Information indication method, terminal device, network device, chip and storage medium

Abstract

The invention relates to an information indication method, terminal equipment, network equipment, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program and a communication system. The method comprises the steps that the terminal equipment receives first indication information from the network equipment; and the terminal device determines, according to the first indication information, whether to perform advanced indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process. According to the embodiment of the invention, the advance indication can be flexibly configured.

Description

[0001] This application is a divisional application of the PCT international patent application PCT / CN2021 / 093173 with an application date of May 11, 2021, which entered the Chinese national phase with Chinese patent application number 202180091930.0 and the invention name being "Information Indication Method, Terminal Device, Network Device, Chip and Storage Medium". Background Art

[0003] The NR system supports enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) services that require high speed, high spectrum efficiency, and large bandwidth. It also supports other types of services that have different requirements in terms of speed, bandwidth, power consumption, cost, etc., such as sensor networks, video surveillance, wearable devices, etc. The capabilities of terminals supporting these services are reduced compared to those supporting eMBB, such as reduced supported bandwidth, relaxed processing time, reduced number of antennas, and relaxed maximum modulation order. Such terminals can be called reduced capability (RedCap) terminals.

[0004] In order to facilitate network equipment to set the transmission mode of the downlink channel according to different terminal types, in the related technology, the RedCap terminal is allowed to report its terminal type or capability during the random access process, so that the network equipment can identify the access of the RedCap terminal earlier and optimize the transmission capability of the RedCap to improve the transmission efficiency. This reporting method can be called early indication. However, when the terminal makes an early indication during the random access process, the uplink resource set in the random access process will be divided, resulting in a decrease in the utilization rate of the uplink resources. Therefore, it is necessary to consider how to make early indications flexibly. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide an information indication method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a computer program and a communication system, which can be used to flexibly perform advance indication.

[0006] The present application provides an information indication method, including:

[0007] The terminal device receives first indication information from the network device;

[0008] The terminal device determines, based on the first indication information, whether to provide an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0009] The present application provides an information indication method, including:

[0010] The network device sends first indication information to the terminal device;

[0011] The first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0012] The present application also provides a terminal device, including:

[0013] A first communication module, used for receiving first indication information from a network device;

[0014] The first processing module is used to determine whether to perform an advance indication of a low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of a random access process according to the first indication information.

[0015] The embodiment of the present application also provides a network device, including:

[0016] A second communication module, used to send first indication information to the terminal device;

[0017] The first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0018] An embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal device, including: a processor and a memory, the memory is used to store a computer program, the processor calls and runs the computer program stored in the memory, and executes the method provided in any embodiment of the present application.

[0019] An embodiment of the present application also provides a network device, including: a processor and a memory, the memory is used to store a computer program, the processor calls and runs the computer program stored in the memory, and executes the method provided in any embodiment of the present application.

[0020] An embodiment of the present application also provides a chip, including: a processor, used to call and run a computer program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes a method provided by any embodiment of the present application.

[0021] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program enables a computer to execute a method provided by any embodiment of the present application.

[0022] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions enable a computer to execute a method provided by any embodiment of the present application.

[0023] The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program, which enables a computer to execute the method provided by any embodiment of the present application.

[0024] An embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, including a terminal device and a network device for executing the method provided by any embodiment of the present application.

[0025] According to the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device can determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process according to the first indication information sent by the network device. Therefore, by configuring the first indication information, the advance indication and the uplink information used for the advance indication can be flexibly configured, which facilitates the network device to optimize the terminal type while avoiding excessive segmentation of the uplink resources in the random access process, resulting in a decrease in utilization. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the communication system architecture of an embodiment of the present application.

[0027] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the four-step random access process.

[0028] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the two-step random access process.

[0029] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the relative relationship between PO and associated RO.

[0030] Figure 5 It is a schematic flowchart of an information indication method according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0031] Figure 6 It is a schematic flowchart of an information indication method according to another embodiment of the present application.

[0032] Figure 7 It is a schematic structural block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0033] Figure 8 It is a schematic structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0034] Fig. 9 It is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0035] Fig.10 It is a schematic block diagram of the chip of an embodiment of the present application.

[0036] Fig.11 It is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

[0038] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, Advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, New Radio (NR) system, NR system evolution system, LTE on unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, NR on unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (Wireless Fidelity) system. Fidelity, WiFi), fifth-generation communication (5th-Generation, 5G) system or other communication systems, etc.

[0039] Generally speaking, traditional communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, mobile communication systems will not only support traditional communications, but will also support, for example, device to device (Device to Device, D2D) communication, machine to machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) communication, machine type communication (Machine Type Communication, MTC), vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, or vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, etc. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these communication systems.

