Information reporting methods and devices

Abstract

This disclosure provides an information reporting method and apparatus applicable to the field of communication technology. The method, executed by a terminal device, includes: in response to transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, reporting to a network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. Thus, the terminal device supports reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an information reporting method and apparatus. Background Technology

[0002] In NR-U (New Radio Unlicensed) systems, whether a terminal device can successfully send a preamble for random access depends on whether the terminal device can successfully perform LBT (listen-before-talk).

[0003] In related technologies, terminal devices do not support reporting to network-side devices the number of times they have continuously transmitted a random access preamble on a reference signal when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal (e.g., SSB (synchronization signal block) or CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal)). This is a problem that urgently needs to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This disclosure provides an information reporting method and apparatus, in which a terminal device supports reporting to a network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when transmitting the preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0005] In a first aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide an information reporting method, which is executed by a terminal device. The method includes: when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, reporting to a network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0006] In this technical solution, when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, where the reference signal is either an SSB or a CSI-RS. Therefore, the terminal device supports reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0007] Secondly, this disclosure provides another information reporting method, which is executed by a network-side device. The method includes: receiving a first number of times a terminal device continuously transmits a preamble of random access on a reference signal, wherein the first number is reported by the terminal device when transmitting a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0008] Thirdly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device that implements some or all of the functions of the terminal device described in the first aspect above. For example, the communication device may have the functions of some or all of the embodiments in this disclosure, or it may have the functions of any one embodiment in this disclosure implemented individually. The functions may be implemented by hardware or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.

[0009] In one implementation, the communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module, the processing module being configured to support the communication device in performing the corresponding functions described in the above method. The transceiver module supports communication between the communication device and other devices. The communication device may also include a storage module, coupled to the transceiver module and the processing module, which stores necessary computer programs and data for the communication device.

[0010] In one implementation, the communication device includes: a transceiver module configured to, in response to transmitting a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, report to a network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0011] Fourthly, embodiments of this disclosure provide another communication device that has some or all of the functions of the network-side device in the method example described in the second aspect above. For example, the communication device may have the functions of some or all of the embodiments in this disclosure, or it may have the functions of any one embodiment in this disclosure implemented individually. The functions may be implemented by hardware or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.

[0012] In one implementation, the communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module, the processing module being configured to support the communication device in performing the corresponding functions described in the above method. The transceiver module is used to support communication between the communication device and other devices. The communication device may also include a storage module, which is coupled to the transceiver module and the processing module, and stores the necessary computer programs and data of the communication device.

[0013] In one implementation, the communication device includes a transceiver module configured to receive a first number of times a preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on a reference signal reported by a terminal device, wherein the first number is reported by the terminal device when transmitting the preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0014] Fifthly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device including a processor that, when the processor invokes a computer program in memory, executes the method described in the first aspect.

[0015] In a sixth aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device including a processor that, when the processor invokes a computer program in memory, executes the method described in the second aspect above.

[0016] In a seventh aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a computer program; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method described in the first aspect above.

[0017] Eighthly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device including a processor and a memory storing a computer program; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory to cause the communication device to perform the method described in the second aspect above.

[0018] Ninthly, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device including a processor and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is configured to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor, which is configured to execute the code instructions to cause the device to perform the method described in the first aspect above.

[0019] In a tenth aspect, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication device including a processor and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is configured to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor, which is configured to execute the code instructions to cause the device to perform the method described in the second aspect above.

[0020] Eleventhly, embodiments of this disclosure provide an information reporting system, which includes the communication device described in the third aspect and the communication device described in the fourth aspect, or the system includes the communication device described in the fifth aspect and the communication device described in the sixth aspect, or the system includes the communication device described in the seventh aspect and the communication device described in the eighth aspect, or the system includes the communication device described in the ninth aspect and the communication device described in the tenth aspect.

[0021] In a twelfth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions for use by the aforementioned terminal device, which, when executed, cause the terminal device to perform the method described in the first aspect.

[0022] In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a readable storage medium for storing instructions for use by the network-side device, which, when executed, cause the network-side device to perform the method described in the second aspect.

[0023] In a fourteenth aspect, this disclosure also provides a computer program product including a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the first aspect above.

[0024] In a fifteenth aspect, this disclosure also provides a computer program product including a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the second aspect above.

[0025] In a sixteenth aspect, this disclosure provides a chip system including at least one processor and an interface for supporting a terminal device in implementing the functions involved in the first aspect, such as determining or processing at least one of the data and information involved in the above methods. In one possible design, the chip system further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the terminal device. The chip system may be composed of chips or may include chips and other discrete devices.

[0026] In a seventeenth aspect, this disclosure provides a chip system including at least one processor and an interface for supporting network-side devices in implementing the functions involved in the second aspect, such as determining or processing at least one of the data and information involved in the above methods. In one possible design, the chip system further includes a memory for storing computer programs and data necessary for the network-side device. The chip system may be composed of chips or may include chips and other discrete devices.

[0027] In an eighteenth aspect, this disclosure provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the first aspect above.

[0028] In a nineteenth aspect, this disclosure provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the second aspect above. Attached Figure Description

[0029] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or background art of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the embodiments or background art of this disclosure will be described below.

[0030] Figure 1 This is an architecture diagram of a communication system provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0031] Figure 2 This is a flowchart of an information reporting method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0032] Figure 3 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this embodiment of the disclosure;

[0033] Figure 4 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment;

[0034] Figure 5 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment;

[0035] Figure 6 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment;

[0036] Figure 7 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment;

[0037] Figure 8 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment;

[0038] Figure 9 This is a structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0039] Figure 10 This is a structural diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0040] Figure 11 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0041] To better understand the information reporting method and apparatus disclosed in this disclosure, the communication system to which this disclosure applies will be described first.

[0042] Please see Figure 1 , Figure 1This is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, a network-side device and a terminal device. Figure 1 The number and form of devices shown are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of this disclosure. In actual applications, there may be two or more network-side devices and two or more terminal devices. Figure 1 The communication system 10 shown is exemplified by including a network-side device 101 and a terminal device 102.

[0043] It should be noted that the technical solutions of this disclosure can be applied to various communication systems. For example, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, 5th Generation (5G) mobile communication systems, 5G New Radio (NR) systems, or other future new mobile communication systems.

[0044] The network-side device 101 in this embodiment is a network-side entity used for transmitting or receiving signals. For example, the network-side device 101 can be an evolved NodeB (eNB), a transmission reception point (TRP), a next-generation NodeB (gNB) in an NR system, a base station in other future mobile communication systems, or an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system. This disclosure does not limit the specific technology or equipment form used in the base station. The base station provided in this disclosure can be composed of a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU). The CU can also be called a control unit. Using a CU-DU structure, the base station, for example, can have its protocol layer separated. Some protocol layer functions are centrally controlled by the CU, while the remaining or all protocol layer functions are distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU.

[0045] The terminal device 102 in this disclosure is a user-side entity used to receive or transmit signals, such as a mobile phone. The terminal device can also be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), etc. The terminal device can be a car with communication capabilities, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, a wireless terminal device in a smart home, etc. This disclosure does not limit the specific technology or device form used in the terminal device.

[0046] It is understood that the communication system described in the embodiments of this disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this disclosure. As those skilled in the art will know, with the evolution of system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0047] In addition, the following points are provided to facilitate understanding of the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0048] First, in this embodiment of the disclosure, "for indicating" can include both direct and indirect indication. When describing information as indicating A, it can include whether the information directly indicates A or indirectly indicates A, but does not necessarily mean that the information carries A.

[0049] The information indicated by the information is called the information to be indicated. In the specific implementation process, there are many ways to indicate the information to be indicated, such as, but not limited to, directly indicating the information to be indicated, such as the information to be indicated itself or its index. It can also be indirectly indicated by indicating other information, where there is a relationship between the other information and the information to be indicated. It can also indicate only a part of the information to be indicated, while the other parts are known or pre-agreed upon. For example, the indication of specific information can be achieved by using a pre-agreed (e.g., protocol-defined) arrangement of various pieces of information, thereby reducing the indication overhead to some extent.

[0050] The information to be instructed can be sent as a whole or divided into multiple sub-information messages, and the sending period and / or timing of these sub-information messages can be the same or different. This disclosure does not limit the specific sending method. The sending period and / or timing of these sub-information messages can be predefined, for example, according to a protocol.

[0051] Second, this disclosure provides multiple implementation methods to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of this disclosure. Of course, those skilled in the art will understand that the multiple embodiments provided in this disclosure can be executed individually, or in combination with the methods of other embodiments in this disclosure, or individually or in combination with some methods in other related technologies; this disclosure does not limit these aspects.

