Group identification of wireless communication devices
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1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- means for receiving, over a first wireless network, a registration message corresponding to a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network; and
means for transmitting, in response to said registration message, a group assignment message comprising a group identification number associated with the group of wireless devices;
wherein the group identification number includes a subset of an access terminal identifier (ATI);
wherein the subset of the ATI comprises twenty three contiguous bits and wherein the group identification portion comprises a bit in a most significant position of the subset of the AT!.
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Abstract
A wireless communications method includes registering, in a first wireless network, a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network and facilitating group casting communication between said group of wireless devices and a server operating in said first wireless network. In one aspect, the group casting communication may be performed for machine to machine (M2M) communication between a group of wireless devices and a server.
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1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
means for receiving, over a first wireless network, a registration message corresponding to a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network; and means for transmitting, in response to said registration message, a group assignment message comprising a group identification number associated with the group of wireless devices; wherein the group identification number includes a subset of an access terminal identifier (ATI); wherein the subset of the ATI comprises twenty three contiguous bits and wherein the group identification portion comprises a bit in a most significant position of the subset of the AT!. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
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transceiver electronics operable to receive, over a first wireless network, a wireless signal carrying a registration message corresponding to a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network; and a processor and a memory that are coupled to each other to process signals to and from the transceiver electronics, the processing operable to, in response to said registration message, produce a group assignment message comprising a group identification number associated with the group of wireless devices and to direct the group assignment message to the transceiver electronics which sends an output wireless signal carrying the group assignment message; wherein the group identification number includes a subset of an access terminal identifier (ATI); wherein the subset of the ATI comprises twenty three contiguous bits and wherein the group identification portion comprises a bit in a most significant position of the subset of the ATI. - View Dependent Claims (4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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5. A wireless communications method, comprising:
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registering, by an access terminal operating in a first wireless network, a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network; and facilitating, by the access terminal, group casting communication between said group of wireless devices and a server operating in said first wireless network; wherein said registering comprises; transmitting a group registration message over the first wireless network; and receiving a group assignment message comprising a group identification number associated with the group of wireless devices; wherein the group identification number includes a subset of an access terminal identifier (ATI), wherein the ATI is a link layer identifier of the access terminal, the group identification number comprising the subset and a second portion that identifies the first wireless network; wherein the subset of the ATI for the group identification number includes a group identification portion and a group member identification portion; wherein the group identification portion comprises an end bit position of the subset of the AT. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless communications method, comprising:
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registering, by an access terminal operating in a first wireless network, a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network; and facilitating, by the access terminal, group casting communication between said group of wireless devices and a server operating in said first wireless network; wherein said registering comprises; transmitting a group registration message over the first wireless network; and receiving a group assignment message comprising a group identification number associated with the group of wireless devices; wherein the group identification number includes a subset of an access terminal identifier (ATI), wherein the ATI is a link layer identifier of the access terminal comprising the subset and a second portion that identifies the second wireless network; wherein the subset of the ATI for the group identification number includes a group identification portion and a group member identification portion; wherein the subset of the ATI comprises twenty three contiguous bits and wherein the group identification portion comprises a bit in a most significant position of the subset of the ATI. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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18. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
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code for registering, in a first wireless network, a group of wireless devices from a second wireless network; and code for facilitating group casting communication between said group of wireless devices and a server operating in said first wireless network; wherein said code for registering comprises; code for transmitting a group registration message over the first wireless network; and code for receiving a group assignment message comprising a group identification number associated with the group of wireless devices; wherein the group identification number includes a subset of an access terminal identifier (ATI), wherein the ATI is a link layer identifier of the access terminal comprising the subset and a second portion that identifies the second wireless network; wherein the subset of the ATI for the group identification number includes a group identification portion and a group member identification portion; wherein the instructions further include; code for receiving a time-out window value associated with the first message; and code for transmitting a response message within the time-out window value time of the receiving the first message.
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