Provided are signal sending method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: sending a reference signal on an invalid subframe. The method further includes: in a guard band mode, if a downlink timeslot of a special subframe includes N downlink symbols, determining to send the reference signal on the N downlink symbols. The method further includes: mapping and spreading a code word on a preset number of subframes or resource units for sending the mapped and spread code word. The method further includes: sending the reference signal on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, where a resource element other than a resource element where the reference signal is located on the OFDM symbol is a muting resource element, and no data is mapped or sent on the muting resource element.

Techniques for scrambling sequence generation may provide scrambling for a reference signal, a control signal, or a data signal that is independent of a center frequency of a wireless system bandwidth. Generated scrambling sequences may allow for demodulation of signals in which a synchronization channel does not share a same center frequency as the wireless system bandwidth.

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5.sup.th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present application discloses a method for generating a random access preamble, comprising the following steps of: receiving random access configuration information, the random access configuration information comprising preamble resource pool information, the preamble resource pool information comprising available base sequences; generating M sequences according to a base sequence, the M being greater than 1; and, generating a random access preamble according to the M sequences. The present application further discloses a device for generating a random access preamble, and a method and device for indicating random access configuration information. With the technical solutions disclosed by the present application, high frequency band multi-beam operations in 5G can be adapted, and the performance of the system in the random access process can be improved.

Methods and an apparatus for reference signal (RS) configuration. A method implemented in a network device is provided in which a plurality of reference signal (RS) ports to be used for RS transmission are determined based on at least one of different RS configuration patterns, different port multiplexing types and different number of symbols to be used for RS transmission. Each of the plurality of RS ports is indexed with a respective port index and at least two of the plurality of RS ports share a same port index. A plurality of RS configurations are determined at least based on the plurality of RS ports. In addition, at least one RS configuration from the plurality of RS configurations is allocated for a terminal device served by the network device. The at least one RS configuration indicates at least one RS port to be used for RS transmission.

There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting radio node in a wireless communication network, the method including transmitting reference signaling based on a reference pilot sequence, the reference pilot sequence being one of a set of reference pilot sequences, at least one reference pilot sequence of the set being a subsequence of another reference pilot sequence of the set. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

The embodiments of the present application relate to a method for determining a random access resource, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, Quasi Co-Located (QCL) information or position information of a target Synchronization Signal Block (SSB); and determining, by the terminal device, a set of target random access resources corresponding to the target SSB based on a correspondence between QCL information or position information of SSBs and sets of random access resources. A random access resource in the set of target random access resources is used for the terminal device to perform a random access process. The position indexes of at least two SSBs with a QCL relationship in the correspondence correspond to a same set of random access resources.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may filter a group of uplink reference signals so that filtering delays of the group of uplink reference signals are consistent based at least in part on a filtering constraint for the group of uplink reference signals; and transmit the group of uplink reference signals. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to enable a user equipment (UE) to bundle reference signals, such as demodulation reference signals (DMRSs), by maintaining one or more coherence properties across DMRSs. A base station may transmit an indication of a DMRS bundling configuration to the UE, and the UE may transmit a DMRS bundling capability indication to the base station. The base station may transmit DCI to the UE, and the UE may determine whether to maintain or alter DMRS bundling (for example, maintain or alter one or more coherence properties) for one or more physical shared channels based on the DCI. The UE may maintain or alter one or more coherence properties of the one or more physical shared channels based on determining whether to maintain DMRS bundling and may transmit the one or more physical shared channels and associated DMRSs to the base station.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present application discloses a method for generating a preamble, comprising the following steps of: receiving dedicated preamble configuration information and random access preamble configuration information, wherein the dedicated preamble configuration information comprises root sequence configuration information and/or cyclic shift value configuration information; determining dedicated root sequence configuration information, dedicated cyclic shift value configuration information and dedicated preamble index according to the dedicated preamble configuration information and random access preamble configuration information.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5.sup.th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying a slot type of a terminal from a first slot type and a second slot type, determining a position of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based on the slot type, and receiving the DMRS based on the position from a base station.