In some embodiments, the type of service (or services) that trigger the random access is taken into account in the selection of set of allowed random access resources.
In some embodiments, the quality of service or performance requirements of the communication or service that triggered the random access is taken into account in the selection of set of allowed random access resources.
In some embodiments, the latency requirements are taken into account in the selection of set of allowed random access resources. For example, for a shorter latency, random access resources closer in time may be selected.
In some embodiments, a need to receive system information is taken into account in the selection of set of allowed random access resources.
In some embodiments, requests to receive different pieces system information correspond to different selections of sets of allowed random access resources.
In some embodiments, a random access signal transmission corresponding to a request to receive a certain piece of system information as outlined above, is followed by the requested piece of system information as a random access response, or in connection with the random access response.