Patent ID: 8295243

Claim:
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor configured to send a random access preamble for system access by a user equipment (UE), to receive a random access response comprising uplink resources assigned to the UE, timing advance for the UE, and a random access (RA) preamble identifier for the random access preamble sent by the UE, to adjust transmit timing of the UE based on the timing advance, and to send an uplink transmission using the assigned uplink resources conveyed in the random access response and based on the adjusted transmit timing of the UE, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive a first message for the random access response on a control channel for a shared data channel, and to receive a second message for the random access response on the shared data channel, the first message comprising identification information for the random access preamble or a random access channel used to send the random access preamble, downlink resources for the shared data channel, and additional information, and the second message comprising the uplink resources assigned to the UE; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor.