A method of operation of a wireless device in a wireless network, comprising: receiving, from a first network node, a first message that instructs the wireless device to suspend a connection between the wireless device and the wireless network where, upon receiving the first message, the wireless device stores a wireless device context of the wireless device and enters a suspended mode of operation; upon an occurrence of a triggering event, transmitting, to a second network node, a second message that requests that the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network be resumed, the second message comprising a resume identifier and the resume identifier comprising: a part that identifies the first network node to which the wireless device was connected upon suspending the connection; and a part that identifies the wireless device; and receiving, from the second network node, a third message that indicates that the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network is being resumed using the stored wireless device context of the wireless device, wherein a Medium Access Control, MAC, control element associated with the third message comprises a copy of a portion of the second message that requests that the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network be resumed, and wherein the second message is transmitted in an uplink common control channel service data unit, and the portion of the second message is provided by truncating the uplink common control channel service data unit to 48 bits. receiving, from a first network node, a first message that instructs the wireless device to suspend a connection between the wireless device and the wireless network where, upon receiving the first message, the wireless device stores a wireless device context of the wireless device and enters a suspended mode of operation; upon an occurrence of a triggering event, transmitting, to a second network node, a second message that requests that the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network be resumed, the second message comprising a resume identifier and the resume identifier comprising: a part that identifies the first network node to which the wireless device was connected upon suspending the connection; and a part that identifies the wireless device; and a part that identifies the first network node to which the wireless device was connected upon suspending the connection; and a part that identifies the wireless device; and receiving, from the second network node, a third message that indicates that the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network is being resumed using the stored wireless device context of the wireless device, wherein a Medium Access Control, MAC, control element associated with the third message comprises a copy of a portion of the second message that requests that the connection between the wireless device and the wireless network be resumed, and wherein the second message is transmitted in an uplink common control channel service data unit, and the portion of the second message is provided by truncating the uplink common control channel service data unit to 48 bits.