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Connection management for M2M device in a mobile communication network

US8838806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

12Claims

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Assignee

VODAFONE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Yang Lu · Boise, US
Peter Wild · Krefeld, DE
Alexej Kulakov · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 24, 2011
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W80/04
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a method that relates to the setting up and/or maintaining of a connection between a machine-to-machine (M2M) device and a mobile communication network. In order to be able to adapt the connection management to the requirements of the M2M device, the M2M device may transmit an indication that it is an M2M device to the mobile communication network. At least one network node of the mobile communication network controls the setting up and/or the maintaining of the connection based on the indication. The network node may route a request for setting up the connection to a further network node based on the indication.

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