);
measuring, by the UE, the designated cell to acquire first measurement information; and
determining, by the UE, a position of the UE according to the first measurement information and the first supplementary information.