[0040] Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a carrier aggregation (CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (DC) scenario, or a standalone (SA) networking scenario.

[0041] The embodiments of the present application describe various embodiments in conjunction with network devices and terminal devices, wherein the terminal device may also be referred to as user equipment (UE), access terminal, user unit, user station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user device, etc.

[0042] The terminal device can be a station (STAION, ST) in a WLAN, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next-generation communication system such as an NR network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0043] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; it can also be deployed on the water surface (such as ships, etc.); it can also be deployed in the air (for example, on airplanes, balloons and satellites, etc.).

[0044] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, 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, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, or a wireless terminal device in a smart home, etc.

[0045] As an example but not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable devices may also be referred to as wearable smart devices, which are a general term for wearable devices that are intelligently designed and developed using wearable technology for daily wear, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothing, and shoes. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothes or accessories. Wearable devices are not only hardware devices, but also powerful functions achieved through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. Broadly speaking, wearable smart devices include full-featured, large-sized, and fully or partially independent of smartphones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, as well as devices that only focus on a certain type of application function and need to be used in conjunction with other devices such as smartphones, such as various types of smart bracelets and smart jewelry for vital sign monitoring.

[0046] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device. The network device may be an access point (AP) in WLAN, a base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a base station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved base station (EvolutionalNode B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, or a relay station or access point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

[0047] As an example but not limitation, in an embodiment of the present application, the network device may have a mobile characteristic, for example, the network device may be a mobile device. Optionally, the network device may be a satellite or a balloon station. For example, the satellite may be a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite, a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite, a high elliptical orbit (HEO) satellite, etc. Optionally, the network device may also be a base station set up in a location such as land or water.

[0048] In an embodiment of the present application, the network device can provide services for a cell, and the terminal device communicates with the network device through the transmission resources used by the cell (for example, frequency domain resources, or spectrum resources). The cell can be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), and the cell can belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell. The small cells here may include: metro cells, micro cells, pico cells, femto cells, etc. These small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-speed data transmission services.

[0049] Figure 1 A wireless communication system 1000 is schematically shown. The wireless communication system 1000 includes a network device 1100 and two terminal devices 1200. Optionally, the wireless communication system 1000 may include multiple network devices 1100, and each network device 1100 may include other number of terminal devices 1200 within its coverage area, which is not limited in the present embodiment.

[0050] Optionally, Figure 1The wireless communication system 1000 shown may also include other network entities such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application. Among them, the network equipment may include access network equipment and core network equipment. That is, the wireless communication system also includes multiple core networks for communicating with the access network equipment. The access network equipment may be an evolutionary base station (evolutional node B, which may be referred to as eNB or e-NodeB) macro base station, micro base station (also called "small base station"), micro-micro base station, access point (AP), transmission point (TP) or a new generation base station (new generation Node B, gNodeB) in a long-term evolution (LTE) system, a next-generation (mobile communication system) (next radio, NR) system or an authorized auxiliary access long-term evolution (LAA-LTE) system.

[0051] It should be understood that the device with communication function in the network / system in the embodiment of the present application can be referred to as a communication device. Figure 1 Taking the communication system shown as an example, the communication equipment may include network equipment and terminal equipment with communication functions. The network equipment and terminal equipment may be specific equipment in the embodiments of the present application and will not be repeated here. The communication equipment may also include other equipment in the communication system, such as network controllers, mobile management entities and other network entities, which are not limited to the embodiments of the present application.

[0052] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in this article. The term "and / or" is used to describe the association relationship of associated objects. For example, it means that there are three kinds of relationships between the associated objects. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " in this article generally means that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0053] It should be understood that the "indication" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication of an association relationship. For example, A indicates B, which can mean that A directly indicates B, for example, B can be obtained through A; it can also mean that A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained through C; it can also mean that there is an association relationship between A and B.

[0054] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate a direct or indirect correspondence between two items, or an association relationship between the two items, or a relationship between indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, and the like.

[0055] To facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the relevant technologies of the embodiments of the present application are described below. The following related technologies can be arbitrarily combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application as optional solutions, and they all belong to the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application.

[0056] (1) Random Access Channel (RACH) process:

[0057] like Figure 2 As shown, in the 5G system, the random access process adopts a four-step process similar to LTE:

[0058] Step 1: The UE sends a PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel) to the base station. The PRACH includes a random access preamble (ie, a first message message 1, MSG1).

[0059] Step 2: After the base station detects the access preamble sent by the UE, it sends a random access response (RAR), i.e., the second message (Message 2, Msg 2) to the UE to inform the UE of the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources that can be used to send the third message (Message 3, Msg 3), allocate a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) to the UE, and provide the UE with a time advance command (Time Advance Command), etc.

