Method and apparatus in node for wireless communication

Abstract

Provided in the present application are a method and apparatus in a node for wireless communication, which are conducive to determining an uplink timing in PRACH transmission having a plurality of preamble repetitions. The method comprises: sending at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, wherein the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, and the first PRACH transmission comprises a plurality of preamble repetitions; and receiving a first TAC on a first slot, wherein the first TAC is used for determining a first uplink timing adjustment, which is applied to the start of a second slot, and the first RO set comprises a plurality of PRACH occasions, which are used for sending the at least one target preamble repetition, the first slot and the plurality of PRACH occasions being jointly used for determining the second slot.

Description

Method and apparatus in a node for wireless communication Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of communication technology, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus in a node for wireless communication. Background Art

[0002] In order to enhance the coverage performance of random access, some communication systems (e.g., new radio (NR) systems) plan to introduce multiple physical random access channel (PRACH) transmissions (multiple PRACH transmissions), that is, repeated transmissions of multiple PRACH preambles (preamble repetitions). In multiple PRACH transmissions, the multiple random access channel occasions (RO) occupied by multiple PRACH preambles may span a long time in the time domain. Within this time span, the timing advance command (TAC) received by the node may cause the timing advances corresponding to the multiple PRACH preambles to be different. Furthermore, when a multiple PRACH transmission conflicts with other uplink transmissions, it may be necessary to abandon the transmission of some PRACH preambles. Therefore, how to perform uplink timing adjustment in multiple PRACH transmissions is an urgent problem to be solved.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus in a node for wireless communication. The following introduces various aspects of the present application.

[0005] In a first aspect, a method is provided in a first node for wireless communication, comprising: sending at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission comprising a plurality of preamble repetitions; receiving a first TAC on a first time slot, the first TAC being used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment being applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set comprises a plurality of PRACH opportunities, the plurality of PRACH opportunities being used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the plurality of PRACH opportunities being jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0006] In a second aspect, a method is provided in a second node for wireless communication, comprising: receiving at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission comprising a plurality of preamble repetitions; sending a first TAC on a first time slot, the first TAC being used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment being applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set comprises a plurality of PRACH opportunities, the plurality of PRACH opportunities being used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the plurality of PRACH opportunities being jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0007] According to a third aspect, a first node for wireless communication is provided, characterized in that it includes: a first transmitter for sending at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, and the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions; a first receiver for receiving a first TAC on a first time slot, the first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, and the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set includes multiple PRACH opportunities, and the multiple PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities are jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0008] In a fourth aspect, a second node for wireless communication is provided, characterized in that it includes: a second receiver, which can be used to receive at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, and the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, and the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions; a second transmitter, which sends a first TAC on a first time slot, and the first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, and the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set includes multiple PRACH opportunities, and the multiple PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities are jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0009] In a fifth aspect, a first node used for wireless communication is provided, comprising a transceiver, a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is used to store programs, the processor is used to call the programs in the memory and control the transceiver to receive or send signals so that the first node executes the method described in the first aspect.

[0010] In the sixth aspect, a second node used for wireless communication is provided, comprising a transceiver, a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is used to store programs, the processor is used to call the programs in the memory and control the transceiver to receive or send signals so that the second node executes the method described in the second aspect.

[0011] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, the system including the first node and / or the second node described above. In another possible design, the system may also include other devices that interact with the first node or the second node in the solution provided in the embodiment of the present application.

[0012] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program enables a computer to execute part or all of the steps in the methods of the above aspects.

[0013] In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, wherein the computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps of the methods described in each of the above aspects. In some implementations, the computer program product may be a software installation package.

[0014] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, which includes a memory and a processor. The processor can call and run a computer program from the memory to implement some or all of the steps described in the methods of the above aspects.

[0015] In an embodiment of the present application, the first node sends at least one target preamble repetition in the first PRACH transmission through multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set. Upon receiving the first TAC related to the first uplink timing adjustment, the first node can determine the second time slot for uplink transmission based on the first time slot in which the first TAC is received and the multiple PRACH opportunities. It can be seen that the first node can effectively determine the transmission timing adjustment of multiple preamble repetitions in a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions. That is, the first node can determine the transmission timing adjustment of the uplink transmission for a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions.

[0016] In an embodiment of the present application, within the time span of a first PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions, if the received first TAC is effective, the second time slot can be determined based on the number of preamble repetitions actually sent. The second time slot can be used for uplink transmission, so the first node can effectively balance resource utilization efficiency and timing adjustment accuracy.

[0017] In this embodiment of the present application, the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node via the first RO set is a preamble repetition in the first PRACH transmission. The first PRACH transmission may include multiple preamble repetitions. Thus, the first node can effectively transmit multiple preamble repetitions in a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions.

[0018] In an embodiment of the present application, the uplink timing of at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node is the same, which not only helps to improve the performance gain of the complex PRACH transmission and increase the coverage range, but also helps to reduce the random access delay and improve the efficiency of random access resource utilization. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system architecture of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application may be applied.

[0020] FIG2 is a comparison diagram of PRACH opportunity sets with different time spans.

[0021] FIG3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a case where the transmission timing is changed in PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions.

[0022] FIG4 is a schematic diagram illustrating another case of a transmission timing change in a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions.

[0023] FIG5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a collision between a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions and other uplink transmissions.

[0024] FIG6 is a schematic flow chart of a method in a first node for wireless communication provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0025] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of several possible preamble formats corresponding to at least one preamble repetition in the method of FIG. 6 .

[0026] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a possible implementation of the method shown in FIG6 .

[0027] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of another possible implementation of the method shown in FIG6 .

[0028] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of another possible implementation of the method shown in FIG6 .

[0029] FIG11 is a flow chart showing a possible implementation of determining the second time slot according to the number of preamble repetitions.

[0030] FIG12 is a flow chart of a possible implementation of the method shown in FIG6 .

[0031] FIG13 is a schematic structural diagram of a first node for wireless communication provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0032] FIG14 is a schematic structural diagram of a second node for wireless communication provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0033] FIG15 is a schematic structural diagram of the device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0034] FIG16 is a schematic diagram of the hardware modules of the communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] Communication system architecture

[0036] FIG1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary system architecture of a wireless communication system 100 to which embodiments of the present application may be applied. The wireless communication system 100 may include a network device 110 and a user equipment (UE) 120. The network device 110 may be a device that communicates with the user equipment 120. The network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area and may communicate with the user equipment 120 located within the coverage area.

[0037] FIG1 exemplarily shows a network device and two user devices. Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may include multiple network devices and each network device may include another number of user devices within its coverage area, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0038] Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller and a mobility management entity, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0039] It should be understood that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: the fifth generation (5G) system or NR, long term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD), etc. The technical solutions provided in this application can also be applied to future communication systems, such as the sixth generation mobile communication system, satellite communication system, etc.

[0040] The user equipment in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a terminal device, an access terminal, a user unit, a user station, a mobile station, a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user device. The user equipment in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user and can be used to connect people, objects, and machines, such as a handheld device with wireless connection function, a vehicle-mounted device, etc. The user equipment in the embodiments of the present application can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a PDA, a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device, a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, etc. Optionally, the UE can be used to act as a base station. For example, the UE can act as a scheduling entity that provides sidelink signals between UEs in V2X or D2D, etc. For example, a cellular phone and a car communicate with each other using sidelink signals. The cellular phone and smart home devices communicate without relaying the communication signal through the base station.

[0041] The network device in the embodiments of the present application may be a device for communicating with a user equipment, and may also be referred to as an access network device or a radio access network device. For example, the network device may be a base station. The network device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a radio access network (RAN) node (or device) that connects the user equipment to a wireless network. Base station can broadly cover various names as follows, or replace the following names, such as: NodeB, evolved NodeB (eNB), next generation NodeB (gNB), relay station, access point, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), transmitting point (TP), master station MeNB, secondary station SeNB, multi-standard radio (MSR) node, home base station, network controller, access node, wireless node, access point (AP), transmission node, transceiver node, baseband unit (BBU), remote radio unit (RRU), active antenna unit (AAU), remote radio head (RRH), central unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), positioning node, etc. The base station can be a macro base station, micro base station, relay node, donor node or the like, or a combination thereof. The base station can also refer to a communication module, modem or chip used to be set in the aforementioned device or apparatus. The base station can also be a mobile switching center and a device that performs base station functions in device-to-device D2D, vehicle-to-everything (V2X), and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, a network-side device in a 6G network, or a device that performs base station functions in future communication systems. The base station can support networks with the same or different access technologies. The embodiments of this application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form used by the network equipment.

[0042] Base stations can be fixed or mobile. For example, a helicopter or drone can be configured to act as a mobile base station, and one or more cells can move based on the location of the mobile base station. In other examples, a helicopter or drone can be configured to act as a device that communicates with another base station.

[0043] In some deployments, the network device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a CU or a DU, or the network device may include a CU and a DU. The gNB may also include an AAU.

[0044] The network equipment and user equipment can be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water; can also be deployed in the air on aircraft, balloons, and satellites. The embodiments of this application do not limit the scenarios in which the network equipment and user equipment are located.

[0045] It should be understood that all or part of the functions of the communication device in this application can also be implemented through software functions running on hardware, or through virtualization functions instantiated on a platform (such as a cloud platform).

[0046] It should be understood that the interpretation of the terminology in the embodiments of the present application can refer to the specification protocols TS36 series, TS37 series and TS38 series of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), but can also refer to the specification protocols of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

[0047] Coverage enhancement of PRACH transmission

[0048] The coverage performance of a communication system (e.g., a NR system) is an important factor that operators need to consider when commercially deploying communication networks. This is because the coverage performance of a communication system directly affects the service quality of the communication system and the operator's costs, such as the operator's capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expense (OPEX).

[0049] The coverage performance of a communication system varies depending on the frequency band in which it operates. For example, compared to LTE, NR systems can operate at higher frequencies (such as millimeter wave bands). This results in greater path loss for NR systems operating at higher frequencies, leading to relatively poorer coverage performance in these bands. Therefore, as communication systems support increasingly higher frequency bands, how to enhance coverage becomes a pressing issue.

[0050] In most real-world deployment scenarios, uplink (UL) coverage is a bottleneck for enhancing communication system coverage, as user equipment (UE) capabilities are weaker than those of network equipment. However, with the advancement of communication technology, uplink traffic is increasing in emerging vertical use cases, such as video uploading. In these scenarios, enhancing uplink coverage is a challenge that needs further investigation.

[0051] In related technologies, coverage enhancement solutions already exist for certain uplinks. For example, NR release 17 (Rel-17) has introduced coverage enhancement solutions for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and message 3 (Msg3) in the random access procedure.