[0052] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when a connection establishment fails or a connection recovery fails, the terminal device stores a connection establishment failure report. Upon the next access to the network-side device, it notifies the network-side device of the availability of a available connection establishment failure report via a connection establishment complete / connection recovery complete / connection reconstruction complete / connection reconfiguration complete message. The network-side device can request a connection establishment failure report via a terminal device information request message, and the terminal device carries the connection establishment failure report via a terminal device information response message. Version 17 (R-17) introduces support for the terminal device to record multiple connection establishment failure reports. The content of the connection establishment failure report is as follows:

[0053]

[0054] The perRAInfoList-r16 field is mandatory for each random access information list. The format of perRAInfoList-r16 is as follows:

[0055]

[0056] The `numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16` field, which records the number of preambles sent on the SSB in each random access synchronization signal block information (PerRASSBInfo-r16), is mandatory and has a value range of (1, 200). For each SSB, if the terminal device uses its associated random access resource to send a preamble, there will be a corresponding `PerRASSBInfo-r16` record for that SSB. `numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16` records the number of consecutive preambles sent on that SSB. Its minimum value is 1 because, in non-NR-U scenarios, the terminal device will definitely send a preamble at least once on the random access resource associated with that SSB. However, for NR-U, whether the terminal device can send a preamble also depends on whether the terminal device can successfully perform a Level Bypass (LBT). If the LBT corresponding to the terminal device's preamble transmission fails, the terminal device cannot send a preamble. If all of the terminal device's preamble transmissions fail with their LBTs, then the preamble transmission count is 0. However, the terminal device still reports the number of preamble transmissions even when no preamble is successfully transmitted, but it does not support reporting 0.

[0057] Similarly, after a radio link failure (RLF) occurs, the terminal device will also record an RLF report, reporting it in a manner similar to a connection establishment failure report. If the RLF is caused by a handover failure, the terminal device's RLF report will include the random access common information (ra-InformationCommon), which must also carry perRAInfoList-r16. Additionally, the random access report (RA report) and successful handover reports will also include ra-InformationCommon. Secondary cell group (SCG) failure information will carry perRAInfoList-r16. Therefore, the same issues will arise.

[0058] Based on this, this disclosure provides an information reporting method. When a terminal device sends a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously sent on the reference signal. Thus, when a terminal device sends a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it can support reporting to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously sent on the reference signal.

[0059] The information reporting method and apparatus provided in this disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0060] Please see Figure 2 , Figure 2 This is a flowchart of an information reporting method provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. For example... Figure 2 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0061] S21: In response to sending a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent consecutively on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0062] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal.

[0063] The scenario where the terminal device uses the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the preamble for random access can include scenario one: the terminal device uses the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the preamble for random access and successfully performs LBT, thus successfully sending the preamble for random access; or it can also include scenario two: the terminal device uses the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the preamble for random access and fails to perform LBT, thus failing to successfully send the preamble for random access, and so on.

[0064] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal device uses random access resources associated with a reference signal to send a preamble for random access. The reference signal can be an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0065] In one possible implementation, when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the SSB, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0066] For example, when the reference signal is SSB, if the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resource associated with SSB#1, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent consecutively on SSB#1.

[0067] In one possible implementation, when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with CSI-RS, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0068] For example, when the reference signal is CSI-RS, if the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with CSI-RS#1, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent consecutively on CSI-RS#1.

[0069] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it can store in advance the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and when the network-side device requests a report, it can report the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal to the network-side device.

[0070] It should be noted that when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal. The first number can be the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure; or, the first number can also be the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0071] In some possible implementations, the case where the terminal device sends a random access preamble for the first time using the random access resources associated with the reference signal includes case one: the terminal device sends a random access preamble for the first time using the random access resources associated with the reference signal and successfully performs LBT. In this case, the terminal device reports to the network side device the first number of times it has continuously sent a random access preamble on the reference signal, and the first number can be 1.

[0072] In some possible implementations, the case where the terminal device sends a random access preamble for the first time using the random access resources associated with the reference signal includes case two: the terminal device sends a random access preamble for the first time using the random access resources associated with the reference signal and fails to perform LBT, thus failing to successfully send the random access preamble. In this case, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of times it has continuously sent the random access preamble on the reference signal. The first number can be 0, or the first number can also be 1, or the first number can also be a predetermined value, etc. This disclosure does not impose specific limitations on this.

[0073] The terminal device may determine the agreed value based on implementation, or based on the protocol agreement, or based on the configuration of the network side device, etc., and this disclosure does not impose specific limitations on this.

[0074] In one embodiment, the terminal device, in response to transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, including: in response to successfully transmitting the random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0075] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it may report the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously sent on the reference signal to the network-side device only after the random access preamble is successfully sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0076] It is understandable that if the terminal device successfully sends the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it can be understood that the terminal device successfully sends the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT corresponding to the transmission of the random access preamble is successful.

[0077] For example, the first number is the sum of the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the second number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and the second number of times the transmission is unsuccessful due to LBT failure; or, in the case of the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, if the terminal device successfully transmits a random access preamble for the first time using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, the terminal device reports the first number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal to the network side device, where the first number is 1.

[0078] In some embodiments, before the terminal device reports to the network-side device that it has successfully transmitted the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it continuously transmits the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions is caused by LBT failure.

[0079] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device successfully transmits the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal. It may also report to the network-side device the second number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal before the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the transmission was not successful due to LBT failure.

[0080] For example, taking SSB as the reference signal, if the terminal device first uses the random access resource associated with SSB#1 to send a random access preamble, but LBT failure results in unsuccessful transmission, and then uses the random access resource associated with SSB#1 to send a random access preamble a second time, but LBT failure again results in unsuccessful transmission, and then successfully sends a random access preamble a third time using the random access resource associated with SSB#1, the terminal device can report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on SSB#1 (the first number is 1), and the second number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on SSB#1 before successfully sending the random access preamble using the random access resource associated with SSB#1, but LBT failure resulted in unsuccessful transmission (the second number is 2).

[0081] It should be noted that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the specific embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that the terminal device may use the same reference signal continuously or may use different reference signals continuously.

[0082] In some embodiments, in response to the terminal device not being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, before reporting to the network-side device that the preamble of random access was successfully sent using the random access resource associated with the reference signal, the terminal device continuously sends the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure.

[0083] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal device may continuously transmit the preamble of random access on the reference signal before reporting to the network-side device the preamble of random access using the reference signal associated with the random access resource that was successfully transmitted, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions caused by LBT failure, only if lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

[0084] Understandably, if a terminal device fails to successfully transmit a random access preamble on any random access resource associated with an SSB or CSI-RS, the terminal device may select one or more of these SSBs / CSI-RS that have attempted to transmit the preamble to report the number of consecutive preamble transmissions on that SSB or CSI-RS.

[0085] In some embodiments, in response to the failure to successfully transmit a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals, the terminal device selects one or more reference signals and reports to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the selected one or more reference signals.

[0086] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, if the terminal device fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals, it selects one or more reference signals and reports to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the selected one or more reference signals.

[0087] In this process, the terminal device selects one or more reference signals. It may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal used first in the random access preamble, or it may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal used last in the random access preamble, or it may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal used most frequently in the random access preamble, or it may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal with the worst downlink RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) in the random access preamble, etc. The embodiments disclosed herein do not impose specific limitations on this.

[0088] In this process, the terminal device selects one or more reference signals. It may select the first one to try, or the last one to try, or the one with the most attempts, or the one with the worst downlink RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power), etc. The embodiments disclosed herein do not impose specific limitations on this.

[0089] For example, when the reference signal is SSB, if the terminal device continuously sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with SSB#1, SSB#2, and SSB#3, and fails to successfully send a random access preamble using any of the associated random access resources, it can select one or more from SSB#1, SSB#2, and SSB#3. If SSB#3 is selected, the terminal device can report to the network-side device the third time that a random access preamble has been continuously sent on SSB#3.

[0090] It should be noted that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the specific embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that the terminal device may use the same reference signal continuously or may use different reference signals continuously.

[0091] In this embodiment of the disclosure, if the terminal device fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with any reference signal, it can select one or more reference signals and report to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the selected one or more reference signals. This is only applicable to connection establishment failure reports, RLF reports caused by handover failure or random access problems, random access reports caused by random access failure, successful handover reports triggered by T304, and SCG failure information reports triggered by random access failure or SCG addition / change.

[0092] In some embodiments, the terminal device, in response to transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal, including: in response to transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT failing to successfully transmit the random access preamble, reporting to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0093] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously sent on the reference signal. This first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously sent on the reference signal is only reported to the network-side device when the random access preamble has been sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal and the LBT fails to successfully send the random access preamble.

[0094] For example, if the first number is the sum of the number of times the preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the second number of times the preamble for random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal and failed to be transmitted due to LBT failure, and the terminal device first uses the random access resources associated with the reference signal to transmit the preamble for random access and fails to transmit the preamble for random access due to LBT failure, the terminal device reports the first number of times the preamble for random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal to the network side device, where the first number is 1.

[0095] In some embodiments, in response to transmitting a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, and further includes: in response to all random access preambles transmitted using the random access resources associated with the reference signal failing to be successfully transmitted due to LBT failure, reporting to the network-side device the index of the reference signal.

[0096] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it can report to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously sent on the reference signal. The terminal device can also report the index of the reference signal to the network-side device if all random access preambles sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be sent successfully via LBT.

[0097] Understandably, if all random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully sent due to LBT failure, the terminal device will report the index of the reference signal to the network side device and cancel reporting the first number of consecutive random access preambles sent on the reference signal to the network side device.

