Patent ID: 11924883
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a base station, first system information (SI) which is broadcasted periodically, the first SI including first information indicating whether a second SI among other SI is being broadcasted or not, second information on a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource, and third information on an SI area identifier (ID) for an area including one or more cells with which the second SI is applied,

identify that the second SI among the other SI is not being broadcasted based on the first information,
transmit, to the base station, a PRACH preamble on the PRACH resource to request the second SI, based on the identification, and
receive, from the base station, the requested second SI.