Contention based random access procedure involves below four steps:

1. Random access preamble transmission.

Once UE has selected a cell reads SIB 2 which contains important parameters like Initial target power, power ramp
step, maximum number of attempts, channel configuration(PRACH configuration index),Preamble format, root
sequence index, cyclic shift for initial system access(i.e.)to send preamble sequence.
2. Random access response.
RAR Message contains timing alignment, UL grant, Temp C-RNTI.
3. Scheduled transmission.
UE uses the allocated resources from Step2 to transmit the message RRC connection request which contains UE
Identity such as S-TMSI or 40 bit random number.
4. Contention resolution
The eNB sends a UE Contention Resolution Identity message on the downlink directed to the temporary C-RNTI. If
the UE sees its temporary C-RNTI on the PDCCH and its 40-bit UE ID in the message, then its transmission was
successfully received.
As RRC connection request message (Step 3) is sent on PUSCH channel with higher payload UE applies additional
power offset (delta preamble messag3) with reference to the last preamble where Step1 is success. As step3 UE
power is linked to step1 power we need to make sure step1 succeLength of preamble sequence is 839.
Six resource blocks contain 6 * 12 = 72 15 kHz subcarriers, occupying a total of 72 * 15 = 1.08 MHz of spectrum.
Random access preambles use 864 subcarriers of 1.25 kHz BW (1 / 800 micro sec) within the same amount of
spectrum. The one preamble sequence uses 839 of these subcarriers in the center of the resource blocks with the
remaining 25 used as guard subcarriers on either side ( 13 guard subcarriers on the upper side and 12 guard
subcarriers on the lower side) to avoid interference with subcarriers of adjacent resource blocks.
Periodicity of SIB1 is always 80ms. However scheduling info ( periodicity) of other SIB's is provided in the SIB1 in
three variables - si-Periodicity, sib-MappingInfo and si-WindowLength.