[0098] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when all random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully transmitted due to LBT failure, the terminal device reports the index of the reference signal to the network-side device and cancels the reporting of the first number of consecutive random access preambles sent on the reference signal to the network-side device. However, this method cannot use PerRASSBInfo-r16 and PerRACSI-RSInfo-r16 because the preamble count field in these formats is mandatory. Furthermore, their parent IE, PerRAInfo-r16, is also unusable because both are mandatory in the parent IE. Therefore, a new IE, such as PerRAInfo-r18, needs to be defined.

[0099] In some embodiments, the first count is the sum of the number of times a preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times a preamble for random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second count is the number of times a second transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0100] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal. The first number is the sum of the number of times the random access preamble has been successfully sent on the reference signal and the second number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal but failed due to LBT failure.

[0101] For example, taking SSB as the reference signal, if the terminal device successfully sends a random access preamble using the random access resource associated with SSB#1 for the first time and performs LBT, the terminal device reports to the network side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on SSB#1. The first number can be 1.

[0102] For example, taking CSI-RS as the reference signal, if the terminal device first uses the random access resource associated with CSI-RS#1 to send a random access preamble and fails to perform LBT, and fails to send the random access preamble, the terminal device reports to the network side device the first number of times it has continuously sent the random access preamble on CSI-RS#1. The first number can be 1.

[0103] For example, taking CSI-RS as the reference signal, if the terminal device first uses the random access resource associated with CSI-RS#1 to send a random access preamble and fails to perform LBT, the terminal device reports the first number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on CSI-RS#1 to the network side device. The first number can be 1. Then, if the terminal device uses the random access resource associated with CSI-RS#1 to send a random access preamble for the second time and successfully performs LBT, the terminal device reports the first number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on CSI-RS#1 to the network side device. The first number can be 2.

[0104] It should be noted that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the specific embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that the terminal device may use the same reference signal continuously or may use different reference signals continuously.

[0105] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, including: the terminal device, without being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, wherein the first number is the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal and the second number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure.

[0106] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is not configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times it has continuously sent the preamble of random access on the reference signal. At this time, the first number is the sum of the number of times the preamble of random access was successfully sent on the reference signal and the second number of times the preamble of random access was continuously sent on the reference signal but failed to be sent due to LBT failure.

[0107] Conversely, when the terminal device is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal. Here, the first number is the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0108] In this embodiment of the disclosure, for connection establishment failure reports, the terminal device is in an idle or inactive state, and the terminal device is not configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig. Therefore, the first count is the sum of the number of times the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second count of the number of times the transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0109] Understandably, when a terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal. The first number is the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure. At this time, the terminal device can indicate the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, or the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure, through a new IE (Information Element).

[0110] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and a second time that the LBT failure results in an unsuccessful transmission.

[0111] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device reports first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and a second time that the LBT failure results in an unsuccessful transmission.

[0112] The first instruction information may be signaling or message in related technologies, or it may be new signaling or message. This disclosure does not impose any specific restrictions on this.

[0113] In some embodiments, the first count is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal.

[0114] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal. The first number is the number of times the random access preamble has been successfully sent on the reference signal.

[0115] The first count does not include the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal, and the second count is not successfully transmitted due to LBT failure.

[0116] For example, taking SSB as the reference signal, if the terminal device successfully sends a random access preamble using the random access resource associated with SSB#1 for the first time and performs LBT, the terminal device reports to the network side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on SSB#1. The first number can be 1.

[0117] For example, taking CSI-RS as the reference signal, if the terminal device first uses the random access resource associated with CSI-RS#1 to send a random access preamble and fails to perform LBT, and fails to send the random access preamble, the terminal device reports to the network side device the first number of times it has continuously sent the random access preamble on CSI-RS#1. The first number can be 0.

[0118] For example, taking CSI-RS as the reference signal, if the terminal device first uses the random access resource associated with CSI-RS#1 to send a random access preamble and fails to perform LBT, the terminal device reports the first number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on CSI-RS#1 to the network side device. The first number can be 0 or a predetermined value. Then, if the terminal device uses the random access resource associated with CSI-RS#1 to send a random access preamble a second time and successfully performs LBT, the terminal device reports the first number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on CSI-RS#1 to the network side device. The first number can be 1.

[0119] It should be noted that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the specific embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that the terminal device may use the same reference signal continuously or may use different reference signals continuously.

[0120] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, including: when the terminal device is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, wherein the first number is the number of times the preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal.

[0121] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times it has continuously transmitted the preamble of random access on the reference signal. Here, the first number is the number of times the preamble of random access has been successfully transmitted on the reference signal.

[0122] Understandably, if the first number is the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, and the terminal device uses the random access resource associated with the reference signal to transmit the random access preamble but fails to perform LBT, thus failing to successfully transmit the random access preamble, the terminal device can use a new IE instruction to continuously transmit the random access preamble on the reference signal, and the LBT failure results in a second number of unsuccessful transmissions.

[0123] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports second indication information to the network-side device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the continuous transmission of the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure.

[0124] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal. The first number is the number of times the random access preamble has been successfully sent on the reference signal. At this time, if there is a situation where the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails, resulting in unsuccessful transmission, the terminal device can report second indication information to the network-side device. The second indication information is used to indicate the second number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal, and the LBT fails, resulting in unsuccessful transmission.

[0125] Understandably, if the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal is the first number of times, and the terminal device successfully transmits the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal is 0, and the report reported by the terminal device to the network side device must include the PerRAInfoList-r16 field, the terminal device can set numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16 and numberOfPreamblesSentOnCSI-RS-r16 in PerRAInfoList-r16 to a predetermined value, such as 1, 200, etc., or determine its value based on the terminal device implementation.

[0126] In some embodiments, in response to the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal being 0, the terminal device reports a first random access information list to the network-side device, wherein the first random access list includes a first number of times as a predetermined value.

[0127] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, if the number of times the terminal device successfully transmits the preamble of random access on the reference signal is 0, it can report a first random access information list to the network side device, wherein the first random access list includes a first number of times that is a predetermined value.

[0128] The agreed value can be 1, 200, etc., or the terminal device can determine the agreed value based on the implementation, or the terminal device can determine the agreed value based on the network side device configuration, or the terminal device can determine the agreed value based on the protocol agreement, and so on.

[0129] Understandably, when the first count refers to the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, the terminal device can include a newly defined per-pass random access information list, PerRAInfoList (e.g., PerRAInfoList-r18), in the report reported to the network side device. This list contains an IE (Interpretive Information), which can indicate that the number of successful preamble transmissions is 0. This can be indicated by whether the IE is included, by setting the IE to true or false, or by setting the IE to a value within a range including 0, such as [0, 200]. If the number of successfully transmitted preambles is 0, the terminal device sets this field to a value indicating that the number of successful preamble transmissions is 0.

[0130] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports a second random access information list to the network-side device, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which indicates that the number of times the preamble for successful random access has been sent is 0.

[0131] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first number is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal, the terminal device may report a second random access information list to the network side device. The second random access list includes an information element IE, which is used to indicate that the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted is 0.

[0132] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device only needs to report PerRAInfoList-r18 and not PerRAInfoList-r16 (i.e., this field is not mandatory), PerRAInfoList-r18 may contain perRASSBInfoList and perRACSI-RSInfoList. The preamble transmission count in these two lists may contain 0, or the field may be optional; a value of 0 indicates no reporting. This list also contains SSB indexes and CSI-RS indexes.

[0133] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device needs to report both PerRAInfoList-r18 and PerRAInfoList-r16 simultaneously, the newly defined PerRAInfoList-r18 can be used in conjunction with PerRAInfoList-r16. That is, the SSB / CSI-RS index corresponding to each item in PerRAInfoList-r18 is the same as the SSB / CSI-RS index of each item in PerRAInfoList-r16. Information already present in each item in PerRAInfoList-r16 does not need to be provided in PerRAInfoList-r18, such as the SSB / CSI-RS index. Each item in PerRAInfoList-r18 only needs to provide other additional information of its corresponding SSB / CSI-RS, such as information indicating that the preamble has been successfully sent 0 times.

[0134] In this embodiment of the disclosure, if the network-side device receives a value in PerRAInfoList-r18 indicating that the number of successful preamble transmissions is 0, the network-side device can ignore numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16 and numberOfPreamblesSentOnCSI-RS-r16 in PerRAInfoList-r16 sent by the terminal device.

[0135] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the connection establishment failure report, the RLF report caused by handover failure or random access problem, the random access report caused by random access failure, the successful handover report triggered by T304, and the SCG failure information report triggered by random access failure or SCG addition / change, in addition to including the PerRAInfoList-r16 IE, also include the redefined PerRAInfoList IE.

[0136] In this embodiment of the disclosure, for connection establishment failure reporting IE and random access reporting IE, these reporting IEs can be newly defined, which only contain the redefined PerRAInfoList-r18 IE and do not contain the PerRAInfoList-r16 IE.

[0137] In this embodiment of the disclosure, for RLF reports caused by handover failure or random access problems, successful handover reports triggered by T304, and SCG failure information reports triggered by random access failure or SCG addition / change, only the redefined PerRAInfoList-r18 IE is reported, excluding PerRAInfoList-r16 IE. Optionally, PerRAInfoList-r18 IE is only used when the preamble transmission count is 0.

