Methods and nodes for communication using preconfigured resource configurations

A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) in a communications network, the method comprising:

• receiving a broadcast from a base station, wherein the broadcast comprises an indication indicating whether the UE is allowed to use a preconfigured resource configuration associated with the UE;
• and
• determining, based on the indication in the broadcast, whether the UE is allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration,
• wherein the indication indicating whether the UE is allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration associated with the UE is a first broadcasted control value and wherein the step of determining whether the UE is allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration further comprises:
• comparing the first broadcasted control value to a first control value, wherein the first broadcasted control value comprises a first time stamp value and the first control value comprises a second time stamp value, wherein the second time stamp value is a time the UE was configured with the preconfigured resource configuration;
• determining whether the second time stamp value is newer than, or equal to, the first time stamp value, and
• responsive to the second time stamp value being older than the first time stamp value, determining that the UE is not allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration, wherein the first time stamp value comprises a current time stamp value based on a time at which an event occurs at the base station.