M2M gateway collocated with a base station using a CPRI connection
View Patent ↗A system may include a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway. The M2M gateway may receive M2M information associated with an M2M application. The M2M gateway may mark the M2M information to create marked information. The marked information may be created to allow the marked information to be identified as M2M information. The M2M gateway may provide the marked information. The marked information may be provided via a wired common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a base station to permit the base station to identify the marked information as M2M information and provide the marked information to a management device based on identifying the marked information as M2M information.
1. A system, comprising:
a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway to:
receive first M2M information;
mark the first M2M information to create first marked information,
the first marked information being created to allow the first marked information to be identified as the first M2M information;
provide the first marked information,
the first marked information being provided via a wired common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a base station to permit the base station to identify the first marked information as the first M2M information and provide the first marked information to a first management device based on identifying the first marked information as the first M2M information;
receive second M2M information;
mark the second M2M information to create second marked information,
the second marked information being created to allow the second marked information to be identified as the second M2M information; and
provide the second marked information,
the second marked information being provided via the wired CPRI connection to the base station to permit the base station to identify the second marked information as the second M2M information and provide the second marked information to a second management device.
2. The system of claim 1 , where the M2M gateway is collocated with the base station.
3. The system of claim 1 , where the M2M gateway, when marking the first M2M information to create the first marked information, is to:
determine M2M identification information associated with marking the first M2M information; and
modify a portion of the first M2M information to include the M2M identification information.
4. The system of claim 1 , where the M2M gateway, when marking the first M2M information to create the first marked information, is to:
modify a packet header, associated with the first M2M information, to create a modified packet header,
the packet header being modified such that the first marked information may be identified as first M2M information based on the modified packet header.
5. The system of claim 1 , where the first M2M information is associated with a first M2M application and the second M2M information is associated with a second M2M application,
the second M2M application being different from the first M2M application, and
the second M2M information being different from the first M2M information;
where the second marked information is different from the first marked information; and
where the second management device is different from the first management device.
6. The system of claim 1 , where the M2M gateway is further to:
determine that the M2M gateway has sufficient computing resources available to provide the first marked information; and
where the M2M gateway, when providing the first marked information, is further to:
provide the first marked information based on determining that the M2M gateway has sufficient computing resources available to provide the first marked information.
7. The system of claim 1 , where the M2M gateway is further to:
receive an indication the M2M gateway is to provide the first marked information; and
where the M2M gateway, when providing the first marked information, is further to:
provide the first marked information based on receiving the indication that the M2M gateway is to provide the first marked information.
8. A system, comprising:
a first device to:
receive first machine-to-machine (M2M) information;
mark the first M2M information to create first marked information,
the first marked information being created to cause the first marked information to be identified as first M2M information;
send the first marked information to a second device,
the first marked information being sent via a common public radio interface (CPRI) connection;
receive second M2M information;
mark the second M2M information to create second marked information,
the second marked information being created to cause the second marked information to be identified as second M2M information; and
send the second marked information to the second device,
the second marked information being sent via the CPRI connection; and
the second device to:
receive the first marked information via the CPRI connection;
determine that the first marked information is first M2M information based on receiving the first marked information;
identify a particular device to which the first marked information is to be provided,
the particular device being identified based on identifying the first marked information as first M2M information;
receive the second marked information via the CPRI connection;
determine that the second marked information is second M2M information based on receiving the second marked information;
send the first marked information to the particular device; and
send the second marked information to a second particular device.
9. The system of claim 8 , where the first device, when marking the first M2M information to create the first marked information, is further to:
determine M2M identification information associated with marking the first M2M information; and
modify a portion of the first M2M information to include the M2M identification information.
10. The system of claim 9 , where the second device is further to:
determine that the first marked information includes the M2M identification information; and
where the second device, when determining that the first marked information is first M2M information, is to:
determine that the first marked information is first M2M information based on determining that the first marked information includes the M2M identification information.
11. The system of claim 8 , where the CPRI connection includes:
a wired connection between the first device and the second device,
the first device being collocated with the second device.
12. The system of claim 8 , where the second device is further to:
store information indicating that a certain device is to receive the first marked information; and
where the second device, when identifying the particular device to which the first marked information is to be provided, is to:
identify the particular device as the certain device based on the stored information.
13. The system of claim 8 , where the first M2M information is associated with a first M2M application and the second M2M information is associated with a second M2M application,
the second M2M information being different from the first M2M information, and
the second M2M application being different from the first M2M application;
where the second marked information is different from the first marked information;
where the particular device is a first particular device; and
where, when sending the second marked information to the second particular device, the second device is to:
identify a second particular device to which the second marked information is to be provided,
the second particular device being different from the first particular device.
14. The system of claim 8 , where the first device, when marking the first M2M information to create the first marked information, is to:
modify a packet header, associated with the first M2M information, to create a modified packet header,
the packet header being modified such that the first marked information may be identified as first M2M information based on the modified packet header.
15. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first device, first M2M information;
marking, by the first device, the first M2M information to create first marked information,
the first marked information being created to allow the first marked information to be identified as the first M2M information;
providing, by the first device, the first marked information,
the first marked information being provided via a common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a second device to permit the second device to identify the first marked information as the first M2M information and provide the first marked information to a first management device based on identifying the first marked information as the first M2M information;
receiving, by the first device, second M2M information;
marking, by the first device, the second M2M information to create second marked information,
the second marked information being created to allow the second marked information to be identified as the second M2M information; and
providing, by the first device, the second marked information,
the second marked information being provided via the CPRI connection to the second device to permit the second device to identify the second marked information as the second M2M information and provide the second marked information to a second management device.
16. The method of claim 15 , where marking the first M2M information to create the first marked information comprises:
determining M2M identification information associated with marking the first M2M information; and
modifying a portion of the first M2M information to include the M2M identification information.
17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining that the first device has sufficient computing resources available to provide the first marked information; and
where providing the first marked information comprises:
providing the first marked information based on determining that the first device has sufficient computing resources available to provide the first marked information.
18. The method of claim 15 , where the first device is collocated with the second device.
19. The method of claim 15 , where the first M2M information is associated with a first M2M application and the second M2M information is associated with a second M2M application,
the second M2M information being different from the first M2M information,
the second M2M application being different from the first M2M application,
where the second marked information is different from the first marked information, and
where the second management device is different from the first management device.
20. The method of claim 15 , where marking the first M2M information to create the first marked information comprises:
modifying packet headers, associated with the first M2M information, to create modified packet headers,
the packet headers being modified to permit the first marked information to be identified as first M2M information based on the modified packet headers.