Cell selection and resource allocation thresholds

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to
• transmit synchronization signal blocks to a user equipment;
• and
• receive a physical random access channel preamble using random access channel resources that correspond to selected synchronization signal blocks, wherein the selected synchronization signal blocks do not meet a random access channel resource selection threshold, but meet a cell selection threshold, wherein selection of the synchronization signal blocks is based on measured call quality of one or more cells, wherein the cell quality of each cell of the one or more cells is based on averaging a quality of a plurality of the cell's best beams meeting a cell selection threshold.

A method comprising:

• measuring, at a user equipment, a cell quality of one or more cells, wherein the cell quality of each cell of the one or more cells is based on averaging a quality of a plurality of the cell's best beams meeting a cell selection threshold;
• detecting, at the user equipment, synchronization signal blocks in the one or more cells;
• selecting a best cell from the one or more cells based on the cell quality;
• determining that the synchronization signal blocks of the best cell do not meet a random access channel resource selection threshold;
• and
• selecting random access channel resources of the best cell that correspond to the synchronization signal blocks of the best cell meeting the cell selection threshold.