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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Jan Christoffersson, Luleå, SE;

Min Wang, Luleå, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2024.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0841 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a UE () for handling 2-step and 4-step RA procedures in a communications system (). The UE () transmits a msgA comprising a preamble and a msg3 to a network node (). The UE () applies a 2-step RA procedure when transmitting msgA. Based on a criterion, the UE () determines to fallback from the 2-step RA procedure to a 4-step RA, procedure. The criterion is that a maximum number of msgA transmissions has been exceeded or receipt of an indicator indicating that the UE () should fallback from the 2-step RA procedure to the 4-step RA procedure.


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