[0052] However, Rel-17 did not design a coverage enhancement solution for PRACH. However, PRACH transmission performance is very important for many processes such as initial access and beam failure recovery. Therefore, PRACH coverage enhancement is also very important. Based on this, 3GPP proposed RP-221858 and formally established the "further NR coverage enhancements" work item (WI) in the Rel-18 version of NR. Among them, enhancing the coverage performance of PRACH transmission is one of the key topics of this work item.

[0053] In some embodiments, multiple PRACH transmissions may be used to achieve coverage enhancement of PRACH transmissions. That is, performance gains of PRACH transmissions may be achieved by repeating the transmission of PRACH preambles (e.g., sending multiple preambles on multiple ROs). For example, to improve the coverage performance of PRACH transmissions, a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions will be introduced in NR Release 18 (Rel-18).

[0054] As a possible implementation, the UE may use the same beam to transmit multiple preamble repetitions. For example, in this technical feature, the UE may use the same transmit spatial filter (Tx spatial filter), i.e., the same transmit beam, on multiple resources to transmit the PRACH format of multiple preamble repetitions.

[0055] As a possible implementation, for PRACH transmissions with multiple preamble repetitions, a PRACH occasion set is associated with the same synchronization broadcast channel block index (Synchronization Signal / Physical Broadcast Channel Block index, SS / PBCH block index, SSB index). The PRACH occasion set includes multiple valid PRACH occasions. The set may also be referred to as an RO (RACH occasion) set. The multiple valid ROs in the set are continuous in time and use the same frequency resources in the frequency domain. The number of valid ROs in the set is configured by a higher layer and can be 2, 4, or 8.

[0056] As a possible implementation manner, the PRACH opportunity set is configured or determined within a time period X, and the configured or determined PRACH opportunity set is repeated in units of time period X. The time period X includes K SSB to RO association pattern periods (SSB-to-RO association pattern periods).

[0057] Furthermore, if one or more preamble repetitions in a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions are dropped due to resource collision, the dropped preamble repetitions are no longer deferred. For example, if the resources of the PRACH opportunity set are configured by the network, when a PRACH transmission conflicts with other uplink transmissions, the UE may need to abandon the transmission of some or all preamble repetitions.

[0058] In some embodiments, for a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions, some PRACH opportunity sets may have a large time span, even up to 10 milliseconds (ms). As an example, when configuring a PRACH opportunity set, there may be a large time gap between multiple ROs within the PRACH opportunity set due to factors such as resource configuration of the PRACH opportunity, RO validity requirements, and association restrictions with SSB indices.

[0059] For ease of understanding, the time spans of different PRACH opportunity sets are exemplarily described below with reference to Figure 2. Figure 2 shows two PRACH opportunity sets, namely, a PRACH opportunity set 210 and a PRACH opportunity set 220.

[0060] 2 , both PRACH opportunity sets include four preamble repetitions. Comparing the two PRACH opportunity sets, it can be seen that the time domain positions of the four preamble repetitions in PRACH opportunity set 210 are relatively close, while the time span of the four preamble repetitions in PRACH opportunity set 220 is relatively long.

[0061] When the time span of a PRACH opportunity set is very long (e.g., PRACH opportunity set 220 in FIG2 ), the propagation delay of the UE is likely to vary within this time span. For example, for a moving UE, when the time span of the PRACH opportunity set is long, the propagation delay may vary significantly as the UE moves.

[0062] Due to the change in propagation delay, the timing advance (TA) of the UE's uplink transmission may need to be adjusted. The uplink transmission may include a preamble repetition in the PRACH transmission.

[0063] Uplink Timing

[0064] In a communication system, a UE may adjust the uplink timing of an uplink transmission after receiving a TAC or downlink transmission. For example, in an NR system, if the downlink timing received by a UE changes, the UE may change the timing advance of the uplink transmission. For another example, if a UE receives a TAC for a timing advance group (TAG), the UE may change the timing advance of the uplink transmission based on the TAC.

[0065] As mentioned above, the uplink timing of the UE sending preamble repetitions is also affected by propagation delay. If the UE receives a downlink transmission with a new TAC or a changed downlink timing within the time span of a PRACH opportunity set, the transmission timing of multiple preamble repetitions transmitted in that PRACH opportunity set may differ.

[0066] For ease of understanding, the following uses a PRACH transmission with four preamble repetitions as an example, with reference to Figures 3 and 4, to illustrate two scenarios of uplink transmit timing changes. The four preamble repetitions in the PRACH transmission in Figures 3 and 4 are Preamble Repetition #1 through Preamble Repetition #4. The transmit timing (tx timing) of the preamble repetitions in Figure 3 changes due to changes in the receive timing (rx timing) of the downlink transmission. The transmit timing of the preamble repetitions in Figure 4 changes due to the reception of a TAC.

[0067] In Figures 3 and 4, without TAC or downlink impact, the transmission timing of the four preamble repetitions can be determined based on the same downlink (DL) reception timing. For example, the transmission timing 1 of preamble repetitions #1 to #4 is the same as the downlink reception timing 1.

[0068] However, the downlink transmission reception timing may change. Time period 310 in Figure 3 represents the time offset between the original downlink timing and the actual downlink timing. Due to this time offset, the downlink timing at which the UE receives the downlink transmission changes from reception timing 1 to reception timing 2. As shown in Figure 3, time period 310 affects the transmission timing of preamble repetition #3, causing the uplink timing of preamble repetition #3 to change from transmission timing 1 to transmission timing 2. This indicates that in this PRACH transmission, at least the transmission timing of preamble repetition #1 and preamble repetition #3 differs.

[0069] Compared to Figure 3, the UE in Figure 4 receives a valid TAC1 during a PRACH transmission. Information 410 indicating TAC1 may include a new TA or a TA offset. Information 410 can be used to determine the time offset between the UE's transmit timing and downlink receive timing, namely, time period 420. When information 410 indicates a new TA, time period 420 is equal to the new TA. When information 410 indicates a TA offset, time period 420 is the sum of the original TA and the offset.

[0070] As shown in Figure 4, the UE sends preamble repetitions #3 and #4 after TAC1 takes effect. Therefore, the transmission timing of these two preamble repetitions is no longer the same as the transmission timing 1 of preamble repetition #1. As shown in Figure 4, under the influence of time period 420, the uplink timing of preamble repetition #3 changes from transmission timing 1 to transmission timing 2. This shows that in this PRACH transmission, at least the transmission timing of preamble repetitions #1 and #3 is no longer the same.

[0071] The above text, in conjunction with Figures 3 and 4, introduces two scenarios in which the timing of multiple preamble repetitions in PRACH transmission is different. In the related art, when the UE sends a preamble repetition to a base station (e.g., eNB / gNB) via PRACH transmission, the base station can detect the preamble repetition and send a random access response (RAR). The RAR is, for example, the RAR in Figures 3 and 4. Typically, the RAR includes a TAC, such as TAC2 in Figures 3 and 4. The TAC is used to indicate to the UE the timing advance required for uplink transmission.

[0072] However, when the transmission timings of multiple preamble repetitions in one PRACH transmission are different, it may affect the detection of the preamble repetitions by the base station, the transmission of the RAR, and the timing adjustment of the UE.

[0073] Exemplarily, in this case, the base station (gNB / eNB) does not have a unified receiving timing when detecting multiple preamble repetitions, and the combined detection of multiple preamble repetitions may cause interference problems.

[0074] For example, in this case, even if the base station can detect a timing advance and send a RAR containing a TAC to the UE, without special instructions, the UE cannot confirm which preamble repetition the timing advance is detected based on, and thus cannot make effective timing adjustments.

[0075] Furthermore, if the preamble repetition sent on a fixed RO is used as a reference for timing adjustment, when the preamble repetition on the RO is lost or not detected by the base station, the base station cannot calculate the timing advance based on the preamble repetition on the RO.

[0076] In summary, PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions can achieve coverage enhancement in NR systems. However, determining the timing advance for uplink transmissions with multiple preamble repetitions is a technical issue that needs to be addressed. In particular, determining the uplink transmission timing when the multiple preamble repetitions have different transmission timings is a pressing technical issue.

[0077] Furthermore, in order to avoid different transmission timings of multiple preamble repetitions caused by TAC, when TAC is received within the time span of PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions, how to determine the uplink transmission timing and how to determine the transmission timing of a preamble repetition are technical problems that need to be solved.

[0078] In addition, because the PRACH opportunity set occupied by a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions may span a large time span, the probability of a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions colliding with other uplink transmissions increases significantly. Furthermore, a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions may collide with multiple other uplink transmissions. As mentioned above, when a PRACH transmission collides with other uplink transmissions, the UE is forced to abandon the transmission of all or some of the preamble repetitions, as shown in Figure 5.

[0079] Figure 5 shows an example of a PRACH transmission conflicting with other uplink transmissions (other UL tx). On the time-frequency resources shown in Figure 5, there are three types of uplink transmissions: other uplink transmissions 510, other uplink transmissions 520, and a PRACH transmission in a PRACH opportunity set 530.

[0080] As shown in Figure 5, PRACH transmission 530 sends preamble repetitions via eight ROs in the PRACH opportunity set. The eight ROs are RO 531, RO 532, ..., RO 538. The time domain resources for PRACH transmission 530 are configured in units of PRACH slots. For example, the first PRACH slot in Figure 5 includes two ROs.

[0081] 5 , the transmission of preamble repetitions on RO 533 and RO 534 collide 540 with other uplink transmissions 510. Specifically, in the collision 540, the PRACH transmission occupies the same time domain resources as the other uplink transmissions 510. In this case, the UE may need to abandon the transmission of preamble repetitions on RO 533 and RO 534.

[0082] The collision 550 in Figure 5 is caused by a small time interval between RO 536 and other uplink transmissions 520. As shown in Figure 5, the time interval between the end time of other uplink transmissions 520 and the start time of RO 536 is less than a certain parameter (i.e., Gap < Δ). In this case, the UE may need to abandon sending the preamble repetition on RO 536.

[0083] When preamble repetitions are abandoned, ignoring the number of preamble repetitions actually transmitted can lead to significant system resource consumption and increased UE access latency. Therefore, for PRACH transmissions with multiple preamble repetitions, determining the uplink transmission timing advance based on the number of preamble repetitions actually transmitted is a technical issue that needs to be addressed.

[0084] Furthermore, since some preamble repetitions are abandoned for transmission, or the base station does not receive all preamble repetitions actually transmitted, how to indicate the preamble repetitions referenced by the TAC in the RAR is also a technical problem that needs to be solved.

[0085] It should be noted that the above-mentioned uplink timing changes due to TAC within the time span of PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions and uplink timing problems caused by uplink transmission conflicts are both examples. The embodiments of the present application can be applied to any scenario in which the transmission timing of multiple preamble repetitions in PRACH transmission is different or the transmission fails.

