CN117813895A

CN117813895A - Resource processing method, terminal and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117813895A
Application number: CN202380012067.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳华; 刘晓菲; 乔雪梅
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-10-30
Filing date: 2023-10-30
Publication date: 2024-04-02

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a resource processing method, a terminal and a storage medium. The method is performed by a first type of terminal, the method comprising: the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer of the first type terminal determines to execute a first operation based on a comparison result between a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in a resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal; wherein the first operation includes at least one of: whether to ignore the operation of the resource set; whether to ignore the grouping in the set of resources. Thus, the method for determining the resources in the random access process after the introduction of the Redcap terminal is clarified.

Description

Resource processing method, terminal and storage medium

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular relates to a resource processing method, a terminal and a storage medium.

Background

In the field of communication technology, an enhanced capability reduction (eRedcap) terminal is introduced, and because the eRedcap terminal has a limitation on the time-frequency domain resources corresponding to scheduling, how to determine the resources is a problem to be considered in the random access process corresponding to the eRedcap terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

After the unredcap terminal is introduced, the selection of resources in the random access procedure needs to be considered.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, a terminal and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a resource processing method, the method being performed by a first type of terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by a radio resource control RRC layer, whether to perform a first operation based on a comparison result of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in a resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal;

wherein the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a first type of terminal comprising:

a processing module configured to:

wherein the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

Ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a first type of terminal comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the first type terminal is configured to perform the method of the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the method provided by the first aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure defines a method for determining resources in a random access process after the Redcap terminal is introduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of embodiments of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 1a is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system, shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2a is a flow diagram illustrating a method of resource processing according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 3a is a flow diagram illustrating a method of resource processing according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 3b is a flow diagram illustrating a method of resource processing according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 4a is a flow diagram illustrating a method of resource processing according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram of a communication system shown according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 6a is a schematic structural view of a first type of terminal according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6b is a schematic diagram of a network device, according to an example embodiment;

fig. 7a is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 7b is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a resource processing method, a terminal and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a resource processing method, where the method is performed by a first type of terminal, and the method includes:

Wherein the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

In the above embodiment, the radio resource control RRC layer of the first type terminal may determine whether to ignore the resource set and/or the packet in the resource set by comparing a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set with a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal based on a comparison result obtained by the comparison, so that it may be explicitly determined how to use the resource set and/or the packet based on a result of whether to be ignored.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the set of resources is used for transmission of a 2-step random access channel RACH; and wherein the set of resources comprises at least one of the following groupings: a random access preamble group A; random access preamble group B.

In the above embodiment, it is clarified that the resource set is a random access preamble set a and/or a random access preamble set B for transmission of the 2-step random access channel RACH.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the packet configuration parameter includes a message a MsgA physical uplink shared channel PUSCH resource configuration parameter.

In the above embodiment, it is clear that the packet configuration parameter includes a PUSCH resource configuration parameter of the physical uplink shared channel of the message a MsgA.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

the resource set is determined to be ignored and the medium access control MAC layer of the terminal determines the availability of random access resources, determining that the resource set is not available.

In the above embodiment, the MAC layer does not need to confirm the terminal capability, and in the case that the RRC layer determines to ignore the resource set, it may directly determine that the resource set is not available.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal includes:

and determining whether to execute a first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter contained in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter contained in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In the above embodiment, the first operation may be determined to be performed by comparing the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B with the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and based on the comparison result obtained by the comparison, it may be determined how to use the resource set and/or the packet explicitly based on the result of whether to be ignored.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal includes:

and determining that the bandwidth in the Msg A PUSCH resource configuration parameters contained in the packet configuration parameters corresponding to the random access preamble group A and/or the bandwidth in the Msg A PUSCH resource configuration parameters contained in the packet configuration parameters corresponding to the random access preamble group B is larger than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and determining to ignore the resource set or ignore the packet in the resource set.

In the above embodiment, when it is determined that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, it may be explicitly determined to ignore the resource set or the packet, so that the resource set or the packet may not be used.

and determining that the bandwidth in the Msg A PUSCH resource configuration parameters contained in the packet configuration parameters corresponding to the random access preamble group A is larger than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and determining to ignore the resource set.

In the above embodiment, when it is determined that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, it is determined to ignore the resource set, so that the resource set is not used, and the use of the resource set is clarified.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, it is determined that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is not greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and it is determined to ignore the packet random access preamble group B in the resource set.

