Patent Description:
In an uplink transmission mode in the related art, for user equipment (User Equipment, UE) to transmit uplink data, the user equipment needs to firstly obtains uplink synchronization information through a random access procedure, that is, to obtain uplink timing advance (Timing advance, TA) information from a network side. After the uplink synchronization information is obtained, the UE may transmit the uplink data through dynamic scheduling or semi-static scheduling.

In a two-step random access channel (Random Access Channel, RACH) procedure, the UE transmits a msgA to a network-side device. After receiving the msgA, the network-side device transmits a msgB to the UE. After the UE receives the msgB, two-step random access is completed.

In a time division duplexing (Time Division Duplexing, TDD) scenario, for one transmission occasion, a transmission direction is determined based on TDD configuration information configured by the network side. When the network side configures, for the UE, a transmission occasion for transmitting the msgA, the transmission occasion of the msgA may conflict with the TDD configuration information configured by the network side. If the UE transmits the msgA in a conflicting time domain location, interference may be caused to downlink signal transmission of the network side.

Published document in the name of <NPL> discusses issues for determination of valid PRACH occasions.

The technical issue to be resolved by this disclosure is to provide a random access method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium, so as to resolve a problem that during a random access procedure of user equipment, a transmission occasion of a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message.

The embodiments of this disclosure have the following beneficial effects:.

In the foregoing solutions, in a case that the time domain resource for the random access message conflicts with the time domain resource indicated by the network-side message, the random access message may be transmitted on the time domain resource for the random access message, or transmission of the random access message may be canceled, or transmission of the random access message may be delayed, or the network-side message may be ignored. This disclosure provides a specific solution to a conflict between a transmission occasion of a random access message and a transmission direction indicated by a network-side message in a TDD scenario. This can resolve a problem that during a random access procedure of user equipment, a transmission occasion of a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message.

To make the to-be-resolved technical problems, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of this disclosure clearer, the following provides detailed descriptions with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The terms "first", "second", and the like in this specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish between similar objects instead of describing a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way is interchangeable in appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of this application described herein can be implemented in other orders than the order illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "include", "have", and any other variant thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a list of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units that are expressly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not expressly listed or are inherent to the process, method, product, or device. "And/or" in the specification and claims represents at least one of connected objects.

The technologies described herein are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) systems, and may also be used in various wireless communications systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single-carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are usually used interchangeably. The CDMA system may implement radio technologies such as CDMA2000 and universal terrestrial radio access (Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, UTRA). UTRA includes wideband CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) and other CDMA variants. The TDMA system may implement radio technologies such as global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile Communication, GSM). The OFDMA system may implement radio technologies such as ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), evolved UTRA (Evolution-UTRA, E-UTRA), IEEE <NUM> (Wi-Fi), IEEE <NUM> (WiMAX), IEEE <NUM>, and Flash-OFDM. UTRA and E-UTRA are both part of the universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS). LTE and more advanced LTE (for example, LTE-A) are new UMTS versions that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP). The technologies described in this specification may be used for the foregoing systems and radio technologies, and may also be used for other systems and radio technologies. However, in the following descriptions, an NR system is described for an illustration purpose, and NR terms are used in most of the following descriptions, although these technologies may also be applied to other applications than an NR system application.

Compared with previous mobile communications systems, future mobile communications systems need to adapt to more diversified scenarios and business requirements. Main scenarios of new radio (New Radio, NR) include: enhanced mobile broadband (Enhanced Mobile Broadband, eMBB), massive machine type communications (massive Machine Type Communication, mMTC), and ultra-reliable and low latency communication (Ultra Reliable& Low Latency Communication, URLLC). These scenarios require the systems to have high reliability, low latency, large bandwidth, wide coverage, and the like.

In a conventional uplink transmission mode, if user equipment (User Equipment, UE) needs to transmit uplink data, it firstly obtains uplink synchronization information through a random access procedure, that is, obtains uplink timing advance (Timing advance, TA) information from a network side. After the uplink synchronization information is obtained, the UE may transmit the uplink data through dynamic scheduling or semi-static scheduling.

In a case that an uplink data packet is small, the manner that the UE transmits the uplink data after obtaining the uplink synchronization information through the random access procedure may lead to resource consumption and power consumption. Therefore, in the mMTC scenario, the UE may transmit the uplink data in an asynchronous state.