[0086] Based on this, an embodiment of the present application provides a method and apparatus in a node for wireless communication. In this method, when a first node (e.g., UE) performs transmission of at least one target preamble repetition within the time span of a first PRACH transmission, if a TAC is received and the original effective time of the TAC is within the time span, the second time slot of the uplink transmission can be determined based on the number of target preamble repetitions and the multiple PRACH opportunities within the time span. Based on this method, even if the first node receives a valid TAC within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, the uplink timing of multiple preamble repetitions can be guaranteed to be the same, thereby improving random access efficiency.

[0087] In some embodiments, the PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a complex PRACH transmission using the same beam, so as to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio gain by performing repeated transmissions of multiple PRACHs on the same beam. In some embodiments, the complex PRACH transmission mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a multi-PRACH transmission using different beams, so as to obtain a diversity gain by performing repeated transmissions of multiple PRACHs on different beams.

[0088] It should be noted that the beam mentioned in the embodiment of the present application may include or be replaced by at least one of the following: a physical beam, a logical beam, a spatial filter, a spatial parameter, a spatial domain filter, a spatial domain transmission filter, a spatial domain reception filter, and an antenna port.

[0089] The embodiments of the present application can be applied to the initial access process or the beam failure recovery process. Taking the initial access process as an example, the embodiments of the present application can be applied to a four-step random access process (i.e., random access process type-1) or a two-step random access process (i.e., random access process type-2), and the embodiments of the present application are not limited to this.

[0090] The following describes the method embodiment of the present application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 6 is a flow chart of a method in a first node for wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method shown in Figure 6 is described from the perspective of interaction between the first node and the second node.

[0091] As an embodiment, the first node may be a network-controlled repeater (NCR).

[0092] As an embodiment, the first node may be a user equipment, for example, the user equipment 120 shown in FIG1 .

[0093] As an embodiment, the first node may be a relay, such as a relay terminal.

[0094] As an embodiment, the second node may be a network device, for example, the network device 110 shown in FIG1 .

[0095] As an embodiment, the second node may be a base station (gNB / eNB).

[0096] As an embodiment, the second node may be a cell.

[0097] The method shown in FIG6 includes step S610 and step S620 , which are described below.

[0098] In step S610, the first node sends at least one target preamble repetition to the second node. The at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission. As previously mentioned, PRACH stands for Physical Random Access Channel, and the first PRACH transmission is a first physical random access channel transmission.

[0099] The first node may send the preamble repetition in a random access procedure (also called a random access process), or may send the preamble repetition in beam management or other PRACH transmissions, which is not limited here.

[0100] In some embodiments, the preamble repetition sent by the first node may be a random access preamble sent by the first node in a current random access procedure. The random access procedure may be one or more RACH attempts performed by the first node based on multiple PRACH transmissions.

[0101] As an embodiment, the preamble repetition sent by the first node may be replaced by one of a preamble, a PRACH preamble, a random access preamble, and a preamble format.

[0102] As an embodiment, the target preamble repetition may be replaced with one of a target preamble, a target PRACH preamble, a target random access preamble, and a target preamble format.

[0103] In some embodiments, the first node may perform a first PRACH transmission by sending at least one target preamble repetition. Exemplarily, the first node sending at least one target preamble repetition may be replaced by the first node performing the first PRACH transmission. Exemplarily, the first node sending at least one target preamble repetition may indicate that the first node is performing multiple PRACH transmissions in one RACH attempt.

[0104] In some embodiments, the first PRACH transmission may be a PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions. That is, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions. For example, the first PRACH transmission may be any of the PRACH transmissions shown in Figures 2 to 5 above. When the first PRACH transmission is the PRACH transmission shown in Figures 3 or 4, the first PRACH transmission includes four preamble repetitions. When the first PRACH transmission is the PRACH transmission shown in Figure 5, the first PRACH transmission includes eight preamble repetitions.

[0105] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission carries the multiple preamble repetitions.

[0106] In some embodiments, the target preamble repetition is a preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission actually sent by the first node. When the first node performs a first PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions, the preamble repetition actually sent via a PRACH opportunity in the first RO set is the target preamble repetition. In other words, the preamble repetition that is abandoned in the first PRACH transmission does not belong to the target preamble repetition.

[0107] In some embodiments, the target preamble repetition included in the first PRACH transmission may also be represented as the target preamble repetition included in the at least one target preamble repetition. For example, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, which may be replaced by the at least one target preamble repetition including multiple target preamble repetitions.

[0108] As an embodiment, any target preamble repetition of the at least one target preamble repetition is one of the multiple preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission.

[0109] As an embodiment, any target preamble repetition among the at least one target preamble repetition is a preamble repetition sent among the multiple preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission.

[0110] As an embodiment, the number of preamble repetitions in the at least one target preamble repetition is less than or equal to the number of preamble repetitions carried by the first PRACH transmission.

[0111] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission includes the at least one target preamble repetition.

[0112] In some embodiments, the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission. Exemplarily, the first PRACH transmission includes M preamble repetitions, and the number of target preamble repetitions is less than or equal to M.

[0113] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission is configured with M preamble repetitions.

[0114] As an embodiment, M may be one of 2, 4 or 8, or M may be any positive integer less than or equal to 8.

[0115] As an example, one or more preamble repetitions among the M preamble repetitions may be discarded.

[0116] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission is a multiple PRACH transmission, and the multiple PRACH transmission can be replaced by a PRACH transmission including M preamble repetitions.

[0117] As an embodiment, the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node may be any one of the four preamble repetitions in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 or any multiple preamble repetitions.

[0118] As an embodiment, the preamble repetitions other than the at least one target preamble repetition in the first PRACH transmission are abandoned due to uplink resource conflict.

[0119] Exemplarily, when multiple uplink transmissions conflict, the first node may discard one or more PRACH preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission according to a transmission priority rule, and the remaining preamble repetitions are target preamble repetitions.

[0120] As an embodiment, when the sending priority of the preamble repetition is higher than the priority of the uplink transmission in which the conflict occurs, the preamble repetition may be used as the target preamble repetition.

[0121] As an embodiment, when the sending priority of the preamble repetition is equal to or lower than the priority of the uplink transmission in which the conflict occurs, the first node may give up sending the preamble repetition.

[0122] In some embodiments, the uplink transmission that conflicts with the resources of the preamble repetition is, for example, at least one of PUSCH, PUCCH, and a sounding reference signal (SRS). In actual communications, there are a variety of scenarios that may cause uplink transmission conflicts. For example, a dual connectivity scenario may cause power allocation to exceed the limit. As another example, certain slot format determinations may also cause multiple uplink transmissions to conflict. As another example, when the transmission timing of PUSCH or PUCCH or PRACH or SRS is in the same time slot, an uplink transmission conflict may also occur, such as conflict 540 in Figure 5. As another example, when the interval between the PRACH transmission and the transmission of PUSCH or PUCCH or SRS is too small, multiple uplink transmissions may also conflict, such as conflict 550 in Figure 5.

[0123] The first node sends at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set. As can be seen from the foregoing, RO can represent a random access channel opportunity, and the first RO set is a first random access channel opportunity set.

[0124] In an embodiment of the present application, the RO set may include or be replaced by at least one of the following: a random access channel occasion group (ROG), a physical random access channel occasion group (PRACH occasion group), a PRACH occasion set, and a physical random access channel transmission occasion group (PRACH transmission occasion group).

[0125] As an embodiment, the first RO set may be replaced by the first PRACH opportunity group.

[0126] As an embodiment, the first RO set may be replaced by a first PRACH opportunity set.

[0127] As an embodiment, the first RO set may be replaced by a first PRACH transmission opportunity set.

[0128] The first node sends at least one target preamble repetition on the first RO set, which means that the time domain resources corresponding to the first RO set are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition. For example, the UE performs a first PRACH transmission on multiple ROs in the first RO set.

[0129] The first node sends at least one target preamble repetition on the first RO set, which may be replaced by the first node performing the first PRACH transmission on the first RO set. That is, the first RO set is used to send multiple preamble repetitions carried by the first PRACH transmission.

[0130] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission corresponds to the first RO set.

[0131] The first RO set may include multiple PRACH occasions. As mentioned above, multiple PRACH occasions may represent multiple physical random access channel occasions. In the embodiment of the present application, the PRACH occasion may include or be replaced by at least one of the following: RO, physical random access channel transmission occasion (PRACH transmission occasion).

[0132] As an embodiment, multiple PRACH opportunities may be replaced by multiple ROs.

[0133] As an embodiment, multiple PRACH opportunities may be replaced by multiple PRACH transmission opportunities.

[0134] As an embodiment, the multiple PRACH opportunities included in the first RO set are all valid. A valid PRACH opportunity means that the time domain resources corresponding to the PRACH opportunity can be used for PRACH transmission.

[0135] In some embodiments, any one of the multiple PRACH opportunities may be a time slot, a symbol or multiple consecutive symbols in a time slot, or multiple consecutive symbols in at least two adjacent time slots, which is not limited here.

[0136] The multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set may be used to transmit the multiple preamble repetitions of the first PRACH transmission. Exemplarily, the multiple preamble repetitions of the first PRACH transmission are respectively carried on the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0137] As an embodiment, the multiple preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission correspond one-to-one to the multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set.

[0138] As an embodiment, the multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set are respectively used for the multiple preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission.

[0139] As an embodiment, the number of PRACH opportunities in the first RO set is configured.

[0140] As an embodiment, the number of PRACH opportunities in the first RO set is one of {2, 4, 8}.

[0141] In some embodiments, the first RO set may include N PRACH opportunities, where N is one of {2, 4, 8}.

[0142] As an embodiment, N is determined by the first node itself. As an example, the first node can determine the value of N based on the priority of the service. When the priority of the service is high, N can be 4 or 8.

[0143] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission is configured with M preamble repetitions, M is less than or equal to N.

[0144] As an embodiment, the N PRACH opportunities are orthogonal in the time-frequency domain.

[0145] As an embodiment, the N PRACH opportunities are continuous in the time domain and use the same frequency domain resources.

[0146] Multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set may be used to send at least one target preamble repetition. In some embodiments, the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node is respectively carried on at least one PRACH opportunity in the first RO set.

[0147] In one embodiment, the at least one target preamble repetition is transmitted on at least one PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set. For example, when the first node sends Q target preamble repetitions (1≤Q≤N) on the first RO set, the Q target preamble repetitions may be sent respectively through Q PRACH opportunities in the first RO set.

[0148] As an embodiment, the number of repetitions of the at least one target preamble is not greater than the number of PRACH opportunities included in the first RO set.

[0149] As an embodiment, the number of repetitions of the at least one target preamble is smaller than the number of PRACH opportunities included in the first RO set.

[0150] As an embodiment, the number of repetitions of the at least one target preamble is equal to the number of PRACH opportunities included in the first RO set.

[0151] As an embodiment, the at least one target preamble repetition corresponds one-to-one to at least one PRACH opportunity in the first RO set.

