CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0408 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04L 1/189 (2013.01); H04L 1/1896 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 52/362 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of operating a communication device, comprising:
receiving, from an associated base station of an associated wireless network, a control message indicative of at least one retransmission parameter for a random access message that comprises a random access preamble; and
transmitting, on a plurality of beams selected in accordance with the at least one retransmission parameter, a plurality of retransmissions of the random access message,
wherein transmitting of a successive one of the plurality of retransmissions is conditional on an unsuccessful reception of a preceding one of the plurality of retransmissions,
wherein the plurality of retransmissions of the random access message are transmitted at a plurality of transmission power levels, wherein the plurality of transmission power levels are selected based on a quantity of the plurality of beams,
wherein at least one of the quantity of the plurality of transmission power levels or a step size of the plurality of transmission power levels is determined based on the quantity of the plurality of beams.
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