Patent ID: 11963148
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, the method comprising:
when an operating mode transition criterion for a user equipment (UE) is satisfied, transmitting, by the UE that is in a first operating mode to a network element in a communication network, a request message requesting to transition to an active operating mode, the active operating mode being different from the first operating mode;
performing, by the UE that is in the first operating mode to the network element, one or more grant-free transmissions of data before receiving a response to the request message from the network element,
wherein the one or more grant-free transmissions are performed after the transmitting the request message requesting to the transition to the active operating mode, or
wherein the one or more grant-free transmissions include the request message and a subsequent grant-free transmission;
receiving, by the UE from the network element, downlink data before receiving the response from the network element;
receiving, by the UE that is in the first operating mode from the network element, the response approving the transition; and
transitioning, by the UE, to the active operating mode.