CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
identifying whether a reference signal received power (RSRP) of a reference signal is above a configured threshold for selection between a 2-step random access (RA) and a 4-step RA;
in response to the RSRP being above the configured threshold, setting an RA type to the 2-step RA;
in response to the RSRP not being above the configured threshold, setting the RA type to the 4-step RA; and
transmitting, to a base station, a first message including an RA preamble according to the RA type,
wherein, in response to the RA type being set to the 2-step RA, the method further comprises:
determining two radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs) used for detecting a second message associated with a random access response (RAR) in response to the first message; and
detecting the second message within an RAR window based on one of the two RNTIs.
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