METHOD OF INITIAL ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED DEVICE

1 . A method of initial access for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, in a synchronization signal block (SSB), a master information block (MIB) for configuring a first control resource set (CORESET) with physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a first DL bandwidth part (BWP);

receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration in the first DL BWP carrying a configuration for a first initial UL BWP, and a second RRC configuration in the first DL BWP carrying a configuration for a second DL BWP, a second CORESET, a first search space associated with the second CORESET, and a second initial UL BWP;

transmitting, to a cell, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in the second initial UL BWP; and

receiving downlink control information (DCI) in the first search space and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying a random access response scheduled by the DCI in the second DL BWP, wherein:

the second DL BWP includes the second CORESET,

the first DL BWP is associated with the first initial UL BWP, and

the second DL BWP is associated with the second initial UL BWP.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second DL BWP does not fully overlap the first DL BWP.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving second DCI in a second search space and a PDSCH carrying a paging message scheduled by the second DCI in the second DL BWP.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the configuration for the first search space associated with the second CORESET includes a number of repetitions for receiving the DCI.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving a plurality of repetitions of the DCI in a plurality of consecutive monitoring occasions of the first search space associated with the second CORESET, wherein:

each of the plurality of repetitions is received in a corresponding one of the plurality of consecutive monitoring occasions of the first search space associated with the second CORESET, and

a first repetition of the plurality of repetitions of the DCI is received in the (X+1)-th monitoring occasion of the plurality of consecutive monitoring occasions of the first search space associated with the second CORESET, X being the number of repetitions for receiving the DCI multiplied by a non-negative integer.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the second RRC configuration carrying the configuration for the first search space associated with the second CORESET is associated with a configuration of the second initial UL BWP, .

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a bandwidth of the second initial UL BWP is equal to or smaller than a maximum bandwidth of the UE.

8 . A user equipment (UE) for performing an initial access, the UE comprising:

at least one processor, ;and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing a computer-executable program that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the UE to:

receive, in a synchronization signal block (SSB), a master information block (MIB) for configuring a first control resource set (CORESET) with physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a first DL bandwidth part (BWP) ;

receive a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration in the first DL BWP carrying a configuration for a first initial UL BWP, and a second RRC configuration in the first DL BWP carrying a configuration for a second DL BWP, a second CORESET, a first search space associated with the second CORESET, and a second initial UL BWP;

transmit, to a cell, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in the second initial UL BWP; and

receive downlink control information (DCI) in the first search space and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying a random access response scheduled by the DCI in the second DL BWP, wherein:

the second DL BWP includes the second CORESET,

the first DL BWP is associated with the first initial UL BWP, and

the second DL BWP is associated with the second initial UL BWP.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the second DL BWP does not fully overlap the first DL BWP.

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable program further causes the UE to:

receive second DCI in a second search space and a PDSCH carrying a paging message scheduled by the second DCI in the second DL BWP.

11 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the configuration for the first search space associated with the second CORESET includes a number of repetitions for receiving the DCI.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the computer-executable program further causes the UE to:

receive a plurality of repetitions of the DCI in a plurality of consecutive monitoring occasions of the first search space associated with the second CORESET, wherein:

each of the plurality of repetitions is received in a corresponding one of the plurality of consecutive monitoring occasions of the first search space associated with the second CORESET, and

a first repetition of the plurality of repetitions of the DCI is received in the (X+1)-th monitoring occasion of the plurality of consecutive monitoring occasions of the first search space associated with the second CORESET, X being the number of repetitions for receiving the DCI multiplied by a non-negative integer.

13 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the second RRC configuration carrying the configuration for the first search space associated with the second CORESET is associated with a configuration of the second initial UL BWP.

14 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable program further processor causes the to:

a bandwidth of the initial UL BWP is equal to or smaller than a maximum bandwidth of the UE.