| abstract |
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for Mobile Terminated (MT) Early Data Transfer (EDT). In one example, a method involves receiving, by a node of the RAN, an MT EDT indication and information indicating downlink data for transmission to a User Equipment (UE) served by the RAN. The method also involves determining, based on the information indicative of the downlink data, to initiate an MT EDT to transmit the downlink data to the UE. The method also involves generating a Radio Resource Control (RRC) paging message, the RRC paging message including: (i) the MT EDT indication, (ii) an indication of contention-free (CF) Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources, and (iii) an indication of an EDT-radio network temporary identifier (EDT-RNTI). Further, the method involves transmitting the RRC paging message to the UE. |