摘要 |
Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling random access of a machine type communication (MTC) device in a wireless communication network providing an MTC service, and a wireless communication system providing an MTC service. The method includes inserting, at a base station, information about a random access preamble group for an MTC device and information about a random access time for an MTC device in system information (SI), and transmitting, at the base station, the SI to at least one MTC device. |