Methods and apparatuses for handling time alignment for a small data transmission procedure
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsRan Yue, Haiming Wang, Lianhai Wu, Jie Shi, Jing Han
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for handling time alignment for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure of a user equipment (UE). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), indication information, wherein the indication information indicates that a base station (BS) supports a small data transmission (SDT) procedure, and wherein the UE is capable to perform the SDT procedure; and receiving configuration information regarding a time alignment timer (TAT) for the SDT procedure.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to cause the apparatus to:
- receive, by a user equipment (UE), indication information, wherein the indication information indicates that a base station (BS) supports a small data transmission (SDT) procedure, and wherein the UE is capable to perform the SDT procedure;
- and
- receive configuration information regarding a time alignment timer (TAT) for the SDT procedure.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to cause the apparatus to:
- transmit, to a user equipment (UE), indication information to indicate that a base station (BS) supports a small data transmission (SDT) procedure;
- and
- transmit, to the UE, configuration information regarding a time alignment timer (TAT) for the SDT procedure.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a user equipment (UE), indication information, wherein the indication information indicates that a base station (BS) supports a small data transmission (SDT) procedure, and wherein the UE is capable to perform the SDT procedure;
- and
- receiving configuration information regarding a time alignment timer (TAT) for the SDT procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.