Patent ID: 11968722
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code being configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform:
configuring, at an access device of a network, resources for a proxy-based random access operation to the network;
transmitting, by the access device, an indication of the configured resources and of at least one identified support device and of a plurality of identified terminal devices to use the proxy-based random access operation, wherein the at least one support device is instructed by the indication to act as a proxy for the proxy-based random access operation;

wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform:
transmitting the indication in response to a determination of an overload situation of the network, and
determining the overload situation if a group paging request has been received from the network.