Patent ID: 9313608
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a machine-type communication (MTC) device and comprising: receiving configuration information for a random access procedure from a base station, wherein the configuration information includes resource information for transmitting a random access preamble, root index information for generating the random access preamble and activation information to perform the random access procedure using the resource information, and wherein the resource information and the root index information are specific to the MTC device; generating the random access preamble based on the root index information; transmitting, to the base station, the random access preamble on a random access resource determined based on the resource information; receiving a random access response in response to the random access preamble; and transmitting a scheduled message to the base station, wherein the random access resource is configured for the MTC device or a group to which the MTC device belongs.