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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralf Rossbach, Munich, DE;
Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US);
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US);
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE generates a first information for the UE for transmission to a network device. The first information is associated with a small data transmission (SDT) procedure in an inactive state of the UE. The UE obtains a first configuration information from the network device. The first configuration information is determined with reference to the first information. The UE determines whether to perform the SDT procedure in the inactive state according to the first configuration information. The UE, in response to determining to perform the SDT procedure in the inactive state, performs the SDT procedure in the inactive state according to the first configuration information.