[0060] Step 3: After receiving the random access response RAR, the UE sends a Msg 3 message on the PUSCH resource specified by the random access response message, which carries a UE-specific temporary identification information.

[0061] Step 4: The base station sends a fourth message (Message 4, Msg4) to the UE, which includes a contention resolution message and allocates uplink transmission resources to the UE. When the UE receives Msg4 sent by the base station, it detects whether the UE-specific temporary identifier sent by the UE in Msg 3 is included in the contention resolution message sent by the base station. If it is included, it indicates that the UE random access process is successful, otherwise it is considered that the random process has failed, and the UE needs to initiate the random access process again from the first step.

[0062] (2) Two-step RACH process

[0063] The delay overhead of the four-step RACH process is relatively large, which is not suitable for the low-latency and high-reliability scenarios in 5G. During the standardization process of NR, considering the characteristics of low-latency and high-reliability related services, a two-step RACH process, namely the Type-2 random access process, was introduced in R16. Compared with the four-step RACH process, the access delay can be reduced. Correspondingly, the four-step RACH process is called the Type-1 random access process.

[0064] The two-step RACH process is as follows Figure 3 As shown:

[0065] In the two-step RACH process, to put it simply, it is equivalent to combining the first and third steps of the four-step RACH process into the first step of the two-step RACH process: the UE sends a class A message (Message A, Msg A); and combining the second and fourth steps of the four-step RACH process into the second step of the two-step RACH process: the base station sends a class B message (Message B, MsgB) for response.

[0066] In the first step of two-step RACH, Msg A includes a preamble and a PUSCH part; in the second step of two-step RACH, Msg B includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

[0067] For Msg A, the UE needs to send preamble and PUSCH, where the RACH position (RACHoccasion, RO) where the Preamble is located is the same as the four-step RACH process. Through network configuration, its RO can be shared with the RO of the four-step RACH or configured separately.

[0068] The time-frequency resource where the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH is located is called the PUSCH occasion (PO). A PO can contain multiple PUSCH resource units (PRUs). A PRU contains PUSCH Resource and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS). DMRS contains a DMRS port and a DMRS sequence (applicable to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)). PO is also configured through the network, and its period is the same as RO and is associated with it.

[0069] like Figure 4 As shown, the relative relationship in time-frequency position between the time slot PO slot where the physical uplink shared channel is located and the time slot (PRACH slot) where the associated RO is located is configured by the network, and the relative relationship includes an offset between the two.

[0070] (3) RedCap Terminal

[0071] The NR system is mainly designed to support eMBB services. Its main technology is to meet the needs of high speed, high spectrum efficiency, and large bandwidth. In fact, in addition to eMBB, there are many different types of services, such as sensor networks, video surveillance, wearables, etc. They have different requirements from eMBB services in terms of speed, bandwidth, power consumption, cost, etc.

[0072] The capabilities of terminals supporting these services are reduced compared to those supporting eMBB, such as reduced supported bandwidth, relaxed processing time, reduced number of antennas, and relaxed maximum modulation order. The NR system needs to be optimized for these services and corresponding low-capability terminals. Such terminals can be referred to as reduced capability (RedCap) terminals.

[0073] In LTE technology, there are similar system designs to support terminals with large number of connections, low power consumption and low cost, such as MTC and Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT). In NR system, it is hoped that similar technologies will be introduced to better support other types of services besides eMBB services using NR technology. For such low-complexity and low-cost terminals, one optimization that needs to be performed is coverage enhancement, which is used to improve the downlink and uplink coverage of such terminals.

[0074] (4) Network identification of RedCap UE

[0075] For the UE that initially accesses, after receiving the system message, it initiates a random access process to establish a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the network. During this process, the network needs to identify the type of UE and obtain the UE-related capability information. The UE can indicate the type of UE to the network device in the following ways:

[0076] Indicated during the sending phase of Msg1, for example, through the initial uplink bandwidth part (BandwidthPart, BWP) where Msg 1 is transmitted, through independent PRACH resources, or by dividing an independent PRACH preamble set;

[0077] Indicated during the transmission phase of Msg3, for example, in the payload of the carried Msg 3PUSCH;

[0078] Indicated after the transmission of Msg4, such as the fifth message (Message5, Msg5) or as a capability report of the UE;

[0079] Indicated during the MsgA transmission phase of the 2-step RACH process.

[0080] For RedCap terminals, the network equipment cannot know their terminal type or capabilities during the initial access phase. Compared with non-RedCap terminals, the reception performance of the downlink channel of RedCap terminals is reduced due to the reduction in the number of receiving antennas. During the random access process, the network sends Msg2 and Msg4 to the terminal through the public channel. Since the type of the terminal is unknown, a conservative approach is that the network sets the transmission mode of the downlink channel according to the number of receiving antennas of the RedCap terminal, such as the scheduling resource size, modulation and coding scheme, etc. This will reduce the downlink spectrum efficiency.

