A method in a user equipment , the method comprising: receiving an indication that a cell in a carrier frequency supports a 2-step random access procedure in addition to a 4-step random access procedure; transmitting a physical random access channel preamble on a first time-frequency resource; transmitting a physical uplink channel carrying data, where the physical uplink channel carrying the data is associated with the transmitted physical random access channel preamble; and receiving, in response to the transmitted physical random access channel preamble and the transmitted physical uplink channel carrying the data, a user equipment specific channel within a random access response window; and selecting between the 2-step random access procedure and the 4-step random access procedure, wherein the physical random access channel preamble is transmitted and the physical uplink channel carrying the data is transmitted, when the 2-step random access procedure is selected; receiving information of a reference signal received power threshold value, wherein selecting between the 2-step random access procedure and the 4-step random access procedure is based on a reference signal received power measurement, where the 2-step random access procedure is selected if the reference signal received power measurement is greater than the reference signal received power threshold value, and the 4-step random access procedure is selected if the reference signal received power measurement is equal to or less than the reference signal received power threshold value; and wherein the data includes a user equipment identity. receiving an indication that a cell in a carrier frequency supports a 2-step random access procedure in addition to a 4-step random access procedure; transmitting a physical random access channel preamble on a first time-frequency resource; transmitting a physical uplink channel carrying data, where the physical uplink channel carrying the data is associated with the transmitted physical random access channel preamble; and receiving, in response to the transmitted physical random access channel preamble and the transmitted physical uplink channel carrying the data, a user equipment specific channel within a random access response window; and selecting between the 2-step random access procedure and the 4-step random access procedure, wherein the physical random access channel preamble is transmitted and the physical uplink channel carrying the data is transmitted, when the 2-step random access procedure is selected; receiving information of a reference signal received power threshold value, wherein selecting between the 2-step random access procedure and the 4-step random access procedure is based on a reference signal received power measurement, where the 2-step random access procedure is selected if the reference signal received power measurement is greater than the reference signal received power threshold value, and the 4-step random access procedure is selected if the reference signal received power measurement is equal to or less than the reference signal received power threshold value; and wherein the data includes a user equipment identity. <EOS>