Network assistance information on UE context retrieval latency for enabling power saving

A terminal device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device at least to perform:
• maintaining, in said at least one memory, a configuration for a radio resource control inactive state of the terminal device, wherein the configuration comprises at least information on a radio access network notification area assigned for the terminal device;
• acquiring information on an expected latency of incoming radio resource control messages within the radio access network notification area;
• and
• in response to triggering a radio resource control connection resume procedure, performing the following:
• transmitting a radio resource control connection resume request to a target access node,
• starting a timer defined based on the information on the expected latency of the radio resource control messages,
• in response to the timer expiring, initiating monitoring of incoming radio resource control messages, and
• in response to receiving a radio resource control connection resume message from the target access node, activating a radio resource control connected state of the terminal device.