Method and apparatus for determining random access resource, terminal, and network side device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for determining a random access resource, a terminal, and a network side device. The method comprises: determining a first random access resource on the basis of first information, the first random access resource being used for sending a preamble, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following: a first uplink signal sent by a terminal, the first uplink signal being used for waking up or requesting the first random access resource; and indication information sent by a network side device, the first random access resource determined on the basis of the indication information being a random access resource within a first time range.

Description

Methods, devices, terminals, and network-side equipment for determining random access resources

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202510382237.9, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on March 28, 2025, entitled “Method, Apparatus, Terminal and Network-Side Equipment for Determining Random Access Resources”, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0002] This disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method, apparatus, terminal and network-side equipment for determining random access resources. Background Technology

[0003] Network energy conservation research mainly discusses various technologies that help reduce the energy consumption of network devices from the perspectives of time domain, frequency domain, spatial domain, and power domain. For terminals, it is necessary to first determine random access resources and then initiate a random access procedure based on those resources.

[0004] The current random access resources are configured by the base station. The base station checks the random access preamble on all configured random access channel occasions (ROs) to determine whether the user equipment (UE) has initiated a random access procedure. However, the random access procedure is initiated by the UE. If the UE does not send the random access preamble on the RO, the base station still needs to check the random access preamble on the corresponding RO, resulting in wasted energy for the base station. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The purpose of this disclosure is to provide a method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side equipment for determining random access resources, which solves the problem of energy waste in the random access process.

[0006] Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for determining random access resources, applied to a terminal, including:

[0007] A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to send a preamble.

[0008] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0009] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0010] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0011] Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for determining random access resources, applied to a network-side device, including:

[0012] A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble.

[0013] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0014] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0015] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0016] Embodiments of this disclosure provide a terminal, including: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0017] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for receiving and sending data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0018] A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to send a preamble.

[0019] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0020] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0021] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0022] Embodiments of this disclosure provide a network-side device, including: a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0023] A memory for storing computer programs; a transceiver for receiving and sending data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer programs from the memory and performing the following operations:

[0024] A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble.

[0025] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0026] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0027] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0028] Embodiments of this disclosure provide an apparatus for determining random access resources, comprising:

[0029] The first processing unit is configured to determine a first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to send a preamble.

[0030] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0031] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0032] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0033] Embodiments of this disclosure provide an apparatus for determining random access resources, comprising:

[0034] The second processing unit is configured to determine a first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble.

[0035] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0036] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0037] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0038] Embodiments of this disclosure provide a processor-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for determining random access resources described above.

[0039] Embodiments of this disclosure also provide a chip including a processor coupled to a memory for executing a computer program or instructions stored in the memory, wherein the above method is performed when the processor executes the computer program or instructions.

[0040] The beneficial effects of the above-mentioned technical solution disclosed herein are:

[0041] In embodiments of this disclosure, the terminal determines a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal and / or indication information sent by the network-side device. The terminal can send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, thereby ensuring accurate reception of the preamble sent by the terminal and avoiding the power consumption waste caused by the network-side device frequently detecting random access resources. Attached Figure Description

[0042] Figure 1 is a schematic flowchart of one of the methods for determining random access resources according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] Figure 2 shows one of the schematic diagrams of the first random access resource according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0044] Figure 3 shows a second schematic diagram of the first random access resource according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0045] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the transmission of instruction information according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0046] Figure 5 is a second schematic flowchart illustrating the method for determining random access resources according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0047] Figure 6 shows one of the structural schematic diagrams of a random access resource determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0048] Figure 7 shows a second schematic diagram of the structure of the random access resource determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0049] Figure 8 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0050] Figure 9 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a network-side device according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0051] Figure 10 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0052] To make the technical problems, solutions, and advantages of this disclosure clearer, a detailed description will be provided below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. In the following description, specific details such as particular configurations and components are provided merely to aid in a comprehensive understanding of the embodiments of this disclosure. Therefore, those skilled in the art should understand that various changes and modifications can be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure. Furthermore, for clarity and brevity, descriptions of known functions and structures have been omitted.

[0053] It should be understood that the phrase "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" throughout the specification means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic relating to an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of this disclosure. Therefore, "in one embodiment" or "one embodiment" appearing throughout the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. Furthermore, these particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

[0054] In the various embodiments of this disclosure, it should be understood that the sequence number of each process described below does not imply 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 this disclosure.

[0055] In this embodiment of the invention, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent: A existing alone, A and B existing simultaneously, or B existing alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following associated objects have an "or" relationship.

[0056] In this disclosure, the term "multiple" refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0057] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this disclosure, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

[0058] The embodiments of this disclosure provide a method, device terminal, and network-side equipment for determining random access resources, in order to solve the problem of energy waste in the random access process.

[0059] The method and apparatus are based on the same concept of the application. Since the methods and apparatus solve problems in similar ways, the implementation of the apparatus and methods can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0060] As shown in Figure 1, an embodiment of this disclosure provides a method for determining random access resources, applied to a terminal, specifically including the following steps:

[0061] Step 101: Determine the first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to send the preamble;

[0062] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0063] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0064] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0065] In this embodiment, the terminal can determine a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal and / or indication information sent by the network-side device. This first random access resource is the resource the terminal uses to send a preamble. The network-side device can receive the preamble on this first random access resource. This preamble can be a random access preamble, also referred to as the first uplink signal in the random access process, such as Message1 (Msg 1) in a four-step random access process or Message A (Msg A) in a two-step random access process. The first random access resource can be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side device, and can be considered a usable random access resource. In some embodiments, after determining the first random access resource, the terminal can use it to send a preamble. The network-side device and the terminal have the same understanding of the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble sent by the terminal on this first random access resource.

[0066] The first uplink signal can be sent by the terminal that determines the first random access resource. For example, terminal A sends the first uplink signal and determines the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal. Terminal A can use the first uplink signal to wake up or request the first random access resource to send a preamble. Alternatively, the first uplink signal can also be sent by another terminal, which is a terminal other than the terminal that determines the first random access resource. For example, terminal B sends the first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource. Terminal A determines the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal sent by terminal B. For example, if terminal A receives feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal sent by terminal B, and the feedback information includes confirmation information, terminal A can use the first uplink signal to wake up or request the first random access resource to send a preamble.

[0067] In some embodiments, the first uplink signal may be an uplink wake-up signal (UL WUS) or other uplink signals, such as uplink signals that can trigger a System Information Block (SIB) or SIB1. The terminal sends the first uplink signal to the network-side device. The first random access resource requested or woken up by this first uplink signal may be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side device. For example, the terminal receives random access resource configuration information sent by the network-side device, and the terminal sends the first uplink signal to the network-side device to request the first random access resource, which is a portion of the random access resources configured in the configuration information. The terminal and the network-side device determine the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal with the same understanding. The terminal can then send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, avoiding the need for the network-side device to detect preambles on all configured random access resources, thus saving energy.

[0068] The terminal and network-side equipment can also determine the first random access resource based on the indication information sent by the network-side equipment. This can be understood as the network-side equipment indicating available random access resources through the indication information. The indication method can be direct, such as the indication information directly indicating available random access resources, or indirect, such as indicating unavailable random access resources, from which the terminal further determines available random access resources. The first random access resource determined based on this indication information can be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side equipment. If the first random access resource determined based on this indication information is a random access resource within a first time range, the terminal can send a preamble on the random access resources within that first time range. Correspondingly, the network-side equipment detects the preamble on the random access resources within that first time range. This avoids the need for the network-side equipment to detect preambles on all configured random access resources, saving energy.

[0069] In some embodiments, the terminal may also determine the first random access resource based on both the first uplink signal and the indication information sent by the network-side device. For example, the terminal sends the first uplink signal to wake up or request the first random access resource; the network-side device sends indication information to the terminal based on the first uplink signal, and the terminal further determines the first random access resource based on the indication information.

[0070] In some embodiments, the random access resource in this disclosure may be a RO. The available random access resource in this disclosure may also be understood as a valid (or effective) random access resource; the unavailable random access resource may also be understood as an invalid (or failed) random access resource.

[0071] In embodiments of this disclosure, the terminal determines a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal and / or indication information sent by a network-side device. The terminal can send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, thereby ensuring accurate reception of the preamble sent by the terminal. This method can more flexibly determine available random access resources and avoid the power consumption waste caused by the network-side device frequently detecting random access resources.

[0072] As an optional embodiment, determining the first random access resource based on the first information includes:

[0073] The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource;

[0074] or,

[0075] Upon receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, wherein the feedback information includes confirmation information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is the first random access resource.

[0076] In this embodiment, if the terminal transmits a first uplink signal during a first uplink signal transmission opportunity, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is considered to be a first random access resource, or it can be understood as considering the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be an available random access resource. The terminal can transmit a preamble on the first random access resource. When the network-side device receives the first uplink signal, it considers the first random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be available, and the network-side device receives the preamble on the first random access resource.

