LTE gateways for home and commercial sensor data

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• receiving, by the processing system, data from a machine-type communication (MTC) device located at premises, wherein the processing system, a plurality of MTC devices, and a plurality of human traffic communication (HTC) devices are located at the premises;
• receiving, by the processing system, an identifier of the MTC device from the MTC device;
• responsive to the receiving of the identifier, comparing, by the processing system, the identifier with a list of identifiers, wherein the list of identifiers is stored on a storage device located at the premises, and wherein the storage device is coupled to the processing system;
• and
• responsive to determining that the MTC device is a listed device based on the comparing:
• storing the data at the processing system;
• determining that the data has been retained by the processing system for a predetermined time period in accordance with the storing of the data;
• and
• responsive to the determining that the data has been retained by the processing system for the predetermined time period, transmitting the data with second data as a bundle to a first network element remote from the premises, wherein the first network element comprises a femtocell,
• wherein the processing system does not receive data from the HTC devices, and wherein the first network element does not receive HTC data,
• wherein the first network element transmits the bundle to a second network element for aggregation and subsequent transmission to a cloud data facility comprising cloud storage,
• wherein the cloud data facility arranges the data with third data of a second bundle based on the data and the third data corresponding to respective instances of a first type of sensor,
• wherein the cloud data facility arranges the second data with fourth data of the second bundle based on the second data and the fourth data corresponding to respective instances of a second type of sensor that is different from the first type of sensor,
• wherein a data path from the device to the first network element, from the first network element to the second network element, and from the second network element to the cloud data facility comprises a secure data path,
• wherein the processing system receives the data from the MTC device in a first frequency band that is within, and narrower than, a second frequency band used by at least one HTC device included in the plurality of HTC devices at the premises for generating HTC.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system comprising a processor, data from a machine-type communication (MTC) device located at premises, wherein the processing system, a plurality of human-type communication (HTC) devices and a plurality of MTC devices are located at the premises;
• receiving, by the processing system, an identifier of the MTC device from the MTC device;
• responsive to the receiving of the identifier, comparing, by the processing system, the identifier with a list of identifiers accessible to the processing system, wherein the list of identifiers is stored on a storage device located at the premises, and wherein the storage device is coupled to the processing system;
• and
• responsive to determining that the MTC device is a listed device based on the comparing:
• storing, by the processing system, the data;
• determining, by the processing system, that the data has been retained by the processing system for a predetermined time period in accordance with the storing of the data;
• and
• responsive to the determining that the data has been retained by the processing system for the predetermined time period, transmitting, by the processing system, the data with second data as a bundle to a first network element remote from the premises,
• wherein the first network element comprises a femtocell,
• wherein the processing system does not receive data from the HTC devices, and wherein the first network element does not receive HTC,
• wherein the first network element transmits the bundle to a second network element for aggregation and subsequent transmission to a cloud data facility comprising cloud storage,
• wherein the cloud data facility arranges the data with third data of a second bundle based on the data and the third data corresponding to respective instances of a first type of sensor,
• wherein the cloud data facility arranges the second data with fourth data of the second bundle based on the second data and the fourth data corresponding to respective instances of a second type of sensor that is different from the first type of sensor,
• wherein a data path from the processing system to the first network element, from the first network element to the second network element, and from the second network element to the cloud data facility comprises a secure path dedicated to data from the MTC device,
• wherein the processing system receives the data from the MTC device in a first frequency band that is within, and narrower than, a second frequency band used by at least one HTC device included in the plurality of HTC devices at the premises for generating HTC.