Group-based machine to machine communication
AssigneeIOT Holdings, Inc.
InventorJames A. MacKenzie
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for performing group-based machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Machine-type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) may operate in M2M groups. MTC WTRUs belonging to the same M2M group may receive a broadcast message with a time window on a channel dedicated for receiving data directed to an M2M group. The MTC WTRUs may wake up during the time window and may receive data directed to an M2M group on a dedicated channel. The broadcast message may be broadcasted via a broadcast server upon a request from an MTC server. The time window is allocated upon a request from an MTC server on behalf of the M2M group.
Claims2
1-20. (canceled)
A method for a machine-type communication (MTC) server to perform group-based machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising:
- determining an amount of radio resources needed for an M2M group to receive data via a radio access network, the M2M group comprising a plurality of machine-type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs);
- sending a radio resource request to the radio access network on behalf of the M2M group, the radio resource request comprising an indication of the determined amount of radio resources;
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- receiving an indication of radio resources allocated for the M2M group to receive data via the radio access network, wherein the radio resources allocated for the M2M group comprises a channel that is dedicated to the M2M group during a time window for receiving data directed to the M2M group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.