[0077] Alternatively, after transmitting the first uplink signal on the first uplink signal transmission opportunity, the terminal determines, based on the feedback information of the first uplink signal (if the feedback information includes acknowledgment information), that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a first random access resource. This can also be understood as determining, based on the feedback information, that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an available random access resource, and the terminal can transmit a preamble on that first random access resource. If the terminal does not receive feedback information for the first uplink signal, or receives feedback information for the first uplink signal but the feedback information does not include acknowledgment information, then the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is considered unavailable.

[0078] If the network-side device receives the first uplink signal and sends feedback information (including confirmation information) to the terminal, it considers the first random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be available, and the network-side device receives the preamble on the first random access resource.

[0079] As an optional embodiment, the method further includes:

[0080] Before sending the first uplink signal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource;

[0081] or,

[0082] Before receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, and before the feedback information includes acknowledgment information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

[0083] In this embodiment, before sending the first uplink signal, the terminal assumes that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is unavailable; only after sending the first uplink signal is the terminal considered that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is available. Alternatively, before sending the first uplink signal but receiving feedback information (including acknowledgment information) from the network-side device, the terminal considers the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal unavailable; only when the received feedback information includes acknowledgment information is the terminal considered that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is available.

[0084] Before receiving the first uplink signal sent by the terminal, the network-side device considers the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be unavailable, which can also be understood as not detecting the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal by default; or, if the network-side device receives the first uplink signal sent by the terminal but does not send an acknowledgment message to the terminal, it considers the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be unavailable and does not detect the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal.

[0085] As an optional embodiment, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0086] In this embodiment, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources, and the random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are random access resources within a first time range. These random access resources within the first time range can be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side device. The terminal can then send a preamble on these random access resources within the first time range, and correspondingly, the network-side device detects the preamble on these random access resources within the first time range.

[0087] As an optional embodiment, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range, and the association includes at least one of the following:

[0088] (1) The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is related to the random access resources within the first time range; for example, different sequences can correspond to different random access resources within the first time range.

[0089] (2) The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range; for example, the resource location of the first uplink signal and the location of the random access resources within the first time range satisfy a preset offset or satisfy the offset configured by the network side device; for another example, different resource locations of the first uplink signal can correspond to different random access resources within the first time range.

[0090] (3) The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range. For example, the random access resources within the first time range can be indicated within the indication field carried by the first uplink signal, and different indication fields carried by the first uplink signal can indicate different random access resources within the first time range.

[0091] In this embodiment, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range. The terminal and the network-side device have a consistent understanding of this association. After the terminal sends the first uplink signal, the network-side device can determine the random access resources associated with the first uplink signal based on this association, thereby determining that the random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are available.

[0092] As an optional embodiment, the indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0093] (1) First indication information, used to indicate that random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range;

[0094] In this scenario, the network-side device indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range via the first indication information. For example, the terminal receives configuration information of random access resources and the first indication information sent by the network-side device. Based on the configuration information of the random access resources, candidate random access resources can be determined, and based on the first indication information, the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range among the candidate random access resources can be determined.

[0095] For example, if the first indication information indicates that random access resources within a first time range are available, the terminal can determine that the random access resource within the first time range is the first random access resource based on the first indication information, and thus can send a preamble.

[0096] For example, before receiving the first indication information, the terminal assumes that random access resources within a first time range are available. Upon receiving the first indication information, which indicates that random access resources within the first time range are unavailable, the terminal determines that the random access resources within that first time range are unavailable. Alternatively, if the first indication information indicates that random access resources within the first time range are unavailable, the terminal can further determine available random access resources based on the unavailable random access resources. For example, it can determine that among all candidate random access resources configured by the network-side device, resources other than the unavailable random access resources are available.

[0097] (2) Second indication information, used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0098] In this embodiment, the network-side device can directly indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource through the second indication information. The configuration information may be, for example, the time-domain configuration information and / or frequency-domain configuration information of the first random access resource. In this way, the terminal can directly determine the first random access resource and can send a preamble in the first random access resource.

[0099] In some embodiments, the method further includes: determining, before receiving the first indication information, that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

[0100] In this embodiment, before receiving the first indication information, the terminal assumes that random access resources within a first time range are unavailable. For example, it assumes that the ROs within the first time range are invalid ROs. Only when the network-side device sends the first indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the ROs within the first time range are available (or valid), are the ROs within the first time range considered valid ROs. At this time, the terminal can send a preamble on the ROs within the first time range. The network-side device only receives the preamble on the ROs within the first time range when it sends the first indication information and the first indication information indicates that the ROs within the first time range are available (or valid), thereby saving energy consumption.

[0101] In some embodiments, before receiving the first indication information, the terminal determines that the random access resources within the first time range are available random access resources. In this embodiment, before receiving the first indication information, the terminal assumes that the random access resources within the first time range are available, for example, it assumes that the ROs within the first time range are valid ROs. Only when the network-side device sends the first indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the ROs within the first time range are unavailable (or invalid), are the ROs within the first time range considered invalid ROs. At this time, the terminal will not send a preamble on the ROs within the first time range, and the network-side device will not detect the preamble on the ROs within the first time range, thus avoiding wasted energy.

[0102] In some embodiments, the indication information includes information for determining the first time range. For example, when indicating the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range via first indication information, the first indication information may also include information for determining the first time range. As another example, when indicating the configuration information of a first random access resource via second indication information, information about the first time range corresponding to that first random access resource may also be indicated. The information for determining the first time range may include one or more of the following: the random access resources included in the first time range, the number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range, the length of the first time range, the period of the first time range, etc.

[0103] In some embodiments, the indication information is group common downlink control information (DCI). The network-side device can use this DCI to indicate the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range; and / or use this DCI to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0104] As an optional embodiment, the random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

[0105] In this embodiment, the random access resources within the first time range can be divided into one or more random access resource units (ROs), and each RO may include one or more ROs. In some embodiments, the candidate random access resources configured by the network-side device can also be divided into one or more candidate random access resource units, and the M random access resource units included in the first time range are at least a portion of the candidate random access resource units configured by the network-side device. Thus, the granularity of the first random access resource that the terminal wakes up or requests through the first uplink signal, the random access resource indicated by the network-side device through indication information, and the first random access resource determined by the terminal according to the indication information can all be ROs.

[0106] As an optional embodiment, the random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined according to the second information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0107] 1) The number of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) association periods corresponding to one random access resource element;

[0108] In this embodiment, the random access resources (such as ROs) contained in a random access resource unit can be determined according to the PRACH association period. For example, a random access unit corresponds to X (X is greater than 0) PRACH association periods. The PRACH association period is the period during which the synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) in different beam directions and all ROs complete one round of mapping. Based on the number of PRACH association periods corresponding to a random access unit, the number of random access resources (such as ROs) contained in a random access unit can be determined.

[0109] 2) Number of beams in a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB); The number of random access resources contained in a random access resource unit (RO) can also be determined based on the number of beams in the SSBs contained in the RO. For example, if an RO corresponds to x SSBs, then the number of ROs contained in a random access resource unit can be determined.

[0110] 3) The number of SSB beams corresponding to one random access opportunity (RO); the number of random access resources (such as RO) contained in a random access resource element can also be determined based on the number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO. For example, one RO corresponds to x SSBs, and the number of ROs contained in a random access resource element can be determined based on the number of SSBs.

[0111] 4) Configuration information related to Random Access Resource Units (ROs) sent by the network-side device, including the length and / or period of the RO. The network-side device can configure the random access resources corresponding to a RO using this configuration information. For example, configuring the length of a RO determines the number of ROs corresponding to that length; similarly, configuring the period of a RO allows the determination of the number of ROs contained within that period. This configuration information can be configuration information used to configure random access resources or independent configuration information.

[0112] As an optional embodiment, the first indication information indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within the first time range, including one of the following:

[0113] (a) The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable;

[0114] The first indication information may be group common downlink control information (DCI). The first field of the DCI may be 1 bit, which indicates whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource elements are available (or active) or unavailable (or inactive). That is, different random access resource elements among the M random access resource elements are not indicated independently.

[0115] (b) The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information, each bit of the M bits of information being used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable;

[0116] The first indication information may be a Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI). The first field of the DCI may be of length M bits, such as a bitmap of length M. The M bits in the bitmap indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to each of the M random access resource units is available (or active) or unavailable (or inactive). That is, different random access resource units among the M random access resource units can be indicated independently.

[0117] (c) The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to a random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and a random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

[0118] The first indication information may be Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI). The first field of this DCI may be Y bits or a bitmap of length Y, where each bit corresponds to a group of Random Access Resource Units (RLUs), and each bit indicates whether the random access resources in a RLU group are available (or active) or unavailable (or ineffective). Alternatively, the Y bits in the bitmap may respectively indicate the availability (or active) or unavailable (or ineffective) of each of the Y RLU groups. Each RLU group contains one or more RLUs, and each RLU contains one or more random access resources.

