Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular, to methods for data transmission and a terminal device. The method is implemented in a terminal device in a sleep state or an inactive state. The method includes: transmitting an uplink (UL) indication signal on an UL preconfigured resource unit, where the UL preconfigured resource unit is a preconfigured periodic UL transmission resource unit, and the UL indication signal includes an UL sequence or UL data.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method, a device, and a storage medium for instructing a minimum scheduling offset. The method for instructing the minimum scheduling offset is applied in terminal equipment and includes: in a switch back period, receiving a minimum scheduling offset switching indication, the minimum scheduling offset switching indication to instruct switching the minimum scheduling offset from a first minimum value to a second minimum value; and causing the minimum scheduling offset to switch back to a third minimum value in another switch back period after the switch back period.