In the above embodiment, when it is determined that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is not greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal and the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, it is determined to ignore the packet random access preamble group B in the resource set, so that the random access preamble group B is not used.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in a resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal includes:

based on predetermined communication protocol information or based on received information sent by the network device, determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set with a supported bandwidth of the first type of terminal.

In the above embodiment, whether to ignore the resource set or the packet may be determined based on the comparison result of the bandwidth in the packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and the first type terminal supported bandwidth, which may be based on both the predetermined communication protocol information and the received information sent by the network device, and the determination manner may be more flexible.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first type of terminal is an enhanced reduced capability eRedcap terminal.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a first type of terminal, the first type of terminal including:

A processing module configured to:

wherein the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a first type of terminal, where the first type of terminal includes:

one or more processors;

wherein the first type of terminal is configured to perform the method provided in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a method as described in the alternative implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a program product which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a method as described in the alternative implementation of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer programme which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method as described in the alternative implementation of the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system comprises a processing circuit configured to perform the method described in accordance with an alternative implementation of the first aspect described above.

It will be appreciated that the above-described first type of terminal, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system is adapted to perform the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a resource processing method, a first type terminal and a storage medium. In some embodiments, the terms of the resource processing method and the terms of the information indicating method, the communication method, the information processing method, the information transmission method, and the like may be replaced with each other, and the terms of the communication system, the information processing system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative implementations in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated. For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, terms such as "at least one of", "one or more of", "multiple of" and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, "A, B at least one of", "a and/or B", "in one case a, in another case B", "in response to one case a", "in response to another case B", and the like, may include the following technical solutions according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the apparatuses and devices may be interpreted as entities, or may be interpreted as virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to those described in the embodiments, and may also be interpreted as "device (apparatus)", "device)", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "component (section)", "system", "network", "chip system", "entity", "body", and the like in some cases.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus comprised in the network, e.g. an access network device, a core network device, etc.

In some embodiments, the "access network device (access network device, AN device)" may also be referred to as a "radio access network device (radio access network device, RAN device)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", and in some embodiments may also be referred to as a "node)", "access point (access point)", "transmission point (transmission point, TP)", "Reception Point (RP)", "transmission and/or reception point (transmission/reception point), TRP)", "panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macrocell", "microcell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier (component carrier)", bandwidth part (BWP), etc.

In some embodiments, a "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as a "user equipment" (UE), a "user terminal" (MS), a "mobile station" (MT), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile unit (mobile unit), a subscriber unit (subscore unit), a wireless unit (wireless unit), a remote unit (remote unit), a mobile device (mobile device), a wireless device (wireless device), a wireless communication device (wireless communication device), a remote device (remote device), a mobile subscriber station (mobile subscriber station), an access terminal (access terminal), a mobile terminal (mobile terminal), a wireless terminal (wireless terminal), a remote terminal (mobile terminal), a handheld device (handset), a user agent (user), a mobile client (client), a client, etc.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

Fig. 1a is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1a, a communication system 100 includes a terminal (terminal) 101 and a network device 102.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 may be a first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes at least one of a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things device, a communication enabled car, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver enabled computer, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), for example, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be, for example, a node or a device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation NodeB, gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open base station (Open RAN), a Cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an access network device or an interface in an access network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may become an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by using software or a program.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of the rest of all the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device, including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a device group, including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network comprises, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), a 5G core network (5G Core Network,5GCN), a next generation core (Next Generation Core, NGC).

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art may know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1a, or a part of the body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1a are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1a, or may include other bodies than fig. 1a, and the number and form of the respective bodies are arbitrary, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), upper 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air (New Radio, NR), future wireless access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new wireless access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new wireless (New Radio, NR), new wireless access (New Radio access, NX), future generation wireless access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (registered trademark), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra WideBand (Ultra-wide bandwidth, UWB), bluetooth (Bluetooth) mobile communication network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, device-D-Device, device-M, device-M, internet of things system, internet of things (internet of things), machine-2, device-M, device-M, internet of things (internet of things), system (internet of things), internet of things 2, device (internet of things), machine (internet of things), etc. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

In some embodiments, a new terminal type is proposed called a reduced capability terminal Reduced capability UE, or simply NR-lite, i.e., a Redcap terminal. The equipment is similar to the equipment of the Internet of things in LTE, and the following requirements are met based on the general requirement in 5G NR-lite: low cost and low complexity; a degree of coverage enhancement; power saving.

