Patent ID: 8705434

Claim:
A method in a radio network controller of a wireless communication network, for supporting a user equipment entering a transmission procedure, wherein the radio network controller communicates with at least one user equipment via layer 3 signaling and wherein the type of transmission procedure is one of a Random Access Channel, RACH, procedure and an enhanced uplink in CELL FACH state procedure, the method comprising: configuring a first set of transmission control parameters, comprising at least one of: i) a persistence value and ii) a back-off time parameter specifying a wait time for performing a test to enter the Random Access Channel, RACH, procedure, both the persistence value and the back-off time parameter being associated with timing for a user equipment entering the Random Access Channel, RACH, procedure; configuring a second set of transmission control parameters, comprising at least one of: iii) a persistence value and iv) a back-off time parameter specifying a wait time for performing a test to enter the enhanced uplink in CELL FACH state procedure, both the persistence value and the back-off time parameter being associated with timing for a user equipment entering the enhanced uplink in CELL_FACH state procedure; and controlling the timing for entering the transmission procedure for the at least one user equipment depending on the type of transmission procedure, by transmitting at least the second set of transmission control parameters to the at least one user equipment.