Patent ID: 9560140
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving, at a network apparatus of a network, a first signaling message from a first device, wherein the first signaling message includes a machine-to-machine (M2M) indicator having a boolean flag value that is changeable between multiple values, the multiple values including a first value and a second value, the first value indicating an M2M functionality for a service of the first device, the second value indicating a non-M2M functionality for the service; determining a first usage constraint associated with the service based on the value of the M2M indicator, wherein the determining further comprises accessing subscription data from a home network via a core network; and assigning a parameter for resource allocation of an airlink for providing the service to the first device that complies with the first usage constraint.