[0119] In embodiments of this disclosure, the random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0120] 1) The number of PRACH association cycles corresponding to the first time range; In this embodiment, the first time range may correspond to y PRACH association cycles, which is the cycle in which SSB and all RO complete one round of mapping. When the length of the PRACH association cycle is known, the length of the first time range can be determined.

[0121] 2) Number of SSB beams; The first time range can be determined based on the number of SSB beams contained in the first time range. For example, the number of ROs contained in the first time range can be determined based on the mapping relationship between SSB and RO.

[0122] 3) The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO; for example, the number of ROs in the first time range can be determined based on the number of SSB beams contained in the first time range and the number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO.

[0123] 4) Configuration information for a first time range sent by the network-side device, wherein the configuration information includes: the length and / or period of the first time range. For example, if the network-side device configures the length of the first time range, the number of ROs corresponding to that length can be determined; or, for example, if the network-side device configures the period of the first time range (e.g., 160ms), the number of ROs included in the first time range can be determined based on the number of ROs within that period. The configuration information can be configuration information for configuring random access resources or independent configuration information.

[0124] As an optional embodiment, the method further includes:

[0125] If the indication information is received at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information received at the first location remains available.

[0126] The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

[0127] In this embodiment, when the terminal receives indication information (which may be either first or second indication information) at a first location, and does not receive new indication information at a subsequent second location, the indication information previously received at the first location can be considered to remain valid, meaning the first random access resource determined based on the indication information received at the first location remains available. If the terminal receives new indication information at the second location, the first random access resource is re-determined based on the new indication information.

[0128] As an optional embodiment, the types of random access resources include: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources;

[0129] Wherein, if the network-side device is configured with the general random access resource, the terminal determines that the general random access resource is an available random access resource;

[0130] When the network-side device is configured with the on-demand random access resources, the terminal determines the first random access resource from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

[0131] In this embodiment, the type of random access resource may include: normal random access resource and on-demand random access resource. The terminal and network-side device consider normal random access resource to be effective (or available) immediately after configuration. For on-demand random access resource, the terminal and network-side device use the method described above for determining the first random access resource based on the first information to determine its availability (or effectiveness). This can also be understood as the method for determining the first random access resource based on the first information in this embodiment being for on-demand random access resource.

[0132] The following example illustrates a method for determining random access resources in an embodiment of this disclosure.

[0133] Example 1: The terminal determines the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal. Taking the network-side device as a base station (such as a gNB) and the first uplink signal as the first UL WUS as an example, it should be noted that the network-side device can also be other access network devices, which are not limited here.

[0134] The gNB sends configuration information for random access resources in system messages. This configuration information is used to configure candidate random access resources. This configuration information may include time-domain and frequency-domain configuration information, such as the PRACH configuration index. Based on this configuration information, the UE can determine candidate random access resources. These candidate random access resources are not immediately available (or effective or valid); that is, the UE cannot directly send a random access preamble on the random access opportunities included in the candidate random access resources. The candidate random access resources configured in the system messages can also be referred to as on-demand random access resources.

[0135] The configuration information of the random access resources can divide the random access resources into M random access resource elements, with the first UL WUS corresponding to the M random access resource elements. When a UE has UL data and wishes to initiate random access, the UE can send a first UL WUS at the first UL WUS opportunity to wake up or request the M random access resource elements corresponding to (or associated with) the first UL WUS. The M random access resource elements corresponding to (or associated with) the first UL WUS can also be referred to as the first random access resources. The UE wakes up or requests the first random access resources by sending the first UL WUS.

[0136] In some embodiments, M=1, which can also be understood as one first UL WUS corresponding to one random access resource unit, and different UL WUS corresponding to different random access resource units. The correspondence or association between the first UL WUS and the random access resource may include at least one of the following:

[0137] The generation sequence of the first UL WUS is associated with a random access resource unit (RLU), and different sequences correspond to different RLUs.

[0138] The transmission location of the first UL WUS is associated with the random access resource unit, for example, the two meet a preset offset or meet the offset configured by the network-side device;

[0139] The first UL WUS indication field indicates the associated random access resource unit.

[0140] Based on whether the gNB responds with feedback information corresponding to the first UL WUS after the UE sends the first UL WUS wake-up or requests the first random access resource, it can be divided into the following two branches:

[0141] Branch 1: After the UE sends the first UL WUS on the first UL WUS opportunity, the UE considers the M random access resource elements corresponding to the first UL WUS to be effective (or available) random access resources, and then determines that the M random access resource elements are the first random access resources.

[0142] As shown in Figure 2, assuming that a first UL WUS corresponds to a RO unit, when the UE sends the first UL WUS on the first UL WUS opportunity, the RO unit corresponding to the first UL WUS is a valid (or available) RO unit (for example, RO unit 1, RO unit N); at this time, after the gNB detects the first UL WUS sent by the UE, the gNB will detect the random access preamble on the RO included in the RO unit corresponding to the first UL WUS.

[0143] When the UE does not send the first UL WUS at the first UL WUS opportunity, the RO unit corresponding to the first UL WUS is an invalid (or unavailable) RO unit (e.g., RO unit N-1). At this time, when the gNB does not detect the first UL WUS, the gNB does not detect the random access preamble on the RO included in the RO unit corresponding to the first UL WUS, thereby reducing the power consumption of the gNB.

[0144] At this time, the gNB behavior is as follows: by default, the gNB does not detect the ROs included in the M random access resource elements corresponding to the first UL WUS. Only after the gNB detects the first UL WUS sent by the UE will the gNB detect the ROs of the M random access resource elements corresponding to the first UL WUS.

[0145] Branch 2: After detecting the first UL WUS, the gNB will send feedback information of the first UL WUS to the terminal. After the UE sends the first UL WUS on the first UL WUS opportunity, the UE determines the M random access resource elements corresponding to the first UL WUS as effective (or available) random access resources, i.e., the first random access resources, based on the feedback information of the first UL WUS (the feedback information includes confirmation information).

[0146] At this time, the gNB behavior is as follows: by default, the gNB does not detect the ROs included in the M random access resource elements corresponding to the first UL WUS. Only when the gNB detects the first UL WUS sent by the UE and sends feedback information to the terminal, and the feedback information includes confirmation information, will the gNB detect the ROs of the M random access resource elements corresponding to the first UL WUS.

[0147] It should be noted that the concept of a random access resource element (RUIRF) is used in this example description. Other descriptions are also possible, such as random access resource, random access resource element group, etc., without limitation (applicable to other embodiments). The RUIRF here allows the gNB and UE to align their understanding of the "random access resource corresponding to the first UL WUS." If the UE sends the first UL WUS at the first UL WUS opportunity, the UE and gNB, based on their consistent understanding of the "random access resource corresponding to the first UL WUS," can unanimously determine which random access resources are available (or valid) without ambiguity.

[0148] The random access opportunities corresponding to a random access resource unit (RLU) can be defined by protocol, such as: all ROs that complete one round of mapping between SSBs and ROs constitute the ROs included in a random access resource unit (RLU), that is, one RLU corresponds to one PRACH association period. In this case, the number of ROs included in the RLU is related to the number of SSBs and the number of SSBs corresponding to one RO.

[0149] The ROs included in a Random Access Resource Unit (RLU) can also be determined based on configuration information sent by the gNB. This configuration information includes the length of the RLU, for example, a RLU length of 32ms. The configuration information may also include the period of the RLU; the ROs included within one period constitute the RLU.

[0150] In this embodiment, the terminal determines the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal, and can then send a preamble on the first random access resource. The network-side device receives the preamble on the first random access resource based on the same understanding, which can reduce energy consumption.

[0151] Example 2: The terminal determines the first random access resource based on the first indication information sent by the network-side device. Taking the network-side device as a base station (such as a gNB) as an example, it should be noted that the network-side device can also be other access network devices, which are not limited here.

[0152] The gNB sends configuration information for random access resources in system messages. This configuration information may include time-domain and frequency-domain configuration information of candidate random access resources. The candidate random access resources determined by the UE are not immediately available (or effective or valid) random access resources.

[0153] The configuration information for random access resources can divide the random access resources into M random access resource units. The gNB can send a first indication message, which indicates whether the M random access resource units are available (or active) or unavailable (inactive). The candidate random access resources configured in the system message can also be called on-demand random access resources. The gNB can dynamically indicate the available (or active) random access resources through the first indication message.