[0138] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, including at least one of the following:

[0139] Report a connection establishment failure report to the network-side device, wherein the connection establishment failure report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0140] Report a random access report to the network-side device, wherein the random access report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal;

[0141] Report a Radio Link Failure (RLF) report to the network-side device, wherein the RLF report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0142] Report secondary cell group (SCG) failure information to the network-side equipment, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0143] Report a successful handover report to the network-side device. The successful handover report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0144] Report a successful PScell ​​addition report to the network-side device. The successful PScell ​​addition report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0145] Report a PScell ​​success change report to the network-side device. The PScell ​​success change report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0146] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device sends a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously sent on the reference signal, including: reporting a connection establishment failure report to the network-side device, wherein the connection establishment failure report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously sent on the reference signal.

[0147] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when a terminal device transmits a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal. This includes: reporting a random access report to the network-side device, wherein the random access report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0148] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device transmits a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, including: reporting a Radio Link Failure (RLF) report to the network-side device, wherein the RLF report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0149] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device transmits a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, including: reporting secondary cell group (SCG) failure information to the network-side device, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0150] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal, including: reporting a successful handover report to the network-side device, wherein the successful handover report includes the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0151] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, including: reporting a primary / secondary cell PScell ​​successful addition report to the network-side device, wherein the PScell ​​successful addition report includes the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0152] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device transmits a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, including: reporting a PScell ​​successful change report to the network-side device, wherein the PScell ​​successful change report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0153] It should be noted that the above embodiments are not exhaustive, but only illustrative of some embodiments. Furthermore, the above embodiments can be implemented individually or in combination. The above embodiments are only illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0154] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, before the terminal device reports any of the following reports to the network-side device: connection establishment failure report, random access report, RLF report, SCG failure information, successful handover report, PScell ​​successful addition report, and PScell ​​successful change report, it may first record the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access is sent on the reference signal in the variable corresponding to the report. When the network-side device requests the report, the terminal device will then report the report to the network-side device, so as to report the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access is sent on the reference signal to the network-side device.

[0155] In some embodiments, in response to transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal with shared spectrum, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been transmitted consecutively on the reference signal.

[0156] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device accesses the network-side device using a shared spectrum, it uses the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send a random access preamble and reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal. The description of the first number can be found in the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0157] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously sent on the reference signal. Thus, the network-side device can receive the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously sent on the reference signal reported by the terminal device. The first number is reported by the terminal device when sending the random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, and the reference signal is SSB or CSI-RS.

[0158] By implementing embodiments of this disclosure, when a terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. Thus, the terminal device supports reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0159] Please see Figure 3 , Figure 3 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this embodiment of the disclosure. For example... Figure 3 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0160] S31: In response to successfully transmitting a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is SSB or CSI-RS.

[0161] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal device only reports the first number of times it has continuously transmitted the preamble of random access on the reference signal to the network side device when it successfully transmits the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0162] It is understandable that if the terminal device successfully sends the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it can be understood that the terminal device successfully sends the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT corresponding to the transmission of the random access preamble is successful.

[0163] It should be noted that the first count can be the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second count of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure; or, the first count can also be the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0164] In some embodiments, the first count is the sum of the number of times a preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times a preamble for random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second count is the number of times a second transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0165] In some embodiments, if the terminal device is not configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times it has continuously transmitted the preamble of random access on the reference signal. The first number is the sum of the number of times the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the second number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal but failed to be transmitted due to LBT failure.

[0166] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is not configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times it has continuously sent the preamble of random access on the reference signal. At this time, the first number is the sum of the number of times the preamble of random access was successfully sent on the reference signal and the second number of times the preamble of random access was continuously sent on the reference signal but failed to be sent due to LBT failure.

[0167] Conversely, when the terminal device is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal. Here, the first number is the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0168] In this embodiment of the disclosure, for connection establishment failure reports, the terminal device is in an idle or inactive state, and the terminal device is not configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig. Therefore, the first count is the sum of the number of times the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second count of the number of times the transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0169] Understandably, when a terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal. The first number is the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure. At this time, the terminal device can indicate the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, or the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure, through a new IE (Information Element).

[0170] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and a second time that the LBT failure results in an unsuccessful transmission.

[0171] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device reports first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and a second time that the LBT failure results in an unsuccessful transmission.

[0172] The first instruction information may be signaling or message in related technologies, or it may be new signaling or message. This disclosure does not impose any specific restrictions on this.

[0173] In some embodiments, the first count is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal.

[0174] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal. The first number is the number of times the random access preamble has been successfully sent on the reference signal.

[0175] The first count does not include the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal, and the second count is not successfully transmitted due to LBT failure.

[0176] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, including: when the terminal device is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, wherein the first number is the number of times the preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal.

[0177] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times it has continuously transmitted the preamble of random access on the reference signal. Here, the first number is the number of times the preamble of random access has been successfully transmitted on the reference signal.

[0178] Understandably, if the first number is the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, and the terminal device uses the random access resource associated with the reference signal to transmit the random access preamble but fails to perform LBT, thus failing to successfully transmit the random access preamble, the terminal device can use a new IE instruction to continuously transmit the random access preamble on the reference signal, and the LBT failure results in a second number of unsuccessful transmissions.

[0179] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports second indication information to the network-side device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the continuous transmission of the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure.

[0180] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal. The first number is the number of times the random access preamble has been successfully sent on the reference signal. At this time, if there is a situation where the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails, resulting in unsuccessful transmission, the terminal device can report second indication information to the network-side device. The second indication information is used to indicate the second number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal, and the LBT fails, resulting in unsuccessful transmission.

[0181] Understandably, if the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal is the first number of times, and the terminal device successfully transmits the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal is 0, and the report reported by the terminal device to the network side device must include the PerRAInfoList-r16 field, the terminal device can set numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16 and numberOfPreamblesSentOnCSI-RS-r16 in PerRAInfoList-r16 to a predetermined value, such as 1, 200, etc., or determine its value based on the terminal device implementation.

[0182] In some embodiments, in response to the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal being 0, the terminal device reports a first random access information list to the network-side device, wherein the first random access list includes a first number of times as a predetermined value.

[0183] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, if the number of times the terminal device successfully transmits the preamble of random access on the reference signal is 0, it can report a first random access information list to the network side device, wherein the first random access list includes a first number of times that is a predetermined value.

[0184] The agreed value can be 1, 200, etc., or the terminal device can determine the agreed value based on the implementation, or the terminal device can determine the agreed value based on the network side device configuration, or the terminal device can determine the agreed value based on the protocol agreement, and so on.

[0185] Understandably, when the first count refers to the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, the terminal device can include a newly defined per-pass random access information list, PerRAInfoList (e.g., PerRAInfoList-r18), in the report reported to the network side device. This list contains an IE (Interpretive Information), which can indicate that the number of successful preamble transmissions is 0. This can be indicated by whether the IE is included, by setting the IE to true or false, or by setting the IE to a value within a range including 0, such as [0, 200]. If the number of successfully transmitted preambles is 0, the terminal device sets this field to a value indicating that the number of successful preamble transmissions is 0.

[0186] In some embodiments, the terminal device reports a second random access information list to the network-side device, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which indicates that the number of times the preamble for successful random access has been sent is 0.

[0187] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first number is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal, the terminal device may report a second random access information list to the network side device. The second random access list includes an information element IE, which is used to indicate that the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted is 0.

[0188] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device only needs to report PerRAInfoList-r18 and not PerRAInfoList-r16 (i.e., this field is not mandatory), PerRAInfoList-r18 may contain perRASSBInfoList and perRACSI-RSInfoList. The preamble transmission count in these two lists may contain 0, or the field may be optional; a value of 0 indicates no reporting. This list also contains SSB indexes and CSI-RS indexes.

[0189] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device needs to report both PerRAInfoList-r18 and PerRAInfoList-r16 simultaneously, the newly defined PerRAInfoList-r18 can be used in conjunction with PerRAInfoList-r16. That is, the SSB / CSI-RS index corresponding to each item in PerRAInfoList-r18 is the same as the SSB / CSI-RS index of each item in PerRAInfoList-r16. Information already present in each item in PerRAInfoList-r16 does not need to be provided in PerRAInfoList-r18, such as the SSB / CSI-RS index. Each item in PerRAInfoList-r18 only needs to provide other additional information of its corresponding SSB / CSI-RS, such as information indicating that the preamble has been successfully sent 0 times.

[0190] In this embodiment of the disclosure, if the network-side device receives a value in PerRAInfoList-r18 indicating that the number of successful preamble transmissions is 0, the network-side device can ignore numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16 and numberOfPreamblesSentOnCSI-RS-r16 in PerRAInfoList-r16 sent by the terminal device.

[0191] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the connection establishment failure report, the RLF report caused by handover failure or random access problem, the random access report caused by random access failure, the successful handover report triggered by T304, and the SCG failure information report triggered by random access failure or SCG addition / change, in addition to including the PerRAInfoList-r16 IE, also include the redefined PerRAInfoList IE.

[0192] In this embodiment of the disclosure, for connection establishment failure reporting IE and random access reporting IE, these reporting IEs can be newly defined, which only contain the redefined PerRAInfoList-r18 IE and do not contain the PerRAInfoList-r16 IE.