Similar to the random access procedure, the UE is also in an asynchronous state when transmitting a random access preamble (preamble). Therefore, as shown in <FIG>, impact of transmission delay needs to be offset by adding a cyclic prefix (Cyclic Prefix, CP) to the preamble.

In a four-step random access channel (Random Access Channel, RACH) procedure, as shown in <FIG>, UE firstly transmits, to a network-side device (for example, a base station), a msg1 including a preamble. After detecting the preamble, the network-side device transmits a msg2 including a random access response (RAR) message corresponding to the preamble. After receiving the msg2, the UE transmits a msg3 based on an indication of RAR. After receiving the msg3, the network-side device transmits a msg4 including a contention resolution ID (contention resolution ID). After the UE receives the msg4, the four-step random access is completed.

In a two-step RACH procedure, UE transmits a msgA to a network-side device. After receiving the msgA, the network-side device transmits a msgB to the UE. After the UE receives the msgB, the two-step random access is completed.

As shown in <FIG>, a slot (slot) may include downlink (downlink), uplink (uplink), and flexible (flexible) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM) symbols, where the flexible symbols may be rewritten into downlink or uplink symbols.

A slot format indicator (slot format indicator, SFI) may indicate one or more slot formats. The SFI is transmitted in a group common (Group common, GC)-PDCCH. The SFI can flexibly change a slot format, to meet a service transmission requirement. The UE determines, based on an indication of the SFI, whether to monitor a physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH).

The base station may configure, for the UE, one or more cell-specific (cell-specific) slot formats in a semi-static manner through higher layer parameters UL-DL-configuration-common and UL-DL-configuration-common-Set2 (optional). The base station may also configure, for the UE, one or more UE-specific (UE-specific) slot formats in a semi-static manner through a higher layer parameter UL-DL-configuration-dedicated.

The base station may rewrite a flexible symbol or slot in semi-static configuration through the SFI carried in the GC-PDCCH.

Transmission directions implicitly indicated by UE-specific RRC configuration are collectively called measurement (measurement), including:.

For the type2 grant-free uplink transmission, only transmission on the first activated resource is regarded as UE-specific data (UE-specific data).

UE-specific transmission includes a physical downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH), a physical uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH), a PDSCH A/N feedback, aperiodic measurement triggered by downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI), and the like.

In a time division duplex (Time Division Duplexing, TDD) scenario, for a transmission occasion, a transmission direction is determined based on TDD configuration information configured by the network side. When the network side configures, for the UE, a transmission occasion for transmitting the msgA, the transmission occasion of the msgA may conflict with the TDD configuration information configured by the network side. If the UE transmits the msgA in a conflicting time domain location, interference may be caused to downlink signal transmission of the network side.

To resolve the foregoing technical problem, embodiments of this disclosure provide a random access method and apparatus, and user equipment, so as to resolve a problem that during a random access procedure of user equipment, a transmission occasion of a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message.

An embodiment of this disclosure provides a random access method, applied to user equipment. As shown in <FIG>, the random access method includes the following step.

Step <NUM>: In a case that a time domain resource for a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message, perform, in embodiments out of the scope of the claims, any one of the following:.

In this embodiment, in a case that the time domain resource for the random access message conflicts with the time domain resource indicated by the network-side message, the random access message may be transmitted on the time domain resource for the random access message, or transmission of the random access message may be canceled, or transmission of the random access message may be delayed, or the network-side message may be ignored. This disclosure provides a specific solution to a conflict between a transmission occasion of a random access message and a transmission direction indicated by a network-side message in a TDD scenario. This can resolve a problem that during a random access procedure of user equipment, a transmission occasion of a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message.

That the time domain resource for the random access message conflicts with the time domain resource indicated by the network-side message includes that the time domain resource for the random access message at least partially overlaps with at least one of the following resources indicated by the network-side message:.

The network-side message is downlink control information DCI, and in a specific embodiment, the time domain resource indicated by the network-side message may be determined by slot format information indicated by the DCI, where the slot format information indicates which symbols are uplink time domain resources, which symbols are downlink time domain resources, and which symbols are flexible time domain resources. The time domain resource indicated by the network-side message may also be a time domain resource for downlink reception directly indicated by the DCI. When the time domain resource for downlink reception is indicated by the DCI, the DCI may be a downlink scheduling grant (DL grant).

Optionally, the ignoring the network-side message includes any one of the following:.