[0154] The first indication information can be group common DCI. The gNB can configure relevant configuration information for group common DCI detection, such as search space configuration information and CORSET configuration information. Additionally, the gNB can send configuration information to determine the correspondence between the first indication information and the M random access resource elements (RLUs). The UE can determine the M RLUs corresponding to the first indication information based on this configuration information. Therefore, after receiving the first indication information, the UE can determine the available (or effective) M RLUs. Here, the correspondence between the first indication information and the M RLUs can also be predefined by the protocol; this embodiment does not limit this.

[0155] The Group Common DCI can be located before the M Random Access Resource Elements (RLUs). The fields included in the Group Common DCI can indicate the availability (or effectiveness) or inaccessibility (or failure) of the M RLUs. The UE can only send the random access preamble using the corresponding ROs of those M RLUs after determining their availability based on the Group Common DCI. How the Group Common DCI indicates the availability (or effectiveness) or inaccessibility (or failure) of the M RLUs can include the following branches:

[0156] Branch 1: The Group common DCI can include a 1-bit field that indicates the availability (or effectiveness) or inaccessibility (or failure) of M random access resource units (RRPs), meaning that different RRPs among the M RRPs are not independently indicated; specifically, M can be equal to 1, meaning that there is an opportunity to send the Group common DCI before each RRP.

[0157] Branch 2: The Group common DCI includes fields that can be a bitmap of length M, where the M bits in the bitmap indicate whether each of the M random access resource units is available (or active) or unavailable (or inactive), meaning that different random access resource units can be indicated independently.

[0158] Branch 3: The Group common DCI can include Y bits as the field, with each bit corresponding to a random access resource unit (RLU) group, and each RLU group including at least one RLU. For example, the M RLUs corresponding to the first indication information can be divided into at least one RLU group. For instance, M can be equal to 8, and a RLU group includes 4 RLUs. In this case, the Group common DCI can include Y = 2 bits as the field, which indicates two different RLU groups respectively.

[0159] Branch 4: The fields included in the Group common DCI can be bitmaps of length Y, where the Y bits in the bitmap indicate the availability (or effectiveness) or inaccessibility (or failure) of each of the Y random access resource unit (RLU) groups. For example, the M RLUs corresponding to the first indication information can be divided into at least one RLU group. For instance, M can be equal to 8, and a RLU group includes 4 RLUs. In this case, the fields included in the Group common DCI can be 2 bits long, indicating two different RLU groups.

[0160] As shown in Figure 3, a first indication information (DCI) corresponds to M random access resource units (RO units). The DCI includes M bits or a bitmap of length M. Different bits correspond to different RO units, indicating whether different RO units are available (or active) or unavailable (or ineffective). For example, RO unit 1 and RO unit M are active RO units, and RO unit M-1 is an unavailable (or ineffective) RO unit. After the gNB sends the first indication information, the gNB and UE can align their understanding of the available (or active) random access resources through the indication of the first indication information. Correspondingly, the UE can send a random access preamble on the available (or active) random access resources, and the gNB needs to detect the random access preamble on the available (or active) random access resources.

[0161] UE behavior at this time: The UE defaults to the M random access resource elements including the ROs as unavailable or invalid ROs. Only after the gNB sends the first indication information and the first indication information indicates that the M random access resource elements are available (or effective) will the UE consider the M random access resource elements including the ROs as available or effective ROs.

[0162] Alternatively, the UE defaults to the M random access resource elements (RUIs) including the ROs as available or valid RUIs. Only after the gNB sends the first indication information and the first indication information indicates that the M RUIs are unavailable or invalid will the UE consider the M RUIs including the ROs as unavailable or invalid RUIs.

[0163] In this embodiment, the terminal determines the first random access resource based on the first indication information sent by the network-side device, and can then send a preamble on the first random access resource. The network-side device receives the preamble on the first random access resource based on the same understanding, which can reduce energy consumption.

[0164] Example 3: The terminal determines the first random access resource based on the second indication information sent by the network-side device. Taking the network-side device as a base station (such as a gNB) as an example, it should be noted that the network-side device can also be other access network devices, which are not limited here.

[0165] The gNB sends a second indication message, which may include configuration information of available (or effective) random access resources. For example, it may include only the temporal resource configuration information of the random access resources or all the configuration information of the random access resources. The system message sent by the gNB needs to include the configuration information of the second indication message, such as the detection period and detection window. Additionally, if the second indication message is a group common DCI, the gNB can configure relevant configuration information for group common DCI detection, such as search space configuration information and CORSET configuration information.

[0166] The second indication information (group common DCI) can indicate the configuration parameters of available (or effective) random access resources within a certain period (e.g., a first time range). The UE determines the available (or effective) random access resources within this period based on the DCI, such as the distribution of available (or effective) ROs. Here, the time granularity of this period (e.g., the first time range) can be in units of radio frames, subframes, time slots, etc.; the period can be fixed, for example, predefined by the protocol, or indicated by the second indication information, and can change as the period in the second indication information is set to different values.

[0167] As shown in Figure 4, if the UE receives DCI 1 during the second indication message transmission opportunity and determines that the random access resource configuration 1 is available (or effective), the UE can send a random access preamble on the available (or effective) random access resource. The gNB needs to detect the random access preamble on the available (or effective) random access resource. Subsequently, if the UE does not detect DCI 2 during the next second indication message transmission opportunity, the UE can assume that the random access resource configuration 1 configured in DCI 1 remains available (or effective). When the gNB wants to adjust the available (or effective) random access resource configuration (RO distribution), it can carry the new random access resource configuration parameters by retransmitting the second indication message (DCI 2). The configuration information for the first time range 1 and the first time range 2 in Figure 4 can be carried in the second indication message, or it can be indicated by the gNB through other messages.

[0168] In this embodiment, the terminal can directly determine the first random access resource based on the second indication information sent by the network-side device, and thus can send a preamble on the first random access resource. The network-side device receives the preamble on the first random access resource based on the same understanding, which can reduce energy consumption.

[0169] Example 4: Types of random access resources.

[0170] Random access resources include at least two types:

[0171] Random access resource type 1: normal random access resource (general random access resource), that is, the random access resource configured by the gNB through system messages. Once the normal random access resource is configured in the system message sent by the gNB, the terminal considers the random access resource to be available (or effective). The UE can use the normal random access resource for random access. The gNB also needs to detect the random access preamble on the RO corresponding to the normal random access resource.

[0172] Random access resource type 2: on-demand random access resource (or candidate random access resource):

[0173] After configuring on-demand random access resources in the gNB, the on-demand random access resources are unavailable (or ineffective) by default. The terminal can determine the available (or effective) on-demand random access resources by using the methods in Example 1 or Example 2 above.

[0174] The gNB can also configure available (or effective) on-demand random access resources through the second instruction information in Example 3 above.

[0175] From a network energy-saving perspective, the gNB can configure time-sparse normal random access resources and time-dense on-demand random access resources. Available (or effective) on-demand random access resources are determined by the terminal sending the first UL WUS or by the gNB sending an indication message. In low-load scenarios with low UL data, there are fewer available (or effective) on-demand random access resources, and the gNB does not need to frequently detect ROs, thus saving energy. In this case, for UEs with high latency requirements, the first UL WUS can be used to wake up the on-demand random access resources, thus ensuring random access latency.

[0176] In embodiments of this disclosure, the terminal determines a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal and / or indication information sent by the network-side device. The terminal can send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, thereby ensuring accurate reception of the preamble sent by the terminal. This method can more flexibly determine available random access resources and avoid the power consumption waste caused by the gNB frequently detecting random access resources.

[0177] As shown in Figure 5, this embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a method for determining random access resources, applied to a network-side device, including:

[0178] Step 501: Determine the first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to receive the preamble;

[0179] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0180] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0181] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0182] In this embodiment, the network-side device can determine a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal and / or indication information sent by the network-side device. This first random access resource is the resource used by the terminal to send a preamble, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on this first random access resource. This preamble can be a random access preamble, also referred to as the first uplink signal in the random access process, such as Msg 1 in four-step random access or Msg A in two-step random access. The first random access resource can be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side device, and this first random access resource can be considered a usable random access resource. In some embodiments, after determining the first random access resource, the terminal can use it to send the preamble. The network-side device and the terminal have the same understanding of the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble sent by the terminal on this first random access resource.

[0183] The first uplink signal can be sent by the terminal that determines the first random access resource. For example, terminal A sends the first uplink signal and determines the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal. Terminal A can use the first uplink signal to wake up or request the first random access resource to send a preamble. Alternatively, the first uplink signal can also be sent by another terminal, which is a terminal other than the terminal that determines the first random access resource. For example, terminal B sends the first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource. Terminal A determines the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal sent by terminal B. For example, if terminal A receives feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal sent by terminal B, and the feedback information includes confirmation information, terminal A can use the first uplink signal to wake up or request the first random access resource to send a preamble.