[0152] As an embodiment, any target preamble repetition of the at least one target preamble repetition occupies one PRACH opportunity of the N PRACH opportunities included in the first RO set.

[0153] In some embodiments, the PRACH opportunity used to send the target preamble repetition in the first RO set may also be referred to as an alternative PRACH opportunity. That is, the multiple PRACH opportunities include at least one alternative PRACH opportunity.

[0154] As an embodiment, at least one candidate PRACH opportunity in the first RO set is used to send at least one target preamble repetition.

[0155] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, multiple candidate PRACH opportunities among the multiple PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions.

[0156] As an embodiment, the at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions, and any target preamble repetition of the multiple target preamble repetitions occupies one of the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities.

[0157] As an embodiment, the at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple target preamble repetitions are respectively sent on multiple candidate PRACH opportunities included in the first RO set.

[0158] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission includes one target preamble repetition, one alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to send the one target preamble repetition.

[0159] In some embodiments, the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node or the at least one preamble repetition in the first PRACH transmission may correspond to at least one preamble format. Exemplarily, when the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple target preamble repetitions respectively correspond to multiple different preamble formats.

[0160] In one embodiment, when the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node includes multiple target preamble repetitions, at least two of the multiple target preamble repetitions have different preamble formats. For example, preamble repetition 1 of the multiple target preamble repetitions uses a preamble format including multiple sequences, while preamble repetition 2 uses a preamble format including a single sequence.

[0161] As an embodiment, any target preamble repetition in the at least one target preamble repetition corresponds to a preamble format.

[0162] As an embodiment, any target preamble repetition of the at least one target preamble repetition includes a preamble format.

[0163] As an embodiment, any target preamble repetition of the at least one target preamble repetition is a preamble format.

[0164] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions, and any two preamble repetitions of the multiple preamble repetitions use the same preamble format.

[0165] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions, and at least two preamble repetitions of the multiple preamble repetitions adopt different preamble formats.

[0166] It should be noted that the preamble format corresponding to at least one target preamble repetition or any preamble repetition in the first PRACH transmission may be any existing preamble format or any future preamble format, which is not limited here.

[0167] For ease of understanding, the following exemplary description of the preamble formats corresponding to the preamble repetitions sent by the first node is provided with reference to several preamble formats in FIG7 . FIG7 only illustrates some preamble formats for comparison. It should be understood that the preamble formats in FIG7 are merely examples and do not limit the various preamble formats corresponding to the multiple preamble repetitions sent by the first node.

[0168] The preamble formats shown in Figure 7 include formats 0 to 3, as well as formats C0 and C1. As can be seen from Figure 7, there are multiple other preamble formats between format 3 and format C0.

[0169] As shown in Figure 7, the preamble format mainly consists of a cyclic prefix (CP) at the front, a preamble sequence (SEQ) in the middle, and a guard interval (GP) at the end. All preamble formats include a CP and n SEQs, but some preamble formats may not include a GP.

[0170] As shown in FIG7 , the number n of SEQs can be 1, such as in format 0 and format C0 in FIG7 . The number n of SEQs can also be other integers greater than 1. For example, the value n of format 1 in FIG7 is 2, and the value n of formats 2, 3, and C1 is 4. It should be understood that n can also be other values ​​not shown in FIG7 .

[0171] Continuing with Figure 7, different preamble formats have different durations. For example, Format 0 and Format 3 have durations of 1ms, Format 1 has durations of 3ms, Format 2 has durations greater than 4ms, and Format C0 and Format C1 have durations less than 1ms. Because the total durations of different preamble formats vary, and so do the values ​​of n, the durations of the CP, SEQ, and GP within each format also vary.

[0172] In step S610, the preamble format corresponding to any target preamble repetition of the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node may be any one of the preamble formats in FIG. 7 or other preamble formats.

[0173] Corresponding to the first node, the second node receives at least one target preamble repetition on the first RO set. The number of preamble repetitions received by the second node is less than or equal to the number of target preamble repetitions sent by the first node. In some embodiments, the second node may not detect a target preamble repetition sent by the first node.

[0174] Exemplarily, the second node detects one or more target preamble repetitions on a plurality of PRACH opportunities in the first RO set.

[0175] 6 , in step S620 , the first node receives a first TAC. As mentioned above, TAC stands for Timing Advance Command, and the first TAC is the first Timing Advance Command.

[0176] It should be noted that steps S610 and S620 in Figure 6 are only examples, and there are no timing requirements for the two processes. In other words, the first node can perform steps S610 and S620 according to a variety of timings, which are not limited here. For example, the first node can first receive the first TAC and then send at least one target preamble repetition. For another example, the first node can send at least one target preamble repetition at the same time as receiving the first TAC.

[0177] In some embodiments, the first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value. The first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment. For example, the first TAC may be TAC1 in FIG4 .

[0178] As an embodiment, the first TAC includes a positive integer number of bits.

[0179] As an embodiment, the first TA is different from the TA in which the first node performs the first PRACH transmission.

[0180] As an embodiment, the first offset value represents the time offset between the first TA and the original TA of the first node.

[0181] As an embodiment, the first TAC is used to determine the uplink transmission timing of the first node.

[0182] As an embodiment, the first TA or the first offset value is used to update the current transmission timing.

[0183] In some embodiments, the original effective time of the first TAC is within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, so the first TAC may cause the transmission timing of multiple preamble repetitions of the first PRACH transmission to be different. The time span of the first PRACH transmission is a continuous time period between the first PRACH opportunity and the last PRACH time in the first RO set.

[0184] In some embodiments, the original effective time of the first TAC may be referred to as a first effective time slot. After receiving the first TAC, the first node determines the effective time according to the configuration information of the first TAC as the original effective time.

[0185] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot may be a time slot where the effective time of the first TAC is located, or may be one or more time slots related to the effective time of the first TAC, which is not limited here.

[0186] As an embodiment, the first valid time slot is an uplink time slot. The first valid time slot can be used for uplink transmission.

[0187] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot may be one or more time slots, or may be a time slot where one or more consecutive symbols are located.

[0188] The first node receives a first TAC in a first time slot. The first time slot is a first uplink time slot. For example, the first time slot is uplink time slot n.

[0189] As an embodiment, the first time slot is the last time slot in one or more uplink time slots that overlap with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception time slot. In other words, the first time slot is a time slot in which the uplink time slot overlaps with the downlink time slot. In this time slot, the first node can receive the first TAC sent by the second node.

[0190] As an embodiment, when the subcarrier spacing changes, the uplink time slot and the downlink time slot overlap.

[0191] As an embodiment, since the uplink time slot and the downlink time slot are not completely aligned, the two time slots may overlap.

[0192] As an embodiment, the first time slot is a downlink time slot, used by the first node to receive the first TAC.

[0193] As an embodiment, the first time slot is one or more time slots, or the first time slot is a time slot where multiple consecutive symbols are located. For example, the first time slot is a time slot where the time domain resources occupied by the first TAC are located. The time domain resources occupied by the first TAC can be one or more consecutive time slots or one or more consecutive symbols.

[0194] In some embodiments, the first time slot may be within the time span in which the first PRACH transmission is located, or may be before the time span in which the first PRACH transmission is located. Exemplarily, the first time slot may be any one or more time slots between the first PRACH opportunity and the last PRACH opportunity in the first RO set, or may be any one or more time slots before the first PRACH opportunity.

[0195] In some embodiments, the first time slot is used to determine the first effective time slot. As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

[0196] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is later than the first time slot by the first delay.

[0197] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is multiple time slots later than the first time slot.

[0198] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is equal to the first time slot and k+1+2 μ ·K offset The sum of . Among them,

[0199] N T,1 The duration of N1 symbols corresponding to the PDSCH processing time of UE processing capability 1 when additional PDSCH dedicated demodulation reference signals (DM-RS) are configured, in milliseconds (N T,1is a time duration in msec of N1symbols corresponding to a PDSCH processing time for UE processing capability 1when additional PDSCH DM-RS is configured);

[0200] N T,2 is the duration of N2 symbols corresponding to the PUSCH preparation time of UE processing capability 1, in milliseconds (N T,2 is a time duration in msec of N2symbols corresponding to a PUSCH preparation time for UE processing capability 1);

[0201] N TA,max The maximum timing advance that the 12-bit TA command field can provide, in milliseconds (N TA,max is the maximum timing advance value in msec that can be provided by a TA command field of 12bits);

[0202] is the number of time slots per subframe ( is the number of slots per subframe);

[0203] T sf is the 1 ms subframe duration (T sf is the subframe duration of 1msec);

[0204] K xffset =K cell,offset -K UE,xffset , where K cell,xffset is provided by cellSpecificKoffset, K UE,xffset is provided by the Differential Koffset MAC CE command; otherwise, if not specified separately, Kcell,xffset =0 or K UE,xffset =0;

[0205] N1 and N2 are determined with respect to the minimum SCS among the SCSs of all configured UL BWPs for all uplink carriers in the TAG and of all configured DL BWPs for the corresponding downlink carriers;

[0206] μ is related to SCS; when μ = 0, UE assumes N 1,0 =14;

[0207] The first time slot and are determined with respect to the minimum SCS among the SCSs of all configured UL BWPs for all uplink carriers in the TAG;

[0208] N TA,max It is determined based on the minimum SCS among all configured uplink BWPs of all uplink carriers in the TAG and the SCSs in all configured initial uplink BWPs provided by initialUplinkBWP (N TA,max is determined with respect to the minimum SCS among the SCSs of all configured UL BWPs for all uplink carriers in the TAG and for all configured initial UL BWPs provided by initialUplinkBWP).

[0209] As an embodiment, the first time slot is the uplink time slot n. Assume that T TA = 0, uplink time slot n is the last time slot in the uplink time slot that overlaps with the PDSCH reception time slot, where PDSCH provides TAC, T TA The uplink slot n is the last slot among uplink slot(s) overlapping with the slot(s) of PDSCH reception assuming T TA =0,where the PDSCH provides the timing advance command and T TA is defined in [4,TS 38.211]).

[0210] As an embodiment, the first time slot is the uplink time slot n, and the first effective time slot is equal to n+k+1+2 μ ·K xffset .

[0211] As an embodiment, the method for determining the first effective time slot refers to TS 38.213.

[0212] As an embodiment, the first delay is equal to k+1+2 μ ·K xffset , where k, μ, K xffset The meaning is as above.

[0213] As an embodiment, the first delay is determined based on information in the first TAC.

[0214] As an embodiment, the first delay is configured by a higher layer.

[0215] In some embodiments, the first effective time slot is within the time span of the first PRACH transmission. That is, the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set.

[0216] In some embodiments, the first effective time slot is outside the time span of the first PRACH transmission, that is, the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set.

