IP Library Granted Patent US 10,212,697
Granted Patent B2
US 10,212,697 · App. 15/701,836 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Device initiated triggers

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Patent No.
US 10,212,697
App. No.
15/701,836
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments contemplate wireless communication that may include sending machine type communication (MTC) application data from a services capability server (SCS) to an MTC user equipment (UE/WTRU) using a device trigger. The device trigger may be used to instruct an MTC device application to initiate communications with an SCS. Embodiments also contemplate that a first device trigger (DT) request may be received from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a machine-type-communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) may be determined in response to the first DT request. A second DT request may be sent to the MTC-IWF; and a first DT response may be received from the MTC-IWF. The first DT response may include a first information regarding a second WTRU.

Claims (34)

1. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising: a memory; a receiver, the receiver configured at least to: receive a first device trigger (DT) request from a second WTRU, the first DT request including an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the second WTRU and a trigger reference number; and a processor, the processor configured at least to: send a first DT response to the second WTRU, the first DT response including an identifier of the first WTRU and the trigger reference number;

wherein the first DT response further includes a context of the first WTRU to the second WTRU, the context including at least one of: at least one service category type supported by the first WTRU, at least one service category type requested by the first WTRU, a location of the first WTRU, a moving speed of the first WTRU, a moving direction of the first WTRU, or a residual power of the first WTRU.

2. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the identifier of the first WTRU is at least one of: an IP address of the first WTRU, a Mobile Subscription Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) of the first WTRU, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the first WTRU, or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the first WTRU.

3. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

initiate an IP connection with the second WTRU; and

exchange small data via a control plane with the second WTRU.

4. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

establish at least one of a: direct device-to-device (D2D) radio link, an indirect D2D radio link, or a network-assisted D2D radio link with the second WTRU.

5. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first DT request further comprises:

an application identifier of the second WTRU, wherein the application identifier of the second WTRU includes a port number of the second WTRU.

6. A first wireless transmit/receive (WTRU), comprising: a memory; a processor, the processor configured at least to: send a first device trigger (DT) request to a second WTRU, the first DT request including an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first WTRU and a trigger reference number; and a receiver, the receiver configured at least to: receive a first DT response from the second WTRU, the first DT response including an identifier of the second WTRU and the trigger reference number;

wherein the first DT response further includes a context of the second WTRU from the second WTRU, the context including at least one of: at least one service category type supported by the second WTRU, at least one service category type requested by the second WTRU, a location of the second WTRU, a moving speed of the second WTRU, a moving direction of the second WTRU, or a residual power of the second WTRU.

7. The first WTRU of claim 6 , where the identifier of the second WTRU is at least one of: an IP address of the second WTRU, a Mobile Subscription Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) of the second WTRU, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the second WTRU, or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the second WTRU.

8. The first WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

establish at least one of a: direct device-to-device (D2D) radio link, an indirect D2D radio link, or a network-assisted D2D radio link with the second WTRU.

9. The first WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

exchange small data via a control plane with the second WTRU.

10. A method for communicating a device trigger performed by a first wireless transmit/receive (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving a first device trigger (DT) request from a second WTRU, the first DT request including an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the second WTRU and a trigger reference number; and sending a first DT response to the second WTRU, the first DT response including an identifier of the first WTRU and the trigger reference number;

wherein the first DT response further includes a context of the first WTRU to the second WTRU, the context including at least one of: at least one service category type supported by the first WTRU, at least one service category type requested by the first WTRU, a location of the first WTRU, a moving speed of the first WTRU, a moving direction of the first WTRU, or a residual power of the first WTRU.

11. The method of claim 10 , where the identifier of the first WTRU is at least one of: an IP address of the first WTRU, a Mobile Subscription Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) of the first WTRU, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the first WTRU, or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the first WTRU.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

initiating a IP connection with the second WTRU; and

exchanging small data via a control plane with the second WTRU.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

establishing at least one of a: direct device-to-device (D2D) radio link, an indirect D2D radio link, or a network-assisted D2D radio link with the second WTRU.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first DT request further comprises:

an application identifier of the second WTRU, wherein the application identifier of the second WTRU includes a port number of the second WTRU.

15. A method for communicating a device trigger performed by a first wireless transmit/receive (WTRU), the method comprising: sending a first device trigger (DT) request to a second WTRU, the first DT request including an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first WTRU and a trigger reference number; and receiving a first DT response from the second WTRU, the first DT response including an identifier of the second WTRU and the trigger reference number;

wherein the first DT response further includes a context of the second WTRU from the second WTRU, the context including at least one of: at least one service category type supported by the second WTRU, at least one service category type requested by the second WTRU, a location of the second WTRU, a moving speed of the second WTRU, a moving direction of the second WTRU, or a residual power of the second WTRU.

16. The method of claim 15 , where the identifier of the second WTRU is at least one of: an IP address of the second WTRU, a Mobile Subscription Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) of the second WTRU, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the second WTRU, or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the second WTRU.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

establishing at least one of a: direct device-to-device (D2D) radio link, an indirect D2D radio link, or a network-assisted D2D radio link with the second WTRU.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

exchanging small data via a control plane with the second WTRU.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2017
From: INTERDIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
To: IOT HOLDINGS, INC.
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