[0184] In some embodiments, the first uplink signal may be UL WUS or other uplink signals, such as uplink signals capable of triggering SIB or SIB1. The terminal sends the first uplink signal to the network-side device. The first random access resource requested or activated by this first uplink signal may be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side device. For example, the terminal receives random access resource configuration information sent by the network-side device, and sends the first uplink signal to the network-side device to request the first random access resource, which is a portion of the random access resources configured in the configuration information. Based on the same understanding, the terminal and the network-side device determine the first random access resource according to the first uplink signal. The terminal can then send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, avoiding the need for the network-side device to detect preambles on all configured random access resources, thus saving energy.

[0185] The terminal and network-side equipment can also determine the first random access resource based on the indication information sent by the network-side equipment. This can be understood as the network-side equipment indicating available random access resources through the indication information. The indication method can be direct, such as the indication information directly indicating available random access resources, or indirect, such as indicating unavailable random access resources, from which the terminal further determines available random access resources. The first random access resource determined based on this indication information can be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side equipment. If the first random access resource determined based on this indication information is a random access resource within a first time range, the terminal can send a preamble on the random access resources within that first time range. Correspondingly, the network-side equipment detects the preamble on the random access resources within that first time range. This avoids the need for the network-side equipment to detect preambles on all configured random access resources, saving energy.

[0186] In some embodiments, the terminal and the network-side device may simultaneously determine the first random access resource based on the first uplink signal and the indication information sent by the network-side device. For example, the terminal sends the first uplink signal to wake up or request the first random access resource; the network-side device sends indication information to the terminal based on the first uplink signal, and the terminal and the network-side device further determine the first random access resource based on the indication information.

[0187] In some embodiments, the random access resource in this disclosure may be a RO. The available random access resource in this disclosure may also be understood as a valid (or effective) random access resource; the unavailable random access resource may also be understood as an invalid (or failed) random access resource.

[0188] In embodiments of this disclosure, the network-side device determines a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal sent by the terminal and / or an indication information sent by the network-side device. The terminal can send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, thereby ensuring accurate reception of the preamble sent by the terminal. This method can more flexibly determine available random access resources and avoid the power consumption waste caused by the network-side device frequently detecting random access resources.

[0189] As an optional embodiment, determining the first random access resource based on the first information includes:

[0190] The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource;

[0191] or,

[0192] Feedback information of the first uplink signal is sent to the terminal. If the feedback information includes confirmation information, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource.

[0193] In this embodiment, if the terminal transmits a first uplink signal during a first uplink signal transmission opportunity, the network-side device can consider the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be a first random access resource, or it can be understood as considering the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be an available random access resource. The terminal can transmit a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource.

[0194] Alternatively, after the terminal sends the first uplink signal on the first uplink signal transmission opportunity, the network-side device determines whether to send feedback information for the first uplink signal. If feedback information is sent and includes acknowledgment information, then the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is considered to be the first random access resource. This can also be understood as determining, based on the feedback information, that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an available random access resource. The terminal can send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource.

[0195] As an optional embodiment, the method further includes:

[0196] If the first uplink signal is not received from the terminal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

[0197] In this embodiment, before receiving the first uplink signal sent by the terminal, the network-side device considers the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be unavailable, which can also be understood as not detecting the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal by default.

[0198] Alternatively, if the network-side device receives the first uplink signal sent by the terminal but does not send an acknowledgment message to the terminal, it considers the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal to be unavailable and does not detect the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal.

[0199] As an optional embodiment, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0200] In this embodiment, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources, and the random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are random access resources within a first time range. These random access resources within the first time range can be at least a portion of the random access resources configured by the network-side device. The terminal can then send a preamble on these random access resources within the first time range, and correspondingly, the network-side device detects the preamble on these random access resources within the first time range.

[0201] As an optional embodiment, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range, and the association includes at least one of the following:

[0202] (1) The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is related to the random access resources within the first time range; for example, different sequences can correspond to different random access resources within the first time range.

[0203] (2) The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range; for example, the resource location of the first uplink signal and the location of the random access resources within the first time range satisfy a preset offset or an offset configured by the network-side device; for another example, different resource locations of the first uplink signal can correspond to different random access resources within the first time range.

[0204] (3) The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range. For example, the random access resources within the first time range can be indicated within the indication field carried by the first uplink signal, and different indication fields carried by the first uplink signal can indicate different random access resources within the first time range.

[0205] In this embodiment, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range. The terminal and the network-side device have a consistent understanding of this association. After the terminal sends the first uplink signal, the network-side device can determine the random access resources associated with the first uplink signal based on this association, thereby determining that the random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are available.

[0206] As an optional embodiment, the indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0207] (1) First indication information, used to indicate that random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range;

[0208] In this scenario, the network-side device indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range via the first indication information. For example, when a terminal receives configuration information of random access resources and the first indication information sent by the network-side device, the terminal and the network-side device can determine candidate random access resources based on the configuration information and determine the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range among the candidate random access resources based on the first indication information.

[0209] For example, if the first indication information indicates that random access resources within a first time range are available, the terminal and network-side devices can determine that the random access resources within the first time range are the first random access resources based on the first indication information, and thus can send a preamble.

[0210] For example, before sending the first indication information, the network-side device assumes that random access resources within a first time range are available. When the first indication information is sent and indicates that random access resources within the first time range are unavailable, it determines that the random access resources within that first time range are unavailable. Alternatively, if the first indication information indicates that random access resources within the first time range are unavailable, the terminal and the network-side device can further determine available random access resources based on the unavailable random access resources. For example, they can determine that among all candidate random access resources configured by the network-side device, resources other than the unavailable random access resources are available.

[0211] (2) Second indication information, used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0212] In this embodiment, the network-side device can directly indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource through the second indication information. The configuration information may be, for example, the time-domain configuration information and / or frequency-domain configuration information of the first random access resource. In this way, the terminal and the network-side device can directly determine the first random access resource and can send a preamble in the first random access resource.

[0213] In some embodiments, the method further includes: determining that random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources without sending the first indication information.

[0214] In this embodiment, before sending the first indication information, the network-side device assumes that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable by default, for example, the ROs within the first time range are considered invalid ROs by default. Only when the network-side device sends the first indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the ROs within the first time range are available (or valid), are the ROs within the first time range considered valid ROs, and the preamble is received on the ROs within the first time range, thereby saving energy consumption.

[0215] In some embodiments, the indication information includes information for determining the first time range. For example, when indicating the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range via first indication information, the first indication information may also include information for determining the first time range. As another example, when indicating the configuration information of a first random access resource via second indication information, information about the first time range corresponding to that first random access resource may also be indicated. The information for determining the first time range may include one or more of the following: the random access resources included in the first time range, the number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range, the length of the first time range, the period of the first time range, etc.

[0216] In some embodiments, the indication information is group common downlink control information (DCI). The network-side device can use this DCI to indicate the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range; and / or use this DCI to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0217] As an optional embodiment, the random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

[0218] In this embodiment, the random access resources within the first time range can be divided into one or more random access resource units (ROs), and each RO may include one or more ROs. In some embodiments, the candidate random access resources configured by the network-side device can also be divided into one or more candidate random access resource units, and the M random access resource units included in the first time range are at least a portion of the candidate random access resource units configured by the network-side device. Thus, the granularity of the first random access resource that the terminal wakes up or requests through the first uplink signal, the random access resource indicated by the network-side device through indication information, and the first random access resource determined by the terminal according to the indication information can all be ROs.

[0219] As an optional embodiment, the random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined according to the second information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0220] 1) The number of physical random access channel (PRACH) association periods corresponding to one random access resource element;

[0221] In this embodiment, the random access resources (e.g., ROs) contained in a random access resource unit can be determined according to the PRACH association period. For example, a random access unit corresponds to X (X is greater than 0) PRACH association periods. The PRACH association period is the period during which the SSBs of different beam directions and all ROs complete one round of mapping. Based on the number of PRACH association periods corresponding to a random access unit, the number of random access resources (e.g., ROs) contained in a random access unit can be determined.

[0222] 2) Number of beams in a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB); The number of random access resources contained in a random access resource unit (RO) can also be determined based on the number of beams in the SSBs contained in the RO. For example, if an RO corresponds to x SSBs, then the number of ROs contained in a random access resource unit can be determined.

[0223] 3) The number of SSB beams corresponding to one random access opportunity (RO); the number of random access resources (such as RO) contained in a random access resource element can also be determined based on the number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO. For example, one RO corresponds to x SSBs, and the number of ROs contained in a random access resource element can be determined based on the number of SSBs.

[0224] 4) Configuration information related to Random Access Resource Units (ROs) sent by the network-side device, including the length and / or period of the RO. The network-side device can configure the random access resources corresponding to a RO using this configuration information. For example, configuring the length of a RO determines the number of ROs corresponding to that length; similarly, configuring the period of a RO allows the determination of the number of ROs contained within that period. This configuration information can be configuration information used to configure random access resources or independent configuration information.

