Methods, systems and apparatuses for application service layer (ASL) inter-networking

A first node configured for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, the first node comprising:

• a receiver;
• a transmitter;
• and
• a processor, wherein:
• the receiver is configured to receive resource configuration information for a resource from a second node;
• the processor is configured to determine that the second node has access privileges for the resource;
• the processor is further configured to configure an attribute of the resource based on the resource configuration information on a condition that the second node has a right to update the resource configuration information for the resource;
• the receiver is further configured to receive an M2M request for the resource from a third node;
• the processor is further configured to determine that a retarget request of the M2M request for the resource is required based on the resource configuration information;
• the transmitter is configured to send the retarget request to at least one retargeted node;
• the receiver is further configured to receive a response from the at least one retargeted node;
• the processor is further configured to configure attributes from the response from the at least one retargeted node based on the resource configuration information;
• and
• the transmitter is further configured to send a response to the third node.