Context-aware and proximity-aware service layer connectivity management

• US 10,462,260 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2015
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Convida Wireless LLC
• Original Assignee: Convida Wireless LLC
• Inventors: Wang, Chonggang, Li, Qing, Li, Hongkun, Russell, Jr., Paul L., Chen, Zhuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Madamba, Glenford J
• Application Number:
  US15/114,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20160344841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,735 Days
• Field of Search: 709228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Context-aware and proximity-aware service layer connectivity management may leverage context information and connectivity service policies to dynamically determine and adjust appropriate service layer connectivity for machine-to-machine or Internet of things entities.

Claims

1. A machine-to-machine server for connectivity management, the server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

receiving a request to establish a service layer connection with a first machine-to-machine entity;

responsive to the request to establish the service layer connection with the first machine-to-machine entity, retrieving context information of the first machine-to-machine entity, wherein the context information comprises the speed and direction of the first machine-to-machine entity; and

determining a communication path for the service layer connection between the first machine-to-machine entity and a second machine-to-machine entity based on the context information of the first machine-to-machine entity, wherein the communication path is a direct link between the first and second machine-to-machine entities.

2. The machine-to-machine server of claim 1, further operations comprising notifying the first machine-to-machine entity of an established communication path based on the determining of the communication path.

3. The machine-to-machine server of claim 1, further operations comprising notifying the first-machine-to-machine entity of properties an established communication path based on the determining of the communication path.

4. The machine-to-machine server of claim 1, wherein the context information comprises a preference of the first-machine-to-machine entity in connectivity as a source entity.

5. The machine-to-machine server of claim 1, wherein the context information comprises context information of an application that is scheduled to use the communication path.

6. The machine-to-machine server of claim 1, wherein the context information comprises information about whether data of an application scheduled to use the communication path is cacheable.

7. The machine-to-machine server of claim 1, further operations comprising notifying the first machine-to-machine entity of the determined communication path.

8. A method for connectivity management of a service layer communication, the method comprising:

receiving a request to establish a service layer connection with a first machine-to-machine entity;

responsive to the request to establish the service layer connection with the first machine-to-machine entity, retrieving context information, wherein the context information comprises the speed or direction of the first machine-to-machine entity; and

determining a communication path for the service layer connection between the first machine-to-machine entity and a second machine-to-machine entity based on the context information, wherein the communication path is a direct link between the first and second machine-to-machine entities.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising notifying the first machine-to-machine entity of an established communication path based on the determining of the communication path.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising notifying the first-machine-to-machine entity of properties an established communication path based on the determining of the communication path.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the context information comprises a preference of the first-machine-to-machine entity in connectivity as a source entity.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the context information comprises context information of an application that is scheduled to use the communication path.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the context information comprises information about whether data of an application scheduled to use the communication path is cacheable.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising notifying the first machine-to-machine entity of the determined communication path.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause said computing device to effectuate operations comprising:

receiving a request to establish a service layer connection with a first machine-to-machine entity;

responsive to the request to establish the service layer connection with the first machine-to-machine entity, retrieving context information of the first machine-to-machine entity, wherein the context information comprises the speed and direction of the first machine-to-machine entity; and

determining a communication path for the service layer connection between the first machine-to-machine entity and a second machine-to-machine entity based on the context information of the first machine-to-machine entity, wherein the communication path is a direct link between the first and second machine-to-machine entities.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further operations comprising notifying the first machine-to-machine entity of an established communication path based on the determining of the communication path.