In some embodiments, after the introduction of the Redcap terminal, unlike a typical enhanced mobile bandwidth (eMBB, enhanced Mobile Broadband) terminal, the Redcap terminal is applied in a partial scenario, such as an industrial sensing (sensor) scenario, as well as a partial wearable device.

In some embodiments, the Redcap terminal has a limitation on the scheduled time-frequency domain resource, so that early indication is needed, that is, the type of the terminal can be identified in the random access process, so that reasonable scheduling is facilitated.

In some embodiments, the terminal-based early identification is by random access channel (RACH, random Access Channel) partitioning. I.e. the resources of the random access are divided according to the combination of the characteristics (Featurecombination) that need to be supported.

In some embodiments, a portion of the featurecombination preambilist is partitioned for a particular combination of characteristics in the random access resources RACH-ConfigCommon used by the 4-step (4-step) RACH and the random access resources RACH-configcommontwosstepra used by the 2-step RACH, respectively. It can be considered that the random access resource can be configured as a portion for characteristic combination use, and a portion other than this portion is a common (common) RACH resource.

In some embodiments, in the random access procedure of the terminal, firstly, a resource selection is performed in a part of the featurecombination preambidium list, a proper random access resource is selected, and if the selection fails, a common RACH resource is selected.

In some embodiments, after the introduction of the R18 terminal, since its uplink data transmission bandwidth is limited to 5Mhz, the frequency domain range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) of the MsgA PUSCH configured in MsgA-PUSCH-Config in the random access resource configuration used for the 2-step RACH may exceed the uplink support bandwidth of the R18 terminal, and thus may cause the message a (MsgA) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH, physical Uplink Shared CHannel) to be unsuccessfully decoded at the base station when the terminal uses the 2-step RACH.

In some embodiments, for the random access resource configuration used by the 2-step RACH, there are respectively GroupA (random access preamble group a) and GroupB (random access preamble group B) configurations, i.e. the resource configuration is divided into 2 groups, which respectively configure the frequency domain ranges of the preamble resource and the msgA PUSCH.

In some embodiments, if the random access preamble group B of the 2-step random access type is configured, the following determination needs to be made:

If the potential MsgA payload size is greater than ra-MsgA-SizeGroupA and the path loss is less than PCMAX-MsgA-preambiereceivedtargetpower-MsgA-deltastreamable-MessagePowerOffsetGroupB (of the serving cell performing the random access procedure); or if the random access procedure is initiated for a common control channel (CCCH, common Control Channel) logical channel and the CCCH service data unit (SDU, service Data Unit) size plus the MAC subheader is greater than ra-MsgA-SizeGroupA, then the random access preamble set B is selected, otherwise, the random access preamble set a is selected.

In some embodiments, if the random access preamble set B of the 2-step random access type is not configured, the random access preamble set a is selected.

In some embodiments, the configuration of GroupB is an alternative configuration. And only when the contract condition is met, the GoupB (for example, the size of the data load to be transmitted (payload size) is larger, the size threshold of the groupA is exceeded, or the path loss is smaller than the threshold value) is selected, and otherwise, the groupA is selected.

In some embodiments, in the case of the above packet configuration, if the terminal selects a certain packet, but finds that the frequency domain range of the msgA PUSCH corresponding to the packet has exceeded the terminal capability, at this time, whether the entire resource set is considered as available or unavailable, the problem needs to be solved.

Fig. 2a is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a resource processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 2a, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a resource processing method for a communication system 100, the method comprising:

step S2101: the first type of terminal determines a set of resources.

In some embodiments, a radio resource control (RRC, radio Resource Control) layer of the first type of terminal determines the set of resources.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal is a bandwidth capability limited terminal. Illustratively, the first type of terminal supports a bandwidth of less than 5Mhz.

In some embodiments, the transmission bandwidth of PUSCH data for the first type of terminal is less than or equal to the bandwidth threshold. The bandwidth threshold is, for example, 5Mhz.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal is an eRedcap terminal. Of course, other evolution terminals are also possible, and are not limited herein.

In some embodiments, a first type of terminal determines a set of resources for transmission of a 2-step RACH.

In some embodiments, the set of resources includes a grouping of at least one of: a random access preamble group A; random access preamble group B.