[0217] As an embodiment, the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities is a continuous time domain starting from the first PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities and ending at the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0218] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is not earlier than the start of the first PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities, and the first effective time slot is not later than the end of the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0219] The first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment. The first uplink timing adjustment is used by the first node for uplink transmission after the first TAC takes effect. Exemplarily, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for some or all uplink transmissions after the first TAC takes effect and before other uplink timing adjustments.

[0220] As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment may be related to the first TA or the first offset value.

[0221] In some embodiments, the difference between the first TA and the current TA (original TA) of the first node may be a first uplink timing adjustment. Alternatively, the first offset value may be the first uplink timing adjustment. For example, the first uplink timing adjustment is time period 420 in FIG. 4 .

[0222] As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment is a change in uplink timing relative to the current uplink timing. The current uplink timing may be the uplink timing of the first node before the received first TAC takes effect. Exemplarily, the current uplink timing may be the uplink timing of the first node that is not adjusted accordingly based on the first uplink timing adjustment.

[0223] As an embodiment, the uplink timing determined according to the first uplink timing adjustment is different from the current uplink timing.

[0224] As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for uplink transmissions other than the PUSCH scheduled by the RAR and the PUCCH of the hybrid automatic repeat reQuest acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for successful RAR transmission.

[0225] As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for uplink transmissions other than the PUSCH scheduled by the RAR and the PUCCH of the HARQ-ACK successfully transmitted by the RAR after the first TAC takes effect.

[0226] In some embodiments, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for multiple uplink transmissions. As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for at least one of SRS, PUSCH, and PUCCH.

[0227] As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment is N TA value.

[0228] As an embodiment, the first uplink timing adjustment is T TA Indicates that the first TAC includes T TA .

[0229] In some embodiments, after the first node receives the first TAC in the first time slot, the first uplink timing adjustment is applied starting from the first effective time slot. For example, if no adjustment is made to the first effective time slot, then when the UE receives the first TAC in uplink time slot n, the uplink transmission timing adjustment will be applied starting from uplink time slot n+k+1+2. μ ·K xffset Start applying from the beginning.

[0230] The first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of the second time slot. The second time slot may be an uplink time slot determined based on the first uplink timing adjustment. Thus, the second time slot is an uplink time slot used for uplink transmission by the first node. In some embodiments, the second time slot may be replaced by a second uplink time slot.

[0231] As an embodiment, the second time slot is the uplink time slot in which the first uplink timing adjustment of the first node begins to be applied. That is, the second time slot is the time slot in which the first node starts uplink transmission according to the first TA or offset value in the first TAC. The second time slot can also be referred to as the actual effective time of the first TAC. In an embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first TAC, the first node performs uplink transmission according to the second time slot. When the second time slot is different from the first effective time slot, the embodiment of the present application adjusts the original effective time of the first TAC.

[0232] As an embodiment, the second time slot is one or more uplink time slots, or the second time slot is a time slot where one or more symbols are located.

[0233] In one embodiment, the second time slot is used to transmit multiple uplink transmissions. In one embodiment, the second time slot is used to transmit at least one of PRACH, SRS, PUSCH, and PUCCH. The PRACH may be the PRACH in the first PRACH transmission described above, or may be the PRACH after the first PRACH transmission.

[0234] The start of the second time slot may be replaced with the start position of the second time slot.The first node may perform transmission of at least one of PRACH, SRS, PUSCH, and PUCCH from the start of the second time slot.

[0235] The first time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set are jointly used to determine the second time slot. That is, after receiving the first TAC in the first time slot, the second time slot for uplink transmission by the first node is not only determined based on the first time slot or the first uplink timing adjustment, but also needs to consider multiple PRACH opportunities. It can be seen that within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, multiple PRACH opportunities for sending at least one target preamble repetition will be used to determine the uplink time slot within the time span, thereby avoiding the different transmission timing of multiple target preamble repetitions caused by the first TAC.

[0236] As an embodiment, when the first node sends multiple target preamble repetitions on the first RO set, even if the first TAC is received or the original effective time of the first TAC is within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, the sending timing of the multiple target preamble repetitions will not be affected by the first TAC.

[0237] As an embodiment, the second time slot determined jointly by the first time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities is used for the at least one target preamble repetition. In other words, the second time slot is used for all target preamble repetitions, thereby ensuring that the transmission timing of all target preamble repetitions is the same.

[0238] As an embodiment, the second time slot is used for uplink transmission after the at least one target preamble repetition. That is, the second time slot is not used for any preamble repetition among all target preamble repetitions, nor for any uplink transmission during the transmission of all target preamble repetitions.

[0239] As can be seen from Figure 6, after the first node receives the first TAC in the first time slot, it can determine the second time slot based on the first time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set to avoid different sending timings of at least one target preamble repeated through the first RO set, thereby reducing detection interference and improving random access efficiency.

[0240] 6, the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set are used together to determine the second time slot. The first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities can determine the second time slot in various ways.

[0241] In some embodiments, the first time slot may be determined by combining the first effective time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities to determine the second time slot. As an embodiment, after receiving the first TAC in the first time slot, the first node may determine the first effective time slot based on the first time slot. The positional relationship between the first effective time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the second time slot.

[0242] The position relationship between the first effective time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities includes that the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities and that the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0243] Since multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set are used to perform the first PRACH transmission, the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities can also be expressed as the time span of the first PRACH transmission. In other words, the first effective time slot being within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set can be replaced by the first effective time slot being within the time span of the first PRACH transmission. Conversely, the first effective time slot being outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities can also be replaced by the first effective time slot being outside the time span of the first PRACH transmission.

[0244] As an embodiment, the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities is a continuous time domain starting from the first PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities and ending at the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0245] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, which means that the first effective time slot is later than the start of the first PRACH opportunity in the first RO set and earlier than the end of the last PRACH opportunity in the first RO set.

[0246] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is not earlier than the start of the first PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities, and the first effective time slot is not later than the end of the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0247] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is earlier than the start of the first PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities, or the first effective time slot is later than the end of the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0248] As an embodiment, when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the first effective time slot is any one or more time slots within the time domain range.

[0249] As an embodiment, when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0250] As an embodiment, when the first effective time slot is not earlier than the start of the first PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities, and the first effective time slot is not later than the end of the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0251] As an embodiment, the second time slot is after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0252] In some embodiments, the first time slot may determine the second time slot directly from multiple PRACH opportunities without going through the first effective time slot. For example, the first node may determine the second time slot based on the positional relationship between the first time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities in the first RO set.

[0253] As an embodiment, after receiving the first TAC in the first time slot, the first node may directly determine the second delay according to multiple PRACH opportunities. The second time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the second delay.

[0254] As an embodiment, when the first time slot is between any two PRACH opportunities among the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second delay may be determined according to the distance between the first time slot and the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities.

[0255] As an embodiment, the second delay may be determined according to a distance between the first time slot and a PRACH opportunity where the last target preamble repetition among the at least one target preamble repetition is located (the last candidate PRACH opportunity).

[0256] For ease of understanding, the method for determining the second time slot using the first time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities is exemplarily described below in conjunction with Figure 8. The preamble repetition in Figure 8 may be a target preamble repetition or may not be a target preamble repetition.

[0257] As shown in Figure 8, the first PRACH transmission includes four preamble repetitions: Preamble Repetition #1 through Preamble Repetition #4. These four preamble repetitions are sent via four PRACH opportunities. The first and last of these four PRACH opportunities determine the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities. As shown in Figure 8, this time range also includes other uplink transmissions.

[0258] As can be seen from Figure 8, the first time slot 801 in which the first node receives the first TAC is before the first PRACH opportunity. However, the first effective time slot 802 determined according to the first delay 810 is between the first PRACH opportunity and the second PRACH opportunity. That is to say, the first effective time slot 802 is within the time domain occupied by multiple PRACH opportunities. In this scenario, if the first uplink timing adjustment in the first TAC is applied after the first effective time slot 802, the uplink timing of the leading repetition #2 is different from that of the leading repetition #1, which may interfere with the second node's detection of multiple leading repetitions and affect the random access efficiency. In an embodiment of the present application, the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the second time slot. The second time slot 803 in Figure 8 is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity, so that the multiple leading repetitions in the first PRACH transmission can be guaranteed to have the same uplink timing.

[0259] 8 , the second time slot 803 may also be determined based on the first time slot 801 and the second delay 820. The second delay 820 is determined based on four PRACH opportunities.

[0260] The above text, in conjunction with Figure 8, introduces a method for determining the second time slot based on the first time slot and multiple PRACH opportunities. It can be seen that when the original effective time of the first TAC (the first effective time slot) is within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, and it may cause the transmission timing of at least two of the multiple preamble repetitions to be different, the effective time of the first TAC is postponed to after the PRACH opportunity corresponding to the last preamble repetition of the first PRACH transmission. In this way, no timing adjustment (including preamble repetition and other uplink transmissions) is performed within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, thereby ensuring that the transmission timing of multiple preamble repetitions is the same.

[0261] However, in the method shown in Figure 8, regardless of whether one or more preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission are lost, the actual effective time of the first TAC (second time slot) is postponed to after all PRACH opportunities occupied by the first PRACH transmission. Since the actual effective time of the first TAC is too late, many uplink transmissions may be out of sync.

[0262] As mentioned above, in actual transmission, the first node may abandon sending one or more preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission due to uplink resource conflicts or other reasons. In other words, the first node only sends one or more target preamble repetitions on the first RO set. Therefore, only the alternative PRACH opportunities in the first RO set are used to send preamble repetitions. PRACH opportunities other than the alternative PRACH opportunities in the multiple PRACH opportunities do not carry preamble repetitions.

[0263] To minimize uplink transmission desynchronization, the second time slot may also be determined based on the first effective time slot and at least one candidate PRACH opportunity among multiple PRACH opportunities. When the at least one target preamble repetition sent by the first node includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the first RO set includes multiple candidate PRACH opportunities. In this scenario, the second time slot may be determined based on the positional relationship between the first effective time slot and the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities.

[0264] In some embodiments, the positional relationship between the first effective time slot and the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities includes the first effective time slot being within the time domain range occupied by the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities and the first effective time slot being outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities.

[0265] In some embodiments, at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0266] As an embodiment, the time domain range occupied by the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities is a continuous time domain starting from the first candidate PRACH opportunity among the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities and ending at the last candidate PRACH opportunity among the multiple candidate PRACH opportunities.

[0267] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, which means that the first effective time slot is later than the start of the first alternative PRACH opportunity in the first RO set and earlier than the end of the last alternative PRACH opportunity in the first RO set.

[0268] As an embodiment, when the first effective time slot is not earlier than the start of the first alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, and the first effective time slot is not later than the end of the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities.

[0269] As an embodiment, the second time slot is after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities.

[0270] For ease of understanding, the following exemplary method for determining the second time slot based on the first time slot and multiple candidate PRACH opportunities is described in conjunction with Figures 9 and 10. For the sake of brevity, the explanation provided in Figure 8 will not be repeated. The preamble repetitions indicated by dashed lines in Figures 9 and 10 are discarded preamble repetitions, while the preamble repetitions indicated by solid lines are target preamble repetitions.

