US 2015/0087304 A1 · MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATION SUBSCRIPTION CONTROL

Abstract

An apparatus is configured to operate as a subscriber server. The apparatus comprises a memory for storing the subscription information of one or more Machine Type Communications, MTC, subscribers, the subscription information of a MTC subscriber including one or more MTC Features and information regarding the MTC subscriber's subscribed services, a processor for assessing which of the one or more subscribed MTC Features are supported, assessing any interaction that may occur between each of the supported subscribed MTC Features and between each of the supported subscribed MTC Features and the subscribed services, and determining the subscription information that should be sent to the serving node based on the outcome of the assessments, and a transmitter for sending the determined subscription information to the serving node.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus configured to operate as a node of a telecommunications network and configured to serve a Machine Type Communications, MTC, Device belonging to a MTC Subscriber, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to identify MTC Features that are not supported by the MTC Device and/or the network;
and
a transmitter configured to indicate to a subscriber server the MTC Features that are not supported.

A method of operating a subscriber server handling subscription information of one or more Machine Type Communications, MTC, subscribers, the subscription information of a MTC subscriber including one or more MTC Features and information regarding the subscriber's subscribed services, the method comprising:

when it is required that subscription information for a MTC subscriber is sent to a network node serving an MTC device of the MTC subscriber:
assessing which of the one or more subscribed MTC Features are supported;
assessing any interaction that may occur between each of the supported
subscribed MTC Features and between each of the supported subscribed MTC Features and the subscribed services;
determining the subscription information that should be sent to the serving node based on the outcome of the assessments;
and
sending the determined subscription information to the serving node.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/555,879Filed 28 Nov 2014

Priority

27 Jul 2010

Published

26 Mar 2015

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H04W 8/22
Network data management: processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
H04W 4/70
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or…
H04W 8/18
Network data management: processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or…
H04W 60/00
Affiliation to network

Family

Application61/367,989Us provisional application · filed 27 Jul 2010

Application13/812,264Division · filed 25 Jan 2013

Application14/555,879Division

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Machine-type communication subscription control

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Machine-type communication subscription control

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Abstract

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