Techniques for mapping machine to machine communication to different underlying networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016359797-A1
Application number	US-201515118082-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	Feb 10, 2014
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a machine to machine (M2M) system, an M2M node is identified by a first machine identification, the first machine identification being specific to an underlying communication network via which the M2M node is communicatively accessible, and a second machine identification, the second machine identification being specific to an M2M application layer by which other M2M application layer entities can communicate with the M2M node. A mapping between the first machine identification and the second machine identification is used for facilitating communication with and triggering of the M2M node.

First claim

1 . A method for facilitating Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising:
providing a first machine identification to an M2M node, the first machine identification being specific to an underlying communication network via which the M2M node is communicatively accessible; acquiring a second machine identification to the M2M node, the second machine identification being specific to an M2M application layer by which other M2M application layer entities can communicate with the M2M node; and storing a mapping between the first machine identification and the second machine identification.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring includes receiving a registration message and acquiring the second machine identification based on the registration message.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
triggering the M2M node using the mapping.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further including:
acquiring a third machine identification to the M2M node, the third machine identification being specific to common M2M services hosted by the M2M node; and storing another mapping between the first machine identification and the third machine identification.

5 . An apparatus for facilitating Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising:
a module that provides a first machine identification to an M2M node, the first machine identification being specific to an underlying communication network via which the M2M node is communicatively accessible, a module that acquires a second machine identification to the M2M node, the second machine identification being specific to an M2M application layer by which other M2M application layer entities can communicate with the M2M node, and a module that stores a mapping between the first machine identification and the second machine identification.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the module that acquires includes a module that receives a registration message and acquires the second machine identification based on the registration message.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:
a module that triggers the M2M node based on the mapping.

8 . The apparatus of claim 5 , further including:
a module that acquires a third machine identification to the M2M node, the third machine identification being specific to common M2M services hosted by the M2M node; and a module that stores another mapping between the first machine identification and the third machine identification.

9 . A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method for facilitating machine to machine communication between an application entity and a machine to machine communication node, the method comprising:
providing a first machine identification to an M2M node, the first machine identification being specific to an underlying communication network via which the M2M node is communicatively accessible, acquiring a second machine identification to the M2M node, the second machine identification being specific to an M2M application layer by which other M2M application layer entities can communicate with the M2M node, and storing a mapping between the first machine identification and the second machine identification.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the acquiring includes receiving a registration message and acquiring the second machine identification based on the registration message.

11 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the method further includes:
triggering the M2M node using the mapping.

12 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the method further includes:
acquiring a third machine identification to the M2M node, the third machine identification being specific to common M2M services hosted by the M2M node; and storing another mapping between the first machine identification and the third machine identification.

13 . A machine to machine communication system comprising
an M2M node; a module that provides a first machine identification to the M2M node, the first machine identification being specific to an underlying communication network via which the M2M node is communicatively accessible; a module that acquires a second machine identification to the M2M node, the second machine identification being specific to an M2M application layer by which other M2M application layer entities can communicate with the M2M node, and a module that stores a mapping between the first machine identification and the second machine identification.

14 . The machine to machine communication system of claim 13 , wherein the module that acquires includes a module that receives a registration message and acquires the second machine identification based on the registration message.

15 . The machine to machine communication system of claim 13 , further comprising:
a module that triggers the M2M node based on the mapping.

16 . The machine to machine communication system of claim 13 , further including:
a module that acquires a third machine identification to the M2M node, the third machine identification being specific to common M2M services hosted by the M2M node; and a module that stores another mapping between the first machine identification and the third machine identification.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second machine identification is added as an additional attribute to an application resource structure of the M2M node.

18 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the method further includes adding the second machine identification as an additional attribute to an application resource structure of the M2M node.

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Bhalla Rajesh

Classifications

• H04L67/306

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• H04L61/106 Primary

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• H04W4/005

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• H04W60/04

  using triggered events · CPC title

• H04W4/70

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