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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Vodafone Group Services Limited, Newbury, GB;
Chandrika Worrall, London, GB;
Alexey Kulakov, London, GB;
Vodafone Group Services Limited, Newbury, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for facilitating Small Data Transmissions (SDT) in a mobile telecommunications network. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method comprising receiving, at a base station of the mobile telecommunications network, a portion of data to be transmitted to a terminal connected to the mobile telecommunications network; determining a transmission size indicator for the portion of data; and providing an enhanced paging message to the terminal, the enhanced paging message including the transmission size indicator, wherein the enhanced paging message is configured to allow the terminal to determine a required terminal connection state, for receiving the portion of data, based on the transmission size indicator.