Arrangement for low latency network access

1. An access node of a wireless network, comprising:

a wireless transceiver coupled to an antenna arrangement for communication of radio signals in a plurality of beams;

logic configured to control the wireless transceiver to:

transmit a plurality of synchronization signals in a period of a beam sweep, in which each of said synchronization signals identifies a beam-specific resource to be used when responding to the beam sweep; and

monitor dedicated resources allocated for omni-directional reception of a low latency message from a wireless terminal,

wherein said dedicated resources are continuously allocated in said period.

2. The access node of claim 1 , wherein said period includes a first part and a second part, wherein the synchronization signals are successively transmitted in said first part, and wherein the dedicated resources are allocated in said first and second part of said period.

3. The access node of claim 1 , wherein the logic is configured to control the wireless transceiver to

transmit, to the wireless terminal, information identifying said dedicated resources.

4. The access node of claim 3 , wherein the logic is configured to control the wireless transceiver to

receive a request from the wireless terminal to identify support of low latency initial access, wherein the transmission of the information identifying said dedicated resources is carried out responsive to said request.

5. The access node of claim 1 , wherein the logic is configured to

control the wireless transceiver to receive a first message from the wireless terminal in said dedicated resources.

6. The access node of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to issue a control signal to a receiving device connected to the wireless network, responsive to receiving the first message.

7. The access node of claim 5 , wherein the logic is configured to control the wireless transceiver to commence a new beam sweep responsive to receiving the first message.

8. The access node of claim 5 , wherein said first message identifies an access request from the wireless terminal.

9. The access node of claim 8 , wherein said first message identifies awareness, in the wireless terminal, of an uplink beam usable for communicating with the access node.

10. The access node of claim 9 , wherein is the logic is configured to control the wireless transceiver to

detect reception of a reference signal from the wireless terminal;

determine a downlink beam based on the received reference signal.

11. The access node of claim 10 , wherein said reference signal is received in said dedicated resources.

12. The access node of claim 9 , wherein the logic is configured to

control the wireless transceiver to receive a second message from the wireless terminal in said uplink beam.

13. A wireless terminal, comprising:

a wireless transceiver coupled to an antenna arrangement for communication of radio signals with a wireless network, which wireless network is configured to transmit a plurality of synchronization signals in a period of a beam sweep; and

logic configured to control the wireless transceiver to:

obtain information of dedicated resources of an access node of the wireless network, which dedicated resources are allocated for omni-directional low latency access and are continuously allocated in said period; and

transmit, to the access node, a first message in said dedicated resources.

14. The wireless terminal of claim 13 , wherein first message is transmitted at an unscheduled point in time.

15. An access node of a wireless network, comprising:

a wireless transceiver coupled to an antenna arrangement for communication of radio signals in a plurality of beams;

logic configured to control the wireless transceiver to:

transmit a plurality of synchronization signals in a period of a beam sweep, in which each of said synchronization signals identifies a beam-specific resource to be used when responding to the beam sweep;

monitor dedicated resources allocated for omni-directional reception of a low latency message from a wireless terminal;

control the wireless transceiver to receive a first message from the wireless terminal in said dedicated resources; and

commence a new beam sweep responsive to receiving the first message.