Configured grant resource handling for small data transmission

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of CG resource handling for SDT. The method comprises receiving, from a second device, information indicative of availability of one or more candidate beams for a subsequent transmission after an initial transmission of a small data transmission procedure; and determining, based on the information, a set of target resources the subsequent transmission. With the solution of the present disclosure, the network may not need to monitor all the beams configured to the UE after the successful reception of the initial CG-SDT transmission, which may simplify the implements of the network and therefore improve the system performance. Meanwhile, the resources configured for multiple beams, which has been released or suspended by a UE, can be used for other UEs to increase resource efficiency given that likely the initial serving beam may remain the strongest throughout the entire SDT procedure.

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