Patent ID: 11917694
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A method performed by a base station of a wireless communication network to support random access by wireless devices to the wireless communication network, the method comprising:
receiving a random access to a carrier from a wireless device based on a first configuration of one or more uplink (UL) random access parameters for the carrier, wherein the first configuration is identified by or associated with a first index selected by the wireless device from a plurality of indices, wherein each index of the plurality identifies or is associated with the following: one or more downlink (DL) bandwidth parts (BWPs) of the carrier, and a configuration of one or more UL random access parameters for the carrier;
selecting one or more downlink (DL) BWPs of the carrier based on an association between the first index and the one or more DL BWPs; and
transmitting respective one or more random access responses to the wireless device in the one or more DL BWPs associated with the first index.