	US 11,672,009 B2
	Performing overload control for random access channel
Samuli Turtinen, Ii (FI); Chunli Wu, Beijing (CN); Timo Koskela, Oulu (FI); Benoist Sebire, Tokyo (JP); Esa Malkamäki, Espoo (FI); and Yanji Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/55,369
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/094139 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/006670, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227582 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)

CPC H04W 74/0816 (2013.01) [H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 74/008 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code,

wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive at least one random access preamble from a user equipment;

configure at least one backoff indicator;

transmit the at least one backoff indicator to the user equipment in response to the at least one random access preamble; and

transmit at least one backoff configuration indicator to the user equipment in response to the at least one random access preamble,

wherein the at least one backoff configuration indicator is configured to indicate whether the at least one backoff indicator applies to:

a specific beam, or

a group of beams.