[0271] 9 , the first node abandons sending preamble repetition #4, and preamble repetition #1 to preamble repetition #3 occupy three candidate PRACH opportunities, ie, the first candidate PRACH opportunity to the third candidate PRACH opportunity.

[0272] As shown in Figure 9, the first time slot 901 in which the first node receives the first TAC is before the first candidate PRACH opportunity. However, the first effective time slot 902 determined based on the first delay 910 is between the first and second candidate PRACH opportunities. In other words, the first effective time slot 902 is within the time domain occupied by multiple candidate PRACH opportunities. To ensure that multiple target preamble repetitions have the same uplink timing, the second time slot 903 is one uplink time slot after the last candidate PRACH opportunity.

[0273] 9 , the second time slot 903 may also be determined based on the first time slot 901 and the second delay 920. The second delay 920 is determined based on three candidate PRACH opportunities.

[0274] 10 , the first node abandons sending preamble repetition #1, and preamble repetitions #2 to #4 occupy three candidate PRACH opportunities respectively. The first candidate PRACH opportunity is occupied by preamble repetition #2, and so on.

[0275] As shown in Figure 10, the first time slot 901 in which the first node receives the first TAC is before the first alternative PRACH opportunity. However, the first effective time slot 902 determined based on the first delay 910 is before the first alternative PRACH opportunity. In other words, the first effective time slot 902 is not within the time domain occupied by multiple alternative PRACH opportunities. Even if the first node performs uplink timing adjustment based on the first TAC, the transmission timing of the three target preamble repetitions is the same. Therefore, the second time slot can be the first effective time slot 902.

[0276] The above, in conjunction with Figures 9 and 10, describes how the second time slot is determined based on the first time slot and multiple candidate PRACH timings. As shown in Figure 9, when one or more preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission are lost, the first TAC is deferred until after the last preamble repetition actually transmitted in the first PRACH transmission. Compared to Figure 8, the first uplink timing adjustment determined by the first TAC will be applied starting with the last other uplink transmission within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, thereby reducing uplink transmission desynchronization.

[0277] As shown in Figure 10, when one or more preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission are dropped before the original effective time of the first TAC (the first effective time slot), the timing adjustment of the uplink transmission starts from the first effective time slot. When the dropped preamble repetitions are before the first effective time slot, the effectiveness of the first TAC will not cause the transmission timing of any two preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission to differ, so the uplink timing adjustment can be performed in time, thereby avoiding or reducing uplink transmission desynchronization.

[0278] The above text introduces various methods for determining the second time slot in conjunction with Figures 8 to 10. In the above method, the description is mainly based on the case where the first node sends multiple target preamble repetitions. When the first PRACH transmission conflicts with other uplink transmissions, resulting in only one target preamble repetition actually transmitted, there will be no problem of different transmission timings of multiple preamble repetitions. In this scenario, if the above method is implemented, it may cause more serious system resource consumption than a single PRACH transmission and cause the UE access delay to increase.

[0279] To solve the above problem, the second time slot may also be determined based on the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission. In other words, the number of target preamble repetitions is used to determine the second time slot.

[0280] In some embodiments, when the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0281] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the second time slot may be determined according to the method described above. For example, the second time slot may be determined according to any one of the methods in FIG8 to FIG10.

[0282] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission includes a target preamble repetition, the second time slot may be equal to the first effective time slot regardless of whether the target preamble repetition is sent before or after the first effective time slot.

[0283] For ease of understanding, the method for determining the second time slot according to the number of target preamble repetitions is exemplarily described below with reference to FIG. 11 .

[0284] 11 , in step S1110, it is determined whether the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions. If yes, step S1120 is executed; if not (there is only one target preamble repetition), step S1130 is executed.

[0285] At step S1120 , a plurality of candidate PRACH opportunities are used to determine a second time slot.

[0286] In step S1130 , the second time slot is the first valid time slot.

[0287] As can be seen from the foregoing, in the solution proposed in the embodiment of the present application, if the first effective time slot of the received first TAC is within the time span of the first PRACH transmission, the first node can determine the actual effective time of the first TAC based on the number of preamble repetitions actually sent and / or the position of the first effective time slot between multiple PRACH opportunities, thereby avoiding the difference in the sending timing of multiple preamble repetitions in the first PRACH transmission due to the first TAC.

[0288] The first node sends at least one target preamble repetition in order to perform random access. After sending at least one target preamble repetition, the first node needs to receive a RAR to complete the random access process.

[0289] In some embodiments, the first node may receive a first RAR within a first time window. As mentioned above, RAR may represent a random access response, and the first RAR is a first random access response.

[0290] The first time window may be a time window (window) used by the first node to monitor the corresponding RAR after executing step S610. The first time window may also be called a RAR time window.

[0291] In some embodiments, the last PRACH opportunity of the plurality of PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window. For example, the last PRACH opportunity is used to determine the start of the first time window.

[0292] The first RAR includes a second TAC. The second TAC is a second timing advance command. For example, the first RAR may be the RAR carrying TAC2 in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 , and the second TAC may be TAC2 therein. For example, the first RAR and the second TAC may be as shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 10 .

[0293] The second TAC is associated with at least one target preamble repetition. Exemplarily, the second TAC is determined based on the transmission timing of the at least one target preamble repetition. With the above method, even if the first TAC takes effect within the time span of transmitting the target preamble repetition, it does not affect the transmission timing of the at least one target preamble repetition. In other words, the transmission timing of the at least one target preamble repetition remains the same.

[0294] As an embodiment, the sending timing of any target preamble repetition in the at least one target preamble repetition is the same.

[0295] As an embodiment, the sending timings of any two target preamble repetitions among the multiple target preamble repetitions are the same.

[0296] As an embodiment, the transmission timing of the at least one preamble repetition or the transmission timing of any one of the at least one preamble repetition is used to determine the second TAC. Since the transmission timing of at least one target preamble repetition is the same, any one or more target preamble repetitions can be used to determine the second TAC.

[0297] As an embodiment, the sending timing of the at least one preamble repetition or the sending timing of any one of the at least one preamble repetition is used by the second node to determine the second TAC.

[0298] As an embodiment, the second TAC includes a positive integer number of bits.

[0299] The first node may send uplink transmissions according to the first TAC and the second TAC, respectively. As can be seen from the above, the first TAC is not carried by the RAR, while the second TAC is carried by the RAR.

[0300] In some embodiments, after receiving the first TAC, the first node sends a first uplink transmission. The first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission. That is, the first uplink transmission is sent according to the first TAC.

[0301] The first uplink transmission may be any one or more of the multiple uplink transmissions described above. In some embodiments, the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

[0302] As an embodiment, the first PUSCH is a first physical uplink shared channel.

[0303] As an embodiment, the first PUSCH is a PUSCH other than RAR scheduling.

[0304] As an embodiment, the first PUCCH is a first physical uplink control channel.

[0305] As an embodiment, the first PUCCH is a PUCCH other than the PUCCH for transmitting confirmation information of RAR success.

[0306] As an embodiment, the SRS is a sounding reference signal.

[0307] As an embodiment, the first uplink transmission is an uplink transmission performed by the first node in the first effective time slot or after the first effective time slot. Exemplarily, the first uplink transmission is sent in the second time slot.

[0308] In some embodiments, after receiving the second TAC, the first node sends a second uplink transmission. The second TAC is used to determine a second uplink timing adjustment. The second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission. That is, the second uplink transmission is sent according to the second TAC.

[0309] As an embodiment, the second TAC includes a second TA or a second offset value. The second TA or the second offset value is used for the second uplink timing adjustment.

[0310] The second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH, wherein the second PUSCH is a second physical uplink shared channel, and the second PUCCH is a second physical uplink control channel.

[0311] As an embodiment, the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR. Therefore, the second PUSCH is different from the first PUSCH.

[0312] As an embodiment, the second PUSCH is message 3 sent by the first node according to the first RAR.

[0313] As an embodiment, the transmission timing of the second PUSCH is determined according to the second TAC in the first RAR.

[0314] As an embodiment, the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information as a response to the first RAR.

[0315] As an embodiment, the second PUCCH is a PUCCH for transmitting HARQ-ACK for RAR success (success RAR). As can be seen from the above, the second PUCCH is different from the first PUCCH.

[0316] The above describes the process after the first node sends at least one target preamble repetition and receives the first TAC. For ease of understanding, the following, in conjunction with Figure 12, illustrates an exemplary method for a first node to perform a first PRACH transmission with multiple preamble repetitions in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 12 is also described from the perspective of the interaction between the first node and the second node. For the sake of brevity, the terms explained in Figure 6 will not be repeated.

[0317] 12 , step S1210 and step S1220 are the same as step S610 and step S620 in FIG6 , and are not described again.

[0318] In step S1230, the first node sends a first uplink transmission to the second node. The first uplink transmission is sent according to the uplink timing adjustment of the first TAC.

[0319] In step S1240, the second node sends a first RAR to the first node. The first RAR includes a second TAC.

[0320] In step S1250, the first node sends a second uplink transmission to the second node. The second uplink transmission is sent according to the uplink timing adjustment of the second TAC.

[0321] It should be understood that the timing of the multiple processes shown in FIG12 is only an example and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. As previously mentioned, step S1210 may be performed after step S1220. In addition, step S1230 may also be performed after step S1240.

[0322] The method embodiment of the present application is described in detail above in conjunction with Figures 1 to 12. The device embodiment of the present application is described in detail below in conjunction with Figures 13 to 16. It should be understood that the description of the method embodiment corresponds to the description of the device embodiment. Therefore, for parts not described in detail, reference can be made to the above method embodiment.

[0323] FIG13 is a diagram of a first node for wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG13 , the first node 1300 includes a first transmitter 1310 and a first receiver 1320 .

[0324] The first transmitter 1310 may be configured to send at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, where the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, where the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions.

[0325] The first receiver 1320 can be used to receive a first TAC on a first time slot, and the first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, and the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set includes multiple PRACH opportunities, and the multiple PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities are jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0326] As an embodiment, the first time slot is used to determine the first effective time slot; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0327] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

[0328] As an embodiment, the first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; and the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission is used to determine the second time slot.

[0329] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0330] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0331] As an embodiment, the first receiver 1320 is also used to receive a first RAR within a first time window, and the first RAR includes a second TAC; wherein the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window; and the second TAC is related to the at least one target preamble repetition.

[0332] As an embodiment, the first transmitter 1310 is also used to send a first uplink transmission; wherein, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission; the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

[0333] As an embodiment, the first transmitter 1310 is also used to send a second uplink transmission; wherein, the second TAC is used to determine a second uplink timing adjustment; the second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission; the second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH; the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR, and the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information, and the HARQ-ACK information is a response to the first RAR.

