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In this chapter, the random access procedure for mMTC is discussed. First, the grant-based random access including the long term evolution (LTE) random access channel (RACH) is introduced. Then a suitable random access procedure for mMTC called grant-free random access is presented.
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Wang, F., Ma, G. (2019). Random Access Procedure for mMTC. In: Massive Machine Type Communications. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13574-4_2
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