| CPC H04W 74/0841 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A random access preamble sending method, comprising:
receiving, by a communication apparatus, configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises configuration information of a physical random access channel (PRACH) time-frequency resource set;
receiving, by the communication apparatus, indication information from the network device, wherein the indication information indicates one or more valid PRACH time-frequency resources in the PRACH time-frequency resource set that do not conflict with a PUSCH time-frequency resource set, wherein the indication information comprises an index number, wherein the index number indicates an entry in a PRACH time-frequency resource table, and wherein any entry in the PRACH time-frequency resource table defines a PRACH time-frequency resource that is valid in time domain and that is in one or more PRACH time-frequency resources in the PRACH time-frequency resource set; and
sending, by the communication apparatus, a random access preamble on one of the valid PRACH time-frequency resources.
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