User equipment, radio network node and methods performed therein for handling communication in a wireless communication network

1. A method performed by a user equipment, UE, for handling communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

receiving configuration data that indicates that, for one or more certain random access channel, RACH, access events or for one or more certain services which trigger a RACH access event, the UE should skip backoff behavior on a currently used beam and should change beam from the currently used beam to a currently non-used beam;

transmitting, on a first beam, a random access preamble for a random access procedure that is for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services;

receiving a random access response, RAR, for the random access procedure, wherein the RAR comprises a backoff indicator BI, indicating that a load of the first beam is above a threshold; and

responsive to receiving the configuration data and receiving the BI in the RAR for the random access procedure being for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services, transmitting a random access preamble in a second beam that is different than the first beam without performing a backoff operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

selecting the second beam by the UE based on the BI.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration data is received in the RAR.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration data is indicated by a value of one or two bits.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the one or more certain RACH access events and the one or more certain services that trigger a RACH access event are sensitive to latencies.

6. A method performed by a radio network node for handling communication of a user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

transmitting configuration data to the UE, wherein the configuration data indicates that, for one or more certain random access channel, RACH, access events or for one or more certain services which trigger a RACH access event, whether the UE should skip backoff behaviour or not and thereby indicating whether the UE, without performing a backoff operation indicated in a random access response, RAR, should change beam to transmit a preamble on or not for the one or more certain RACH access events or for the one or more certain services which trigger a RACH access event.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the configuration data is signaled in the RAR of a random access procedure.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the configuration data is indicated by a value of one or two bits.

9. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving a first preamble from the UE in a first beam during a random access procedure that is for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services;

obtaining a load of the first beam served by the radio network node;

transmitting the RAR, comprising an indicator indicating the obtained load of the first beam; and

receiving the first preamble or another preamble in a second beam for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services, wherein the second beam is different than the first beam.

10. The method according to claim 6 wherein the one or more certain RACH access events and the one or more certain services that trigger a RACH access event are sensitive to latencies.

11. A user equipment, UE, for handling communication in a wireless communication network, comprising:

a memory; and

processing circuitry configured to cause the UE to:

receive configuration data that indicates that, for one or more certain random access channel, RACH, access events or for one or more certain services which trigger a RACH access event, the UE should skip backoff behavior on a currently used beam and should change beam from the currently used beam to a currently non-used beam;

transmit, on a first beam, a random access preamble for a random access procedure that is for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services;

receive a random access response, RAR, for the random access procedure, wherein the RAR comprises a backoff indicator, BI, indicating that a load of the first beam is above a threshold;

responsive to receiving the configuration data and receiving the BI in the RAR for the random access procedure being for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services, transmit a random access preamble in a second beam that is different than the first beam without performing a backoff operation.

12. The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the UE is further configured to:

select the second beam based on the BI.

13. The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the configuration data is received in the RAR.

14. The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the configuration data is indicated by a value of one or two bits.

15. A radio network node for handling communication of a user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication network, the radio network node comprising:

a memory; and

processing circuitry configured to cause the radio network node to:

transmit configuration data to the UE, wherein the configuration data indicates that for one or more certain random access channel, RACH, access events or for one or more certain services which trigger a RACH access event, whether the UE should skip backoff behaviour or not and thereby indicating whether the UE, without performing a backoff operation indicated in a random access response, RAR, should change beam to transmit a preamble on or not for the one or more certain RACH access events or for the one or more certain services which trigger a RACH access event.

16. The radio network node according to claim 15 , wherein the configuration data is signaled in the RAR of a random access procedure.

17. The radio network node according to claim 15 , wherein the configuration data is indicated by a value of one or two bits.

18. The radio network node according to claim 15 , wherein the radio network node is further configured to:

receive a first preamble from the UE in a first beam during a random access procedure that is for one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services;

obtain a load of the first beam served by the radio network node;

transmit the RAR, comprising an indicator indicating the obtained load of the first beam; and

receive the first preamble or another preamble in a second beam one of the one or more certain RACH access events or triggered by one of the one or more certain services, wherein the second beam is different than the first beam.