Machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway (GW) and method for M2M registration

• US 10,735,888 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2018
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IOT Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: DiGirolamo, Rocco, Cha, Inhyok, Russell, Jr., Paul L., Podias, Nicholas J., Gauvreau, Jean-Louis, Seed, Dale N., Pinheiro, Ana Lucia, Starsinic, Michael F., Wang, Chonggang
• Primary Examiner(s): Murray, Daniel C.
• Application Number:
  US16/160,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20190052993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• 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: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway (GW) includes reachability, addressing, and repository (RAR) capability. The GW maintains a local mapping table and local device application repository, performs data aggregation, address/name translation, provides event reporting and establishes GW reachability and wake-up time. The GW supports requests from M2M applications or other capabilities within the GW, and from a network and application (N&A) domain RAR. The GW may include an M2M device and M2M gateway management (MDGM) capability that receives management requests for an M2M device and functions as a network proxy. The MDGM accepts and processes requests from the N&A domain on behalf of the M2M device and performs management functions of the M2M device on behalf of the N&A domain. The MDGM may request the N&A domain for permission to interact with the M2M device, initiate an interaction for device management tasks with the M2M device, and report to the N&A domain.

Claims

1. A machine to machine (M2M) gateway (GW), comprising:

at least one processor configured to receive registration attributes for a registration service, for a plurality of M2M devices, wherein the registration attributes comprise an M2M device identification for each of the plurality of M2M devices;

the at least one processor further configured to receive a registration request from one of the plurality of M2M devices to register with the M2M GW;

the at least one processor further configured to determine, using the registration service, that the requesting M2M device is permitted to register based on a comparison of the registration request to the M2M device identification of the requesting M2M device;

the at least one processor further configured to register the requesting M2M device with the M2M GW; and

the at least one processor further configured to communicate with the requesting M2M device to provide the requesting M2M device with an M2M common service capability.

2. The M2M GW of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive the registration attributes from a network and application service.

3. The M2M GW of claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store the registration attributes.

4. The M2M GW of claim 1, wherein the registration attributes further comprise at least one of a service class, power availability for each of the plurality of M2M devices, and memory availability for each of the plurality of M2M devices.

5. The M2M GW of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to authenticate the plurality of M2M devices to use the M2M common service capability.

6. The M2M GW of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to save the registration attributes in a mapping table that comprises an M2M area network address for each of the plurality of M2M devices.

7. The M2M GW of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether there is a change in registration information of the requesting M2M device based on the registration attributes.

8. The M2M GW of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to send a notification message to a network and application service on a condition that there is a change in the registration information of the requesting M2M device.

9. A method implemented by a machine to machine (M2M) gateway (GW), the method comprising:

receiving registration attributes for a registration service, for a plurality of M2M devices, wherein the registration attributes comprise an M2M device identification for each of the plurality of M2M devices;

receiving a registration request from one of the plurality of M2M devices to register with the M2M GW;

determining, using the registration service, that the requesting M2M device is permitted to register based on a comparison of the registration request to the M2M device identification of the requesting M2M device;

registering the requesting M2M device with the M2M GW; and

communicating with the requesting M2M device to provide the requesting M2M device with an M2M common service capability.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the registration attributes from a network and application service.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the registration attributes further comprise at least one of a service class, power availability for each of the plurality of M2M devices, and memory availability for each of the plurality of M2M devices.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising authenticating the plurality of M2M devices to use the M2M common service capability.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising saving the registration attributes in a mapping table that comprises an M2M area network address for each of the plurality of M2M devices.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining whether there is a change in registration information of the requesting M2M device based on the registration attributes.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising sending a notification message to a network and application service on a condition that there is a change in the registration information of the requesting M2M device.