In some embodiments, the random access preamble group a and the random access preamble group B correspond to packet configuration parameters (or information), respectively.

In some embodiments, the set of resources is used for transmission of a 2-step random access channel RACH.

In some embodiments, the packet configuration parameters are parameters of the random access preamble set a and/or the random access preamble set B for transmission of a 2-step random access channel RACH.

In some embodiments, the packet configuration parameters include message a MsgA physical uplink shared channel resource configuration parameters.

In some embodiments, the packet configuration parameter may be an Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter.

In some embodiments, the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameters include bandwidth (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO).

In some embodiments, the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter may include a bandwidth that is a value. For example, the maximum value of the bandwidth.

In some embodiments, the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter may include a bandwidth that is a range of values.

It should be noted that, in different usage scenarios, the bandwidth in the present disclosure may correspond to one value, or may correspond to one range of values, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal may be a value, i.e., the first type of terminal supports a bandwidth less than or equal to the value.

In some embodiments, the bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal may be a range of values, i.e., the first type of terminal supports a bandwidth within the range of values.

Step S2102: the network device sends first information to the first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, a first type of terminal receives first information sent by a network device.

In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate: the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer of the first type terminal determines whether to ignore the resource set based on a comparison result between a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

It should be noted that, when step S2103 determines whether to ignore the resource set for the first type terminal based on a predetermined communication protocol, step S2102 may be omitted.

Step S2103: the first type terminal determines whether to perform a first operation.

In some embodiments, the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

In some embodiments, ignoring the resource set may be ignoring all packet configuration parameters to which the resource set corresponds. Illustratively, when the packet configuration parameters contained in the resource set are ignored, the packet configuration parameters are not used.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type of terminal determines whether to ignore the resource set.

In some embodiments, the radio resource control RRC layer of the first type terminal determines whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison between a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal determines whether to perform the first operation based on a predetermined communication protocol.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal determines whether to ignore the set of resources based on the received information sent by the network device.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal determines whether to ignore the set of resources based on a predetermined communication protocol.

In some embodiments, based on a predetermined communication protocol, the radio resource control, RRC, layer of a first type of terminal determines whether to ignore a set of resources based on a comparison between a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the set of resources and a bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal determines whether to perform the first operation based on the received information sent by the network device.

In some embodiments, based on the received information sent by the network device, the radio resource control RRC layer of the first type terminal determines whether to ignore the set of resources based on a comparison between a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the set of resources and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal receives first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate: the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer of the first type terminal determines whether to ignore the resource set based on a comparison result between a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, a first type of terminal determines to ignore the set of resources (i.e., the terminal's media access control (MAC, media Access Control) layer determines that the set of resources is not configured when it is done to determine the availability of random access resources), and determines that the set of resources is not available.

In some embodiments, based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, determining whether to execute the first operation.

In some embodiments, it is determined that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and it is determined to ignore the resource set or ignore the packet in the resource set.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines whether to ignore the resource set based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, it is determined that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and it is determined to ignore the resource set.

Illustratively, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines, based on a predetermined communication protocol, that the bandwidth in the MsgA PUSCH resource configuration parameters contained in any one (or at least one) of the group pa and/or group pb in the resource set (a set of configured Random Access resources for 2-step RA type) for transmission of the 2-step RACH is greater than the bandwidth supported by the terminal (or that the bandwidth range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) in the MsgA PUSCH resource configuration parameters is outside the bandwidth range supported by the terminal), the first type terminal will ignore (ignore) the RACH resource (resource set including the random access preamble group a and the random access preamble group B).

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the terminal, and ignores the random access preamble group a and the random access preamble group B.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and determines to ignore the resource set.

Illustratively, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines, based on a predetermined communication protocol, that the bandwidth in the msgA PUSCH resource configuration included in the group pa packet configuration parameter in the resource set (a set of configured Random Access resources for 2-step RA type) for transmission of the 2-step RACH is greater than the bandwidth supported by the terminal (or that the bandwidth range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) in the msgA PUSCH resource configuration parameter is outside the bandwidth range supported by the terminal), the first type terminal will ignore the RACH resource (resource set including the random access preamble group a and the random access preamble group B).

