A channel configuration method, carried out by a user equipment, the method comprising: determining that multiple uplink physical channels overlap in a time domain; multiplexing information or data of the multiple uplink physical channels in response to the determining that the multiple uplink physical channels overlap in the time domain; and determining an uplink physical channel for carrying the multiplexed information or data, wherein the determined physical channel is a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, wherein multiple PUCCHs from the multiple uplink physical channels comprise two PUCCHs that have a same starting position, wherein one of the two PUCCHs has a number of symbols that is greater than that of another of the two PUCCHs, wherein a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol of the determined uplink physical channel starts not earlier than any one of preparation durations required for preparation of to-be-transmitted data corresponding to respective ones of the multiple uplink physical channels, wherein the preparation duration is calculated starting from a last OFDM symbol of a channel or signal corresponding to each of the multiple uplink physical channels, respectively, and wherein a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol of any one of the multiple uplink physical channels starts not earlier than any one of preparation durations required for preparation of to-be-transmitted data corresponding to respective ones of the multiple uplink physical channels, wherein the preparation duration is calculated starting from a last OFDM symbol of a channel or signal corresponding to each of the multiple uplink physical channels, respectively. determining that multiple uplink physical channels overlap in a time domain; multiplexing information or data of the multiple uplink physical channels in response to the determining that the multiple uplink physical channels overlap in the time domain; and determining an uplink physical channel for carrying the multiplexed information or data, wherein the determined physical channel is a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, wherein multiple PUCCHs from the multiple uplink physical channels comprise two PUCCHs that have a same starting position, wherein one of the two PUCCHs has a number of symbols that is greater than that of another of the two PUCCHs, wherein a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol of the determined uplink physical channel starts not earlier than any one of preparation durations required for preparation of to-be-transmitted data corresponding to respective ones of the multiple uplink physical channels, wherein the preparation duration is calculated starting from a last OFDM symbol of a channel or signal corresponding to each of the multiple uplink physical channels, respectively, and wherein a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol of any one of the multiple uplink physical channels starts not earlier than any one of preparation durations required for preparation of to-be-transmitted data corresponding to respective ones of the multiple uplink physical channels, wherein the preparation duration is calculated starting from a last OFDM symbol of a channel or signal corresponding to each of the multiple uplink physical channels, respectively. wherein multiple PUCCHs from the multiple uplink physical channels comprise two PUCCHs that have a same starting position, wherein one of the two PUCCHs has a number of symbols that is greater than that of another of the two PUCCHs, wherein a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol of the determined uplink physical channel starts not earlier than any one of preparation durations required for preparation of to-be-transmitted data corresponding to respective ones of the multiple uplink physical channels, wherein the preparation duration is calculated starting from a last OFDM symbol of a channel or signal corresponding to each of the multiple uplink physical channels, respectively, and wherein a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol of any one of the multiple uplink physical channels starts not earlier than any one of preparation durations required for preparation of to-be-transmitted data corresponding to respective ones of the multiple uplink physical channels, wherein the preparation duration is calculated starting from a last OFDM symbol of a channel or signal corresponding to each of the multiple uplink physical channels, respectively.