Patent ID: 9148746
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. Method for controlling the access by an equipment for a network of the machine-to-machine type to the resources of a cellular telephony network, said equipment being configured for wireless communication with another equipment for a machine-to-machine network, the method comprising: obtaining at least one so-called activity time range and at least one so-called inactivity time range, enabling the equipment to access the resources of the cellular telephony network during each activity time range, and preventing the equipment from accessing the resources of the cellular telephony network during each inactivity time range, characterised in that, the equipment having to be registered with the cellular telephony network to access the resources of the network, the registration being implemented by an attachment procedure, and the updating of the registration depending on the counting down of at least one counter, the counter or counters being initialised at a predetermined value during the attachment procedure, the counting down of the counter or counters is suspended during each inactivity range, the counting down of the counter or counter resuming during an activity period following an inactivity period, with a value corresponding to the last value taken by the counter or counter during the last activity period.