PERSISTENT LOGICAL DATA TUNNELS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by a radio access network node (“
RAN node”
), from a plurality of wireless devices, a plurality of uplink data packets; and
routing, by the RAN node, uplink data packets from a subset of the plurality of wireless devices into a logical data tunnel leading to an access gateway;
wherein the logical data tunnel is persistent across sessions of the subset of the plurality of wireless devices.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for data delivery among wireless machine-to-machine (“M2M”) and/or machine-type-communication (“MTC”) devices. A method may include receiving, from a plurality of wireless devices (e.g., user equipment or subscriber unit devices), a plurality of uplink data packets, and routing uplink data packets from a subset of the plurality of wireless devices into a logical data tunnel leading to an access gateway. The logical data tunnel may be persistent across sessions of the subset of the plurality of wireless devices. Additionally or alternatively, a method may include incorporating an M2M/MTC payload into data for establishing a connection between a wireless device and a radio access network (“RAN”), so that the wireless device may thereafter enter into an idle mode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by a radio access network node (“
RAN node”
), from a plurality of wireless devices, a plurality of uplink data packets; androuting, by the RAN node, uplink data packets from a subset of the plurality of wireless devices into a logical data tunnel leading to an access gateway; wherein the logical data tunnel is persistent across sessions of the subset of the plurality of wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by an evolved Node B (“
eNB”
), from a user equipment (“
UE”
) device, data for establishing a radio resource control (“
RRC”
) connection between the UE device and the eNB, wherein the data includes a machine-type communication (“
MTC”
) payload;extracting, by the eNB, the MTC payload and a destination from the data for establishing the RRC connection; and forwarding, by the processor, the MTC payload through a logical data tunnel towards the destination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system, comprising:
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one or more processors; a control module configured to be operated by a processor of the one or more processors to; facilitate establishment of a logical data tunnel between a radio access network node (“
RAN node”
) and one or more access gateways, wherein uplink data packets from a subset of a plurality of wireless devices are multiplexed into the logical data tunnel;wherein the logical data tunnel is persistent across a plurality of wireless device sessions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A user equipment (“
- UE”
) device comprising;a wireless network adaptor; and a control module configured to transmit, through the wireless network adaptor, to a mobility management entity (“
MME”
) of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (“
E-UTRAN”
), via a non-access stratum (“
NAS”
) signal, machine type communication (“
MTC”
) data about the UE device that facilitates mapping of the UE device to a logical data tunnel between an evolved Node B (“
eNB”
) and one or more serving gateways (“
SGW”
);wherein the logical data tunnel is persistent across UE sessions of a plurality of UE devices and is shared by an MTC subset of the plurality of UE devices. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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