Patent ID: 9345048
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: sending a request from a machine-type communications device for a subscription to communicate via an uplink random access data channel to a network access node of a wireless communication network for use by the machine-type communications device, said request including at least one of an estimation of a periodicity of bursts to be sent on the uplink random access data channel and the size of each burst; obtaining said subscription to use said uplink random access data channel for a period of time specified by said subscription from said network access node; and transmitting bursts containing data on said uplink random access data channel to said network access node within said specified period of time in accordance with said subscription, wherein, when obtaining said subscription to said random access data channel, subscription parameters are received by said machine-type communications device, said subscription parameters comprising parameters specifying at least one of the period of time that said subscription is valid, a timing advance, a modulation coding scheme, a transmit power level for the uplink random access data channel, authentication-related information, a maximum number of re-transmissions of a burst that are permitted, and information descriptive of a duration of a guard period in each burst.