[0334] As an embodiment, the first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value, and the first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment.

[0335] As an embodiment, the first transmitter 1310 and the first receiver 1320 may be a transceiver 1530 , and the first node 1300 may further include a processor 1510 and a memory 1520 , as specifically shown in FIG15 .

[0336] FIG14 is a diagram of a second node for wireless communication provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG14 , the second node 1400 includes a second receiver 1410 and a second transmitter 1420 .

[0337] The second receiver 1410 may be configured to receive at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, where the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, where the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions.

[0338] The second transmitter 1420 can be used to send a first TAC on a first time slot, and the first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, and the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set includes multiple PRACH opportunities, and the multiple PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities are jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0339] As an embodiment, the first time slot is used to determine the first effective time slot; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0340] As an embodiment, the first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

[0341] As an embodiment, the first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; and the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission is used to determine the second time slot.

[0342] As an embodiment, when the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0343] As an embodiment, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

[0344] As an embodiment, the second transmitter 1420 is also used to send a first RAR within a first time window, and the first RAR includes a second TAC; wherein the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window; and the second TAC is related to the at least one target preamble repetition.

[0345] As an embodiment, the second receiver 1410 is also used to receive a first uplink transmission; wherein, the first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission; the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

[0346] As an embodiment, the second receiver 1410 is also used to receive a second uplink transmission; wherein, the second TAC is used to determine a second uplink timing adjustment; the second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission; the second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH; the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR, and the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information, and the HARQ-ACK information is a response to the first RAR.

[0347] As an embodiment, the first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value, and the first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment.

[0348] As an embodiment, the second receiver 1410 and the second transmitter 1420 may be a transceiver 1530 , and the second node 1400 may further include a processor 1510 and a memory 1520 , as specifically shown in FIG15 .

[0349] Figure 15 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. The dashed lines in Figure 15 indicate that the unit or module is optional. Apparatus 1500 may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment. Apparatus 1500 may be a chip, user equipment, or network equipment.

[0350] The device 1500 may include one or more processors 1510. The processor 1510 may support the device 1500 to implement the method described in the method embodiment above. The processor 1510 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor. For example, the processor may be a central processing unit (CPU). Alternatively, the processor may be another general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, etc. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor, etc.

[0351] The apparatus 1500 may further include one or more memories 1520. The memories 1520 store programs that can be executed by the processor 1510, causing the processor 1510 to perform the methods described in the above method embodiments. The memories 1520 may be independent of the processor 1510 or integrated into the processor 1510.

[0352] The apparatus 1500 may further include a transceiver 1530. The processor 1510 may communicate with other devices or chips via the transceiver 1530. For example, the processor 1510 may transmit and receive data with other devices or chips via the transceiver 1530.

[0353] Figure 16 is a block diagram of a hardware module of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Specifically, Figure 16 shows a block diagram of a first communication device 1650 and a second communication device 1610 communicating with each other in an access network.

[0354] The first communication device 1650 includes a controller / processor 1659, a memory 1660, a data source 1667, a transmit processor 1668, a receive processor 1656, a multi-antenna transmit processor 1657, a multi-antenna receive processor 1658, a transmitter / receiver 1654 and an antenna 1652.

[0355] The second communication device 1610 includes a controller / processor 1675 , a memory 1676 , a data source 1677 , a receive processor 1670 , a transmit processor 1616 , a multi-antenna receive processor 1672 , a multi-antenna transmit processor 1671 , a transmitter / receiver 1618 and an antenna 1620 .

[0356] During transmission from the second communications device 1610 to the first communications device 1650, at the second communications device 1610, upper layer data packets from the core network or from a data source 1677 are provided to a controller / processor 1675. The core network and data source 1677 represent all protocol layers above the L2 layer. The controller / processor 1675 implements L2 layer functionality. During transmission from the second communications device 1610 to the first communications device 1650, the controller / processor 1675 provides header compression, encryption, packet segmentation and reordering, multiplexing between logical and transport channels, and radio resource allocation to the first communications device 1650 based on various priority metrics. The controller / processor 1675 is also responsible for retransmission of lost packets and signaling to the first communications device 1650. The transmit processor 1616 and the multi-antenna transmit processor 1671 implement various signal processing functions for the L1 layer (i.e., the physical layer). The transmit processor 1616 implements coding and interleaving to facilitate forward error correction at the second communication device 1610, as well as mapping of signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary phase shift keying, quadrature phase shift keying, M-phase shift keying, and M-quadrature amplitude modulation). The multi-antenna transmit processor 1671 performs digital spatial precoding, including codebook-based and non-codebook-based precoding, and beamforming on the coded and modulated symbols to generate one or more spatial streams. The transmit processor 1616 then maps each spatial stream to a subcarrier, multiplexes it with a reference signal (e.g., a pilot) in the time and / or frequency domain, and then uses an inverse fast Fourier transform to generate a physical channel carrying the time-domain multicarrier symbol stream. The multi-antenna transmit processor 1671 then performs transmit analog precoding / beamforming operations on the time-domain multicarrier symbol stream. Each transmitter 1618 converts the baseband multi-carrier symbol stream provided by the multi-antenna transmit processor 1671 into a radio frequency stream, and then provides it to a different antenna 1620 .

[0357] During transmission from the second communications device 1610 to the first communications device 1650, each receiver 1654 at the first communications device 1650 receives signals via its corresponding antenna 1652. Each receiver 1654 recovers the information modulated onto the RF carrier and converts the RF stream into a baseband multi-carrier symbol stream, which is provided to the receive processor 1656. The receive processor 1656 and the multi-antenna receive processor 1658 implement various L1 layer signal processing functions. The multi-antenna receive processor 1658 performs receive analog precoding / beamforming operations on the baseband multi-carrier symbol stream from the receiver 1654. The receive processor 1656 uses a fast Fourier transform to convert the baseband multi-carrier symbol stream, after the receive analog precoding / beamforming operations, from the time domain to the frequency domain. In the frequency domain, the receive processor 1656 demultiplexes the physical layer data signal and reference signal, where the reference signal is used for channel estimation. The data signal undergoes multi-antenna detection in the multi-antenna receive processor 1658 to recover any spatial streams destined for the first communications device 1650. The symbols on each spatial stream are demodulated and recovered in the receive processor 1656, and soft decisions are generated. The receive processor 1656 then decodes and deinterleaves the soft decisions to recover the upper layer data and control signals transmitted by the second communication device 1610 on the physical channel. The upper layer data and control signals are then provided to the controller / processor 1659. The controller / processor 1659 implements the functionality of the L2 layer. The controller / processor 1659 may be associated with a memory 1660 that stores program codes and data. The memory 1660 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. During transmission from the second communication device 1610 to the first communication device 1650, the controller / processor 1659 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, decryption, header decompression, and control signal processing to recover the upper layer data packets from the second communication device 1610. The upper layer data packets are then provided to all protocol layers above the L2 layer. Various control signals may also be provided to the L3 layer for L3 processing.

[0358] During transmission from the first communications device 1650 to the second communications device 1610, upper layer data packets are provided to the controller / processor 1659 at the first communications device 1650 using a data source 1667. Data source 1667 represents all protocol layers above the L2 layer. Similar to the transmission functionality at the second communications device 1610 described in the transmission from the second communications device 1610 to the first communications device 1650, the controller / processor 1659 implements header compression, encryption, packet segmentation and reordering, and multiplexing between logical and transport channels, implementing L2 layer functions for both the user plane and the control plane. The controller / processor 1659 is also responsible for retransmission of lost packets and signaling to the second communications device 1610. The transmit processor 1668 performs modulation mapping and channel coding, while the multi-antenna transmit processor 1657 performs digital multi-antenna spatial precoding, including codebook-based and non-codebook-based precoding, and beamforming. The transmit processor 1668 then modulates the resulting spatial stream into a multi-carrier / single-carrier symbol stream. After analog precoding and beamforming operations in the multi-antenna transmit processor 1657, the stream is provided to different antennas 1652 via the transmitter 1654. Each transmitter 1654 first converts the baseband symbol stream provided by the multi-antenna transmit processor 1657 into a RF symbol stream before providing it to the antenna 1652.

[0359] During transmission from the first communication device 1650 to the second communication device 1610, the functionality at the second communication device 1610 is similar to the reception functionality at the first communication device 1650 described for transmission from the second communication device 1610 to the first communication device 1650. Each receiver 1618 receives a radio frequency signal via its corresponding antenna 1620, converts the received radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and provides the baseband signal to a multi-antenna receive processor 1672 and a receive processor 1670. The receive processor 1670 and the multi-antenna receive processor 1672 collectively implement the L1 layer functionality. The controller / processor 1675 implements the L2 layer functionality. The controller / processor 1675 may be associated with a memory 1676 that stores program codes and data. The memory 1676 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. During transmission from the first communications device 1650 to the second communications device 1610, the controller / processor 1675 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, decryption, header decompression, and control signal processing to recover upper layer data packets from the first communications device 1650. The upper layer data packets from the controller / processor 1675 can be provided to the core network or all protocol layers above the L2 layer, and various control signals can also be provided to the core network or L3 for L3 processing.

[0360] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 apparatus includes: at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to be used together with the at least one processor, and the first communication device 1650 apparatus at least: sends at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition is at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission includes multiple preamble repetitions; receives a first TAC on a first time slot, the first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set includes multiple PRACH opportunities, the multiple PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities are jointly used to determine the second time slot.

[0361] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 apparatus includes: a memory storing a computer-readable instruction program, the computer-readable instruction program generating actions when executed by at least one processor, the actions including: sending at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission including multiple preamble repetitions; receiving a first TAC on a first time slot, the first TAC being used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment being applied to the start of a second time slot; wherein the first RO set includes multiple PRACH opportunities, the multiple PRACH opportunities being used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; the first time slot and the multiple PRACH opportunities being used together to determine the second time slot.

[0362] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 corresponds to the first node in this application.

[0363] As an embodiment, the second communication device 1610 corresponds to the second node in this application.

[0364] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 is a user equipment, which can serve as a relay node.

[0365] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 is a user equipment supporting V2X, which can serve as a relay node.

[0366] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 is a user equipment supporting D2D, and the user equipment can serve as a relay node.

[0367] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 is a network control relay NCR.

[0368] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 is a relay wireless repeater.

[0369] As an embodiment, the first communication device 1650 is a relay.

[0370] As an embodiment, the second communication device 1610 is a base station.

[0371] As an embodiment, the antenna 1652, the transmitter 1654, the multi-antenna transmit processor 1657, the transmit processor 1668, and the controller / processor 1659 are used to transmit at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set.

[0372] As an embodiment, the antenna 1620, the receiver 1618, the multi-antenna receive processor 1672, the receive processor 1670, and the controller / processor 1675 are configured to receive at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set.

