ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,515, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland).
"Indication for small data transmission" was invented by Daniela Laselva (Klarup, Denmark) and Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas (Gistrup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention inter alia relates to a user equipment comprising means configured to transmit, to the network, first data in a small data transmission procedure in a non-connected state; and during said small data transmission procedure in the non-connected state, transmit, to the network, an indication for transmission of second data, the second data becoming available for transmission...