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MOBILE NETWORK IOT CONVERGENCE

  • US 20160164728A1
  • Filed: 02/12/2016
  • Published: 06/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a network device, comprising:

  • selecting, by the network device based upon a service request from a customer, one or more device gateways from a plurality of device gateways, wherein the plurality of device gateways are communicatively coupled with a plurality of low powered devices, and wherein the plurality of device gateways do not include a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM);

    transmitting configuration information over a public network to the selected one or more device gateways to cause the selected one or more device gateways to configure particular ones of the plurality of low power devices to perform actions according to the service request;

    receiving, from the selected one or more device gateways over the public network, data generated by at least some of the configured particular ones of the plurality of low power devices;

    establishing, specific to the one or more requested service actions, one or more GPRS Tunnel Protocol (GTP) tunnels with a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway of a mobile network operator; and

    sending the received data over the one or more GTP tunnels to be processed by the mobile network operator.

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