Method and system for supporting data upload from a mobile gateway device to a backend entity

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the connectivity information reported by the gateway devices includes channel quality information about channels that are used by the gateway devices.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the connectivity information reported by the gateway devices includes location information and/or time information.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry are further based on network planning information that is received from a network controller.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the location information of the mobile gateway device includes future locations of the mobile gateway device.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein, additionally based on a predetermined time period, the one or more connectivity patterns retrieved by the mobile gateway arc selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted by taking into consideration of an amount of expected bad connectivity situations according to a location and/or movement of the mobile gateway device.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more connectivity patterns retrieved by the mobile gateway device include an area and a channel quality indicator.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more connectivity patterns retrieved by the mobile gateway device further include a confidence level for the channel quality indicator.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein only those of the one or more connectivity patterns retrieved by the mobile gateway are considered for adjusting the preemptive upload schedule which have a consideration probability that is above a predetermined minimum probability threshold.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the consideration probability of a connectivity pattern of the connectivity patterns depends on a probability that the mobile gateway device enters the area of the connectivity pattern and/or on a confidence level of the connectivity pattern.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted by adapting upload intervals and/or by performing one or more additional upload events.

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted such that system usage and a number of violations of application requirements in terms of data upload delays are jointly optimized.

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• The method according to claim 4, wherein the network controller is configured to apply programmable logic on routing, slicing and/or configuration settings of channels that are available for gateway devices.

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• The method according to claim 5, wherein the location information of the mobile gateway device includes the future locations of the mobile gateway device, during a predetermined time period for which the mobile gateway device determines the preemptive upload schedule.

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• The method according to claim 7, wherein the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted in such a way that upload intervals are increased and/or additional upload events are introduced if the amount of expected bad connectivity situations is above a predetermined threshold.

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• The method according to claim 13, wherein the system usage considers bandwidth usage, energy consumption of the mobile gateway device and/or a total number of connections from the mobile gateway device to the backend.

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• The system according to claim 15, wherein the network planning information comprises future network control actions.