Patent ID: 9232524
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communication in a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless Wide Area Network (WAN), comprising: dividing an operating frequency band of the M2M wireless WAN into at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel, the first and second frequency channels being used for communications on a reverse link; broadcasting a channel assignment message to a first group of one or more M2M devices and a second group of one or more M2M devices, the channel assignment message informing the first group of one or more M2M devices to transmit on the reverse link using the first frequency channel, and the channel assignment message informing the second group of one or more M2M devices to transmit on the reverse link using the second frequency channel; setting a first rise over thermal (RoT) threshold for the first frequency channel; and setting a second RoT threshold for the second frequency channel, the second RoT threshold being lower than the first RoT threshold.