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MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION VIRTUAL SHARED MOBILE APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 20140376454A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2013
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A machine-type-communication (MTC) virtual shared mobile (VSM) apparatus suitable for use in a communications network including a mobile network, the mobile network having wireless nodes including a wireless basestation node and wireless device nodes, the wireless base station node serving the wireless device nodes, a portion of the wireless devices being a plurality of MTC devices, the communications network connected to at least one MTC application server, the MTC VSM apparatus comprising:

  • a node in the communications network, comprising;

    a communications interface for participating in at least one MTC communication involving one of the at least one MTC application server and the at least one of the MTC devices; and

    a processor configured to operate with the communications interface, the processor adapted such that a portion of the at least one MTC related communication presents the plurality of MTC devices as one Virtual Shared Mobile wireless device having a single wireless device identifier to the mobile network.

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