CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 16/02 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, a power threshold for selection of a cell, comprising a normal uplink and a supplementary uplink, for communications using a network slice;
determining to use the supplementary uplink of the cell for random access based on:
a received power associated with the cell satisfying the power threshold;
the normal uplink of the cell not operating within a frequency range of the network slice; and
the supplementary uplink of the cell operating within the frequency range of the network slice; and
sending, via the supplementary uplink of the cell, at least one message associated with the random access.
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