Communication policy control in a machine-to-machine communication system

A method of determining type of communication to be used by a client entity reporting data to a server entity in a machine-to-machine communication system, the client entity and server entity having at least two different available communication types between each other, the method comprising a communication policy control device:

• monitoring a connection state of communication according to a current communication type over a current communication medium;
• identifying system parameters affected by the connection state;
• selecting a communication policy based on the affected system parameters, the communication policy setting out rules for the use of one or more communication types;
• activating communication over a communication medium according to a communication type specified by the selected communication policy, if not already in place;
• and
• wherein each communication type defines a type of data exchange over a corresponding type of network.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a computer program product for determining type of communication to be used by a client entity reporting data to a server entity in a machine-to-machine communication system, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on processing circuitry of a communication policy control device, causes the communication policy control device to:

• monitor a connection state of communication according to a current communication type over a current communication medium;
• identify system parameters affected by the connection state;
• select a communication policy based on the affected system parameters, the communication policy setting out rules for the use of one or more communication types;
• activate communication over a communication medium according to a communication type specified by the selected communication policy, if not already in place;
• and
• wherein each communication type defines a type of data exchange over a corresponding type of network.