Patent ID: 9743426
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A base station comprising: a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to determine a window size indicating how long a user equipment communicating with the base station is to monitor and search for a random access response transmitted by the base station and intended for the user equipment, determine whether to modify the window size based on at least one of a data load and a number of user equipment serviced by the base station, and modify the window size upon determining to modify the window size; and a transceiver configured to transmit the determined window size to the user equipment on downlink control information included in a downlink control channel, from the base station to the user equipment, and transmit the modified window size to the user equipment on a subsequent downlink control information included in a subsequent downlink control channel, from the base station to the user equipment.