[0081] The method for solving this problem includes that during the random access process, the RedCap terminal reports the type or capability of its terminal, so that the network can adopt the corresponding downlink channel transmission method. In general, the network can optimize the transmission of the RedCap UE earlier and improve the transmission efficiency by identifying the access of the RedCap UE earlier. This reporting method or indication method is hereinafter referred to as early indication. For example, through the indication of Msg1, the network can perform corresponding optimization for the RedCap UE when sending Msg2. However, the indication is made during the sending phase of Msg1, including distinguishing the RedCap terminal from the non-RedCap terminal through the preamble, the initial uplink BWP, and the difference of PRACH resources. This method will divide the resource set of the PRACH, which will cause the utilization rate of the PRACH resources to decrease, and cause the user capacity supported by the PRACH to decrease. When it is necessary to indicate multiple RedCap UE types or capabilities, further dividing the PRACH resources will further aggravate the problem. Based on this, it can be considered to allow the network to configure whether to indicate the type or capability of the RedCap terminal in advance during the random access process through system messages, and how to configure it needs to be considered.

[0082] The solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is mainly used to solve at least one of the above problems.

[0083] In order to enable a more detailed understanding of the features and technical contents of the embodiments of the present invention, the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The attached drawings are for reference only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention.

[0084] Figure 5 is a schematic flow chart of an information indication method according to an embodiment of the present application. The method can optionally be applied to Figure 1 The system shown in the figure is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following contents.

[0085] Step S510, the terminal device receives first indication information from the network device;

[0086] Step S520: The terminal device determines, based on the first indication information, whether to provide an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0087] Corresponding to the above method, the embodiment of the present application also provides an information indication method, specifically referring to Figure 6 , the method comprising:

[0088] Step S610, the network device sends first indication information to the terminal device;

[0089] The first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0090] Optionally, the first indication information may be carried by a system message.

[0091] Optionally, the advance indication of the low-capability terminal includes indicating in advance the type and / or capability of the RedCap terminal.

[0092] Optionally, the first uplink information includes a first physical random access channel PRACH and / or a first physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.

[0093] Optionally, the first PRACH includes: a PRACH of a four-step random access process.

[0094] That is to say, for the four-step random access process, the terminal device can optionally determine whether to make an advance indication in the PRACH, that is, Msg1, based on the first indication information.

[0095] Optionally, the first PRACH includes: PRACH in Msg A of a two-step random access process.

[0096] That is to say, for the two-step random access process, the terminal device can optionally determine whether to make an advance indication in the PRACH in MsgA based on the first indication information.

[0097] Optionally, the first PUSCH includes: PUSCH in Msg3 of a four-step random access process.

[0098] That is to say, for the four-step random access process, the terminal device can optionally determine whether to make an advance indication in the PUSCH in Msg3 based on the first indication information.

[0099] Optionally, the first PUSCH includes: PUSCH of Msg A of a two-step random access process.

[0100] That is to say, for the two-step random access process, the terminal device can optionally determine whether to make an advance indication in the PUSCH in MsgA based on the first indication information.

[0101] In actual applications, the terminal device may also determine whether to jointly perform advance indication in the first PRACH and the first PUSCH during the random access process based on the first indication information.

[0102] In the embodiment of the present application, the first indication information can be used for different purposes in different scenarios. Several specific examples are provided below:

[0103] Example 1: The first indication information is used to indicate whether to perform advance indication of the RedCap terminal during the random access process.

[0104] For example, in a case where the uplink information configured by the system for advance indication is the above-mentioned first uplink information, the terminal device determines whether to make an advance indication based on the first indication information.

[0105] One implementation is that the first indication information explicitly indicates whether the RedCap terminal can make an advance indication during the random access process. For example, the first indication information is added to the system message, with bit 1 indicating that the terminal device makes an advance indication, and bit 0 indicating that the terminal device does not make an advance indication.

[0106] Another implementation manner is that the first indication information implicitly indicates whether the RedCap terminal can perform advance indication during the random access process.

[0107] Optionally, the first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information in a random access process;

[0108] The terminal device determines, according to the first indication information, whether to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process, including:

[0109] In a case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, the terminal device determines to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0110] That is, in the case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information.

