Methods of and systems of service capabilities exposure function (scef) based internet-of-things (iot) communications

A method comprising:

• receiving, by at least one augmented service capability exposure function (A-SCEF), a command message from an application server (AS) comprising:
• an external identification tag,
• an application programming interface (API) instruction associated with the external identification tag, and
• a security credential;
• confirming that the security credential is authorized for the external identification tag;
• in response to the confirming, locating in a first electronically searchable catalog, by the at least one A-SCEF, at least one network identifier associated with the external identification tag, wherein the at least one network identifier is different from the external identification tag;
• and
• sending a communication to at least one user equipment (UE) associated with the at least one network identifier based on the API instruction.