Specifically, in a case that the time domain resource for the random access message indicated by the DCI is a downlink transmission resource and/or a downlink time domain resource and/or a flexible time domain resource, the user equipment may ignore and discard the DCI after receiving the DCI.

In a specific embodiment, the canceling transmission of the random access message includes:
in a case that a time gap between a time domain resource for receiving the DCI and a time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, canceling transmission of the random access message, to prevent transmission of the random access message from conflicting with a transmission direction indicated by the network side. The preset threshold may be set based on an actual requirement.

Further, the foregoing random access method further includes:
in a case that the time gap between the time domain resource for receiving the DCI and the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is not greater than the preset threshold, transmitting the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message.

The time gap is duration from an end location of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI to any location of the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message.

Specifically, the time gap is duration from the end location of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI to any location that is before an end location of the time domain resource for the random access message.

The canceling transmission of the random access message may be canceling full transmission of the random access message, or may be canceling partial transmission of the random access message. In a case that a time gap between an end time of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI and a start time of the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, full transmission of the random access message may be canceled. In a case that a time gap between an end time of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI and any location that is before an end location of the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, partial transmission of the random access message is canceled. A time gap between a start time of the canceled partial transmission of the random access message and an end time of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI is greater than or equal to the preset threshold.

In a specific embodiment, the delaying transmission of the random access message includes:
transmitting the random access message on a latest usable uplink time domain resource, where the available uplink time domain resource may be an uplink time domain resource indicated by DCI, so as to prevent transmission of the random access message from conflicting with a transmission direction indicated by a network side.

In another specific embodiment, the transmitting the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message includes:
in a case that the time domain resource for the random access message is a flexible time domain resource indicated by a network-side message, transmitting the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message.

In the foregoing embodiments, the random access message may be a random access message in the four-step random access procedure, or may be a random access message in the two-step random access procedure. Specifically, the random access message may be the msgA in the two-step random access procedure. The random access message includes at least one of a random access channel PRACH and an uplink data channel PUSCH.

In another specific embodiment, user equipment does not expect that a time domain resource for a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource for a network-side message. In other words, the user equipment may consider the network-side message wrong when receiving the network-side message and finding that the time domain resource indicated by the network-side message conflicts with the time domain resource for the random access message. In a specific example, in a case that DCI indicates that a time domain resource for a random access message is a downlink time domain resource or a flexible time domain resource, user equipment considers that an error occurs.

In the foregoing embodiment, the time domain resource for the random access message may be an uplink time domain resource, or may be a flexible time domain resource. In a specific example, if a time domain resource for a random access message is a flexible time domain resource, when DCI indicates that the time domain resource for the random access message is a downlink time domain resource or a flexible time domain resource, user equipment considers that an error occurs. In another specific example, when a time domain resource for a random access message is a flexible time domain resource, and UE does not detect DCI for indicating slot format information at the time when the UE should receive the DCI, if a time gap between this time and the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, transmission of the random access message is canceled; otherwise, the random access message is transmitted on the time domain resource for the random access message.

The following further describes the technical solutions of this disclosure in combination with the specific embodiments.

In this example, a network side configures UE to transmit a msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH on a group of symbol resources in a slot, and the UE detects a piece of DCI instructing that the UE receives a CSI-RS or PDSCH on symbol resources in the slot. The symbol resources indicated by the DCI and the symbol resources for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH by the UE overlap in terms of time.

In a specific example, if a time gap between an end location of a time domain resource on which DCI is detected and any symbol resource, for example, a symbol resource A, in a slot in which the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH is transmitted is less than a preset threshold, UE does not cancel transmission of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH that is before the symbol resource A; and the UE cancels transmission of remaining msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH that starts from the symbol resource A.

In another specific example, in a preset time before an effective transmission opportunity of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH, for example, Ngap symbol resources, UE does not receive a PDCCH, PDSCH or CSI-RS that conflicts with symbol resources corresponding to the transmission opportunity of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH in a slot.

In this example, a network side configures or instructs UE to transmit a msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH on a group of symbol resources in a slot, the UE detects a piece of DCI indicating slot format information, and the UE does not expect that a transmission direction of symbol resources indicated by the slot format information conflicts with that of the symbol resources for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH by the UE. For example, the UE does not expect that the symbol resources, indicated by the slot format information, for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH by the UE are downlink symbol resources.

