Method and unit for processing triggering information of MTC devices
AssigneeXi'an Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd.
InventorHui Xu
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Abstract
Provided is a method for processing triggering information of Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices. The method includes: an MTC-IWF receiving indication information sent by an MTC server, wherein the indication information is used for triggering multiple MTC devices at a same time; the MTC-IWF determining that at least two of the multiple MTC devices belong to different MTC groups; and the MTC-IWF forwarding triggering information to the multiple MTC devices. Through the technical solution, multiple MTC devices not belonging to the same MTC group can be triggered, thereby improving the efficiency of triggering the MTC devices.
Claims11
A method for processing trigger information of machine type communication (MTC) devices, comprising:
- a machine type communication-interworking function entity (MTC-IWF) receiving indication information sent by an MTC server, wherein the indication information is used for triggering multiple MTC devices at a same time;
- the MTC-IWF determining that at least two MTC devices of the multiple MTC devices belong to different MTC groups;
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- the MTC-IWF forwarding trigger information to the multiple MTC devices;
- wherein the MTC-IWF forwarding the trigger information to the multiple MTC devices comprises:
- the MTC-IWF forwarding the trigger information to one or more access network devices through a core network device, to trigger the one or more access network devices to send the received trigger information to the multiple MTC devices through a paging message or radio resource control (RRC) signalling.
A sending unit for triggering multiple machine type communication (MTC) devices, comprising a hardware processor configured with a memory and configured to execute program modules stored on the memory, wherein the program modules comprise:
- a first determination module, which is configured to determine that at least two MTC devices of the multiple MTC devices belong to different MTC groups;
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- a forwarding module, which is configured to forward trigger information to the multiple MTC devices according to received indication information, wherein the received indication information is used for triggering the multiple MTC devices at a same time;
- wherein the sending unit is configured to forward the trigger information to one or more access network devices through a core network device, to trigger the one or more access network devices to send the received trigger information to the multiple MTC devices through a paging message or radio resource control (RRC) signalling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.