[0193] In this embodiment of the disclosure, for RLF reports caused by handover failure or random access problems, successful handover reports triggered by T304, and SCG failure information reports triggered by random access failure or SCG addition / change, only the redefined PerRAInfoList-r18 IE is reported, excluding PerRAInfoList-r16 IE. Optionally, PerRAInfoList-r18 IE is only used when the preamble transmission count is 0.

[0194] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this disclosure, S31 can be implemented alone or in combination with any other step in the embodiments of this disclosure, such as in combination with S21 in the embodiments of this disclosure. The embodiments of this disclosure do not limit this.

[0195] By implementing embodiments of this disclosure, when a terminal device successfully transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal, where the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. Thus, the terminal device supports transmitting the first number of times the random access preamble has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal to the network-side device when the random access preamble has been successfully transmitted using random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0196] Please see Figure 4 , Figure 4 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment. For example... Figure 4 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0197] S41: In response to successfully transmitting a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0198] The relevant description of S41 can be found in the relevant description in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0199] S42: Before the terminal device reports to the network side device the successful transmission of the random access preamble using the reference signal associated with the random access resource, the terminal device continuously transmits the random access preamble on the reference signal, and the second number of transmissions that fails due to LBT failure.

[0200] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device successfully transmits the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal. It may also report to the network-side device the second number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal before the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the transmission was not successful due to LBT failure.

[0201] For example, taking SSB as the reference signal, if the terminal device first uses the random access resource associated with SSB#1 to send a random access preamble, but LBT failure results in unsuccessful transmission, and then uses the random access resource associated with SSB#1 to send a random access preamble a second time, but LBT failure again results in unsuccessful transmission, and then successfully sends a random access preamble a third time using the random access resource associated with SSB#1, the terminal device can report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on SSB#1 (the first number is 1), and the second number of consecutive random access preamble transmissions on SSB#1 before successfully sending the random access preamble using the random access resource associated with SSB#1, but LBT failure resulted in unsuccessful transmission (the second number is 2).

[0202] It should be noted that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the specific embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that the terminal device may use the same reference signal continuously or may use different reference signals continuously.

[0203] It should be noted that the first count can be the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second count of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure; or, the first count can also be the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0204] The method for the terminal device to report the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal is described in the above embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0205] In some embodiments, when the first number is the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal and the number of second transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure, the terminal device may also report first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, or the number of second transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure.

[0206] The first instruction information may be signaling or message in related technologies, or it may be new signaling or message. This disclosure does not impose any specific restrictions on this.

[0207] In some embodiments, when the first number is the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, the terminal device may report second indication information to the network-side device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, and the second number of times the LBT failure results in a failed transmission.

[0208] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal. The first number is the number of times the random access preamble has been successfully sent on the reference signal. At this time, if there is a situation where the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails, resulting in unsuccessful transmission, the terminal device can report second indication information to the network-side device. The second indication information is used to indicate the second number of times the random access preamble has been sent continuously on the reference signal, and the LBT fails, resulting in unsuccessful transmission.

[0209] Understandably, if the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal is the first number of times, and the terminal device successfully transmits the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal is 0, and the report reported by the terminal device to the network side device must include the PerRAInfoList-r16 field, the terminal device can set numberOfPreamblesSentOnSSB-r16 and numberOfPreamblesSentOnCSI-RS-r16 in PerRAInfoList-r16 to a predetermined value, such as 1, 200, etc., or determine its value based on the terminal device implementation.

[0210] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this disclosure, S41 and S42 can be implemented individually or in combination with any other step in the embodiments of this disclosure, such as in combination with S21 and / or S31 in the embodiments of this disclosure. The embodiments of this disclosure do not limit this.

[0211] By implementing embodiments of this disclosure, when a terminal device successfully transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, where the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. The terminal device also reports to the network-side device the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure before successfully transmitting the preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal. Thus, the terminal device supports both the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal to the network-side device when successfully transmitting the preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure before successfully transmitting the preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0212] Please see Figure 5 , Figure 5 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment. For example... Figure 5 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0213] S51: In response to successfully transmitting a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0214] The relevant description of S51 can be found in the relevant description in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0215] S52: If the terminal device is not configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, before reporting to the network-side device the number of times it continuously sends the random access preamble on the reference signal before successfully sending the random access preamble using the random access resource associated with the reference signal, and the second number of times it fails to send the preamble due to LBT failure.

[0216] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when the terminal device successfully transmits the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal. It can also report to the network-side device, without configuring lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the second number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal before the successful transmission of the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the second number of times the transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0217] Specifically, the terminal device can continuously transmit the preamble of random access on the reference signal before successfully transmitting the preamble of random access using the reference signal associated with the random access resource, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure, only if lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

[0218] It should be noted that the first count can be the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second count of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure; or, the first count can also be the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0219] The method for the terminal device to report the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal is described in the above embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0220] The method for continuously transmitting the random access preamble on the reference signal before the terminal device reports to the network side device that the random access resource associated with the reference signal has been successfully transmitted, and for the second number of transmissions that failed due to LBT failure, can be found in the relevant description in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0221] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this disclosure, S51 and S52 can be implemented individually or in combination with any other step in the embodiments of this disclosure, such as in combination with S21 and / or S31 and / or S41 and S42 in the embodiments of this disclosure. The embodiments of this disclosure do not limit this.

[0222] By implementing the embodiments of this disclosure, when a terminal device successfully transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, where the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. Without being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the terminal device can also report to the network-side device a second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal before successfully transmitting it using random access resources associated with the reference signal, where LBT failure resulted in unsuccessful transmission. Therefore, the terminal device supports the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when successfully transmitting it using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and, without being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, can also report to the network-side device a second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal before successfully transmitting it using random access resources associated with the reference signal, where LBT failure resulted in unsuccessful transmission.

[0223] Please see Figure 6 , Figure 6 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment. For example... Figure 6 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0224] S61: In response to transmitting a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0225] The relevant description of S61 can be found in the relevant description in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0226] S62: In response to the failure to successfully transmit the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals, the terminal device selects one or more reference signals and reports to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the selected one or more reference signals.

[0227] Understandably, if a terminal device fails to successfully transmit a random access preamble on any random access resource associated with an SSB or CSI-RS, the terminal device may select one or more of these SSBs / CSI-RS that have attempted to transmit the preamble to report the number of consecutive preamble transmissions on that SSB or CSI-RS.

[0228] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, if the terminal device fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals, it may select one or more reference signals and report to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the selected one or more reference signals.

[0229] In this process, the terminal device selects one or more reference signals. It may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal used first in the random access preamble, or it may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal used last in the random access preamble, or it may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal used most frequently in the random access preamble, or it may choose to use the random access resources associated with the reference signal to send the reference signal with the worst downlink RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) in the random access preamble, etc. The embodiments disclosed herein do not impose specific limitations on this.

[0230] In this process, the terminal device selects one or more reference signals. It may select the first one to try, or the last one to try, or the one with the most attempts, or the one with the worst downlink RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power), etc. The embodiments disclosed herein do not impose specific limitations on this.

[0231] For example, when the reference signal is SSB, if the terminal device continuously sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with SSB#1, SSB#2, and SSB#3, and fails to successfully send a random access preamble using any of the associated random access resources, it can select one or more from SSB#1, SSB#2, and SSB#3. If SSB#3 is selected, the terminal device can report to the network-side device the third time that a random access preamble has been continuously sent on SSB#3.

[0232] It should be noted that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the specific embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that the terminal device may use the same reference signal continuously or may use different reference signals continuously.

[0233] In this embodiment of the disclosure, if the terminal device fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with any reference signal, it can select one or more reference signals and report to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the selected one or more reference signals. This is only applicable to connection establishment failure reports, RLF reports caused by handover failure or random access problems, random access reports caused by random access failure, successful handover reports triggered by T304, and SCG failure information reports triggered by random access failure or SCG addition / change.

[0234] It should be noted that the first count can be the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second count of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure; or, the first count can also be the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0235] The method for the terminal device to report the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal is described in the above embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0236] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this disclosure, S61 and S62 can be implemented individually or in combination with any other step in the embodiments of this disclosure, such as in combination with S21 and / or S31 and / or S41 and S42 and / or S51 and S52 in the embodiments of this disclosure. The embodiments of this disclosure do not limit this.

[0237] By implementing embodiments of this disclosure, a terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, and reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. If the terminal device fails to successfully transmit the random access preamble using any random access resource associated with the reference signal, it selects one or more reference signals and reports to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the selected one or more reference signals. Thus, the terminal device supports the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when transmitting the preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the third number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the selected one or more reference signals when failing to successfully transmit the preamble using any random access resource associated with the reference signal.

[0238] Please see Figure 7 , Figure 7 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment. For example... Figure 7 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0239] S71: In response to the terminal device transmitting a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, and the LBT failing to successfully transmit the random access preamble, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0240] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device may report the first number of times the preamble of random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal only if the preamble of random access is transmitted using the random access resources associated with the reference signal and the LBT fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access.

[0241] It should be noted that the first count can be the sum of the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal and the second count of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal that failed due to LBT failure; or, the first count can also be the number of successful transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

[0242] The method for the terminal device to report the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal is described in the above embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0243] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this disclosure, S71 can be implemented alone or in combination with any other step in the embodiments of this disclosure, such as in combination with S21 and / or S61 and S62 in the embodiments of this disclosure. The embodiments of this disclosure do not limit this.