In this example, a network side configures or instructs UE to transmit a msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH on a group of symbol resources in a slot.

In a case that the symbol resources for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH are flexible resources indicated by semi-static (semi-static) TDD configuration information, or that no semi-static TDD configuration information is configured on the UE, when the UE detects a piece of DCI indicating slot format information,.

The UE detects a piece of DCI indicating slot format information, where the symbol resources, indicated by the slot format information, for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH by the UE are downlink symbol resources or flexible symbol resources; or the UE detects a piece of DCI instructing that the UE receives a CSI-RS or PDSCH on (some or all) symbol resources for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH.

If a time gap between an end location of a time domain resource at which the DCI is detected and any symbol resource in a slot in which the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH is transmitted is less than a preset threshold, the UE does not cancel transmission of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH that is before the symbol resource; and the UE cancels transmission of remaining msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH that starts from the symbol resource.

The symbol resources for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH are flexible resources indicated by semi-static TDD configuration information, or no semi-static TDD configuration information is configured on the UE, and the UE does not detect a piece of DCI indicating slot format information of a slot in which the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH is transmitted.

If a time gap between an end location of a time domain resource at which DCI is detected (that is, an end location of a time domain resource on which DCI should be detected) and any symbol resource in a slot in which the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH is transmitted is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, the UE cancels transmission of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH that starts from the symbol resource.

If a time gap between an end location of a time domain resource on which DCI is detected (that is, an end location of a time domain resource on which DCI should be detected) and any symbol resource in a slot in which the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH is transmitted is less than a preset threshold, the UE does not expect to cancel transmission of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH that is before the symbol resource.

In this example, a network side instructs UE to transmit a msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH on a group of symbol resources in a slot, and the UE detects a piece of DCI indicating slot format information.

If symbol resources, indicated by the slot format information, for transmitting the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH by the UE are downlink symbol resources or flexible symbol resources, the UE delays transmission of the msgA PRACH and/or PUSCH to a next group of available uplink symbol resources.

In a TDD scenario, when the network side configures, for the UE, a transmission occasion for transmitting a msgA, the transmission occasion of the msgA may conflict with the TDD configuration information configured by the network side. Through the solutions of the foregoing embodiments, the UE can determine an effective msgA transmission occasion in a conflicting time domain location, avoiding causing interference to downlink signal transmission of the network side. In addition, a sufficient switching time gap between the transmission occasion for the UE to transmit the msgA and receiving of a downlink signal by the UE can be ensured, avoiding causing interference to downlink reception.

An embodiment of this disclosure further provides a random access apparatus, applied to user equipment. As shown in <FIG>, the random access apparatus includes:
a processing module <NUM>, configured to: in a case that a time domain resource for a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message, perform any one of the following:.

Further, that a time domain resource for a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message includes:
that the time domain resource for the random access message at least partially overlaps with at least one of the following resources indicated by the network-side message:
a downlink transmission resource; a downlink time domain resource; and a flexible time domain resource.

In a specific embodiment, the network-side message is DCI.

Further, the processing module is specifically configured to perform any one of the following:.

Further, the processing module <NUM> is specifically configured to cancel, in a case that a time gap between a time domain resource for receiving the DCI and a time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, transmission of the random access message.

Further, the processing module <NUM> is further configured to: in a case that the time gap between the time domain resource for receiving the DCI and the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is not greater than the preset threshold, transmit the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message.

Further, the time gap is duration from an end location of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI to any location of the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message.

Further, the processing module <NUM> is specifically configured to transmit the random access message on a latest usable uplink time domain resource.

Further, the processing module <NUM> is specifically configured to transmit, in a case that the time domain resource for the random access message is a flexible time domain resource indicated by the network-side message, the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message.

Further, the random access message includes at least one of a random access channel PRACH and an uplink data channel PUSCH.

A non-claimed embodiment of this disclosure further provides user equipment, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor. When the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps in the foregoing random access method are implemented.

As shown in <FIG>, the user equipment <NUM> includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit <NUM>, a network module <NUM>, an audio output unit <NUM>, an input unit <NUM>, a sensor <NUM>, a display unit <NUM>, a user input unit <NUM>, an interface unit <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a processor <NUM>, a power supply <NUM>, and other components. Persons skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the user equipment shown in <FIG> does not constitute any limitation on the user equipment. The user equipment may include more or fewer components than those shown in the figure, or may combine some components, or may have a different component arrangement. In this non-claimed embodiment of this disclosure, the user equipment includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, an in-vehicle terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor <NUM> is configured to perform, in a case that a time domain resource for a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message, any one of the following:.

