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FIG7 shows an example implementation flowchart according to the present disclosure
FIG7 presents an implementation scenario 700 (which is non-limiting) described below. In the following, a simple example of how the inactivity counter can be used to release the mapping between a QoS flow and a DRB is provided. It is worth noting that this is just an illustrative example and that the same procedure can also be used in other scenarios (e.g., for removing QoS flows in the RAN 318). A similar procedure can also be used at handover to decide to release the mapping between QoS flows and DRBs and/or to not admit some QoS flows (and corresponding DRBs). In FIG7, QFI3 is an (non-limiting) example for a QoS flow. DRB1 is a (non-limiting example) for a DRB.
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['1. A method (200) for a device (100) to manage a data flow (608; 618) in a wireless communication system, comprising: obtaining (202) a time period for which the data flow (608; 618) has been inactive,  characterized in that  the data flow (608; 618) is defined by a Quality of Service, QoS, requirement of data associated with the data flow (608; 618); and determining (204), based on the time period, to release a mapping between the data flow (608; 618) and a radio bearer (610).']