[0111] Optionally, when the first uplink resources do not include uplink resources for low-capability terminals, the terminal device determines not to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0112] For example, the network device configures resources for sending PRACH and / or PUSCH for the RedCap terminal through the first indication information, including resources used by non-RedCap terminals, and optionally, resources used by RedCap terminals. When the network configures the resources used by the RedCap terminal, it implicitly configures the terminal device to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal during the random access process, such as making an advance indication in a pre-specified first uplink information. Exemplarily, when the terminal device sends uplink information using the resources configured by the first indication information, the network device can identify the terminal device as a RedCap terminal.

[0113] Example 2: The first indication information is used to configure uplink information for advance indication of a RedCap terminal.

[0114] For example, when the system has configured or defaulted that the terminal device can make advance indications, the first indication information is used to configure the uplink information used for making advance indications. Based on this, the terminal device determines whether to make advance indications in the first uplink information or other uplink information based on the first indication information.

[0115] For another example, when the network device configures the terminal device to perform advance indication through the second indication information, the terminal device determines whether to perform advance indication in the first uplink information or other uplink information based on the first indication information. Specifically, in the above step S520, the terminal device determines whether to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process according to the first indication information, including:

[0116] In case of determining to perform advance indication of the RedCap terminal in the random access process according to the received second indication information, the terminal device determines whether to perform advance indication of the RedCap terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process according to the first indication information.

[0117] Correspondingly, in the above step S610, the network device sends the first indication information to the terminal device, including:

[0118] In case of sending the second indication information to the terminal device, the network device sends the first indication information to the terminal device;

[0119] The second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine to make an advance indication of a low-capability terminal during a random access process.

[0120] That is, the network device indicates to the terminal device through the second indication information that it can make an advance indication. On this basis, the terminal device determines whether to make an advance indication in the first uplink information or other uplink information based on the first indication information.

[0121] Exemplarily, the second indication information may be carried by a system message.

[0122] Exemplarily, the second indication information may explicitly indicate that the terminal device can make an advance indication. For example, dedicated information is set in the system message to indicate whether the terminal device can make an advance indication. One example is that when the dedicated information is the second indication information, such as bit 1, the terminal device can make an advance indication; when the dedicated information is other information, such as bit 0, the terminal device does not make an advance indication. Another example is that the dedicated information is the second indication information, and when the second indication information is received, the terminal device can make an advance indication; when the second indication information is not received, the terminal device does not make an advance indication.

[0123] Optionally, the first indication information may be explicitly configured as uplink information for early indication. Specifically, the first indication information is used to indicate third uplink information, and the third uplink information is used to provide early indication to the low-capability terminal;

[0124] The terminal device determines, according to the first indication information, whether to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process, including:

[0125] In a case where the third uplink information includes the first uplink information, the terminal device determines to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information.

[0126] In other words, in a case where the third uplink information includes the first uplink information, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information.

[0127] Optionally, when the third uplink information does not include the first uplink information, the terminal device determines not to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information.

[0128] For example, the candidates for the third uplink information are the first PRACH and the first PUSCH. The first indication information directly indicates that the third uplink information is the first PRACH and / or the first PUSCH. In the case where the third uplink information includes the first PRACH, the terminal device determines to perform an advance indication of the RedCap terminal in the first PRACH; in the case where the third uplink information includes the first PUSCH, the terminal device determines to perform an advance indication of the RedCap terminal in the first PUSCH; in the case where the third uplink information includes the first PRACH and the first PUSCH, the terminal device determines to perform an advance indication of the RedCap terminal jointly in the first PRACH and the first PUSCH.

[0129] Example 3: The first indication information is used to indicate whether to perform advance indication of the RedCap terminal during the random access process, and to configure uplink information used for performing advance indication of the RedCap terminal.

[0130] For example, based on the fact that the first indication information in Example 1 explicitly indicates whether the RedCap terminal can make an advance indication during the random access process, in combination with Example 2, the first indication information may also explicitly configure uplink information for making an advance indication.

[0131] For example, in Example 1, the first indication information implicitly indicates whether the RedCap terminal can make an advance indication during the random access process by configuring the first uplink resource. In combination with Example 2, the first indication information can also explicitly configure the uplink information for making an advance indication.

[0132] For another example, in Example 1, the first indication information implicitly indicates whether the advance indication of the RedCap terminal can be performed during the random access process by configuring the first uplink resource. The first indication information can also implicitly configure the uplink information used for the advance indication. Exemplarily, in the example where the first indication information is used to configure the first uplink resource, the first uplink resource is used to send the first uplink information.

[0133] Specifically, the network device configures the transmission resources of the first PRACH for the RedCap terminal through the first indication information, which includes the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by non-RedCap terminals, and optionally, may also include the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by RedCap terminals. When the network configures the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by the RedCap terminal, the terminal device is implicitly configured to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal through the first PRACH. When the network does not configure the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by the RedCap terminal, it is implicitly configured not to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal type or capability through the first PRACH. Therefore, the RedCap terminal can determine whether to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal type or capability through the first PRACH based on whether the network has configured the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by the RedCap terminal.