In a specific non-claimed embodiment, the network-side message is DCI.

Further, the ignoring the network-side message includes any one of the following:.

Further, the canceling transmission of the random access message includes:
in a case that a time gap between a time domain resource for receiving the DCI and a time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, canceling transmission of the random access message.

Further, the method further includes:
in a case that the time gap between the time domain resource for receiving the DCI and the time domain resource for transmitting the random access message is not greater than the preset threshold, transmitting the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message.

Further, the delaying transmission of the random access message includes:
transmitting the random access message on a latest usable uplink time domain resource.

Further, the transmitting the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message includes:
in a case that the time domain resource for the random access message is a flexible time domain resource indicated by a network-side message, transmitting the random access message on the time domain resource for the random access message.

It should be understood that, in this non-claimed embodiment of this disclosure, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may be configured to transmit or receive a signal in an information transmitting/receiving or call process, specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then transmits the downlink data to the processor <NUM> for processing; and further, transmits uplink data to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit <NUM> includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit <NUM> may also communicate with other devices through a wireless communications system and a network.

The user equipment provides a user with wireless broadband Internet access by using the network module <NUM>, for example, helps the user receive and send emails, browse web pages and access streaming media.

The audio output unit <NUM> may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM> or stored in the memory <NUM> into an audio signal and output the audio signal as a sound. Moreover, the audio output unit <NUM> may also provide an audio output (for example, a call signal reception sound or a message reception sound) related to a specific function implemented by the user equipment <NUM>. The audio output unit <NUM> includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit <NUM> is configured to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit <NUM> may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) <NUM> and a microphone <NUM>. The graphics processing unit <NUM> processes image data of a static picture or a video that is obtained by an image capture apparatus (for example, a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. A processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit <NUM>. An image frame processed by the graphics processing unit <NUM> may be stored in the memory <NUM> (or another storage medium) or transmitted by the radio frequency unit <NUM> or the network module <NUM>. The microphone <NUM> may receive a sound and process this sound into audio data. In a telephone call mode, the processed audio data may be converted, for outputting, into a format in which the data may be transmitted to a mobile communication base station through the radio frequency unit <NUM>.

The user equipment <NUM> further includes at least one sensor <NUM>, for example, an optical sensor, a motion sensor and other sensors. Specifically, the optical sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor may adjust luminance of a display panel <NUM> based on brightness of ambient light. The proximity sensor may turn off the display panel <NUM> and/or backlight when the user equipment <NUM> approaches an ear. As one type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor may detect magnitudes of accelerations in various directions (usually, three axes), may detect, in a still state, a magnitude and a direction of gravity, and may be configured to recognize a user equipment posture (for example, screen switching between a landscape mode and a portrait mode, related games, and magnetometer posture calibration), implement a vibration recognition related function (for example, a pedometer or a knock), and the like. The sensor <NUM> may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, and the like.

The display unit <NUM> is configured to display information input by a user or information provided to a user.

The user input unit <NUM> may be configured to receive entered digit or character information, and generate a key signal input related to user settings and function control of the user equipment. Specifically, the user input unit <NUM> includes a touch panel <NUM> and other input devices <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM>, also referred to as a touchscreen, may capture a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel <NUM> (for example, an operation performed by the user on the touch panel <NUM> or near the touch panel <NUM> by using any appropriate object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus). The touch panel <NUM> may include two parts: a touch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The touch detection apparatus detects a touch orientation of a user, detects a signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller. The touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection apparatus, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, transmits the touch point coordinates to the processor <NUM>, and receives and executes a command transmitted by the processor <NUM>. In addition, the touch panel <NUM> may be implemented in various types, including a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared type, a surface acoustic wave type, or the like. In addition to the touch panel <NUM>, the user input unit <NUM> may further include other input devices <NUM>. Specifically, the other input devices <NUM> may include but are not limited to a physical keyboard, a function key (for example, a volume control key and an on/off key), a trackball, a mouse and a joystick.

