Random access method and terminal device
View Patent ↗Provided are a method for determining random access and a terminal device, which enable effective transmission of Msg A in a 2-step random access procedure. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device based on a predetermined rule, whether to send an uplink channel on a transmission occasion corresponding to the uplink channel in a first message of a 2-step random access procedure, where the uplink channel includes a physical random access channel PRACH and a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; not sending the PRACH and not sending the PUSCH by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device determines not to send the PRACH; and not sending the PUSCH by the terminal device and sending or not sending the PRACH by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device determines not to send the PUSCH.
1. A method of random access, comprising:
determining, by a terminal device based on a predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of a first uplink channel on a first transmission occasion, the first uplink channel being a Physical Random Access Channel PRACH in a first message of a 2-step random access procedure, and the first transmission occasion being a transmission occasion corresponding to the PRACH; and
when the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the PRACH, cancelling the transmission of the PRACH and not transmitting a second uplink channel by the terminal device, the second uplink channel being a Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH in the first message of the 2-step random access procedure,
wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
on a Time Division Duplex TDD single carrier, for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if the terminal device detects a second Downlink Control Information DCI indicating to the terminal device to receive a downlink channel in a subset of symbols from the set of symbols, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a first time point, the first time point being a time point after a time length T from a last symbol of a control resource set where the second DCI is detected by the terminal device, wherein the time length T is time for channel processing.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if the terminal device detects a first DCI carrying slot format information that indicates a subset of symbols from the set of symbols as flexible symbols or downlink symbols, or detects a second DCI indicating to the terminal device to receive a downlink channel in a subset of symbols from the set of symbols, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a second time point, the second time point being a time point after a time length T from a last symbol of a control resource set where the first DCI and/or the second DCI is detected by the terminal device, wherein the first time length T is time for channel processing.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if symbols from the set of symbols are indicated as flexible symbols by an uplink-downlink-configuration-common message and an uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message, or the uplink-downlink-configuration-common message and the uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message are not provided to the terminal device, and the terminal device does not detect a first DCI with slot format information, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a third time point, the third time point being a time point after M symbols from a last symbol of a control resource set used for detecting the first DCI by the terminal device, wherein the M symbols are time for channel processing.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
for symbols that are indicated as downlink symbols by an uplink-downlink-configuration-common message or an uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel on the symbols.
5. A terminal device, comprising:
a processor;
a memory configured to store a computer program; and
a transceiver,
wherein processor is configured to call and run the computer program stored in the memory,
the processor is configured to determine, based on a predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of a first uplink channel on a first transmission occasion, the first uplink channel being a Physical Random Access Channel PRACH in a first message of a 2-step random access procedure, and the first transmission occasion being a transmission occasion corresponding to the PRACH; and
the transceiver is configured to, when the processor determines to cancel the transmission of the PRACH, cancel the transmission of the PRACH and not transmit a second uplink channel, the second uplink channel being a Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH in the first message of the 2-step random access procedure,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
on a TDD single carrier, for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if the terminal device detects a second DCI indicating to the terminal device to receive a downlink channel in a subset of symbols from the set of symbols, determine to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a first time point, the first time point being a time point after a time length T from a last symbol of a control resource set where the second DCI is detected by the terminal device, wherein the time length T is time for channel processing.
6. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if the terminal device detects a first DCI carrying slot format information that indicates a subset of symbols from the set of symbols as flexible symbols or downlink symbols, or detects a second DCI indicating to the terminal device to receive a downlink channel in a subset of symbols from the set of symbols, determine to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a second time point, the second time point being a time point after a time length T from a last symbol of a control resource set where the first DCI and/or the second DCI is detected by the terminal device, wherein the first time length T is time for channel processing.
7. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if symbols from the set of symbols are indicated as flexible symbols by an uplink-downlink-configuration-common message and an uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message, or the uplink-downlink-configuration-common message and the uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message are not provided to the terminal device, and the terminal device does not detect a first DCI with slot format information, determine to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a third time point, the third time point being a time point after M symbols from a last symbol of a control resource set used for detecting the first DCI by the terminal device, wherein the M symbols are time for channel processing.
8. The terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
for symbols that are indicated as downlink symbols by an uplink-downlink-configuration-common message or an uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message, determine to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel on the symbols.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that causes a computer to perform operations comprising:
determining, by a terminal device based on a predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of a first uplink channel on a first transmission occasion, the first uplink channel being a Physical Random Access Channel PRACH in a first message of a 2-step random access procedure, and the first transmission occasion being a transmission occasion corresponding to the PRACH; and
when the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the PRACH, cancelling the transmission of the PRACH and not transmitting a second uplink channel by the terminal device, the second uplink channel being a Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH in the first message of the 2-step random access procedure,
wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
on a TDD single carrier, for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if the terminal device detects a second DCI indicating to the terminal device to receive a downlink channel in a subset of symbols from the set of symbols, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a first time point, the first time point being a time point after a time length T from a last symbol of a control resource set where the second DCI is detected by the terminal device, wherein the time length T is time for channel processing.
10. The storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if the terminal device detects a first DCI carrying slot format information that indicates a subset of symbols from the set of symbols as flexible symbols or downlink symbols, or detects a second DCI indicating to the terminal device to receive a downlink channel in a subset of symbols from the set of symbols, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a second time point, the second time point being a time point after a time length T from a last symbol of a control resource set where the first DCI and/or the second DCI is detected by the terminal device, wherein the first time length T is time for channel processing.
11. The storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
for a set of symbols in the first transmission occasion that are configured by a higher layer for transmission of the first uplink channel, if symbols from the set of symbols are indicated as flexible symbols by an uplink-downlink-configuration-common message and an uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message, or the uplink-downlink-configuration- common message and the uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message are not provided to the terminal device, and the terminal device does not detect a first DCI with slot format information, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel after a third time point, the third time point being a time point after M symbols from a last symbol of a control resource set used for detecting the first DCI by the terminal device, wherein the M symbols are time for channel processing.
12. The storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the predetermined rule, whether to cancel transmission of the first uplink channel on the first transmission occasion comprises that:
for symbols that are indicated as downlink symbols by an uplink-downlink-configuration-common message or an uplink-downlink-configuration-dedicated message, the terminal device determines to cancel the transmission of the first uplink channel on the symbols.