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1. A method for configuring a random access procedure to be performed by a user equipment (UE) when handing over from a serving cell to a target cell in a cellular network, the method being performed by a base station associated with the serving cell and comprising: determining whether a load and/or a channel occupancy in the target cell is below a predetermined threshold; as a result of determining that the load and/or the channel occupancy in the target cell is below the predetermined threshold, selecting a two-step random access procedure from among a plurality of types of random access procedures; and triggering sending, to the UE, a message related to the handover from the serving cell to the target cell, the message including an indication of a preferred type of random access procedure to be performed by the UE with the target cell, wherein the preferred type of random access procedure corresponds to the two-step random access procedure, wherein the message includes one or more parameters defining characteristics of the two-step random access procedure to be performed by the UE with the target cell, and the one or more parameters include at least one of: a parameter indicating whether a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is to be included in a first message of the two-step random access procedure sent from the UE to the target cell, or a parameter indicating which among a plurality of DMRSs configured by the cellular network is to be selected as the DMRS to be included in the first message.
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