Patent ID: 9693356
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network device, registration records for multiple machine-type communication (MTC) devices, each of the registration records including a connection profile that indicates a level of delay tolerance for connections, to a service provider network, by each MTC device of the multiple MTC devices; receiving, by a fixed-location accepter device and via wireless signals, connection requests from the multiple MTC devices, wherein each of the connection requests includes a connection profile indicator; receiving, by the network device, an indication of inadequate capacity to accept all the connection requests from the multiple MTC devices; and directing, by the network device and in response to receiving the indication, a mobile accepter device into a geographic area, wherein the mobile accepter device is configured to accept at least a portion of the connection requests, via the wireless signals, the portion of the connection requests including connection profile indicators that indicate a tolerance for delay.