Message repetition for random access procedure based on a random access procedure format

A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

• receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a random access request of a random access procedure;
• determining, based at least in part on the random access request being a first type of random access request from a plurality of types of random access request, a repetition pattern for a time window for communicating a random access response, the repetition pattern indicating at least a subset of slots of a plurality of slots of the time window, the plurality of slots for repeatedly providing at least a portion of the random access response to the UE;
• and
• transmitting the portion of the random access response in each slot of the subset of slots according to the repetition pattern.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• select, based at least in part on a quality of a channel between the UE and a base station, a first type of random access request from a plurality of types of random access request for a random access procedure;
• transmit, to the base station, a random access request of the first type of random access request based at least in part on the selecting of the first type of random access request;
• identify, in a first portion of a time window for communicating a random access response and based at least in part on the selecting of the first type of random access request, a plurality of slots, each configured to provide a different one of instances of at least a portion of the random access response;
• and
• receive the instances of at least the portion of the random access response in the plurality of slots.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a user equipment (UE), a random access request of a random access procedure;
• determine, based at least in part on the random access request being a first type of random access request from a plurality of types of random access request, a repetition pattern for a time window for communicating a random access response, the repetition pattern indicating at least a subset of slots of a plurality of slots of the time window, the plurality of slots for repeatedly providing at least a portion of the random access response to the UE;
• and
• transmit the portion of the random access response in each slot of the subset of slots according to the repetition pattern.