[0134] Similarly, the network device configures the resources for sending the above-mentioned first PUSCH for the RedCap terminal through the first indication information, which includes the sending resources of the first PUSCH used by non-RedCap terminals, and optionally, may also include the sending resources of the first PUSCH used by RedCap terminals. When the network configures the sending resources of the first PUSCH used by the RedCap terminal, the terminal device is implicitly configured to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal through the first PUSCH. When the network does not configure the sending resources of the first PUSCH used by the RedCap terminal, it is implicitly configured not to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal type or capability through the first PUSCH. Therefore, the RedCap terminal can determine whether to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal type or capability through the first PUSCH based on whether the network has configured the sending resources of the first PUSCH used by the RedCap terminal.

[0135] Optionally, in the above example, the information indication method may further include:

[0136] In a case where the first uplink resources do not include uplink resources for the low-capability terminal, the terminal device determines to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the second uplink information of the random access process.

[0137] That is, in a case where the first uplink resource does not include uplink resources for the low-capability terminal, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the second uplink information of the random access process.

[0138] Exemplarily, when the first uplink information includes the first PRACH, the second uplink information includes the first PUSCH.

[0139] Exemplarily, when the first uplink information includes the first PUSCH, the second uplink information includes the first PRACH.

[0140] For example, the network device configures the transmission resources of the first PRACH for the RedCap terminal through the first indication information, which includes the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by non-RedCap terminals, and optionally, may also include the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by RedCap terminals. When the network configures the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by the RedCap terminal, the terminal device is implicitly configured to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal through the first PRACH. When the network does not configure the transmission resources of the first PRACH used by the RedCap terminal, the advance indication of the RedCap terminal type or capability through the first PUSCH is implicitly configured.

[0141] For another example, the network device configures the transmission resources of the first PUSCH for the RedCap terminal through the first indication information, which includes the transmission resources of the first PUSCH used by non-RedCap terminals, and optionally, may also include the transmission resources of the first PUSCH used by RedCap terminals. When the network configures the transmission resources of the first PUSCH used by the RedCap terminal, it implicitly configures the terminal device to make an advance indication of the RedCap terminal through the first PUSCH. When the network does not configure the transmission resources of the first PUSCH used by the RedCap terminal, it implicitly configures the advance indication of the RedCap terminal type or capability through the first PRACH.

[0142] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the advance indication of the low-capability terminal includes indicating the type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal based on predetermined information, that is, indicating that the device type of the terminal device is a low-capability terminal and / or indicating the capability of the terminal device based on predetermined information.

[0143] Optionally, the predetermined information includes at least one of the following:

[0144] PRACH timing;

[0145] PRACH format;

[0146] Preamble;

[0147] Part of the bandwidth BWP used to send PRACH;

[0148] Scrambling code of data carried by PUSCH;

[0149] A sequence of a demodulation reference signal DMRS of a PUSCH;

[0150] Information carried by PUSCH;

[0151] PUSCH resource configuration;

[0152] DMRS configuration for PUSCH.

[0153] Exemplarily, advance indication of low-capability terminals is performed in the first PRACH, including: at least one of a specific PRACH occasion, a PRACH format, and a preamble, and may also include carrying the type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal by sending a partial bandwidth BWP of the PRACH.

[0154] Exemplarily, performing an advance indication of a low-capability terminal in the first PUSCH includes at least one of the following:

[0155] The type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal carried by the scrambling code of the data carried by the PUSCH;

[0156] The type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal is carried by the PUSCH DMRS sequence;

[0157] The information carried by PUSCH carries the type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal;

[0158] Different PUSCH resource configurations are used to carry the type and / or capability of low-capability terminals;

[0159] The type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal is configured by different PUSCH DMRS.

[0160] The specific settings and implementation methods of the embodiments of the present application are described above from different perspectives through multiple embodiments. Using at least one of the above embodiments, the terminal device can determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process based on the first indication information sent by the network device. Therefore, by configuring the first indication information, the advance indication and the uplink information used for the advance indication can be flexibly configured, which facilitates the network device to optimize the terminal type while avoiding excessive segmentation of the uplink resources in the random access process, resulting in a decrease in utilization.

[0161] Corresponding to the processing method of at least one of the above embodiments, the embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal device 100, referring to Figure 7 , which includes:

[0162] The first communication module 110 is used to receive first indication information from a network device;

[0163] The first processing module 120 is configured to determine, according to the first indication information, whether to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0164] Optionally, the first uplink information includes a first PRACH and / or a first PUSCH.

