Patent ID: 9717074
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A machine type communication (MTC) device comprising: a communication unit operable to transmit an announcement of an active operating state of the communication unit among a plurality of operating states through a wireless communication channel, wherein the plurality of operating states comprise an MTC gateway device usage type and an regular MTC terminal usage type; and a processor operable as a reporter operable to report the MTC gateway device usage type as the active operating state associated with the communication unit in a condition that the communication unit operates as an MTC gateway user equipment in the MTC gateway device usage type; wherein the processor is operable to report the regular MTC terminal usage type as the active operating state associated with the communication unit in a condition that the communication unit operates as an MTC terminal in the regular MTC terminal usage type; wherein the processor is operable to report a current serving cell ID associated with the communication unit in response to a serving cell ID announcement request in a condition that the communication unit operates as the MTC gateway user equipment in the MTC gateway device usage type, and report an updated serving cell ID associated with the communication unit upon a mobility event of the communication unit in response to the serving cell ID announcement request in a condition that the communication unit operates as the MTC gateway user equipment in the MTC gateway device usage type; wherein the processor performs: transmitting an enhanced monitoring response in a mobility management entity (MME) receivable message comprising the active operating state upon a mobility management event associated with the communication unit, wherein the mobility management event comprises a cellular network mobility management event of one of location area update, routing area update, and tracking area update associated with the MTC gateway device.