# US 9,439,047 B2 · Method for paging-based delgate indication for M2M group > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,439,047 B2 - Document ID: US9439047B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/995,147 - Filed: 2012-03-29 - Published: 2014-02-27 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-26 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Honggang Li; Rui Huang; Shantidev Mohanty - Inventors: Honggang Li; Rui Huang; Shantidev Mohanty - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439047B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/08: User group management - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 68/025: {Indirect paging} - H04W 84/22: with access to wired networks - H04W 88/04: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A machine-to-machine-type (M2M-type) device and technique comprising a transceiver at an M2M-type device that receives from a base station a paging message designating the M2M-type device to be a delegate for a group of M2M-type devices. In response, a processor of the M2M-type device generates an acknowledgement and/or an M2M-type group-based reentry communication for the transceiver to send to the base station. The base station is part of wireless network that can comprise one of a Bluetooth-based standard wireless network, an IEEE 802.11-based standard wireless network, an IEEE 802.16-based standard wireless network, an IEEE 802.18-based wireless network standard, a 3GPP LTE-based wireless network standard, a 3GPP-based protocol wireless network, a 3GPP2 Air Interface Evolution (3GPP2 AIE) based wireless network standard, a UMTS-based protocol wireless network, a CDMA2000-based protocol wireless network, a GSM-based protocol wireless network, a cellular-digital-packet-data-based (CDPD-based) protocol wireless network, or a Mobitex-based protocol wireless network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A machine-to-machine-type (M2M-type) device, comprising: a transceiver to receive, from a base station that is part of a wireless network, information designating the M2M-type device to be a delegate for group network reentry for a group of M2M-type devices with which the M2M-type device is associated, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive the information designation the M2M device to be a delegate for group reentry while the group of M2M-type devices are in an idle mode; and a processor coupled to the transceiver to transmit to the base station a M2M-type group-based reentry communication in response to the received information designating the M2M-type device to be the delegate; wherein the information designating the M2M-type device to be the delegate comprises information contained in a paging message received from the base station, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the information designating the M2M-type device to be the delegate is contained in a Device Deregistration type field of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The M2M-type device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further capable of generating an acknowledgement message for the transceiver to send to the base station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The M2M-type device according to claim 1, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the group of the M2M-type devices is identified in a Machine Group ID (MGID) of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 4 A method, comprising: sending from a base station in a wireless network to at least one machine-to-machine-type (M2M-type) device information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be a delegate for group network reentry for a group of M2M-type devices with which the at least one M2M-type device is associated; and receiving M2M-type group-based network reentry communication from the at least one M2M-type device; wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate comprises a paging message, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate is contained in a Device Deregistration type field of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, further comprising receiving an acknowledgement message from the at least one M2M-type device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the group of the M2M-type devices is identified in a Machine Group ID (MGID) of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 7 A method, comprising: receiving from a base station in a wireless network at least one machine-to-machine-type (M2M-type) device information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be a delegate for group network reentry for a group of M2M-type devices with which the at least one M2M-type device is associated; generating a M2M-type group-based reentry communication in response to the received information designating the M2M-type device to be the delegate; and sending the M2M-type group-based reentry communication to the base station; wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate comprises a paging message, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate is contained in a Device Deregistration type field of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising sending an acknowledgement message from the at least one M2M-type device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising sending M2M-type group-based network reentry communications from the at least one M2M-type device to the base station. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the group of the M2M-type devices is identified in a Machine Group ID (MGID) of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 11 An article comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, result in at least the following: sending from a base station in a wireless network to at least one machine-to-machine-type (M2M-type) device information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be a delegate for group network reentry for a group of M2M-type devices with which the at least one M2M-type device is associated; and receiving an acknowledgement message from the at least one M2M-type device; wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate comprises a paging message, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate is contained in a Device Deregistration type field of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The article according to claim 11, further comprising receiving M2M-type group-based network reentry communication from the at least one M2M-type device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The article according to claim 11, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the group of the M2M-type devices is identified in a Machine Group ID (MGID) of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 14 An article comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, result in at least the following: receiving from a base station in a wireless network at least one machine-to-machine-type (M2M-type) device information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be a delegate for group network reentry for a group of M2M-type devices with which the at least one M2M-type device is associated; generating a M2M-type group-based reentry communication in response to the received information designating the M2M-type device to be the delegate; and sending the M2M-type group-based reentry communication to the base station; wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate comprises a paging message, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the information designating the at least one M2M-type device to be the delegate is contained in a Device Deregistration type field of the AAI-PAG-ADV message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The article according to claim 14, further comprising sending an acknowledgement message from the at least one M2M-type device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The article according to claim 14, further comprising sending M2M-type group-based network reentry communications from the at least one M2M-type device to the base station. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The article according to claim 14, wherein the paging message comprises an Advanced Air Interface-Paging Advertisement (AAI-PAG-ADV) message, and wherein the group of the M2M-type devices is identified in a Machine Group ID (MGID) of the AAI-PAG-ADV message.