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US 12,543,241 · App. 19/170,230 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Control for non-SDT data transmission

Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen (Oulu, FI); Samuli Heikki Turtinen (Ii, FI); Chunli Wu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,543,241
App. No.
19/170,230
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer-readable storage medium for controlling DCCH based non-Small Data Transmission (SDT) data arrival. In some example embodiments, a terminal device transmits an indication an availability of non-Small Data Transmission (SDT) data to a network device during a SDT procedure. The terminal device monitors for a response to the indication, and performs an action comprising in response to absence of the response to the indication of the non-SDT data. The action comprises: entering an idle or inactive state and/or initiating a connection setup or resume request to the network device.

Claims (44)

1 . A terminal device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to perform at least:

transmitting, to a network device, in user equipment (UE) assistance information, an indication of an availability of non-Small Data Transmission (SDT) data during a SDT procedure;

monitoring for a response to the indication until expiration of a SDT failure timer following a predetermined duration of time elapsing; and

in an instance in which the SDT failure timer expires following the predetermined duration of time elapsing without the terminal device receiving a response to the indication of the availability of the non-SDT data during the SDT procedure, performing one or more actions comprising:

entering an idle state, and

retransmitting the indication of the availability of non-SDT data.

2 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the non-SDT data comprises data available on a radio bearer not configured as allowed for SDT.

3 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the SDT failure timer for the monitoring is stopped upon at least one of: a cell reselection being initiated by the terminal device or the terminal device receiving a response to the indication of the availability of the non-SDT data during the SDT procedure.

4 . The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the response to the indication of the availability of the non-SDT data during the SDT procedure comprises at least one of:

an RRCResume message;

an RRCSetup message;

an RRCRelease message;

an RRCReleasewithsuspendConfig message; or

an RRCReject message.

5 . A method implemented in a terminal device, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a network device, in user equipment (UE) assistance information, an indication of an availability of non-Small Data Transmission (SDT) data during a SDT procedure;

monitoring for a response to the indication until expiration of a SDT failure timer following a predetermined duration of time elapsing; and

in an instance in which the SDT failure timer expires following the predetermined duration of time elapsing without the terminal device receiving a response to the indication of the availability of non-SDT data during the SDT procedure, performing one or more actions comprising:

entering an idle state, and

retransmitting the indication of the availability of non-SDT data.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the non-SDT data comprises data available on a radio bearer not configured as allowed for SDT.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the SDT failure timer for the monitoring is stopped upon at least one of: a cell reselection being initiated by the terminal device or the terminal device receiving a response to the indication of the availability of non-SDT data during the SDT procedure.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the response to the indication of the availability of non-SDT data during the SDT procedure comprises at least one of:

an RRCResume message;

an RRCSetup message;

an RRCRelease message;

an RRCReleasewithsuspendConfig message; or

an RRCReject message.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform at least:

transmitting, to a network device, in user equipment (UE) assistance information, an indication of an availability of non-Small Data Transmission (SDT) data during a SDT procedure;

monitoring for a response to the indication until expiration of a SDT failure timer following a predetermined duration of time elapsing; and

in an instance in which the SDT failure timer expires following the predetermined duration of time elapsing without the terminal device receiving a response to the indication of the availability of the non-SDT data during the SDT procedure, performing one or more actions comprising:

entering an idle state, and

retransmitting the indication of the availability of non-SDT data.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the non-SDT data comprises data available on a radio bearer not configured as allowed for SDT.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the SDT failure timer for the monitoring is stopped upon at least one of: a cell reselection being initiated by the terminal device or the terminal device receiving a response to the indication of the availability of the non-SDT data during the SDT procedure.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the response to the indication of the availability of the non-SDT data during the SDT procedure comprises at least one of:

an RRCResume message;

an RRCSetup message;

an RRCRelease message;

an RRCReleasewithsuspendConfig message; or

an RRCReject message.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2025
From: KOSKINEN, JUSSI-PEKKA; TURTINEN, SAMULI HEIKKI
To: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Reel/Frame 073115/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2025
From: WU, CHUNLI
To: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073115/0152 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2025
From: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 073115/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2025
From: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 073115/0283 →
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