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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2020
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Benoist Pierre Sebire, Minato-ku, JP;
Tero Henttonen, Espoo, FI;
Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Oulu, FI;
Samuli Heikki Turtinen, Ii, FI;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There are provided apparatuses, methods and computer program products. In accordance with an embodiment, there is disclosed a method including determining whether initiating a transmission of a signaling message using a small data transmission procedure is allowed in an inactive state of a user equipment; based on the determination causing the user equipment either to perform: transmitting the signaling message using the small data transmission procedure in the inactive state; or transmitting the signaling message using a procedure other than the small data transmission procedure.