Patent ID: 8854960
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to respond to device trigger requests in a mobile network, comprising: initiating load control of signals received by a machine type communications interworking function (MTC-IWF) to avoid signaling overload from one or more machine type communications (MTC) servers; receiving a device trigger request message comprising a priority from the MTC server, the MTC server adapted to transmit the device trigger request to trigger a user equipment (UE) to initiate communication with the MTC server; identifying a priority associated with the device trigger request message; transmitting a subscriber information request to a home subscriber server (HSS); receiving a subscriber information response from the HSS; determining whether the MTC server is authorized to trigger the UE; determining whether the device trigger can be sent to the UE; and transmitting a device trigger report to the MTC server.