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Facilitating software downloads to internet of things devices via a constrained network

US10362166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 2017
Grant dateJul 23, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/11
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Software downloads to Internet of things (IoT) devices are facilitated over a constrained network. In one embodiment a method comprises monitoring, by a network device comprising a processor, data determined to have been sent to a device for transmission to the device via a radio access network device of a wireless communication network, and determining, by the network device, a type of traffic associated with the data. The method further includes based on a determination that the data comprises firmware and that the type of traffic is of a traffic priority that is lower than a defined traffic priority, applying, by the network device, a low priority transport protocol to the data, wherein the applying comprises associating protocol information with the data representative of the low priority transport protocol.

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