Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for wait timers of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN)
Store and Forward (S&F) in a
wireless communication
system, wherein a method for a UE comprises initiating a first procedure to a first network, wherein the first procedure is an attach, tracking area update (TAU) procedure, or a service
request procedure, receiving a configuration of a wait time for an S&F operation, starting a first
timer based on the wait time, wherein the UE is prohibited to initiate the first procedure to the first network for the S&F operation when the first
timer is running, and stopping the first
timer if the UE initiates or successfully completes a second procedure in a
cell of a second network, wherein the second procedure is an attach, TAU procedure, or a service
request procedure.