| CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 74/004 (2013.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/0891 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication, the method comprising:
identifying whether physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions for a 4-step random access type are shared with a 2-step random access type; and
based on the PRACH occasions for the 4-step random access type being shared with the 2-step random access type, transmitting, to a base station, a message A including a preamble based on a first configuration of PRACH occasions,
wherein, based on the PRACH occasions for the 4-step random access type being shared with the 2-step random access type, an index of the preamble associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) is determined based on a starting preamble index and a total number of preambles for the 4-step random access type.
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