# US 2018/0324636 A1 · Dynamic policy based control for autonomous transmission of data by iot or non-iot device

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- Number: US 2018/0324636 A1
- Document ID: US20180324636A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/585,902
- Filed: 2017-05-03
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-03
- Assignees: Alcatel Lucent; Nokia of America Corporation
- Inventors: Subhasis LAHA; Padmavathi SUDARSAN; Vasudevan SUBRAMANIAN; Krishna Pramod ADHARAPURAPU; Satish KANUGOVI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180324636A1

## CPC

- H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
- H04L 41/0681: Configuration of triggering conditions
- H04L 41/0686: Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data
- H04L 41/0894: Policy-based network configuration management
- H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic
- H04L 41/0609: {based on severity or priority}
- H04L 41/5009: Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
- H04L 41/5067: Customer-centric QoS measurements
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A method includes receiving at least one current network condition factor (NCF), each current NCF indicating a level of congestion of a corresponding network. The method determines that there is an autonomous report to be transmitted and in response determines a policy entry of a policy used for autonomous reporting based on matching values of one or more input parameters related to the autonomous report to values of one or more input parameters of the policy entry. A reference NCF for a first network is determined from the corresponding policy entry. The method then determines whether to request to transmit the autonomous report on the first network based on a comparison of the reference NCF for the first network and the current NCF of the first network.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
receiving, at a device, at least one current network condition factor (NCF), a respective one of the at least one current NCF indicating a level of congestion of a corresponding network;
determining, at the device, that there is an autonomous report to be transmitted;
in response to determining that there is an autonomous report to transmit at the device, determining, at the device, a policy entry of a policy used for autonomous reporting based on matching values of one or more input parameters related to the autonomous report to values of one or more input parameters of the policy entry;
determining, at the device, a reference NCF for a first network, the reference NCF for the first network corresponding to the policy entry; and
requesting, at the device, to transmit the autonomous report on the first network based on a comparison of the reference NCF for the first network and the current NCF of the first network.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, at the device, the policy used for autonomous reporting by the device, the policy having a plurality of entries relating a plurality of input parameters concerning a respective autonomous report to treatment for transmission of the respective autonomous report.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 wherein the treatment for transmission of the policy entry comprises:
a plurality of reference NCFs for a corresponding plurality of networks.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3 wherein the treatment for transmission of the policy entry further comprises:
an adjusted change of periodicity indicating a time shift for the autonomous report.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising:
modifying the adjusted change of periodicity based on patterns of periodic autonomous reporting and a number of devices involved in the reporting.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the input parameters of the policy entry comprise:
a power level required of the device to send a transmission on a corresponding network, a time sensitivity of the autonomous report, a reliability required of the autonomous report, and a size of data of the autonomous report.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the first network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a WiFi network, a Long Range Wide Area (LoRA) network, or a SigFox network.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the requesting comprises:
requesting to transmit the autonomous report when the reference NCF of the first network is greater than or equal to the current NCF of the first network; and
abstaining from requesting to transmit the autonomous report for a time interval when the reference NCF of the first network is less than the current NCF of the first network.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the autonomous report on the first network.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the current NCF is a function of a current network load of the corresponding network, a number of devices on a cell to which the device is connected, and a reporting pattern of recent Internet of Things (IoT) requests for network resources.

### Claim 11

An apparatus comprising:
an interface to one or more networks;
a processor configured to
receive via the interface at least one current network condition factor (NCF), a respective one of at least one current NCF indicating a level of congestion of a corresponding network;
determine that there is an autonomous report to be transmitted;
in response to determining that there is an autonomous report to transmit, determine a policy entry of a policy used for autonomous reporting based on matching values of one or more input parameters related to the autonomous report to values of one or more input parameters of the policy entry;
determine a reference NCF for a first network, the reference NCF for the first network corresponding to the policy entry; and
request to transmit the autonomous report on the first network based on a comparison of the reference NCF for the first network and the current NCF of the first network.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the processor is further configured to receive the policy used for autonomous reporting, the policy having a plurality of entries relating a plurality of input parameters concerning a respective autonomous report to treatment for transmission of the respective autonomous report.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the treatment for transmission of the policy entry comprises:
a plurality of NCFs for a corresponding plurality of networks.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the treatment for transmission of the policy entry further comprises:
an adjusted change of periodicity indicating a time shift for the autonomous report.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to modify the adjusted change of periodicity based on patterns of periodic autonomous reporting and a number of devices involved in the reporting.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the input parameters of the policy entry comprise:
a power level required of the apparatus to send a transmission on a corresponding network, a time sensitivity of the autonomous report, a reliability required of the autonomous report, and a size of data of the autonomous report.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the one or more networks is one or more of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a WiFi network, a Long Range Wide area (LoRA) network, or a SigFox network.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the processor is configured to:
request to transmit the autonomous report when the reference NCF of the first network is greater than or equal to the current NCF of the first network; and abstain from requesting to transmit the autonomous report for a time interval when the reference NCF of the first network is less than the current NCF of the first network.

### Claim 19 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the autonomous report on the first network.

### Claim 20 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the current NCF is a function of a current network load of the corresponding network, a number of devices on a cell to which the device is connected, and a reporting pattern of recent Internet of Things (IoT) requests for network resources.