	US 12,016,050 B2
	Random access for a non-terrestrial network
Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US); Iyab Issam Sakhnini, San Diego, CA (US); Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Huilin Xu, Temecula, CA (US); and Dan Zhang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,365.
Application 18/056,365 is a continuation of application No. 16/831,274, filed on Mar. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,510,238.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,456, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080844 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)

CPC H04W 74/006 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)]

30 Claims

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving or determining information that indicates whether to perform a first random access channel (RACH) procedure for a first network or a second RACH procedure for a second network, wherein the first RACH procedure is configured to support a larger number of UEs contemporaneously performing a RACH procedure than the second RACH procedure; and responsive to the information indicating that the UE is to perform the first RACH procedure, performing the first RACH procedure.