Patent ID: 11910441
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code,
wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
receive a configuration for uplink physical random access channel transmissions, wherein the configuration comprises one or more conditions for applying short control signaling exemption to the uplink physical random access channel transmissions;

determine whether the short control signaling exemption can be applied to the uplink physical random access channel transmissions based on the one or more conditions; and
based on the determination, either:
transmit the uplink physical random access channel transmissions using the short control signaling exemption, or
perform a listen before talk procedure and either transmit the uplink physical random access channel transmissions or determine to not transmit the uplink physical random access channel transmissions depending on a result of the listen before talk procedure.