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US 12,568,468 · App. 18/493,398 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Methods, devices, and systems for small data transmission

Inventors: Zhuang Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Zijiang Ma (Shenzhen, CN); Dapeng Li (Shenzhen, CN); Yin Gao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W68/02
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Patent No.
US 12,568,468
App. No.
18/493,398
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, system, and devices for configuring small data transmission in a telecommunication system are described. The method includes performing, by a first network node, a small data transmission (SDT) transmission to a user equipment (UE) by sending, by the first network node, a paging message to a second network node, the paging message configured to request the second network node to page the UE for the SDT transmission, wherein the paging message comprises SDT information, and the second network node pages the UE according to the SDT information.

Claims (38)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, from a first network node by a second network node, a paging message, the paging message configured to request the second network node to page a user equipment (UE) for a small data transmission (SDT) transmission, wherein the paging message comprises SDT information,

paging, by the second network node, the UE for the SDT transmission according to the SDT information; and

in response to sending a radio resource control (RRC) paging message to the UE, receiving, by the second network node, a RRC resume request message from the UE, the RRC resume request message comprising a SDT indicator to request resuming the UE in an inactive state for the SDT transmission.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first network node is a control unit of a base station (gNB-CU) and the second network node is a distributed unit of the base station (gNB-DU); or

the first network node is a first gNB and the second network node is a second gNB.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the SDT information comprises the SDT indicator indicating that the SDT transmission is expected.

4 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) paging message from a network node;

in response to the RRC paging message comprising small data transmission (SDT) information, performing, by the UE, SDT procedure by:

sending, by the UE, a RRC resume request message to the network node, the RRC resume request message comprising an SDT indicator to request resuming the UE in an inactive state for the SDT transmission.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein:

the SDT information comprises the SDT indicator indicating that the SDT transmission is expected.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein:

the network node is one of a distributed unit of a base station (gNB-DU) or a gNB.

7 . A network node comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the at least one processor executes the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the network node to:

receive, from another network node, a paging message, the paging message configured to request the network node to page a user equipment (UE) for a small data transmission (SDT) transmission, wherein the paging message comprises SDT information,

page the UE for the SDT transmission according to the SDT information, and

in response to sending a RRC paging message to the UE, receive a RRC resume request message from the UE, the RRC resume request message comprising a SDT indicator to request resuming the UE in an inactive state for the SDT transmission.

8 . The network node according to claim 7 , wherein:

the another network node is a control unit of a base station (gNB-CU) and the network node is a distributed unit of the base station (gNB-DU); or

the another network node is a first gNB and the network node is a second gNB.

9 . The network node according to claim 7 , wherein:

the SDT information comprises the SDT indicator indicating that the SDT transmission is expected.

10 . A device for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the at least one processor executes the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the device to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) paging message from a network node; and

in response to the RRC paging message comprising small data transmission (SDT) information, perform SDT procedure by:

sending a RRC resume request message to the network node, the RRC resume request message comprising an SDT indicator to request resuming the device in an inactive state for the SDT transmission.

11 . The device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the SDT information comprises the SDT indicator indicating that the SDT transmission is expected.

12 . The device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the network node is one of a distributed unit of a base station (gNB-DU) or a gNB.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: LIU, ZHUANG; MA, ZIJIANG; LI, DAPENG; GAO, YIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022088860 · Apr 24, 2022
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