Method for operating a wireless communication device

Wireless communication device operating in a cellular network, the wireless communication device comprising a communication unit and a controlling appliance, interconnected by a control interface, the communication unit comprising a network access manager unit, the communication unit being configured to:

• receive from the cellular network a network access guidance,
• handle the network access guidance at the network access manager unit,
• as part of handling the network access guidance, interpret the received network access guidance, wherein the interpreting includes converting the network access guidance from a network signaling context to a controlling appliance context, and provide such converted information relating to the network access guidance from the network access manager unit of the wireless communication device to the controlling appliance of the wireless communication device,
• ascertain by means of the control interface from the controlling appliance a response relating to the network access guidance, and
• handle in the network access manager unit the response relating to said network access guidance.

A system comprising:

• a remote server configured to:
• receive a message from a first wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is a machine-type communication device, said message indicating a network access guidance received at the first wireless communication device, wherein the network access guidance comprises one or more instructions on how wireless devices are to behave when operating in a cellular network, and
• send in response to said reception at least one message to at least one second wireless communication device different from the first wireless communication device, said message comprising a recommendation for behavior of said at least one second wireless communication device;
• and
• the first wireless communication device configured to:
• receive from the cellular network the network access guidance,
• handle the received network access guidance at a network access manager unit of the first wireless communication device,
• as part of handling the network access guidance, interpret the received network access guidance, wherein the interpreting includes converting the network access guidance from a network signaling context to a controlling appliance context, and providing such converted information relating to the network access guidance from the network access manager unit of the first wireless communication device to a controlling appliance of the first wireless communication device,
• ascertain by means of a control interface from the controlling appliance a response relating to said network access guidance, and
• handle in the network access manager unit the response relating to said network access guidance.