Unlike the contention-based random access, non-contention-based random access can be terminated when UE receives a random access response.
Non-contention-based random access can be initiated in response to handover and/or a request, such as a command from an eNodeB. In the two cases, contention-based random access can be performed.
UE receives a designated random access preamble without a contention possibility from an eNodeB. The allocation of the random access preamble may be performed in response to a handover command and a PDCCH command (S910).
After the random access preamble designated to the UE is allocated to the UE, the UE transmits the corresponding random access preamble to the eNodeB (S920).
When the random access preamble is received, the eNodeB transmits a random access response to the UE as a response (S930). For a procedure related to the random access response, reference can be made to S820 of
A method for a contention resolution in random access is described below.