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is greater than the bandwidth supported by the terminal, and ignores the random access preamble group a and the random access preamble group B.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type terminal determines that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is less than or equal to (or not greater than) the bandwidth supported by the terminal, and determines that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the terminal, and ignores the random access preamble group B.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer of the first type of terminal determines, based on a predetermined communication protocol, that a bandwidth in a group a PUSCH resource configuration included in a resource set (a set of configured Random Access resources for 2-step RA type) for transmission of the 2-step RACH is less than or equal to a bandwidth supported by the terminal (or that a bandwidth range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) in an msgA PUSCH resource configuration parameter is within a bandwidth range supported by the terminal), and that a bandwidth in a group B PUSCH resource configuration included in the group B packet configuration parameter is greater than the bandwidth supported by the terminal (or that a bandwidth range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) in an msgA PUSCH resource configuration parameter is outside the bandwidth range supported by the terminal), ignoring the random access preamble group B.

In the above embodiment, the determination of whether to ignore the resource set is performed at the RRC layer. For an unsatisfactory set of resources, the processing of the terminal is ignored (ignore), i.e. handled as if the network did not configure the corresponding set of resources. It may be that when either of GroupA and GroupB is not satisfactory, the entire set of resources is currently considered to be unavailable, and the terminal's process is the ignore entire set of resources. It is also possible to simply determine if GroupA is satisfactory, i.e. only GroupA is satisfactory is considered to be a resource set available. If GroupB is not satisfactory, the configuration of GroupB is the configuration of terminal ignore. Therefore, when the MAC layer of the first type terminal processes, the type of the terminal does not need to be concerned any more, the selection of the resources of the MAC layer is directly executed according to the processing result of the RRC layer, and the processing of the terminal on the MAC layer is simplified.

In some embodiments, the term "information" may be interchangeable with terms of "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "data", etc.

In some embodiments, the term "send" may be interchangeable with terms of "transmit," "report," "transmit," and the like.

The information indicating method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S2101 to step S2103. For example, step S2101 may be implemented as a stand-alone embodiment, step S2102 may be implemented as a stand-alone embodiment, and step S2102 may be implemented as a stand-alone embodiment. For example, the step S2101 and the step S2103 may be implemented in combination separately, but are not limited thereto.

Fig. 3a is a flow diagram illustrating a resource processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3a, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a resource processing method, which is performed by a first type of terminal, and the method includes:

step S3101: a set of resources is determined.

In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3101 may refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 of fig. 2a, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2a, which are not described herein.

Step S3102: first information is acquired.

In some embodiments, first information sent by a network device is received.

In some embodiments, the first information sent by the network device is received, but not limited to this, and the first message sent by the other body may also be received.

In some embodiments, first information specified by a protocol is obtained.

In some embodiments, the first information is obtained from a higher layer(s).

In some embodiments, processing is performed to obtain the first information.

In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3102 may refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in fig. 2a, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2a, which are not described herein.

Step S3103: it is determined whether to perform the first operation.

In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3103 may refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 of fig. 2a, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2a, which are not described herein.

The information indicating method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S3101 to step S3103. For example, step S3101 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S3102 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S3102 may be implemented as a separate embodiment. For example, step S3101 and step S3103 may be implemented in combination alone, but are not limited thereto.

Fig. 3b is a flow diagram illustrating a resource processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3b, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a resource processing method, which is performed by a first type of terminal, the method including:

step S3201: the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer of the first type terminal determines whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S3201 may refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in fig. 2a, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2a, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the set of resources is used for transmission of a 2-step random access channel RACH; and wherein the set of resources comprises at least one of the following groupings: a random access preamble group A; random access preamble group B.

In some embodiments, the packet configuration parameter includes a message a MsgA physical uplink shared channel PUSCH resource configuration parameter.

In some embodiments, the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison of the bandwidth in the packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and the bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal includes:

and determining whether to execute the first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter contained in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter contained in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal includes:

And determining to ignore the resource set or ignore the packet in the resource set, wherein the bandwidth in the Msg A PUSCH resource configuration parameter contained in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group A and/or the bandwidth in the Msg A PUSCH resource configuration parameter contained in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

and determining to ignore the resource set when the bandwidth in the Msg A PUSCH resource configuration parameters contained in the packet configuration parameters corresponding to the random access preamble group A is larger than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

And determining to ignore the packet random access preamble group B in the resource set, wherein the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is not greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal is an enhanced reduced capability eRedcap terminal.

