Connection Management for M2M Device in A Mobile Communication Network
AssigneeVodafone Holding GmbH
InventorsYang Lu, Dipl.-Ing.Peter Wild, Dipl.-Ing. Alexej Kulakov
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Abstract
There is provided a method that relates to the setting up and/or maintaining of a connection between a machine-to-machine (M2M) device and a mobile communication network. In order to be able to adapt the connection management to the requirements of the M2M device, the M2M device may transmit an indication that it is an M2M device to the mobile communication network. At least one network node of the mobile communication network controls the setting up and/or the maintaining of the connection based on the indication. The network node may route a request for setting up the connection to a further network node based on the indication.
Claims15
A method for setting up and/or maintaining a connection between a machine-to-machine (M2M) device and a mobile communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving via a network node of the mobile communication network an indication specifying that the device is an M2M device and being sent by the M2M device;
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- controlling via the network node a setting up and/or a maintaining of the connection based on the indication.
A machine-to-machine (M2M) device that performs a method for setting up and/or maintaining a connection itself and a mobile communication network, the method comprising receiving via a network node of the mobile communication network an indication specifying that the device is an M2M device and being sent by the M2M device, the method further comprising controlling via the network node a setting up and/or a maintaining of the connection based on the indication, the M2M device comprising programming that transmits the indication when the M2M device logs on to the mobile communication network.
A network node of a mobile communication network for controlling a setting up and/or a maintaining of a connection between the mobile communication network and a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, the network node receiving an indication specifying that the device is an M2M device and being sent by the M2M device and to control the setting up and/or the maintaining of the connection based on the indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.