[0244] By implementing embodiments of this disclosure, when a terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, and the LBT fails to successfully transmit the random access preamble, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. Therefore, the terminal device supports reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, and the LBT fails to successfully transmit the random access preamble.

[0245] Please see Figure 8 , Figure 8 This is a flowchart of another information reporting method provided in this disclosure embodiment. For example... Figure 8 As shown, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:

[0246] S81: In response to sending a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, the terminal device reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS.

[0247] The relevant description of S81 can be found in the relevant description in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0248] The method for the terminal device to report the first number of times the preamble of continuous random access on the reference signal is described in the above embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0249] S82: In response to the failure of LBT to successfully transmit all random access preambles sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, the terminal device reports the index of the reference signal to the network side device.

[0250] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, it can report to the network-side device the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously sent on the reference signal. The terminal device can also report the index of the reference signal to the network-side device if all random access preambles sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be sent successfully via LBT.

[0251] Understandably, if all random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully sent due to LBT failure, the terminal device will report the index of the reference signal to the network side device and cancel reporting the first number of consecutive random access preambles sent on the reference signal to the network side device.

[0252] In this embodiment of the disclosure, when all random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully transmitted due to LBT failure, the terminal device reports the index of the reference signal to the network-side device and cancels the reporting of the first number of consecutive random access preambles sent on the reference signal to the network-side device. However, this method cannot use PerRASSBInfo-r16 and PerRACSI-RSInfo-r16 because the preamble count field in these formats is mandatory. Furthermore, their parent IE, PerRAInfo-r16, is also unusable because both are mandatory in the parent IE. Therefore, a new IE, such as PerRAInfo-r18, needs to be defined.

[0253] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this disclosure, S81 and S82 can be implemented individually or in combination with any other step in the embodiments of this disclosure, such as in combination with S21 and / or S31 and / or S41 and S42 and / or S51 and S52 and / or S61 and S62 and / or S71 in the embodiments of this disclosure. The embodiments of this disclosure do not limit this.

[0254] By implementing the embodiments of this disclosure, when a terminal device transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal, it reports to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or CSI-RS. The terminal device can also report the index of the reference signal to the network-side device if all random access preambles transmitted using random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to transmit via LBT. Therefore, the terminal device supports reporting the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal to the network-side device when transmitting a random access preamble using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and reporting the index of the reference signal to the network-side device if all random access preambles transmitted using random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to transmit via LBT.

[0255] Please continue reading Figure 2 In this embodiment of the disclosure, the information reporting method performed by the network-side device includes:

[0256] S21: Receive the first number of times the terminal device continuously transmits the preamble of random access on the reference signal, where the first number is reported by the terminal device when transmitting the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the reference signal is SSB or CSI-RS.

[0257] like Figure 3 As shown, in some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when it successfully sends the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0258] like Figure 4 As shown, in some embodiments, the network-side device also receives a second number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal before the terminal device successfully transmits the random access preamble using the random access resource associated with the reference signal, and the LBT failure causes the transmission to fail.

[0259] like Figure 5 As shown, in some embodiments, the second number is reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

[0260] like Figure 6As shown, in some embodiments, the network-side device also receives a third number reported by the terminal device for the continuous transmission of the preamble of random access on one or more selected reference signals, wherein the third number is reported by the terminal device when it fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals and selects one or more from the reference signals.

[0261] like Figure 7 As shown, in some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when it sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails to successfully send the random access preamble.

[0262] like Figure 8 As shown, in some embodiments, the network-side device also receives an index of a reference signal reported by the terminal device. The index of the reference signal is reported by the terminal device when all random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully sent due to LBT failure.

[0263] In some embodiments, the first count is the sum of the number of times a preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times a preamble for random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second count is the number of times a second transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0264] In some embodiments, the first count is reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

[0265] In some embodiments, the network-side device receives first indication information reported by the terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second time that LBT failure results in unsuccessful transmission.

[0266] In some embodiments, the first count is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal.

[0267] In some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is configured.

[0268] In some embodiments, the network-side device receives second indication information reported by the terminal device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the continuous transmission of the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure.

[0269] In some embodiments, the network-side device receives a first number of times a preamble for continuous random access is transmitted on a reference signal, reported by the terminal device, including: receiving a first random access information list reported by the terminal device, wherein the first random access information list is reported when the number of times the terminal device successfully transmits a preamble for random access on the reference signal is 0, and the first random access list includes a first number of times as a predetermined value.

[0270] In some embodiments, the network-side device receiving the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal reported by the terminal device includes: receiving the second random access information list reported by the terminal device, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which is used to indicate that the number of successful transmissions of the preamble of random access is 0.

[0271] In some embodiments, the network-side device receives a first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal reported by the terminal device, including at least one of the following:

[0272] The receiving terminal device reports a connection establishment failure report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0273] The receiving terminal device reports a random access report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0274] The receiving terminal device reports an RLF report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0275] Receive SCG failure information reported by the terminal device, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal;

[0276] The receiving terminal device reports a successful handover report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0277] The receiving terminal device reports a PScell ​​successful addition report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0278] The receiving terminal device reports a PScell ​​success change report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0279] In some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when it transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal with shared spectrum.

[0280] It should be noted that the network-side device execution information reporting method in this embodiment has been described in detail in the terminal device-side execution information reporting method, and can be found in the relevant description of the terminal device execution information reporting method, which will not be repeated here.

[0281] The methods provided in the above embodiments of this disclosure are described from the perspective of interaction between terminal devices and network-side devices. To implement the functions of the methods provided in the above embodiments of this disclosure, the terminal device and the network-side device may include hardware structures and software modules, implementing the above functions in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or a combination of hardware structures and software modules. One of the above functions can be executed in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or a combination of hardware structures and software modules.

[0282] Please see Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 1 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 9 The communication device 1 shown may include a transceiver module 11 and a processing module. The transceiver module may include a sending module and / or a receiving module. The sending module is used to implement the sending function, and the receiving module is used to implement the receiving function. The transceiver module can implement both sending and / or receiving functions.

[0283] Communication device 1 can be a terminal device, a device within a terminal device, or a device compatible with a terminal device. Alternatively, communication device 1 can be a network-side device, a device within a network-side device, or a device compatible with a network-side device.

[0284] Communication device 1 is a terminal device:

[0285] The device includes a transceiver module 11.

[0286] The transceiver module 11 is configured to report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal in response to transmitting the random access preamble using the random access resource associated with the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is a synchronization signal block SSB or a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS.

[0287] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal in response to the successful transmission of the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0288] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to continuously transmit the preamble of random access on the reference signal before reporting to the network-side device that the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted using the random access resource associated with the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions caused by LBT failure.

[0289] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to continuously transmit the preamble of random access on the reference signal before reporting to the network-side device that the preamble of random access was successfully transmitted using the random access resource associated with the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions caused by LBT failure, in response to the terminal device not being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig.

[0290] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to, in response to the failure to successfully transmit a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals, select one or more reference signals and report to the network-side device the third number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the selected one or more reference signals.

[0291] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal in response to transmitting a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal and the LBT failing to successfully transmit the random access preamble.

[0292] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report the index of the reference signal to the network-side device in response to all random access preambles sent using random access resources associated with the reference signal failing to be successfully transmitted due to LBT failure.

[0293] In some embodiments, the first count is the sum of the number of times a preamble for random access was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times a preamble for random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second count is the number of times a second transmission was unsuccessful due to LBT failure.

[0294] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble on the reference signal in response to the terminal device not being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig.

[0295] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report first indication information to the network-side device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and a second time that the LBT failure results in an unsuccessful transmission.

[0296] In some embodiments, the first count is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal.

[0297] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble on the reference signal in response to the terminal device being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig.

[0298] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report second indication information to the network-side device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the continuous transmission of the preamble of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions caused by LBT failure.

[0299] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report a first random access information list to the network-side device in response to the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal being 0, wherein the first random access list includes a first number of times as a predetermined value.

[0300] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report a second random access information list to the network-side device, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which indicates that the number of times the preamble for successful random access has been sent is 0.

[0301] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0302] Report a connection establishment failure report to the network-side device, wherein the connection establishment failure report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0303] Report a random access report to the network-side device, wherein the random access report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal;

[0304] Report a Radio Link Failure (RLF) report to the network-side device, wherein the RLF report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0305] Report secondary cell group (SCG) failure information to the network-side equipment, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0306] Report a successful handover report to the network-side device. The successful handover report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

[0307] Report a successful PScell ​​addition report to the network-side device. The successful PScell ​​addition report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0308] Report a PScell ​​success change report to the network-side device. The PScell ​​success change report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0309] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to report to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal in response to transmitting the random access preamble using the shared spectrum with the reference signal associated random access resources.

[0310] Communication device 1 is a network-side device:

[0311] The device includes a transceiver module 11.

[0312] The transceiver module 11 is configured to receive the first number of times a preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on a reference signal reported by the terminal device, wherein the first number is reported by the terminal device when transmitting the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the reference signal is SSB or CSI-RS.

