| CPC H04W 36/0079 (2018.08) [H04W 36/04 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] | 12 Claims | 

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               1. A method for resuming a connection in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: 
            sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) resume request to a network node to initiate an RRC connection resume procedure; 
                starting a timer for the RRC connection resume procedure, wherein an expiration of the timer stops the RRC connection resume procedure for the UE; 
                stopping the timer upon one of the following: 
                the UE receiving a suspend message; and 
                  the UE receiving a release message; and 
                in response to stopping the timer upon the UE receiving the suspend message: 
              delaying, for a first period of time, actions which the UE is to execute after receiving the suspend message; 
                  indicating a suspension of the RRC connection resume procedure to upper layers; and 
                  configuring lower layers to suspend an integrity protection. 
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