[0225] As an optional embodiment, the first indication information indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within the first time range, including one of the following:

[0226] (a) The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable;

[0227] The first indication information may be a Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI), and the first field of the DCI may be 1 bit, which indicates whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource elements are available (or active) or unavailable (or inactive). That is, different random access resource elements among the M random access resource elements are not indicated independently.

[0228] (b) The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information, each bit of the M bits of information being used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable;

[0229] The first indication information may be a Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI). The first field of the DCI may be of length M bits, such as a bitmap of length M. The M bits in the bitmap indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to each of the M random access resource units is available (or active) or unavailable (or inactive). That is, different random access resource units among the M random access resource units can be indicated independently.

[0230] (c) The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to a random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and a random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

[0231] The first indication information may be Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI). The first field of this DCI may be Y bits or a bitmap of length Y, where each bit corresponds to a group of Random Access Resource Units (RLUs), and each bit indicates whether the random access resources in a RLU group are available (or active) or unavailable (or ineffective). Alternatively, the Y bits in the bitmap may respectively indicate the availability (or active) or unavailable (or ineffective) of each of the Y RLU groups. Each RLU group contains one or more RLUs, and each RLU contains one or more random access resources.

[0232] In embodiments of this disclosure, the random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0233] 1) The number of PRACH association cycles corresponding to the first time range; In this embodiment, the first time range may correspond to y PRACH association cycles, which is the cycle in which SSB and all RO complete one round of mapping. When the length of the PRACH association cycle is known, the length of the first time range can be determined.

[0234] 2) Number of SSB beams; The first time range can be determined based on the number of SSB beams contained in the first time range. For example, the number of ROs contained in the first time range can be determined based on the mapping relationship between SSB and RO.

[0235] 3) The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO; for example, the number of ROs in the first time range can be determined based on the number of SSB beams contained in the first time range and the number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO.

[0236] 4) Configuration information for a first time range sent by the network-side device, wherein the configuration information includes: the length and / or period of the first time range. For example, if the network-side device configures the length of the first time range, the number of ROs corresponding to that length can be determined; or, for example, if the network-side device configures the period of the first time range (e.g., 160ms), the number of ROs included in the first time range can be determined based on the number of ROs within that period. The configuration information can be configuration information for configuring random access resources or independent configuration information.

[0237] As an optional embodiment, the method further includes:

[0238] If the indication information is sent at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information sent at the first location remains available.

[0239] The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

[0240] In this embodiment, when the network-side device sends indication information (which may be either first or second indication information) at the first location, and does not send new indication information at the subsequent second location, the indication information previously sent at the first location can be considered to remain valid, meaning the first random access resource determined based on the indication information sent at the first location remains available. If the network-side device sends new indication information at the second location, the first random access resource is re-determined based on the new indication information.

[0241] As an optional embodiment, the types of random access resources include: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources;

[0242] In the case where the general random access resource is configured, it is determined that the general random access resource is an available random access resource.

[0243] When the on-demand random access resources are configured, the first random access resource is determined from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

[0244] In this embodiment, the type of random access resource may include: normal random access resource and on-demand random access resource. The terminal and network-side device consider normal random access resource to be effective (or available) immediately after configuration. For on-demand random access resource, the terminal and network-side device use the method described above for determining the first random access resource based on the first information to determine its availability (or effectiveness). This can also be understood as the method for determining the first random access resource based on the first information in this embodiment being for on-demand random access resource.

[0245] From the perspective of network energy saving, network-side equipment can configure time-sparse normal random access resources and time-dense on-demand random access resources. Available on-demand random access resources are determined by the terminal sending the first uplink signal or by the network-side equipment sending indication information. In low-load scenarios with low UL data, there are fewer available on-demand random access resources, and the network-side equipment does not need to frequently detect RO, thus saving energy. At this time, for UEs with high latency requirements, the first uplink signal can be used to wake up the on-demand random access resources, thus ensuring random access latency.

[0246] In embodiments of this disclosure, the network-side device determines a first random access resource based on a first uplink signal sent by the terminal and / or an indication information sent by the network-side device. The terminal can send a preamble on the first random access resource, and the network-side device can receive the preamble on the first random access resource, thereby ensuring accurate reception of the preamble sent by the terminal. This method can more flexibly determine available random access resources and avoid the power consumption waste caused by the network-side device frequently detecting random access resources.

[0247] Based on the same technical concept, this disclosure also provides a device for determining random access resources. This device can implement the terminal-side functions described in the foregoing embodiments.

[0248] Referring to Figure 6, this is a schematic diagram of the structure of a random access resource determination device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 6, the device 600 may include:

[0249] The first processing unit 610 is configured to determine a first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to send a preamble.

[0250] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0251] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0252] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0253] In some embodiments, the first processing unit is specifically used for:

[0254] The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource;

[0255] or,

[0256] Upon receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, wherein the feedback information includes confirmation information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is the first random access resource.

[0257] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a first determining unit, configured to:

[0258] Before sending the first uplink signal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource;

[0259] or,

[0260] Before receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, and before the feedback information includes acknowledgment information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

[0261] In some embodiments, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0262] In some embodiments, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range, and the association includes at least one of the following:

[0263] The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is correlated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0264] The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0265] The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range.

[0266] In some embodiments, the indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0267] The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range;

[0268] The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0269] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a second determining unit, configured to:

[0270] Before receiving the first indication information, it is determined that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

[0271] In some embodiments, the random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

[0272] In some embodiments, the random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined based on second information, the second information including at least one of the following:

[0273] The number of physical random access channel (PRACH) association periods corresponding to one random access resource element;

[0274] The number of beams in the synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0275] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one random access opportunity (RO);

[0276] Configuration information related to random access resource units sent by the network-side device, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the random access resource unit.

[0277] In some embodiments, the indication information includes: information for determining the first time range.

[0278] In some embodiments, the first indication information indicates that random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range, including one of the following:

[0279] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable;

[0280] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable.

[0281] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

[0282] In some embodiments, the random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0283] The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range;

[0284] The number of beams in the SSB;

[0285] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO;

[0286] The network-side device sends configuration information for a first time range, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the first time range.

[0287] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a third determining unit, configured to:

[0288] If the indication information is received at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information received at the first location remains available.

[0289] The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

[0290] In some embodiments, the indication information is Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0291] In some embodiments, the types of random access resources include: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources;

[0292] Wherein, if the network-side device is configured with the general random access resource, the terminal determines that the general random access resource is an available random access resource;

[0293] When the network-side device is configured with the on-demand random access resources, the terminal determines the first random access resource from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

[0294] It should be noted that the apparatus provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment applied to the terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0295] This disclosure also provides an apparatus for determining random access resources. This apparatus can implement the functions of the network-side devices described in the foregoing embodiments.

[0296] Referring to Figure 7, this is a schematic diagram of the structure of a random access resource determination device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 7, the device 700 may include:

[0297] The second processing unit 710 is configured to determine a first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble.

[0298] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0299] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0300] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0301] In some embodiments, the second processing unit is specifically used for:

[0302] The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource;

[0303] or,

[0304] Feedback information of the first uplink signal is sent to the terminal. If the feedback information includes confirmation information, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource.

[0305] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a fourth determining unit, configured to:

[0306] If the first uplink signal is not received from the terminal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

[0307] In some embodiments, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0308] In some embodiments, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range, and the association includes at least one of the following:

[0309] The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is correlated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0310] The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0311] The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range.

[0312] In some embodiments, the indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0313] The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range;

[0314] The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0315] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a fifth determining unit, configured to:

[0316] Without sending the first indication information, it is determined that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

[0317] In some embodiments, the random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

[0318] In some embodiments, the random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined based on second information, the second information including at least one of the following:

[0319] The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to one random access resource unit;

[0320] The number of beams in the synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0321] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO;

[0322] Configuration information related to random access resource units, including the length and / or period of the random access resource unit.

[0323] In some embodiments, the indication information includes: information for determining the first time range.

[0324] In some embodiments, the first indication information indicates that random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range, including one of the following:

[0325] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable;

[0326] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable.

[0327] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

[0328] In some embodiments, the random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0329] The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range;

[0330] The number of beams in the SSB;

[0331] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO;

[0332] Configuration information for a first time range, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the first time range.

[0333] In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a sixth determining unit, configured to:

[0334] If the indication information is sent at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information sent at the first location remains available.

[0335] The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

[0336] In some embodiments, the indication information is a group public DCI.

[0337] In some embodiments, the types of random access resources include: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources;

[0338] In the case where the general random access resource is configured, it is determined that the general random access resource is an available random access resource.

