| CPC H04W 74/085 (2013.01) | 11 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a first node, X1 first random access (RA) preambles, X1 being a positive integer greater than 1;
monitoring a control signaling for a first random access response (RAR) during a first time-window, wherein the first RAR corresponds to the X1 first RA preambles;
updating a current value of a first counter to obtain an updated value of the first counter when reception of the first RAR is not successful while the first time-window expires; and
performing at least one of the following:
transmitting X2 second RA preambles in response to the updated value of the first counter being less than a first threshold, wherein X2 is a positive integer greater than or equal to X1; or
dropping transmission of X2 second RA preambles in response to the updated value of the first counter being greater than the first threshold.
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