Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to set an integer selected from a range of 0 to a value equal to or smaller than an OFDMA Contention Window (OCW) as a counter for random access, receive a trigger frame for triggering random access using one or more resource units (RUs) allocated for the random access from the base wireless communication terminal using the transceiver, decrement a value of the counter based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access, randomly select one RU based on the one or more RUs allocated for the random access when the value of the counter is 0 or reaches 0, and attempt transmission to the base wireless communication terminal using the selected RU.

A communications network is being accessed by a wireless device associated with a coverage class selected from a set of coverage classes. The wireless device performs a method comprising initiating network access to the communications network by transmitting a preamble sequence for random access on a physical random access channel during a starting opportunity defined by the coverage class of the wireless device. Each coverage class may be associated with a unique number of repetitions of the preamble sequence transmission.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing Early Data Transmission (EDT) information and Coverage Enhancement (CE) information to a base station and obtaining and using this information at a base station. Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for reporting radio conditions during random access comprises transmitting a message or report to a base station, the message or report comprising CE information, EDT information, or both the CE information and the EDT information. In this manner, the base station is provided information that can be used by the base station to optimize performance of the random access procedure. Embodiments of a method performed by a base station and corresponding embodiments of a base station are also disclosed.

An information transmission method, an information detection method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The information transmission method includes: transmitting DCI to a terminal device based on a current random access type, where the DCI is used to schedule a random access response message corresponding to the current random access type.

This application provides a communication method and apparatus, which may be used for random access optimization. In this method, a CU may send, to a DU, obtained PRACH configuration information of a plurality of cells. The DU receives the PRACH configuration information of the plurality of cells from the CU, and performs random access optimization based on the PRACH configuration information of the plurality of cells. In an existing technology, a base station may adjust RACH configuration information of the base station based on PRACH configuration information of a neighboring base station, to perform random access optimization.

A method of operating multiple time alignment timers (TimeAlignmentTimer) is provided for facilitating communication between and evolved Node B (eNB) and a User Equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting multiple carriers. The method includes starting a first TAT of a first group including the primary cell, starting a second TAT when Timing Advance (TA) information on a second group not including the primary cell is received; and determining transmission of at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative-acknowledgement (HARQ ACK/NACK), a physical uplink control channel, and a sounding reference signal according to a start and an expiration of at least one of the first and second TATs.

Example uplink transmission resource requesting methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes a terminal determines that a collision occurs when the terminal sends a first request to a network device, where the first request is used to request the network device to schedule an uplink transmission resource for the terminal. The terminal adjusts a manner of sending the first request according to a preset rule. In embodiments of this application, the terminal may request the uplink transmission resource from the network device by using the first request.

The present disclosure provides a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system, which includes circuitry configured to communicate with a new radio base station. The circuitry is further configured to transmit an on-demand system information request to the new radio base station, wherein the on-demand system information request is transmitted based on a backup resource.

A wireless device registers with a first PLMN having a first PLMN identity. A first plurality of RA procedures is performed while registered with the first PLMN. First information related to the first plurality of RA procedures is stored. The wireless device registers with a second PLMN having a second PLMN identity different than the first PLMN identity after registering with the first PLMN and after performing the first plurality of RA procedures. The first information is discarded responsive to registering with the second PLMN. A second plurality of RA procedures is performed while registered with the second PLMN. Second information related to the second plurality of RA procedures is stored. An information message is transmitted to the second PLMN. The information message includes a plurality of RACH reports corresponding to the second plurality of RA procedures based on the second information.

A wireless device transmit a first message comprising a first preamble and a first transport block. The first transport block comprises a contention resolution identifier of the wireless device. The wireless device receive a first random access response to the first message. The first random access response comprises the contention resolution identifier. The wireless device starts a first time window in response to receiving the first random access response. The wireless device monitor, during the first time window, a downlink channel for a second random access response to the first message. The wireless device determines a failure to receive the second random access response during the first time window. The wireless device transmits a second message comprising a second preamble in response to the failure.