Further, the touch panel <NUM> may cover the display panel <NUM>. When detecting a touch operation on or near the touch panel <NUM>, the touch panel <NUM> transmits the touch operation to the processor <NUM> to determine the type of a touch event. Then, the processor <NUM> provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel <NUM> based on the type of the touch event. In <FIG>, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> are used as two independent parts to implement input and output functions of the user equipment. In some embodiments, however, the touch panel <NUM> and the display panel <NUM> may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the user equipment. Details are not limited herein.

The interface unit <NUM> is an interface for connecting an external apparatus to the user equipment <NUM>. For example, the external apparatus may include a wired or wireless headphone port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting an apparatus that has an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit <NUM> may be configured to receive an input (for example, data information or power) from the external apparatus and transmit the received input to one or more elements in the user equipment <NUM>, and may alternatively be configured to transmit data between the user equipment <NUM> and the external apparatus.

The memory <NUM> may be configured to store software programs and various data. The memory <NUM> may mainly include a program storage region and a data storage region. The program storage region may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (for example, a sound play function and an image play function), and the like. The data storage region may store data (for example, audio data and a phone book) created based on use of a mobile phone, and the like. In addition, the memory <NUM> may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory, for example, at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor <NUM> is a control center of the user equipment, is connected to all parts of the entire user equipment by using various interfaces and lines, and runs or executes a software program and/or module stored in the memory <NUM> and invokes data stored in the memory <NUM>, to implement various functions of the user equipment and process data, thereby monitoring the entire user equipment. The processor <NUM> may include one or more processing units. Optionally, the processor <NUM> may integrate an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, an application program, and the like. The modem processor mainly processes wireless communication. It can be understood that the modem processor may alternatively be not integrated in the processor <NUM>.

The user equipment <NUM> may further include the power supply <NUM> (for example, a battery) for supplying power to the components. Optionally, the power supply <NUM> may be logically connected to the processor <NUM> through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as charge management, discharge management and power consumption management through the power management system.

In addition, the user equipment <NUM> includes some functional modules not shown.

An embodiment of this disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the foregoing random access method are implemented.

It can be understood that the embodiments described in this specification may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the processing unit may be implemented in one or more application-specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ASIC), a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), a digital signal processing device (DSP Device, DSPD), a programmable logic device (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), a field-programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), a general-purpose processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, other electronic units for implementing the functions described in this application, or a combination thereof.

For software implementation, the technologies described in this specification may be implemented through modules (for example, procedures and functions) that implement the functions described in this specification. Software codes may be stored in the memory and executed by the processor. The memory may be implemented inside or outside the processor.

All the embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner. Each embodiment focuses on differences from another embodiments. For the part that is the same or similar between different embodiments, reference may be made between the embodiments.

Persons skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of this disclosure may be provided as a method, an apparatus, or a computer program product. Therefore, the embodiments of the present disclosure may be hardware-only embodiments, software-only embodiments, or embodiments with a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the embodiments of this disclosure may use a form of a computer program product that is implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to a disk memory, a CD-ROM, an optical memory, and the like) that include computer usable program codes.

The embodiments of this disclosure are described with reference to the flowcharts and/or block diagrams of the method, the user equipment (system), and the computer program product according to the embodiments of this disclosure. It should be understood that computer program instructions may be used to implement each process and/or each block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams, or a combination of a process and/or a block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams. These computer program instructions may be provided to a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or a processor of other programmable data processing user equipment to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by a computer or a processor of other programmable data processing user equipment generate an apparatus for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions are stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct the computer or other programmable data processing user equipment to work in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an artifact that includes an instruction apparatus.

These computer program instructions may alternatively be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing user equipment, so that a series of operation steps are performed on the computer or the other programmable user equipment, to generate computer-implemented processing. Therefore, the instructions executed by the computer or the other programmable user equipment provide steps for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

Claim 1:
A random access method, applied to user equipment, comprising:
in a case that a time domain resource for a random access message conflicts with a time domain resource indicated by a network-side message, the network-side message being downlink control information, DCI, and characterized in that in a case that a time gap between an end location of a time domain resource for receiving the DCI and any location that is after a start location of the time domain resource for the random access message and before an end location of the time domain resource for the random access message is greater than or equal to a preset threshold,
cancelling (<NUM>) partial transmission of the random access message, wherein a time gap between a start location of the cancelled partial transmission of the random access message and the end location of the time domain resource for receiving the DCI is greater than or equal to the preset threshold.