The present invention, in accordance with one or more various embodiments, is described in detail with reference to the following Figures. The drawings are provided for purposes of illustration only and merely depict exemplary embodiments of the invention. These drawings are provided to facilitate the reader's understanding of the invention and should not be considered limiting of the breadth, scope, or applicability of the invention. It should be noted that for clarity and ease of illustration these drawings are not necessarily made to scale.
FIG. 1 illustrates a flow chart of a procedure for a device to access a network, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates part of the procedure of FIG. 1 in more detail, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates part of the procedure of FIG. 1 in more detail, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a periodic burst signal, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a burst signal that includes one or more synchronizations signals and plural measurement RS's, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 6 illustrates two examples of four sets of allowed random access resources, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.