CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) | 22 Claims |
1. A device comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to:
transmit a random access request from the device to a further device, the random access request comprising a preamble of the device;
receive a random access response to the random access request from the further device, the random access response comprising an indication as to the number of transmission opportunities granted for a set of devices of which random access requests are responded,
wherein the indication is indicating the number of transmission opportunities with a time domain offset from an uplink grant, and
wherein one of the number of transmission opportunities are of a continuous uplink grant following the uplink grant, or the number of transmission opportunities with a frequency offset to resources physical resource blocks is provided in the uplink grant;
in response to determining that the random access response comprises a preamble identification of the device, determine the number of transmission opportunities granted for the device based on the indication; and
determine a set of transmission resources for the device based at least in part on the number of the transmission opportunities.
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