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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Hsiang Wu, Taoyuan City, TW;
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A DU and/or a CU of a distributed base station implement the techniques of this disclosure to support early data transmission from a UE operating in an inactive or idle state. In some embodiments, the DU receives () a MAC PDU from the UE when the radio connection between the UE and the DU is not active (). The DU provides () the data packet included in the MAC PDU to the CU while preventing () the CU from initiating a procedure for resuming the radio connection. In this manner, the base station avoids an unnecessary transition of the UE to the connected state. The CU may then proceed with releasing () radio resources or otherwise determining to reactivate the radio connection.