Patent ID: 8688839
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network device, a request from a subscriber device for a connection service pertaining to a machine-to-machine communication; determining, by the network device, whether the request is a valid request for the connection service; selecting, by the network device, a connection to a target device of the machine-to-machine communication in response to determining that the request is valid; executing, by the network device, a command included in the request to be directed to the target device; receiving, by the network device, a response from the target device; transmitting, by the network device, the response to the subscriber device of the machine-to-machine communication; determining whether a service level violation exists based on service level agreement parameters relative to the subscriber device; requesting permission from the subscriber device to modify one or more service level agreement parameters in response to a determination that a service level violation exists pertaining to the request; modifying the one or more service level agreement parameters if permission is granted; and queuing the request if permission is not granted until connection service usage pertaining to the subscriber device changes to allow for a provisioning of the connection service relative to the queued request.