Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a random access preamble; receiving a random access response message that includes a plurality of uplink grants associated with the random access preamble, in which each uplink grant in the plurality of uplink grants is associated with a different transmission resource; selecting an uplink grant from the plurality of uplink grants; and transmitting using the selected uplink grant. A method of wireless communication at a network access device includes receiving a random access preamble; and transmitting a random access response message that includes a plurality of uplink grants associated with the random access preamble, in which each uplink grant in the plurality of uplink grants is associated with a different transmission resource.