Various embodiments herein are directed to the request of Msg3 physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions. In order to improve the coverage, repetition is supported for Msg3 PUSCH during the 4-step RACH procedure. In this case, either separate PRACH occasions or shared PRACH occasions with separate PRACH preambles may be configured to differentiate the enhanced UE that requests the Msg3 PUSCH repetition and legacy UEs that do not.