[0339] When the on-demand random access resources are configured, the first random access resource is determined from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

[0340] It should be noted that the apparatus provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment applied to network side devices and can achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0341] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this disclosure is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0342] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to related technologies, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0343] As shown in Figure 8, an embodiment of this disclosure also provides a terminal, including: a memory 820, a transceiver 800, and a processor 810; wherein, the memory 820 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 800 is used to receive and send data under the control of the processor 810; and the processor 810 is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0344] A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to send a preamble.

[0345] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0346] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0347] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0348] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0349] The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource;

[0350] or,

[0351] Upon receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, wherein the feedback information includes confirmation information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is the first random access resource.

[0352] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0353] Before sending the first uplink signal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource;

[0354] or,

[0355] Before receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, and before the feedback information includes acknowledgment information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

[0356] In some embodiments, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0357] In some embodiments, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range, and the association includes at least one of the following:

[0358] The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is correlated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0359] The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0360] The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range.

[0361] In some embodiments, the indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0362] The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range;

[0363] The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0364] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0365] Before receiving the first indication information, it is determined that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

[0366] In some embodiments, the random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

[0367] In some embodiments, the random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined based on second information, the second information including at least one of the following:

[0368] The number of physical random access channel (PRACH) association periods corresponding to one random access resource element;

[0369] The number of beams in the synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0370] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one random access opportunity (RO);

[0371] Configuration information related to random access resource units sent by the network-side device, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the random access resource unit.

[0372] In some embodiments, the indication information includes: information for determining the first time range.

[0373] In some embodiments, the first indication information indicates that random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range, including one of the following:

[0374] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable;

[0375] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable.

[0376] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

[0377] In some embodiments, the random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0378] The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range;

[0379] The number of beams in the SSB;

[0380] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO;

[0381] The network-side device sends configuration information for a first time range, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the first time range.

[0382] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0383] If the indication information is received at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information received at the first location remains available.

[0384] The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

[0385] In some embodiments, the indication information is Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI).

[0386] In some embodiments, the types of random access resources include: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources;

[0387] Wherein, if the network-side device is configured with the general random access resource, the terminal determines that the general random access resource is an available random access resource;

[0388] When the network-side device is configured with the on-demand random access resources, the terminal determines the first random access resource from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

[0389] In Figure 8, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 810 and memory represented by memory 820. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 800 can be multiple components, including transmitters and transceivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, the user interface 830 can also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0390] The processor 810 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 820 can store the data used by the processor 810 during operation.

[0391] In some embodiments, the processor 810 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and the processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0392] The processor executes any of the methods described in the embodiments of this disclosure by invoking a computer program stored in memory, according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

[0393] It should be noted that the terminal provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment applied to the terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0394] As shown in Figure 9, an embodiment of this disclosure also provides a network-side device, including: a memory 920, a transceiver 900, and a processor 910; wherein, the memory 920 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 900 is used to receive and send data under the control of the processor 910; and the processor 910 is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0395] A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble.

[0396] The first information includes at least one of the following:

[0397] The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource;

[0398] The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0399] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0400] The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource;

[0401] or,

[0402] Feedback information of the first uplink signal is sent to the terminal. If the feedback information includes confirmation information, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource.

[0403] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0404] If the first uplink signal is not received from the terminal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

[0405] In some embodiments, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is a random access resource within a first time range.

[0406] In some embodiments, the first uplink signal is associated with random access resources within a first time range, and the association includes at least one of the following:

[0407] The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is correlated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0408] The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range;

[0409] The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range.

[0410] In some embodiments, the indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0411] The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range;

[0412] The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

[0413] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0414] Without sending the first indication information, it is determined that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

[0415] In some embodiments, the random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

[0416] In some embodiments, the random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined based on second information, the second information including at least one of the following:

[0417] The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to one random access resource unit;

[0418] The number of beams in the synchronization signal block (SSB);

[0419] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO;

[0420] Configuration information related to random access resource units, including the length and / or period of the random access resource unit.

[0421] In some embodiments, the indication information includes: information for determining the first time range.

[0422] In some embodiments, the first indication information indicates that random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range, including one of the following:

[0423] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable;

[0424] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable.

[0425] The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

[0426] In some embodiments, the random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following:

[0427] The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range;

[0428] The number of beams in the SSB;

[0429] The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO;

[0430] Configuration information for a first time range, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the first time range.

[0431] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read a computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:

[0432] If the indication information is sent at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information sent at the first location remains available.

[0433] The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

[0434] In some embodiments, the indication information is a group public DCI.

[0435] In some embodiments, the types of random access resources include: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources;

[0436] In the case where the general random access resource is configured, it is determined that the general random access resource is an available random access resource.

[0437] When the on-demand random access resources are configured, the first random access resource is determined from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

[0438] In Figure 9, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 910 and memory represented by memory 920. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 900 may be multiple elements, including transmitters and transceivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over transmission media, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. The processor is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing. Processor 910 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and memory 920 may store data used by processor 910 during operation.

[0439] The processor 910 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0440] It should be noted that the network-side device provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the method embodiment applied to the network-side device, and can achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0441] This disclosure also provides a processing apparatus, including a processor and an interface. The processor can be used to execute the methods described in the above-described method embodiments.

[0442] It should be understood that the aforementioned processing device can be a chip. For example, the processing device can be a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), can include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), can be a system-on-a-chip (SoC), can be a central processor unit (CPU), can be a network processor (NP), can be a digital signal processor (DSP), can be a microcontroller unit (MCU), can be a programmable logic device (PLD), or other integrated chip.

[0443] In implementation, each step of the above method can be completed by integrated logic circuits in the processor's hardware or by instructions in software. The steps of the method disclosed in this embodiment can be executed by a hardware processor, or by a combination of hardware and software modules within the processor. The software modules can reside in readily available storage media in the art, such as random access registers, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, electrically erasable programmable memory, or registers. Since this storage medium is located in memory, the processor reads information from the memory and, in conjunction with its hardware, completes the steps of the above method; to avoid repetition, these will not be described in detail here.

[0444] It should be noted that the processor in the embodiments of this disclosure can be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. During implementation, each step of the above method embodiments can be completed by integrated logic circuits in the processor's hardware or by instructions in software form. The processor can be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, or discrete hardware components. It can implement or execute the methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this disclosure. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc.

[0445] It should also be understood that the memory mentioned in the embodiments of this disclosure can be volatile memory and / or non-volatile memory. Non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM). For example, RAM can be used as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, RAM includes various forms such as: static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous linked dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that when the processor is a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware component, the memory (storage module) can be integrated into the processor.

[0446] Based on the same concept, this disclosure also provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program or instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods provided in the above embodiments.

[0447] Based on the same concept, this disclosure also provides a chip including a processor coupled to a memory for executing a computer program or instructions stored in the memory, such that when the processor executes the computer program or instructions, the method provided in the above embodiments is implemented.

[0448] Based on the same concept, this disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing the processor to execute the steps of the above-described method for determining random access resources, and achieving the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0449] The readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magnetic optical disk (MO)), optical memory (e.g., compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), Blu-ray disc (BD), high-definition versatile disc (HVD)), and semiconductor memory (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid state hard disk (SSD)).

[0450] As shown in Figure 10, this disclosure provides a chip system 1000. The chip system 1000 (or processing system) includes a logic circuit 1010 and an input / output interface 1020. The logic circuit 1010 can be a processing circuit within the chip system 1000. The logic circuit 1010 can be coupled to a memory unit, calling instructions from the memory unit, enabling the chip system 1000 to implement the methods and functions of the various embodiments of this disclosure. The input / output interface 1020 can be an input / output circuit within the chip system 1000, outputting processed information or inputting data or signaling information to be processed into the chip system 1000 for processing.

[0451] As one approach, the chip system 1000 is used to implement the operations in the various method embodiments described above. For example, the logic circuit 1010 is used to implement the relevant operations performed by the terminal in the method embodiments described above, such as the relevant operations performed by the terminal in any of the embodiments shown in Figures 1 to 4; the input / output interface 1020 is used to implement the sending and / or receiving related operations performed by the terminal in the method embodiments described above, such as the sending and / or receiving related operations performed by the terminal in any of the embodiments shown in Figures 1 to 4.

[0452] It should be noted that the technical solutions provided in this disclosure are applicable to a variety of systems. For example, applicable systems may include Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) systems, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems, Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) systems, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems, 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G) New Radio (NR) systems and their evolutionary communication systems, and 6th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (6G) systems. These systems may include terminal equipment and network equipment. The systems may also include a core network component, such as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) or a 5G Core (5GC).

