Patent ID: 8892142
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a server for scheduling information from a plurality of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices to be provided to a subscriber equipment, wherein the server, the M2M devices, and the subscriber equipment are comprised in a communication system, the method comprising: determining a desired moment in time at which the subscriber equipment desires to receive information from the M2M devices, the information from any given one of the M2M devices pertaining to measurement data collected by that M2M device, estimating the communication intensity in the communication system at the desired moment in time, scheduling information from different ones of the M2M devices to be provided to the subscriber equipment at different moments distributed in time, based on the desired moment in time and the estimated communication intensity at the desired moment in time, as needed to avoid load spikes within the communication system, and requesting the M2M devices to provide the information to the subscriber equipment.