Patent ID: 9622018
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for a data transmission process of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device, comprising: determining, at a network side, a scheme of transmitting user data on a control plane for the MTC device; and instructing, at the network side, the MTC device to transmit user data on the control plane using the determined scheme, wherein the scheme of transmitting user data on the control plane for the MTC device includes an indication of types of signaling allowed to be used by the MTC device to transmit user data and a size limit of user data allowed to be carried in each respective type of signaling; wherein when instructing the MTC device at the network side is by a core network node, the method further comprises determining, by the core network node, from its processing capacity and a signaling strength of a connected access network node, the scheme of transmitting user data on the control plane for the MTC device.