Frequency hopping for multiple prach transmissions of a prach repetition

A computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by processing circuitry of a user equipment (UE) configured for operation in a fifth-generation (5G) new radio (NR) network, the processing circuitry configured to:

• decode signalling received from a generation Node B (gNB) to configure the UE for frequency hopping for physical random access channel (PRACH) repetition for a four-step random access channel (RACH) procedure, the signalling including a number of repetitions;
• and
• encode a PRACH preamble for multiple PRACH transmissions of the PRACH repetition in accordance with the number of repetitions,
• wherein each of the multiple PRACH transmissions of the PRACH repetition is transmitted in accordance with the frequency hopping,
• wherein each of the multiple PRACH transmissions comprises a same PRACH preamble transmitted in each of a plurality of PRACH occasions.

An apparatus of a generation Node B (gNB) configured for operation in a fifth-generation (5G) new radio (NR) network, the apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and memory, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
• encode signalling for transmission to a user equipment (UE) to configure the UE for frequency hopping for physical random access channel (PRACH) repetition for a four-step random access channel (RACH) procedure, the signalling including a number of repetitions;
• and
• decode a PRACH preamble received from the UE in multiple PRACH transmissions of the PRACH repetition in accordance with the number of repetitions,
• wherein each of the multiple PRACH transmissions of the PRACH repetition is received at different frequencies in accordance with the frequency hopping,
• wherein each of the multiple PRACH transmissions comprises a same PRACH preamble transmitted in each of a plurality of PRACH occasions, and
• wherein the memory is configured to store the PRACH preamble.