A method (1000) is provided by a
user equipment, UE (112), configured for Mobile Terminated-
Small Data Transmission, MT-SDT for early Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, reporting. The method includes receiving (1002), before a
Radio Resource Control, RRC, connection is established with a network node (110), information indicating at least one Reference
Signal, RS. The UE receives (1004), from the network node, the at least one RS. Based on the at least one RS, the UE performs (1006) at least one CSI measurement. Before the RRC connection is established with the network node, the UE transmits (1008), to the network node, CSI associated with the at least one CSI measurement.