Patent ID: 9185673
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for using a machine to machine (M2M) application that is for interfacing with a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless/transmit receive units (WTRUs) that are organized into one or more groups by one of a group identifier or a cell identification, the method comprising: receiving in the M2M application a request to initiate a machine type communication (MTC) preregistration for two or more wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) in the one or more groups of WTRUs that enables the two or more WRTUs to obtain radio resources; transmitting a service request from the M2M application to the wireless communications network to perform the MTC preregistration for the two or more WRTUs in the one or more groups of WTRUs, that comprises (i) one of the cell identification or the group identification for the two or more WTRUs; (ii) a cycle based IP activation/deactivation request; and (iii) a time window defining when the two or more WTRUs awakes to communicate with the wireless communications network; and receiving an acknowledgement, in an application function of the M2M application, from the network indicating the completion of MTC preregistration for the two or more WTRUs in the one or more groups of WTRUs.