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

Claim 14:
15. A network element in a communication network, the network element comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming, the programming including instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the network element to perform operations of:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE) that is in a first operating mode, a request message requesting to transition the UE to an active operating mode, the active operating mode being different from the first operating mode;
receiving, from the UE that is in the first operating mode, one or more grant-free transmissions of data before the network element transmitting a response to the request message to the UE,
wherein the one or more grant-free transmissions are received after the receiving 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;
transmitting, to the UE, downlink data before transmitting the response to the UE;
transmitting, to the UE that is in the first operating mode, the response approving the transition; and
communicating, with the UE that is in the active operating mode.