Information transmission in a machine-to-machine telecommunications network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11051134-B2
Application number	US-201615061745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2016
Priority date	Jul 17, 2009
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for information transmission in a machine-to-machine telecommunications network and a machine-to-machine telecommunications network. The telecommunications network supports information transmission between a server and a plurality of communication terminals. A common group identifier is assigned to a group containing at least some of the plurality of communication terminals. An information message is transmitted to the plurality of communication terminals to which the common group identifier has been assigned. The in-formation message contains the common group identifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for information transmission in a machine-to-machine telecommunications network, the telecommunications network supporting information transmission between a server and a plurality of communication terminals, each communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals having an individual terminal identifier, the method comprising:
storing a common group identifier assigned to a group containing at least some of the plurality of communication terminals;
storing the individual terminal identifier of each of the group of communication terminals in the telecommunications network;
transmitting to a node in the machine-to-machine telecommunications network an information message for the group of communication terminals identified by the common group identifier, wherein the information message contains the common group identifier;
receiving the information message containing the common group identifier in the node of the telecommunications network;
retrieving the individual terminal identifier of each of the communication terminals using the common group identifier;
transmitting respective information messages to the individual communication terminals from the node, wherein each of the respective information messages contains the individual terminal identifier of the individual communication terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information message or the information contains bearer modification information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the machine-to-machine telecommunications network is configured for supporting one or more active data sessions between a server and at least a first and second communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals by providing at least a first and a second bearer, respectively, the method comprising:
storing a first individual congestion parameter for the first bearer and a second individual congestion parameter for the second bearer of the first and second communication terminals, respectively;
monitoring in the telecommunications network a group load indicator defined for the group of at least the first and the second terminal corresponding to the common group identifier;
comparing the group load indicator of the group with a group load condition of the group of the at least first and second communication terminals corresponding to the common group identifier;
controlling congestion in the telecommunications network by adjusting at least one of the first individual congestion parameter of the first bearer and the second individual congestion parameter of the second bearer when the group load indicator satisfies the group load condition;
transmitting the bearer modification information to the first and/or the second communication terminal for which the individual congestion parameter has been adjusted.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first and second individual congestion parameters, the group load indicator and the group load condition comprises a maximum bit rate.

5. A machine-to-machine telecommunications network supporting information transmission between a server and a plurality of communication terminals, the telecommunications network comprising:
a first storage node configured for storing a common group identifier assigned to a group containing at least some of the plurality of terminals;
a second storage node configured for storing an individual terminal identifier of each of the individual terminals of the group in the telecommunications network;
a first network node configured for sending an information message for the group of communication terminals identified by the common group identifier, wherein the information message contains the common group identifier;
a second network node configured for receiving the information message containing the common group identifier and for retrieving the individual terminal identifier of each of the communication terminals from the second storage node using the common group identifier;
wherein the second network node is configured for transmitting respective information messages to the individual communication terminals, wherein each of the respective information messages contains the individual terminal identifier of the individual communication terminal.

6. The machine-to-machine telecommunications network according to claim 5 , the network being configured for enabling data sessions between the server and at least a first and a second communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals by providing at least a first and a second bearer, respectively, the telecommunications network comprising:
the first storage node storing the common group identifier assigned to the group comprising the at least first and second communication terminal;
a third storage node storing a first individual congestion parameter for the first bearer and a second individual congestion parameter for the second bearer of the first and second communication terminals, respectively;
a monitoring module configured for monitoring a group load indicator defined for the group of the at least first and second communication terminal corresponding to the common group identifier;
an analyzer configured for comparing the group load indicator with a group load condition of the group of the at least first and second communication terminal corresponding to the common group identifier;
a congestion controller configured for congestion control in the telecommunications network by adjusting at least one of the first individual congestion parameter of the first bearer and the second individual congestion parameter of the second bearer when the group load indicator satisfies the group load condition;
a transmitter arrangement configured for containing bearer modification information in the information message to the first and/or the second communication terminal for which the individual congestion parameter has been adjusted.

7. The machine-to-machine telecommunications network according to claim 5 , further comprising a provisioning interface for assigning the common group identifier to the plurality of communication terminals from the machine-to-machine server to the first storage node via the provisioning interface.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the server is connected via a provisioning interface to the first storage node storing the common group identifier, the method further comprising assigning the common group identifier to the plurality of communication terminals via the provisioning interface.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Kpn Nv
• TNO

Inventors

• Van Loon Johannes Maria
• Norp Antonius
• Schenk Michael
• Kips Annemieke

Classifications

• H04L47/12

  Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion · CPC title

• H04L47/10

  Flow control; Congestion control · CPC title

• H04W28/0284

  detecting congestion or overload during communication (monitoring arrangements H04L43/00) · CPC title

• H04W8/04

  Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server] · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title