Patent SG-11201901253W-A (SG)
Title: Scheduling for positioning reference signal (prs) in narrowband-internet of things (nb-iot)
Inventor: PALANIVELU ARUL DURAI MURUGAN
IPC: H04W64/00
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 011101011M 01 110 1 001110110011111011100111111110 HOED Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......'\"\"1 WO 2018/064537 Al 05 April 2018 (05.04.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; H04L 5/00 (2006.01) HO4W 4/00 (2018.01) ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse H04W 64/00 (2009.01) Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (21) International Application Number: (72) Inventors: PALANIVELU, Arul Durai Murugan; 5775 PCT/US2017/054426 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (US). BHATTAD, Kapil; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, (22) International Filing Date: California 92121 (US). CHANDRASEKAR, Manikan- 29 September 2017 (29.09.2017) dan; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (25) Filing Language: English (US). RICO ALVARINO, Alberto; 5775 Morehouse Dri- (26) Publication Language: English ve, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (30) Priority Data: (74) Agent: WEBB, Gregory P. et al.; HAYNES AND 201641033621 30 September 2016 (30.09.2016) IN BOONE, LLP, 2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75219 (US). 62/423,155 16 November 2016 (16.11.2016) US 62/451,966 30 January 2017 (30.01.2017) US (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 15/718,447 28 September 2017 (28.09.2017) US kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (54) Title: SCHEDULING : Wireless communication in part on a narrowband of subframes. The first using the determined PRS time-frequency pattern in the set of subframes. configuration including indicating and/or the second configuration can be used to indicate the set narrowband C configuration N configuration FOR POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) IN NARROWBAND-INTERNET OF THINGS (NB- 531 4(' 533 0 , - A . . • . , iis, time -frequency PRS pattern based at configuration mode associated with a communication device, a plurality of or 500 1 FPBqueucy reference signals (PRSs) for configuration mode can indicate a of contiguous subframes, a second a combination thereof. The first IOT) _ = = _ = = — = = 1 O A 512 communications are provided. A first wireless communication communication frequency band configuration wireless communication device communicates, with a bitmap indicating a set of PRS subframes positioned a subset of the V 0 . 0 . . /74 514 512 communicating positioning device determines a and a PRS subframe a second wireless The PRS subframe within a group may carry the PRSs, of subframes. = = = = = = — = 51I/ FIG, 5 systems and methods related to group of contiguous subframes that = 1-1 IN (57) fl 7r least set 0 • —.... PRSs GC first 1-1 C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/064537 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIRDERIONIMMEINIIIHMEMOIMIE CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))