[0313] In some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when it successfully sends the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

[0314] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive a report from the terminal device of the preamble of random access using the reference signal associated with the random access resource, and to continuously transmit the preamble of random access on the reference signal before the preamble of random access is successfully transmitted, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions caused by LBT failure.

[0315] In some embodiments, the second number is reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

[0316] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive a third number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on one or more selected reference signals reported by the terminal device, wherein the third number is reported by the terminal device when it fails to successfully transmit the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals and selects one or more from the reference signals.

[0317] In some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when it sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails to successfully send the random access preamble.

[0318] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive an index of a reference signal reported by the terminal device, wherein the index of the reference signal is reported by the terminal device when all random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully sent due to LBT failure.

[0319] In some embodiments, the first number is the sum of the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second number is the sum of the number of times a LBT failure results in unsuccessful transmission.

[0320] In some embodiments, the first count is reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

[0321] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive first indication information reported by the terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times a random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times a random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and a second time that the LBT failure results in an unsuccessful transmission.

[0322] In some embodiments, the first count is the number of times a preamble for successful random access is transmitted on the reference signal.

[0323] In some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is configured.

[0324] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive second indication information reported by the terminal device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the preamble of continuous transmission of random access on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions caused by LBT failure.

[0325] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive a first random access information list reported by the terminal device, wherein the first random access information list is reported by the terminal device when the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal is 0, and the first random access list includes a first number of predetermined values.

[0326] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to receive a second random access information list reported by the terminal device, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which indicates that the number of times the preamble for successful random access is sent is 0.

[0327] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is further configured to perform at least one of the following:

[0328] The receiving terminal device reports a connection establishment failure report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0329] The receiving terminal device reports a random access report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0330] The receiving terminal device reports an RLF report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0331] Receive SCG failure information reported by the terminal device, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal;

[0332] The receiving terminal device reports a successful handover report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal;

[0333] The receiving terminal device reports a PScell ​​successful addition report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0334] The receiving terminal device reports a PScell ​​success change report, which includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal.

[0335] In some embodiments, the first number is reported by the terminal device when it transmits a random access preamble using random access resources associated with a reference signal with shared spectrum.

[0336] Regarding the communication device 1 in the above embodiments, the specific methods by which each module performs operations have been described in detail in the embodiments related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

[0337] The communication device 1 provided in the above embodiments of this disclosure achieves the same or similar beneficial effects as the information reporting methods provided in some of the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0338] Please see Figure 10 , Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of another communication device 1000 provided in this embodiment. The communication device 1000 can be a network-side device, a terminal device, a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the network-side device in implementing the above methods, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the terminal device in implementing the above methods. This communication device 1000 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments; for details, please refer to the descriptions in the above method embodiments.

[0339] The communication device 1000 may include one or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, such as a baseband processor or a central processing unit (CPU). The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, while the CPU can be used to control the communication device (e.g., network-side equipment, baseband chip, terminal equipment, terminal equipment chip, DU or CU, etc.), execute computer programs, and process data from the computer programs.

[0340] Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include one or more memories 1002, which may store a computer program 1004. The memories 1002 execute the computer program 1004 to cause the communication device 1000 to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, the memories 1002 may also store data. The communication device 1000 and the memories 1002 may be provided separately or integrated together.

[0341] Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include a transceiver 1005 and an antenna 1006. The transceiver 1005 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, transceiver, or transceiver circuit, etc., and is used to implement the transmission and reception functions. The transceiver 1005 may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be referred to as a receiver or receiving circuit, etc., and is used to implement the receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or transmitting circuit, etc., and is used to implement the transmitting function.

[0342] Optionally, the communication device 1000 may further include one or more interface circuits 1007. The interface circuit 1007 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor 1001. The processor 1001 executes the code instructions to cause the communication device 1000 to perform the method described in the above method embodiments.

[0343] Communication device 1000 is a terminal device: transceiver 1005 is used to perform... Figure 2 S21 in; Figure 3 S31 in; Figure 4 S41 and S42 in the text; Figure 5 S51 and S52 in the text; Figure 6 S61 and S62 in the text; Figure 7 S71 in the middle; Figure 8 S81 and S82 in the text.

[0344] Communication device 1000 is a network-side device: transceiver 1005 is used to perform... Figure 2 S21 in; Figure 3 S31 in; Figure 4 S41 and S42 in the text; Figure 5 S51 and S52 in the text; Figure 6 S61 and S62 in the text; Figure 7 S71 in the middle; Figure 8 S81 and S82 in the text.

[0345] In one implementation, the processor 1001 may include a transceiver for implementing receiving and transmitting functions. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit for implementing receiving and transmitting functions may be separate or integrated. The aforementioned transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit can be used for reading and writing code / data, or it can be used for transmitting or relaying signals.

[0346] In one implementation, processor 1001 may store computer program 1003, which runs on processor 1001 and causes communication device 1000 to execute the methods described in the above method embodiments. Computer program 1003 may be embedded in processor 1001, in which case processor 1001 may be implemented in hardware.

[0347] In one implementation, the communication device 1000 may include circuitry capable of performing the functions of transmitting, receiving, or communicating as described in the foregoing method embodiments. The processor and transceiver described in this disclosure can be implemented on integrated circuits (ICs), analog ICs, radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), mixed-signal ICs, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), electronic devices, etc. The processor and transceiver can also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), n-metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS), positive-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS), bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon-germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

[0348] The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a terminal device or a network-side device, but the scope of the communication device described in this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device may vary. Figure 10 The communication device may be a standalone device or part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

[0349] (1) Independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem;

[0350] (2) A collection of one or more ICs, optionally including storage components for storing data and computer programs;

[0351] (3) ASIC, such as modem;

[0352] (4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices;

[0353] (5) Receivers, terminal equipment, smart terminal equipment, cellular phones, wireless equipment, handheld devices, mobile units, vehicle-mounted equipment, network equipment, cloud equipment, artificial intelligence equipment, etc.

[0354] (6) Others, etc.

[0355] For cases where the communication device can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to [link / reference]. Figure 11 This is a structural diagram of a chip provided in an embodiment of this disclosure.

[0356] Chip 1100 includes processor 1101 and interface 1103. The number of processors 1101 can be one or more, and the number of interfaces 1103 can be multiple.

[0357] Regarding the case where the chip is used to implement the functions of the terminal device in the embodiments of this disclosure:

[0358] Interface 1103 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor.

[0359] Processor 1101 is configured to run code instructions to perform the information reporting method as described in some of the embodiments above.

[0360] For cases where the chip is used to implement the functions of the network-side device in the embodiments of this disclosure:

[0361] Interface 1103 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor.

[0362] Processor 1101 is configured to run code instructions to perform the information reporting method as described in some of the embodiments above.

[0363] Optionally, chip 1100 may also include memory 1102, which is used to store necessary computer programs and data.

[0364] Those skilled in the art will also understand that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of this disclosure can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. Whether such functionality is implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and the overall system design requirements. Those skilled in the art can implement the described functionality using various methods for each specific application, but such implementation should not be construed as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0365] This disclosure also provides an information reporting system, which includes the aforementioned... Figure 9 In the embodiments, the communication device serves as a terminal device and the communication device serves as a network-side device; alternatively, the system includes the aforementioned components. Figure 10 The embodiments include a communication device as a terminal device and a communication device as a network-side device.

[0366] This disclosure also provides a readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments.

[0367] This disclosure also provides a computer program product that, when executed by a computer, implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments.

[0368] In the above embodiments, implementation can be achieved, in whole or in part, through software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, it can be implemented, in whole or in part, as a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of this disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transferred from one computer-readable storage medium to another. For example, the computer program can be transferred from one website, computer, server, or data center to another via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium accessible to a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that integrates one or more available media. The available media may be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (e.g., high-density digital video discs (DVDs)), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid-state disks (SSDs)).

[0369] Those skilled in the art will understand that the various numerical designations such as "first," "second," etc., used in this disclosure are merely for the convenience of description and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of this disclosure, nor do they indicate the order of events.

[0370] At least one of the features described in this disclosure can also be described as one or more, and multiple features can be two, three, four or more, and this disclosure does not impose any limitations. In the embodiments of this disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in that technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D", etc., and there is no sequential order or size order among the technical features described by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D".

[0371] The correspondences shown in the tables of this disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values ​​of the information in each table are merely examples and can be configured to other values; this disclosure is not limiting. When configuring the correspondences between information and parameters, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, the correspondences shown in some rows of the tables in this disclosure may not be configured. Furthermore, appropriate modifications and adjustments can be made based on the above tables, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the headers of the above tables can also use other names that the communication device can understand, and the values ​​or representations of the parameters can also be other values ​​or representations that the communication device can understand. In the implementation of the above tables, other data structures can also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables, or hash tables, etc.

[0372] The predefined terms in this disclosure can be understood as defined, predefined, stored, pre-stored, pre-negotiated, pre-configured, solidified, or pre-burned.

