Method for operating a wireless communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11057754-B2
Application number	US-201615742241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Jul 10, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for operating a wireless communication device in a cellular network, the wireless communication device comprising a communication unit and a controlling appliance, interconnected by a control interface, the communication unit comprising a network access manager unit, the method comprising for the communication unit the steps of: —receiving from the cellular network a network access guidance —handling the received network access guidance at the network access manager unit, —as part of handling the network access guidance, interpreting the received network access guidance and providing information relating to the network access guidance resulting from said interpretation step to the controlling appliance, —ascertaining by means of the control interface from the controlling appliance a response relating to said network access guidance, —handling in the network access manager unit the response relating to said network access guidance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Method for operating a wireless communication device in a cellular network, the wireless communication device comprising a communication unit and a controlling appliance, interconnected by a control interface, the communication unit comprising a network access manager unit, the method comprising for the communication unit the steps of:
receiving from the cellular network a network access guidance,
handling the received network access guidance at the network access manager unit,
as part of handling the network access guidance, interpreting the received network access guidance, wherein the interpreting includes converting the network access guidance from a network signaling context to a controlling appliance context, and providing such converted information relating to the network access guidance from the network access manager unit of the wireless communication device to the controlling appliance of the wireless communication device,
ascertaining by means of the control interface from the controlling appliance a response relating to said network access guidance, and
handling in the network access manager unit the response relating to said network access guidance.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said response from the controlling appliance comprises an instruction relating to time of execution of network access guidance, and the step of handling said response comprises executing the network access guidance complying with said time.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said response from controlling appliance comprises an instruction relating to a selection of a behavior pattern being part of said information relating to the network access guidance, and the step of handling said response comprises applying the selected behavior pattern on network access.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said response from the controlling appliance comprises an instruction relating to reject execution of the network access guidance, and the step of handling said response comprises ignoring the network access guidance.

5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said response from the controlling appliance comprises an instruction relating to contact a preconfigured remote server, and the step of handling said response comprises sending a message to the remote server indicating the network access guidance.

6. Method according to claim 5 , wherein in response to said message the remote server sends at least one message to at least one wireless communication device different from the wireless communication device sending the message to the remote server.

7. Method according to claim 1 , comprising for the network access manager unit as part of handling the response from the control appliance the step of providing the cellular network with an indication relating to the received response.

8. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the network access guidance is at least one out of the group of:
a request for over the air software installation,
a configuration of a radio policy manager software running in the communication unit,
a presetting value of quality of service requirement of the communication unit,
a network access restriction,
a network friendly mode instruction, and/or
a combination of at least two of said group members.

9. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of providing information to the controlling appliance comprises writing information relating to the received network access guidance in a logfile accessible for the controlling appliance.

10. Wireless communication device operating in a cellular network, the wireless communication device comprising a communication unit and a controlling appliance, interconnected by a control interface, the communication unit comprising a network access manager unit, the communication unit being configured to:
receive from the cellular network a network access guidance,
handle the network access guidance at the network access manager unit,
as part of handling the network access guidance, interpret the received network access guidance, wherein the interpreting includes converting the network access guidance from a network signaling context to a controlling appliance context, and provide such converted information relating to the network access guidance from the network access manager unit of the wireless communication device to the controlling appliance of the wireless communication device,
ascertain by means of the control interface from the controlling appliance a response relating to the network access guidance, and
handle in the network access manager unit the response relating to said network access guidance.

11. Wireless communication device according to claim 10 , wherein said response from the controlling appliance comprises at least one out of the group of:
an instruction relating to time of execution of the network access guidance,
an instruction relating to a selection of a behavior pattern being part of said information relating to the network access guidance,
an instruction to reject execution of the network access guidance,
an instruction relating to contact a preconfigured remote server.

12. Wireless communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the network access manager unit is configured as part of handling the response from the control appliance to send to the cellular network an indication relating to the received response.

13. Wireless communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the network access guidance is at least one out of the group of:
a request for over the air firmware installation,
a configuration of a radio policy manager software running in the communication unit,
a presetting value of quality of service requirement of the communication unit,
a network friendly mode instruction, and/or
a combination of at least two of said group members.

14. A system comprising:
a remote server configured to:
receive a message from a first wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is a machine-type communication device, said message indicating a network access guidance received at the first wireless communication device, wherein the network access guidance comprises one or more instructions on how wireless devices are to behave when operating in a cellular network, and
send in response to said reception at least one message to at least one second wireless communication device different from the first wireless communication device, said message comprising a recommendation for behavior of said at least one second wireless communication device; and

the first wireless communication device configured to:
receive from the cellular network the network access guidance,
handle the received network access guidance at a network access manager unit of the first wireless communication device,
as part of handling the network access guidance, interpret the received network access guidance, wherein the interpreting includes converting the network access guidance from a network signaling context to a controlling appliance context, and providing such converted information relating to the network access guidance from the network access manager unit of the first wireless communication device to a controlling appliance of the first wireless communication device,
ascertain by means of a control interface from the controlling appliance a response relating to said network access guidance, and
handle in the network access manager unit the response relating to said network access guidance.

Assignees

• Gemalto M2M Gmbh
• Thales Dis Ais Deutschland Gmbh

Inventors

• Denzin Florian
• Michael Oliver
• Wehmeier Lars

Classifications

• H04W4/50 Primary

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title

• H04W4/70

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

• H04W12/082

  using revocation of authorisation · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title