ENHANCED MEASUREMENT GAP CONFIGURATION SUPPORT FOR POSITIONING

摘要

A base station (40-s) is configured to serve a wireless device (36) in a serving cell (42-s) on a serving frequency. The base station (40-s) obtains information that indicates one or more non-serving frequencies on which the device (36) is to perform one or more positioning measurements. These positioning measurements are to be used for determining the device's geographic position. For at least one non-serving frequency indicated by the information, the base station (40-s) configures a measurement gap during which the device (36) is to perform a corresponding positioning measurement. Specifically, the base station (40-s) configures such measurement gap to occur during a period of time in which a neighboring eel! (42-1, 42-2) transmits a positioning reference signal over that non -serving frequency. A positioning reference signal is specifically designed to be a signal on which a device performs positioning measurements. Thus, by aligning the measurement gap with a positioning reference signal, the positioning measurements will prove more reliable and accurate.