Fig. 4a is a flow diagram illustrating a resource processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4a, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a resource processing method, which is performed by a network device, the method including:

step S4101: and sending the first information to the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate: the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer of the first type terminal determines whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type terminal.

In some embodiments, the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

In some embodiments, the optional implementation of step S4101 may refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in fig. 2a, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2a, which are not described herein.

Fig. 5a is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a resource processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 5a, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a resource processing method for a communication system 100, the method comprising one of the following steps:

Step S5101: the network device sends first information to the first type of terminal.

In some embodiments, the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

In some embodiments, the optional implementation manner of the step S5101 may refer to the optional implementation manner of the step S2101 to the step S2103 of fig. 2a, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2a, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the method may include the method of the embodiments of the communication system side, the terminal side, the network device side, and the like, which is not described herein.

For a better understanding of the disclosed embodiments, the following is further described by some exemplary embodiments:

in some embodiments, the present disclosure protects the manner in which a particular type of terminal (first type of terminal) selects resources for a random access procedure.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal is a bandwidth capability limited terminal.

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal may not exceed a certain threshold bandwidth, such as a 5M bandwidth, for transmission of uplink data (PUSCH).

In some embodiments, the first type of terminal is an enhanced eRedcap terminal of R18.

In some embodiments, either (or at least one) of the group pa and group pb packet configurations (corresponding packet configuration parameters) in scheme 1 are not available, then the entire resource set may be ignored. The resource set includes GroupA (corresponding to random access preamble set a) and GroupB (corresponding to random access preamble set B).

In some embodiments, for a first type of terminal, the protocol agrees that if in any (or at least one) of its group pa and/or group pb one packet configuration in the set of resources (a set of configured Random Access resources for 2-step RA type) used for the transmission of the 2-step RACH, the msgA PUSCH resources are configured with a bandwidth range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) outside the bandwidth range supported by the first type of terminal, the first type of terminal will ignore the RACH resources (i.e., the set of resources will not be considered when the MAC makes RACH resource availability decisions).

In some embodiments, in the present disclosure, the protocol conventions may be conventions for the RRC layer.

In some embodiments, the group a configuration (corresponding packet configuration parameters) is not available in scheme 2, then the entire resource set may be ignored; whereas if only the GroupB configuration (corresponding packet configuration parameters) is not available, only the GroupB configuration is ignored, i.e. the GroupB configuration is still available.

In some embodiments, for a first type of terminal, the protocol agrees that if in the set of resources (a set of configured Random Access resources for 2-step RA type) used for transmission of the 2-step RACH, its msgA PUSCH resources in the group pa packet configuration are configured with a bandwidth range (nrofPRBs-PerMsgA-PO) outside the bandwidth range supported by the first type of terminal, then for the set of 2-step resources that are not available for that type, the first type of terminal will not be aware of the RACH resources (i.e., the set of resources will not be considered when the MAC is making RACH resource availability decisions).

In some embodiments, for a first type of terminal, the protocol agrees to consider that in its group packet configuration in the set of resources (a set of configured Random Access resources for-step RA type) for transmission of the 2-step RACH, the msgA PUSCH resource configuration is within the bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal, but in the group packet configuration, the msgA PUSCH resource configuration is outside the bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal, the group packet configuration in the set of resources for transmission of the 2-step RACH is not available (handled as a group not configuration), and the first type of terminal configures the ignore group packet (i.e., the group packet configuration in the set of resources will not be considered when the MAC is making RACH resource availability decisions).

In some embodiments, the RRC layer makes a decision that the terminal handles as ignore, i.e. as network unconfigured, for an unsatisfactory set of resources.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer makes a decision to configure GroupB for packets in the set of undesirable resources and the terminal's handling is ignore, i.e. handling as a network without configuring GroupB.

In some embodiments, for both GroupA and GroupB, either is not satisfied, then the entire fund is currently considered unavailable; the terminal's processing is now the whole resource set of ignore, i.e. it is not configured to process as a whole resource set.

In some embodiments, only GroupA is decided, i.e. only GroupA fulfils the set of resources is considered available. If GroupB is not satisfied, it is considered that GroupB is not configured, at which point the terminal ignore group pB is terminated.