[0165] Optionally, the first PRACH includes:

[0166] PRACH with four-step random access procedure;

[0167] or,

[0168] PRACH in the type A message Msg A of the two-step random access procedure.

[0169] Optionally, the first PUSCH includes:

[0170] PUSCH in the third message Msg3 of the four-step random access procedure;

[0171] or,

[0172] PUSCH of Msg A in the two-step random access procedure.

[0173] Optionally, the first processing module 120 is used to:

[0174] In case it is determined according to the received second indication information to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the random access process, it is determined according to the first indication information whether to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0175] Optionally, the first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device 100, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information in a random access process;

[0176] The first processing module 120 is used for:

[0177] In a case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, it is determined to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access procedure.

[0178] Optionally, the first uplink resource is used to send first uplink information.

[0179] Optionally, the first processing module 120 is further configured to:

[0180] In a case where the first uplink resource does not include the uplink resource of the low-capability terminal, it is determined to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the second uplink information of the random access process.

[0181] Optionally, when the first uplink information includes the first PRACH, the second uplink information includes the first PUSCH.

[0182] Optionally, when the first uplink information includes the first PUSCH, the second uplink information includes the first PRACH.

[0183] Optionally, the first indication information is used to indicate third uplink information, and the third uplink information is used to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal;

[0184] The first processing module 120 is used for:

[0185] In a case where the third uplink information includes the first uplink information, it is determined to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information.

[0186] Optionally, the advance indication of the low-capability terminal includes indicating the type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal based on predetermined information.

[0187] Optionally, the predetermined information includes at least one of the following:

[0188] PRACH timing;

[0189] PRACH format;

[0190] Preamble;

[0191] Part of the bandwidth BWP used to send PRACH;

[0192] Scrambling code of data carried by PUSCH;

[0193] A sequence of a demodulation reference signal DMRS of a PUSCH;

[0194] Information carried by PUSCH;

[0195] PUSCH resource configuration;

[0196] DMRS configuration for PUSCH.

[0197] The terminal device 100 of the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment. The processes, functions, implementation methods and beneficial effects corresponding to the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the terminal device 100 can refer to the corresponding descriptions in the above method embodiments, which will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described by the various modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) in the terminal device 100 of the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by different modules (sub-modules, units or components, etc.) or by the same module (sub-modules, units or components, etc.). In addition, the communication module in the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by the transceiver of the device, and some or all of the remaining modules can be implemented by the processor of the device.

[0198] Figure 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 200 according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 200 may include:

[0199] The second communication module 210 is used to send first indication information to the terminal device;

[0200] The first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0201] Optionally, the second communication module 210 is used for:

[0202] When sending the second indication information to the terminal device, sending the first indication information to the terminal device;

[0203] The second indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine to make an advance indication of a low-capability terminal during a random access process.

[0204] Optionally, the first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information in a random access process;

[0205] In the case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information.

[0206] Optionally, the first uplink resource is used to send first uplink information.

[0207] Optionally, in a case where the first uplink resource does not include uplink resources for low-capability terminals, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to perform advance indication of low-capability terminals in the second uplink information of the random access process.

[0208] Optionally, the first indication information is used to indicate third uplink information, and the third uplink information is used to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal.

[0209] The network device 200 of the embodiment of the present application can implement the corresponding functions of the network device in the aforementioned method embodiment. The processes, functions, implementation methods and beneficial effects corresponding to the various modules (submodules, units or components, etc.) in the network device 200 can be found in the corresponding descriptions in the above-mentioned method embodiments, which will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the functions described by the various modules (submodules, units or components, etc.) in the network device 200 of the application embodiment can be implemented by different modules (submodules, units or components, etc.), or by the same module (submodules, units or components, etc.). In addition, the communication module in the embodiment of the present application can be implemented by the transceiver of the device, and some or all of the remaining modules can be implemented by the processor of the device.

[0210] Fig. 9 It is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the communication device 600 includes a processor 610, and the processor 610 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0211] Optionally, the communication device 600 may further include a memory 620. The processor 610 may call and run a computer program from the memory 620 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0212] The memory 620 may be a separate device independent of the processor 610 , or may be integrated into the processor 610 .

[0213] Optionally, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and the processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, specifically, may send information or data to other devices, or receive information or data sent by other devices.

[0214] The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 630 may further include an antenna, and the number of the antennas may be one or more.

[0215] Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a network device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which will not be described in detail here for the sake of brevity.

[0216] Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a terminal device of an embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in each method of the embodiment of the present application, which will not be described in detail here for the sake of brevity.

[0217] Fig.10 It is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 700 according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the chip 700 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0218] Optionally, the chip 700 may further include a memory 720. The processor 710 may call and run a computer program from the memory 720 to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

[0219] The memory 720 may be a separate device independent of the processor 710 , or may be integrated into the processor 710 .

