The document discusses different methods for scheduling uplink transmissions in LTE including Buffer Status Report (BSR), Scheduling Request (SR), and Random Access procedures. It distinguishes between contention-based and non-contention based random access, with non-contention used for positioning, handover, and downlink data when in connected state, and contention-based used for establishing connections, reestablishing connections, and initiating uplink/downlink data transfers. It details the messages involved in contention-based random access including Message 3.