Patent ID: 8588163

Claim:
A random access method, adapted for a wireless communication device to perform a random access process with a base station, the random access method comprising: transmitting, at the wireless communication device, a preamble code to the base station; obtaining, at the wireless communication device, an indicator in a packet transmitted by the base station; determining, at the wireless communication device, whether to obtain a first random access response in the packet according to the indicator; and searching, at the wireless communication device, for a second random access response in the packet according to the preamble code, wherein when the wireless communication device determines to obtain the first random access response according to the indicator, the random access method further comprises: sending a request message to the base station according to a command in the second random access response when the second random access response is found; and performing another random access process with the base station according to a command in the first random access response when the second random access response is not found.