US Patent 12127270 Recovery/fallback after unsuccessful 2-step random access attempt

A method, system, network node and wireless device for random access are provided. In one or more embodiments, a wireless device is configured to communicate with a network node. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to: trigger a random access (RA) process; select a first beam for the RA process, the selected first beam being associated with a two-step RA configuration, a characteristic of the selected first beam being determined to meet a predefined threshold; and perform the RA process associated with the two-step RA configuration using the selected first beam.