[0373] As an embodiment, the antenna 1652, the receiver 1654, the multi-antenna receive processor 1658, the receive processor 1656, and the controller / processor 1659 are used to receive a first TAC in a first time slot.

[0374] As an embodiment, the antenna 1620, the transmitter 1618, the multi-antenna transmit processor 1671, the transmit processor 1616, and the controller / processor 1675 are used to send a first TAC in a first time slot.

[0375] The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a program. The computer-readable storage medium can be applied to a terminal or network device provided in the present application, and the program enables a computer to execute the method performed by the terminal or network device in each embodiment of the present application.

[0376] The present application also provides a computer program product. The computer program product includes a program. The computer program product can be applied to a terminal or network device provided in the present application, and the program causes a computer to execute the method performed by the terminal or network device in each embodiment of the present application.

[0377] The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program. The computer program can be applied to the terminal or network device provided in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program enables a computer to execute the method performed by the terminal or network device in each embodiment of the present application.

[0378] It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" in this application can be used interchangeably. In addition, the terms used in this application are only used to explain the specific embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit this application. The terms "first", "second", "third", and "fourth" in the specification and claims of this application and the accompanying drawings are used to distinguish different objects rather than to describe a specific order. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

[0379] In the embodiments of this application, the term "indication" may refer to a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication of an association. For example, "A indicates B" may refer to a direct indication of B, e.g., B can obtain information through A; it may refer to an indirect indication of B, e.g., A indicates C, e.g., B can obtain information through C; or it may refer to an association between A and B.

[0380] In the embodiment of the present application, "B corresponding to A" means that B is associated with A and B can be determined based on A. However, it should be understood that determining B based on A does not mean determining B based solely on A, but B can also be determined based on A and / or other information.

[0381] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate a direct or indirect correspondence between the two, or an association relationship between the two, or a relationship between indication and indication, configuration and configuration, etc.

[0382] In the embodiments of the present application, "pre-defined" or "pre-configured" may be implemented by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables, or other methods that can be used to indicate relevant information in a device (e.g., including a user device and a network device). The present application does not limit the specific implementation method. For example, pre-defined may refer to information defined in a protocol.

[0383] In the embodiments of the present application, the “protocol” may refer to a standard protocol in the communications field, for example, it may include an LTE protocol, an NR protocol, and related protocols used in future communication systems, and the present application does not limit this.

[0384] In the embodiments of this application, the term "and / or" is simply a description of the association relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this document generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0385] In 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.

[0386] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely schematic. For example, the division of the units is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0387] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0388] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0389] 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 instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in 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 device. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be read by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a digital versatile disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0390] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the above method can be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a read-only memory, a hard disk or an optical disk. Optionally, all or part of the steps in the above embodiment can also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module unit in the above embodiment can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional module. This application is not limited to any specific form of combination of software and hardware. The first node in this application includes but is not limited to mobile phones, tablet computers, notebooks, network cards, low-power devices, enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) devices, narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) devices, vehicle-mounted communication devices, aircraft, airplanes, drones, remote-controlled aircraft and other wireless communication devices. The second node in this application includes but is not limited to mobile phones, tablet computers, notebooks, network cards, low-power devices, eMTC devices, NB-IoT devices, vehicle-mounted communication devices, aircraft, airplanes, drones, remote-controlled aircraft and other wireless communication devices. The user equipment or UE or terminal in this application includes but is not limited to mobile phones, tablets, laptops, network cards, low-power devices, eMTC devices, NB-IoT devices, vehicle-mounted communication equipment, aircraft, airplanes, drones, remote-controlled aircraft and other wireless communication devices. The base station equipment or base station or network side equipment in this application includes but is not limited to macro cell base stations, micro cell base stations, home base stations, relay base stations, eNB, gNB, TRP, global navigation satellite system (GNSS), relay satellites, satellite base stations, aerial base stations and other wireless communication devices.

[0391] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application should be included in the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A method in a first node for wireless communication, It is characterized in that include: Sending at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission comprising a plurality of preamble repetitions; receiving a first TAC at a first time slot, the first TAC being used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment being applied to the start of a second time slot; The first RO set includes a plurality of PRACH opportunities, and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; The first time slot and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used together to determine the second time slot.

2. The method according to claim 1, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

3. The method according to claim 2, It is characterized in that The first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

4. The method according to claim 1, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; and the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission is used to determine the second time slot.

5. The method according to claim 4, It is characterized in that When the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

6. The method according to claim 5, It is characterized in that The at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Receiving a first RAR within a first time window, the first RAR including a second TAC; The last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window; and the second TAC is related to the at least one target preamble repetition.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending a first uplink transmission; The first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission; the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: sending a second uplink transmission; Among them, the second TAC is used to determine the second uplink timing adjustment; the second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission; the second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH; the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR, and the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information, and the HARQ-ACK information is a response to the first RAR.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, It is characterized in that The first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value, and the first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment.

11. A method in a second node for wireless communication, It is characterized in that include: receiving at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission comprising a plurality of preamble repetitions; Sending a first TAC in a first time slot, the first TAC being used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment being applied to a start of a second time slot; The first RO set includes a plurality of PRACH opportunities, and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; The first time slot and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used together to determine the second time slot.

12. The method according to claim 11, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

13. The method according to claim 12, It is characterized in that The first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

14. The method according to claim 11, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; and the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission is used to determine the second time slot.

15. The method according to claim 14, It is characterized in that When the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

16. The method according to claim 15, It is characterized in that The at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

17. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending a first RAR within a first time window, wherein the first RAR includes a second TAC; The last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window; and the second TAC is related to the at least one target preamble repetition.

18. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 17, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: receiving a first uplink transmission; The first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission; the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: receiving a second uplink transmission; Among them, the second TAC is used to determine the second uplink timing adjustment; the second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission; the second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH; the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR, and the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information, and the HARQ-ACK information is a response to the first RAR.

20. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 19, It is characterized in that The first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value, and the first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment.

21. A first node for wireless communication, It is characterized in that include: A first transmitter, configured to send at least one target preamble repetition on a first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission comprising a plurality of preamble repetitions; a first receiver, configured to receive a first TAC in a first time slot, the first TAC being used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, the first uplink timing adjustment being applied to the start of a second time slot; The first RO set includes a plurality of PRACH opportunities, and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; The first time slot and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used together to determine the second time slot.

22. The first node according to claim 21, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

23. The first node according to claim 22, It is characterized in that The first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

24. The first node according to claim 21, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; and the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission is used to determine the second time slot.

25. The first node according to claim 24, It is characterized in that When the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

26. The first node according to claim 25, It is characterized in that The at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

27. A first node according to any one of claims 21 to 26, It is characterized in that The first receiver is further configured to receive a first RAR within a first time window, wherein the first RAR includes a second TAC; The last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window; and the second TAC is related to the at least one target preamble repetition.

28. A first node according to any one of claims 21 to 27, It is characterized in that The first transmitter is further configured to send a first uplink transmission; The first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission; the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

29. The first node according to claim 27 or 28, It is characterized in that The first transmitter is further configured to send a second uplink transmission; Among them, the second TAC is used to determine the second uplink timing adjustment; the second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission; the second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH; the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR, and the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information, and the HARQ-ACK information is a response to the first RAR.

30. A first node according to any one of claims 21-29, It is characterized in that The first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value, and the first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment.

31. A second node for wireless communication, It is characterized in that include: a second receiver, configured to receive at least one target preamble repetition on the first RO set, the at least one target preamble repetition being at least one preamble repetition in a first PRACH transmission, the first PRACH transmission comprising a plurality of preamble repetitions; a second transmitter, configured to send a first TAC in a first time slot, wherein the first TAC is used to determine a first uplink timing adjustment, wherein the first uplink timing adjustment is applied to the start of a second time slot; The first RO set includes a plurality of PRACH opportunities, and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used to send the at least one target preamble repetition; The first time slot and the plurality of PRACH opportunities are used together to determine the second time slot.

32. The second node according to claim 31, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

33. The second node according to claim 32, It is characterized in that The first effective time slot is the sum of the first time slot and the first delay.

34. The second node according to claim 31, It is characterized in that The first time slot is used to determine a first effective time slot; and the number of target preamble repetitions included in the first PRACH transmission is used to determine the second time slot.

35. The second node according to claim 34, It is characterized in that When the first PRACH transmission includes multiple target preamble repetitions, the multiple PRACH opportunities include multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are respectively used to send the multiple target preamble repetitions, and the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities are used to determine the second time slot; when the first PRACH transmission includes only one target preamble repetition, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

36. The second node according to claim 35, It is characterized in that The at least one target preamble repetition includes multiple target preamble repetitions; when the first effective time slot is within the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is an uplink time slot after the last alternative PRACH opportunity among the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities; when the first effective time slot is outside the time domain range occupied by the multiple alternative PRACH opportunities, the second time slot is the first effective time slot.

37. A second node according to any one of claims 31-36, It is characterized in that The second transmitter is further configured to send a first RAR within a first time window, wherein the first RAR includes a second TAC; The last PRACH opportunity among the multiple PRACH opportunities is used to determine the first time window; and the second TAC is related to the at least one target preamble repetition.

38. A second node according to any one of claims 31-37, It is characterized in that The second receiver is further configured to receive a first uplink transmission; The first uplink timing adjustment is used for the first uplink transmission; the first uplink transmission includes at least one of a first PUSCH, a first PUCCH, and an SRS transmission.

39. The second node according to claim 37 or 38, It is characterized in that The second receiver is further configured to receive a second uplink transmission; Among them, the second TAC is used to determine the second uplink timing adjustment; the second uplink timing adjustment is used for the second uplink transmission; the second uplink transmission includes a second PUSCH or a second PUCCH; the second PUSCH transmission is scheduled by the first RAR, and the second PUCCH includes HARQ-ACK information, and the HARQ-ACK information is a response to the first RAR.

40. The second node according to any one of claims 31-39, It is characterized in that The first TAC includes a first TA or a first offset value, and the first TA or the first offset value is used to determine the first uplink timing adjustment.

41. A node for wireless communication, It is characterized in that It includes a transceiver, a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is used to store programs, and the processor is used to call the programs in the memory and control the transceiver to receive or send signals so that the node executes the method as described in any one of claims 1-10 or 11-20.

42. A device, It is characterized in that It comprises a processor, which is used to call a program from a memory so that the device executes the method as described in any one of claims 1-10 or 11-20.

43. A chip, It is characterized in that It comprises a processor, which is used to call a program from a memory, so that a device equipped with the chip executes the method as described in any one of claims 1-10 or 11-20.

44. A computer readable storage medium, It is characterized in that A program is stored thereon, the program causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-10 or 11-20.

45. A computer program product, It is characterized in that The method comprises a program which causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 or 11 to 20.

46. ​​A computer program, It is characterized in that The computer program enables a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-10 or 11-20.

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