Systems and methods facilitating interworking of lte-m devices with communication networks

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• connecting, via a first component, an LTE-M device with an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a mobile core of a 5G network over an N-1 interface;
• connecting, via a second component, an LTE radio with the AMF over a S1 interface and a N2 interface using a next generation application protocol (NGAP);
• and
• transferring, via a third component, a data traffic from the LTE-M device via a user plane function (UPF) of the 5G network by terminating a packet data network (PDN) session and reestablishing as a packet data unit (PDU) session.

A method, comprising:

• connecting, by an interworking system including a processor, an LTE-M device with an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a mobile core of a 5G network over an N-1 interface;
• connecting, by the interworking system, an LTE radio with the AMF over a S1 interface and a N2 interface using a next generation application protocol (NGAP);
• and
• transferring, by the interworking system, a data traffic from the LTE-M device via a user plane function of the 5G network by terminating a packet data network (PDN) session and reestablishing as a packet data unit (PDU) session.