Patent ID: 9338820
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least: provide wireless network resources to enable direct downlink communication from a wireless network access point to a low power communication device, wherein the wireless network resources comprise a cellular downlink resource allocation and a cellular uplink resource allocation; allocate the cellular downlink resource allocation to enable uplink data to be provided from the low power communication device to a mobile gateway device within communication range of the low power communication device, wherein the mobile gateway device comprises a mobile cellular terminal, wherein the low power communication device comprises at least one of a sensor or a machine-to-machine communication device, wherein the direct downlink communication and the uplink data utilize the same cellular downlink resource allocation; and utilize, at the wireless network access point, the cellular uplink resource allocation to receive the uplink data from the mobile gateway device.