[0220] Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an input interface 730. The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

[0221] Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740. The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and specifically, may output information or data to other devices or chips.

[0222] Optionally, the chip can be applied to the network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the network device in each method of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0223] Optionally, the chip can be applied to the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the chip can implement the corresponding processes implemented by the terminal device in the various methods of the embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, they will not be repeated here.

[0224] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0225] The processor mentioned above may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. Among them, the general-purpose processor mentioned above may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0226] The memory mentioned above may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM).

[0227] It should be understood that the above-mentioned memory is exemplary but not restrictive. For example, the memory in the embodiments of the present application may also be static random access memory (static RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (double data rate SDRAM, DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (synch link DRAM, SLDRAM) and direct memory bus random access memory (Direct Rambus RAM, DR RAM), etc. That is to say, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to include but not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0228] Fig.11 It is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 800 according to an embodiment of the present application, where the communication system 800 includes a terminal device 810 and a network device 820.

[0229] The network device 820 sends first indication information to the terminal device 810;

[0230] The terminal device 810 receives first indication information from the network device 820;

[0231] The terminal device 810 determines, based on the first indication information, whether to provide an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

[0232] The terminal device 810 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the methods of various embodiments of the present application, and the network device 820 can be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the methods of various embodiments of the present application. For the sake of brevity, no further description is given here.

[0233] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instruction is loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function according to the embodiment of the present application is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instruction can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from a computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instruction can be transmitted from a website site, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (Digital Subscriber Line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website site, computer, server or data center. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server, a data center, etc. that contains one or more available media integrations. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0234] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0235] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0236] The above are only specific implementations of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the present technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, which should be included in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An information indication method, comprising: The terminal device receives first indication information from the network device; The terminal device determines, based on the first indication information, whether to perform advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first uplink information includes a first physical random access channel PRACH and / or a first physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The first PRACH includes: PRACH with four-step random access procedure; or, PRACH in the type A message Msg A of the two-step random access procedure.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information during a random access process; The terminal device determines, according to the first indication information, whether to perform an advance indication of a low-capability terminal in first uplink information of a random access process, including: In a case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, the terminal device determines to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of a random access procedure.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein: The first uplink resource is used to send the first uplink information.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The advance indication of the low-capability terminal includes indicating the type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal based on predetermined information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: The predetermined information includes at least one of the following: PRACH timing; PRACH format; Preamble; Part of the bandwidth BWP used to send PRACH; Scrambling code of data carried by PUSCH; A sequence of a demodulation reference signal DMRS of a PUSCH; Information carried by PUSCH; PUSCH resource configuration; DMRS configuration for PUSCH.

8. An information indication method, comprising: The network device sends first indication information to the terminal device; The first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information during a random access process; In a case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information; The first uplink resource is used to send the first uplink information.

10. A terminal device, comprising: A first communication module, used for receiving first indication information from a network device; The first processing module is used to determine whether to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process according to the first indication information.

11. The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein: The first uplink information includes a first physical random access channel PRACH and / or a first physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein: The first PRACH includes: PRACH with four-step random access procedure; or, PRACH in the type A message Msg A of the two-step random access procedure.

13. The terminal device according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein: The first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information during a random access process; The first processing module is used for: In a case where the first uplink resources include uplink resources of the low-capability terminal, it is determined to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein: The first uplink resource is used to send the first uplink information.

15. The terminal device according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein: The advance indication of the low-capability terminal includes indicating the type and / or capability of the low-capability terminal based on predetermined information.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein: The predetermined information includes at least one of the following: PRACH timing; PRACH format; Preamble; Part of the bandwidth BWP used to send PRACH; Scrambling code of data carried by PUSCH; A sequence of a demodulation reference signal DMRS of a PUSCH; Information carried by PUSCH; PUSCH resource configuration; DMRS configuration for PUSCH.

17. A network device comprising: A second communication module, used to send first indication information to the terminal device; The first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to determine whether to make an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information of the random access process.

18. The network device according to claim 17, wherein: The first indication information is used to configure a first uplink resource for the terminal device, wherein the first uplink resource is used to send uplink information during a random access process; In a case where the first uplink resource includes an uplink resource of a low-capability terminal, the first indication information is further used to instruct the terminal device to determine to perform an advance indication of the low-capability terminal in the first uplink information; The first uplink resource is used to send the first uplink information.

19. A terminal device, comprising: A processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor calls and runs the computer program stored in the memory to perform the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

20. A network device comprising: A processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store a computer program, and the processor calls and runs the computer program stored in the memory to perform the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 8 and 9.

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