| CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 74/006 (2013.01)] | 35 Claims |

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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station (BS), system information for initiating a random access channel (RACH) procedure;
transmitting, by the UE to the BS, a first message including a random access preamble and a first payload of a connection request;
monitoring, by the UE from the BS, for a second message in response to the first message during a random access response (RAR) window;
re-transmitting, by the UE to the BS, the first message in response to determining based on the monitoring that no second message is received by the UE from the BS within the RAR window;
re-transmitting, by the UE, the first payload to the BS in response to determining that the second message is received by the UE from the BS within the RAR window, and that a second payload decoded from the second message indicates a fallback response; and
transmitting, by the UE, an acknowledgement message to the BS in response to determining that the second message is received by the UE from the BS within the RAR window and that the second payload indicates a success response.
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