[0453] The terminal devices involved in the embodiments of this disclosure can be devices that provide voice and / or data connectivity to users, handheld devices with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The names of the terminal devices may differ in different systems; for example, in 5G or 6G systems, the terminal device may be called User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminal devices can be USB storage devices, other personal computer memory devices, and dongles. They can also communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless terminal devices can be mobile terminal devices, such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminal devices. For example, they can be portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and / or data with the radio access network. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) telephones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), personal computers, tablets, and Machine-type Communication (MTC) terminal devices. Wireless terminal devices can also be referred to as systems, subscriber units, subscriber stations, mobile stations, mobile devices, remote stations, access points, remote terminals, access terminals, user terminals, user agents, user devices, and wireless access devices and routers / modems that meet the limitations of this definition, but are not limited to these in the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0454] The network device involved in this disclosure can be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application, the base station may also be called an access point, or a device in the access network that communicates with wireless terminal devices through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The network device can be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device can also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network device involved in this disclosure can be an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next generation system, or a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), relay node, femto, pico, network testing equipment, etc., and is not limited in this disclosure. In some network architectures, network devices may include centralized unit (CU) nodes and distributed unit (DU) nodes, which may also be geographically separated.

[0455] Network devices and terminal devices can each use one or more antennas to perform Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be single-user MIMO or multi-user MIMO. Depending on the shape and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be two-dimensional MIMO (2D-MIMO), three-dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), or massive-scale MIMO (MMIMO), or it can be diversity transmission, pre-coded transmission, or beamforming transmission, etc.

[0456] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this disclosure can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this disclosure can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage and optical storage) containing computer-usable program code.

[0457] This disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in one or more blocks of the flowchart illustrations and / or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.

[0458] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can instruct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of a block diagram.

[0459] These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process, such that the instructions, which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus, provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more blocks of a block diagram.

[0460] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for determining random access resources, applied to a terminal, the method comprising: A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to send a preamble. The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource; The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The step of determining the first random access resource based on the first information includes: The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource; or, Upon receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, wherein the feedback information includes confirmation information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is the first random access resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, The method further includes: Before sending the first uplink signal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource; or, Before receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, and before the feedback information includes acknowledgment information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, The random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are random access resources within a first time range.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein, The first uplink signal is correlated with random access resources within a first time range, and the correlation includes at least one of the following: The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is correlated with the random access resources within the first time range; The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range; The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The instruction information includes at least one of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range; The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, The method further includes: Before receiving the first indication information, it is determined that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1, 4 to 7, wherein, The random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein, The random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined according to the second information, which includes at least one of the following: The number of physical random access channel (PRACH) association periods corresponding to one random access resource element; The number of beams in the synchronization signal block (SSB); The number of SSB beams corresponding to one random access opportunity (RO); Configuration information related to random access resource units sent by the network-side device, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the random access resource unit.

10. The method according to claim 1, 6, or 8, wherein, The indication information includes: information used to determine the first time range.

11. The method according to claim 6 or 8, wherein, The first indication information indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range, including one of the following: The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable; The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable. The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1, 4 to 11, wherein, The random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following: The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range; The number of beams in the SSB; The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO; The network-side device sends configuration information for a first time range, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the first time range.

13. The method according to claim 1 or 6, further comprising: If the indication information is received at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information received at the first location remains available. The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein, The indicated information is Group Common Downlink Control Information (DCI).

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein, Random access resources can be categorized into two types: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources. Wherein, if the network-side device is configured with the general random access resource, the terminal determines that the general random access resource is an available random access resource; When the network-side device is configured with the on-demand random access resources, the terminal determines the first random access resource from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

16. A method for determining random access resources, applied to a network-side device, the method comprising: A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble. The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource; The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein, The step of determining the first random access resource based on the first information includes: The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource; or, Feedback information of the first uplink signal is sent to the terminal. If the feedback information includes confirmation information, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, further comprising: If the first uplink signal is not received from the terminal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

19. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein, The random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are random access resources within a first time range.

20. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 19, wherein, The first uplink signal is correlated with random access resources within a first time range, and the correlation includes at least one of the following: The generation sequence of the first uplink signal is correlated with the random access resources within the first time range; The resource location of the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range; The indication field carried by the first uplink signal is associated with the random access resources within the first time range.

21. The method according to claim 16, wherein, The instruction information includes at least one of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range; The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising: Without sending the first indication information, it is determined that the random access resources within the first time range are unavailable random access resources.

23. The method according to any one of claims 16, 19 to 22, wherein, The random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein, The random access resource corresponding to the random access resource unit is determined according to the second information, which includes at least one of the following: The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to one random access resource unit; The number of beams in the synchronization signal block (SSB); The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO; Configuration information related to random access resource units, including the length and / or period of the random access resource unit.

25. The method according to claim 16, 21, or 23, wherein, The indication information includes: information used to determine the first time range.

26. The method according to claim 21 or 23, wherein, The first indication information indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range, including one of the following: The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable; The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable. The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

27. The method according to any one of claims 16, 19 to 26, wherein, The random access resources corresponding to the first time range are determined based on third information, which includes at least one of the following: The number of PRACH association periods corresponding to the first time range; The number of beams in the SSB; The number of SSB beams corresponding to one RO; Configuration information for a first time range, the configuration information including: the length and / or period of the first time range.

28. The method according to claim 16 or 21, further comprising: If the indication information is sent at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information sent at the first location remains available. The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

29. The method according to any one of claims 16 or 21 to 28, wherein, The indicated information is a group public DCI.

30. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 29, wherein, Random access resources can be categorized into two types: general random access resources and on-demand random access resources. Wherein, when the general random access resource is configured, it is determined that the general random access resource is an available random access resource; When the on-demand random access resources are configured, the first random access resource is determined from the on-demand random access resources based on the first information.

31. A terminal, comprising: Memory, transceiver, processor: Memory, used to store computer programs; A transceiver, used to receive and send data under the control of the processor; Processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to send a preamble. The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource; The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

32. The terminal according to claim 31, wherein, The processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource; or, Upon receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, wherein the feedback information includes confirmation information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is the first random access resource.

33. The terminal according to claim 31 or 32, wherein, The processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Before sending the first uplink signal, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource; or, Before receiving feedback information from the network-side device regarding the first uplink signal, and before the feedback information includes acknowledgment information, it is determined that the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is an unavailable random access resource.

34. The terminal according to any one of claims 31 to 33, wherein, The random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are random access resources within a first time range.

35. The terminal according to claim 31, wherein, The instruction information includes at least one of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range; The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

36. The terminal according to claim 31, 34 or 35, wherein, The random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

37. The terminal according to claim 36, wherein, The first indication information indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within a first time range, including one of the following: The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable; The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable. The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

38. The terminal according to claim 31 or 35, wherein, The processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: If the indication information is received at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information received at the first location remains available. The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

39. A network-side device, comprising: Memory, transceiver, processor: Memory, used to store computer programs; A transceiver, used to receive and send data under the control of the processor; Processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: A first random access resource is determined based on the first information, and the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble. The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource; The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

40. The network-side device according to claim 39, wherein, The processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: The random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource; or, Feedback information of the first uplink signal is sent to the terminal. If the feedback information includes confirmation information, the random access resource associated with the first uplink signal is determined to be the first random access resource.

41. The network-side device according to claim 39 or 40, wherein, The random access resources associated with the first uplink signal are random access resources within a first time range.

42. The network-side device according to claim 39, wherein, The instruction information includes at least one of the following: The first indication information is used to indicate whether random access resources are available and / or unavailable within the first time range; The second indication information is used to indicate the configuration information of the first random access resource.

43. The network-side device according to claim 39, 41 or 42, wherein, The random access resources within the first time range include random access resources corresponding to M random access resource units, where M is a positive integer.

44. The network-side device according to claim 42, wherein, The first indication information indicates the availability and / or unavailability of random access resources within the first time range, including one of the following: The first indication information includes a first field, which includes 1 bit of information, and the 1 bit of information is used to indicate whether the random access resources corresponding to the M random access resource units are available or unavailable; The first indication information includes a first field, which includes M bits of information. Each bit of the M bits of information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one of the M random access resource units is available or unavailable. The first indication information includes a first field, which includes Y bit information. Each bit in the Y bit information is used to indicate whether the random access resource corresponding to one random access resource unit group among M random access resource units is available or unavailable. Y is a positive integer, and one random access resource unit group includes at least one random access resource unit.

45. The network-side device according to claim 39, wherein, The processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: If the indication information is sent at the first location but not at the second location, the first random access resource determined based on the indication information sent at the first location remains available. The second position is the location where the indication information is sent after the first position.

46. ​​A device for determining random access resources, comprising: The first processing unit is configured to determine a first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to send a preamble. The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource; The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

47. A device for determining random access resources, comprising: The second processing unit is configured to determine a first random access resource based on the first information, wherein the first random access resource is used to receive a preamble. The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal sends a first uplink signal, which is used to wake up or request the first random access resource; The network-side device sends an indication message, and the first random access resource determined based on the indication message is a random access resource within a first time range.

48. A processor-readable storage medium, wherein, The processor-readable storage medium stores a program for causing the processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 30.

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