Patent ID: 11917690
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving, via a higher layer, a configuration for a physical random access channel (PRACH) including a respective PRACH configuration index for each level of coverage enhancement for UEs belonging to a first category, and a PRACH configuration index for UEs belonging to a second category;
transmitting a random access preamble based on one PRACH configuration index included in the configuration for the PRACH, corresponding to a level of coverage enhancement of the UE belonging to the first category;
receiving a random access response (RAR) based on the random access preamble; and
determining a common search space (CSS) for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) based on the one PRACH configuration index corresponding to the random access preamble.