[0373] Those skilled in the art will recognize that the units and algorithm steps of the various examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0374] Those skilled in the art will understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity, the specific working processes of the systems, devices, and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0375] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this disclosure, but the scope of protection of this disclosure is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in this disclosure should be included within the scope of protection of this disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of this disclosure should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An information reporting method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a terminal device and includes: In response to transmitting a preamble for random access using random access resources associated with a reference signal, the network-side device is reported the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS). The method further includes: in response to all the preambles of the random access sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and all LBTs failing to be successfully sent, reporting the index of the reference signal to the network-side device, and canceling the first number of times the preambles of the random access sent consecutively on the reference signal are reported to the network-side device.

2. The method as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The step of reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal in response to transmitting a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal includes: In response to successfully transmitting the preamble of the random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, the network-side device reports the first number of times the preamble of the random access has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

3. The method as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The method further includes: Before reporting to the network-side device that the random access preamble associated with the reference signal was successfully sent, the random access preamble was continuously sent on the reference signal, including the second number of times the pre-session listening LBT failed due to failure.

4. The method as described in claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, The method further includes: In response to the terminal device not being configured with the pre-dialogue listening failure recovery configuration lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the network-side device is notified of the continuous transmission of the preamble of the random access using the random access resource associated with the reference signal before the preamble of the random access is successfully transmitted, and the second number of times the LBT failure causes the transmission to fail.

5. The method as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: In response to the failure to successfully transmit the preamble of the random access using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals, one or more of the reference signals are selected, and the network-side device is reported the third number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of the random access on the selected one or more reference signals.

6. The method as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The step of reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal in response to transmitting a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal includes: In response to transmitting a preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails to successfully transmit the preamble of random access, the network-side device reports the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The first number is the sum of the number of times the random access preamble was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times the random access preamble was continuously transmitted on the reference signal and failed to be transmitted due to LBT failure.

8. The method as described in claim 7, characterized in that, The first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted to the network-side device on the reference signal includes: In response to the terminal device not being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the first number of times the preamble of the random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal is reported to the network-side device.

9. The method as described in claim 7 or 8, characterized in that, The method further includes: The network-side device reports first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and the second time that the LBT failure causes the transmission to fail.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The first count is the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal.

11. The method as described in claim 10, characterized in that, The first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted to the network-side device on the reference signal includes: In response to the terminal device being configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig, the first number of times the preamble of the random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal is reported to the network-side device.

12. The method as described in claim 10 or 11, characterized in that, The method further includes: The network-side device is reported a second indication message, wherein the second indication message is used to indicate the continuous transmission of the random access preamble on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure.

13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that, The first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted to the network-side device on the reference signal includes: In response to the number of successful transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal being 0, a first random access information list is reported to the network-side device, wherein the first random access list includes the first number of times as a predetermined value.

14. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that, The first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted to the network-side device on the reference signal includes: A second random access information list is reported to the network-side device, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which indicates that the number of times the preamble of the random access was successfully sent is 0.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that, The first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted to the network-side device on the reference signal includes at least one of the following: A connection establishment failure report is reported to the network-side device, wherein the connection establishment failure report includes the first number of times the preamble of the random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; Report a random access report to the network-side device, wherein the random access report includes the first number of times the preamble of the random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; Report a Radio Link Failure (RLF) report to the network-side device, wherein the RLF report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal; The network-side device reports secondary cell group (SCG) failure information, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal; A successful handover report is reported to the network-side device, wherein the successful handover report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; A primary and secondary cell PScell ​​successful addition report is reported to the network-side device, wherein the PScell ​​successful addition report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; A PScell ​​successful change report is reported to the network-side device, wherein the PScell ​​successful change report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

16. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that, The step of reporting to the network-side device the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on the reference signal in response to transmitting a preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal includes: In response to transmitting the preamble of the random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal with a shared spectrum, the network-side device reports the first number of times the preamble of the random access has been continuously transmitted on the reference signal.

17. An information reporting method, characterized in that, The method is executed by a network-side device and includes: The receiving terminal device reports a first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble of random access on a reference signal, wherein the first number is reported by the terminal device when transmitting the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the reference signal is SSB or CSI-RS. The method further includes: receiving the index of the reference signal reported by the terminal device, wherein the index of the reference signal is reported when all the preambles of the random access sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully sent due to LBT failure, and the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preambles of the random access on the reference signal is cancelled and reported to the network-side device.

18. The method as described in claim 17, characterized in that, The first number is the number reported by the terminal device when it successfully sends the preamble of random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal.

19. The method as described in claim 18, characterized in that, The method further includes: Before successfully transmitting the preamble of the random access using the reference signal associated with the random access resource reported by the terminal device, the preamble of the random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, and the second number of transmissions that fails due to LBT failure is also included.

20. The method as described in claim 19, characterized in that, The second number is the number reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

21. The method as described in claim 17, characterized in that, The method further includes: The terminal device receives a report of the third consecutive transmission of the random access preamble on one or more selected reference signals, wherein the third transmission is reported by the terminal device when it fails to successfully transmit the random access preamble using the random access resources associated with any of the reference signals and selects one or more from the reference signals.

22. The method as described in claim 17, characterized in that, The first number is reported when the terminal device sends a random access preamble using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the LBT fails to successfully send the random access preamble.

23. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 22, characterized in that, The first number is the sum of the number of times the random access preamble was successfully transmitted on the reference signal and the number of times the random access preamble was continuously transmitted on the reference signal and failed to be transmitted due to LBT failure.

24. The method as described in claim 23, characterized in that, The first number of times is the number of times reported by the terminal device when lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig is not configured.

25. The method as described in claim 23 or 24, characterized in that, The method further includes: The terminal device receives a first indication message, wherein the first indication message is used to indicate the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal, or the number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal and the second time that the LBT failure causes the transmission to fail.

26. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 22, characterized in that, The first count is the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal.

27. The method as described in claim 26, characterized in that, The first number of times is the number of times reported by the terminal device when it is configured with lbt-FailureRecoveryConfig.

28. The method as described in claim 26 or 27, characterized in that, The method further includes: The terminal device receives a second indication message, wherein the second indication message is used to indicate the continuous transmission of the random access preamble on the reference signal, and the second number of unsuccessful transmissions due to LBT failure.

29. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 28, characterized in that, The first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal reported by the receiving terminal device includes: The terminal device receives a first random access information list, wherein the first random access information list is reported by the terminal device when the number of times the random access preamble is successfully transmitted on the reference signal is 0, and the first random access list includes the first number of times as a predetermined value.

30. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 28, characterized in that, The first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal reported by the receiving terminal device includes: The terminal device receives a second random access information list, wherein the second random access list includes an information element IE, which indicates that the number of times the preamble for the random access was successfully sent is 0.

31. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 28, characterized in that, The first number of consecutive transmissions of the preamble for random access on the reference signal reported by the receiving terminal device includes at least one of the following: Receive a connection establishment failure report reported by the terminal device, wherein the connection establishment failure report includes the first number of times the preamble of the random access was continuously transmitted on the reference signal; Receive a random access report reported by the terminal device, wherein the random access report includes a first number of times the preamble of the random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; Receive an RLF report reported by the terminal device, wherein the RLF report includes the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; Receive SCG failure information reported by the terminal device, wherein the SCG failure information includes the first number of times the random access preamble was continuously transmitted on the reference signal; Receive a successful handover report reported by the terminal device, wherein the successful handover report includes the first number of times the preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; The terminal device receives a PScell ​​successful addition report, wherein the PScell ​​successful addition report includes the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal; The terminal device receives a PScell ​​successful change report, wherein the PScell ​​successful change report includes the first number of consecutive transmissions of the random access preamble on the reference signal.

32. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 28, characterized in that, The first number is the number reported by the terminal device when it sends the preamble of the random access using the random access resources associated with the reference signal with the shared spectrum.

33. A terminal device, characterized in that, The terminal device includes: The transceiver module is configured to report to the network-side device, in response to transmitting a random access preamble using a random access resource associated with a reference signal, the first number of times the random access preamble is continuously transmitted on the reference signal, wherein the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS. The transceiver module is further configured to, in response to all the preambles of the random access sent using the random access resources associated with the reference signal, and all LBTs failing to be successfully sent, report the index of the reference signal to the network-side device, and cancel reporting the first number of consecutive transmissions of the preambles of the random access on the reference signal to the network-side device.

34. A network-side device, characterized in that, The network-side device includes: The transceiver module is configured to receive a first number of times a preamble of random access is continuously transmitted on a reference signal reported by a terminal device, wherein the first number of times is reported by the terminal device when transmitting the preamble of random access using random access resources associated with the reference signal, and the reference signal is an SSB or a CSI-RS. The transceiver module is further configured to receive the index of the reference signal reported by the terminal device, wherein the index of the reference signal is reported by the terminal device when all the random access preambles sent by the terminal device using the random access resources associated with the reference signal fail to be successfully sent due to LBT failure, and the terminal device cancels the first number of times it has continuously sent the random access preambles on the reference signal to the network-side device.

35. A communication device, characterized in that, The device includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing a computer program, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the device to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, or the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the device to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 17 to 32.

36. A communication device, characterized in that, include: Processor and interface circuitry; The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor; The processor is configured to execute the code instructions to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, or to execute the code instructions to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 17 to 32.

37. A computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any one of claims 1 to 16 to be implemented, or, when executed, cause the method of any one of claims 17 to 32 to be implemented.

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