Method for uplink transmission in a 5G NR system

A user equipment comprising:

• at least one wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• computer-readable storage media comprising instructions, responsive to execution by the processor, for directing the user equipment (UE) to:
• receive, from a base station, a first radio resource control message;
• determine that the first radio resource control message does not include a specific field associated with configuring a skip uplink transmission function at the UE;
• and
• in response to the determination that the first radio resource control message does not include the specific field, disable the skip uplink transmission function at the UE.

A base station comprising:

• at least one wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• computer-readable storage media comprising instructions, responsive to execution by the processor, for directing the base station to:
• configure a first radio resource control message with a configuration to disable a skip uplink transmission function at a user equipment (UE) by not including, in the first radio resource control message, a specific field associated with configuring the skip uplink transmission function;
• and
• transmit the first radio resource control message to the UE.