After the RRC layer judges the resource set according to the terminal capability and eliminates (or excludes) the configuration which does not meet the terminal capability, the terminal MAC does not need to pay attention to the type of the terminal when in processing, so that the processing of the terminal is simplified, namely, the resource set availability is moved to the RRC layer according to the process of judging the type of the terminal, and the processing of the MAC is simplified.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a unit or a module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and part or all of the functions of the units or modules may be implemented by designing hardware circuits, which may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing the logic relationships of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capabilities, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), microprocessor, graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logical relationship of hardware circuits that are fixed or reconfigurable, e.g., a hardware circuit implemented as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, hardware circuits designed for artificial intelligence may be used, which may be understood as ASICs, such as neural network processing units (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor processing units (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning processing units (Deep learning Processing Unit, DPU), etc.

Fig. 6a is a schematic structural diagram of a first type of terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6a, the first type of terminal 6100 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 6101, a processing module 6102, and the like. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is configured to transmit and receive information. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps of sending and/or receiving performed by the first type terminal in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. Optionally, the processing module is configured to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the first type terminal in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Fig. 6b is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6b, the network device 6200 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 6201, a processing module 6202, etc. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is configured to transmit and receive information. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps of sending and/or receiving performed by the network device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. Optionally, the processing module is configured to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the network device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Fig. 7a is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 8100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 8100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 8100 may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiments, and reference may be made in particular to the description of the above method embodiments.

As shown in fig. 7a, communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc., and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. The communication device 8100 is configured to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 also includes one or more memory 8102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of memory 8102 may be external to communication device 8100.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 also includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the transceiver 8103 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101, step S3101, but not limited thereto) of the above-described method, and the processor 8101 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., step S2102, step S3102, but not limited thereto).

In some embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and/or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 may include one or more interface circuits 8104. Optionally, an interface circuit 8104 is coupled to the memory 8102, the interface circuit 8104 being operable to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other device, and being operable to transmit signals to the memory 8102 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 8104 may read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

The communication device 8100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by fig. 7 a. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 7b is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 8200 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. For the case where the communication device 8100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 8200 shown in fig. 7b, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201, the chip 8200 being configured to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further comprises one or more interface circuits 8202. Optionally, an interface circuit 8202 is coupled to the memory 8203, the interface circuit 8202 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other device, and the interface circuit 8202 may be configured to transmit signals to the memory 8203 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 8202 may read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201.

In some embodiments, the interface circuit 8202 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., but not limited to step S2101, step S3101) of the above-described method of transmitting and/or receiving, and the processor 8201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., but not limited to step S2102, step S3102).

In some embodiments, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 8203 may be external to the chip 8200.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on a communication device 8100, cause the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The present disclosure also proposes a program product which, when executed by a communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A method of resource handling, the method being performed by a terminal of a first type, the method comprising:

wherein the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the set of resources is used for transmission of a 2-step random access channel, RACH; and wherein the set of resources comprises at least one of the following groupings: a random access preamble group A; random access preamble group B.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the packet configuration parameters comprise message a MsgA physical uplink shared channel PUSCH resource configuration parameters.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison of the bandwidth in the packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in the resource set and the bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal comprises:

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal includes:

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal includes:

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison result between the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a and/or the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B and the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal includes:

8. The method according to any of claims 1-7, wherein the determining whether to perform the first operation based on a comparison of a bandwidth in a packet configuration parameter of at least one packet in a resource set and a bandwidth supported by the first type of terminal comprises:

9. The method according to any of claims 1-8, wherein the first type of terminal is an enhanced reduced capability eRedcap terminal.

10. A first type of terminal, the first type of terminal comprising:

a processing module configured to:

wherein the first operation includes at least one of:

ignoring the set of resources;

ignoring the grouping in the set of resources.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

the resource set is used for transmission of a 2-step random access channel RACH; the set of resources includes at least one of the following groupings: a random access preamble group A; random access preamble group B.

12. The apparatus of any of claims 10, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

13. The apparatus of any one of claims 8-12, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

14. The apparatus of any one of claims 8-13, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

15. The apparatus of any one of claims 8-14, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

determining that the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group a is not greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and the bandwidth in the Msg a PUSCH resource configuration parameter included in the packet configuration parameter corresponding to the random access preamble group B is greater than the bandwidth supported by the first type terminal, and determining to ignore the packet random access preamble group B in the resource set.

16. The apparatus of any one of claims 8-15, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

17. A first type of terminal, the first type of terminal comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the first type of terminal is for performing the method of any of claims 1 to 9.

18. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communications device, cause the communications device to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 16.