IP Library Granted Patent US 8,868,001
Granted Patent B2
US 8,868,001 · App. 13/100,775 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Scheme for monitoring battery of machine type communication device

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Patent No.
US 8,868,001
App. No.
13/100,775
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a machine type communication system including a machine type communication device operating with a battery. The machine type communication system may monitor a residual power of the battery supplying power to the machine type communication device, and may output the monitored residual power to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device. Also, a point in time when the residual power of the battery is to be monitored may be determined based on the residual power.

Claims (28)

1. An operation method of a machine type communication device using a power stored in a battery, in a network comprising at least one machine type communication device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network apparatus included in the network, a residual power monitoring request with respect to the battery;

monitoring a residual power of the battery in response to the residual power monitoring request;

transmitting the monitored residual power of the battery to the network apparatus in response to the residual power monitoring request; and

receiving again a residual power monitoring request from the network apparatus based on the monitored residual power,

wherein the network apparatus compares the residual power of the battery with a predetermined threshold, when the residual power of the battery is less than the threshold value, the network apparatus transmits comparison result to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device or the network apparatus, and

when the battery is charged or replaced with a new battery based on the comparison result and thus the residual power of the battery is recovered greater than or equal to the threshold value, the device of manager transmits a response which indicates the battery recovered greater than or equal to the threshold to the network apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving gain the residual power monitoring request comprises receiving again the residual power monitoring request at a point in time that is predetermined based on the monitored residual power.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the point in time that is determined based on the monitored residual power is set to be within a time duration in which the machine type communication device is operable with the monitored residual power.

4. An operation method of a network apparatus operating in a network comprising at least one machine type communication device, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a machine type communication device, a residual power monitoring request with respect to a battery of the machine type communication device at a point in time for monitoring a residual power with respect to the machine type communication device;

receiving the residual power of the battery from the machine type communication device in response to the residual power monitoring request;

retransmitting, to the machine type communication device, a residual power monitoring request with respect to the battery based on the residual power of the battery;

comparing the residual power of the battery received from the machine type communication device with a predetermined threshold;

transmitting the comparison result to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device or the network apparatus when the residual power of the battery is less than the threshold value;

receiving a response which indicates the battery is recovered greater than or equal to the threshold value from the device of manager when the battery is charged or is replaced with a new battery and thus recovered greater than or equal to the threshold value.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

predicting an operable time duration using the residual power of the battery when the residual power of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold; and

setting a predetermined time within the operable time duration as a subsequent monitoring time,

wherein the retransmitting comprises retransmitting the residual power monitoring request at the set subsequent monitoring time.

6. An operation method of a network apparatus operating in a network comprising at least one machine type communication device, the method comprising:

predicting an operable time duration in which a machine type communication device operating with a battery is operable using a residual power of the battery, with respect to the machine type communication device;

setting a predetermined point in time within the operable time duration to a monitoring time;

transmitting, to the machine type communication device at the set monitoring time, a residual power monitoring request with respect to the battery;

receiving, from the machine type communication device in response to the residual battery monitoring request, the residual power of the battery monitored at the monitoring time

comparing the received residual power of the battery with a predetermined threshold;

transmitting a notification indicating a low residual power of the battery to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device of the network apparatus when the residual battery of the battery is less than the threshold value;

receiving a response which indicates the battery is recovered greater than or equal to the threshold from the device of manager when the battery is charged or replaced with a new battery and thus greater than or equal to the threshold.

Assignments (2)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PATENT EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 6, 2013
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031171/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2011
From: KWON, HYEYEON; CHEON, KYUNG YUL; YANG, MI JEONG; PARK, AESOON
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 026621/0238 →