Systems and methods for optimized signaling for non IP data delivery (NIDD) communication

A network node for providing non-Internet Protocol, IP, data delivery in a wireless communication system, characterized in that the network node comprises:

• a network interface;
• and
• circuitry associated with the network interface operable to:
• receive, from an exposure function that exposes a core network to an application server, a non-IP data delivery request comprising data from the application server to be delivered to a wireless device via a non-IP data delivery procedure;
• make a determination as to whether to deliver the data to the wireless device via the non-IP data delivery procedure based on a power source status of a radio access network node associated with the wireless device and one or more additional criteria, wherein the non-IP data delivery request comprises an override indication, and the one or more additional criteria comprise a criterion that the data is to be delivered if the override indication is set regardless of the power source status of the radio access network node, and the power source status indicates whether or not the radio access network node is operating with a primary power source or a secondary power source where the radio access network node is capable of transmitting data to the wireless device regardless of whether the radio access network node is operating with the primary power source or the secondary power source.