Scheme for monitoring battery of machine type communication device

• US 9,137,689 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kwon, Hyeyeon, Cheon, Kyung Yul, Yang, Mi Jeong, Park, Aesoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/489,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20150017926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 363 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/371 with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/00 Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes gain control in transmitters or power amplifiers H03G3/3042

Abstract

Provided is a machine type communication system including a machine type communication device operating with a battery. The machine type communication system may monitor a residual power of the battery supplying power to the machine type communication device, and may output the monitored residual power to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device. Also, a point in time when the residual power of the battery is to be monitored may be determined based on the residual power.

Claims

1. An operation method of a network apparatus comprising a machine type communication device in communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device;

receiving a response message including the residual power of the battery from the machine type communication device;

comparing the residual power of the battery with a threshold value; and

performing a first operation or a second operation based on a result of the comparing;

wherein the first operation includes transmitting information for residual power of the battery or notification indication a low residual power of the battery to a manager device and the second operation includes setting a first point in time for retransmitting the residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device, and

wherein the first operation is performed when the residual power of the battery is less than the threshold value and the second operation is performed when the residual power of the battery is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first operation further includes:

setting a second point in time for retransmitting the residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device when the network apparatus receives from the manager device a response which indicates the battery is recovered greater than or equal to the threshold value.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first point in time and the second point in time are set to shorter than a time duration in which the machine type communication device is operable using the residual power of the battery of the machine type communication device respectively.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retransmitting a residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device at the first point in time.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

retransmitting a residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device at the first point in time or the second point in time.

6. An operation method of a machine type communication device in communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a residual power monitoring request of the battery from a network apparatus;

monitoring a residual power of the battery in response to the residual power monitoring request; and

transmitting a response message including the residual power of the battery to the network apparatus,

wherein the network apparatus compares the residual power of the battery with a threshold value and performs a first operation or a second operation based on a result of the comparing,

wherein the first operation includes transmitting information for residual power of the battery or notification indication a low residual power of the battery to a manager device and the second operation includes setting a first point in time for retransmitting the residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device, and

wherein the first operation is performed when the residual power of the battery is less than the threshold value and the second operation is performed when the residual power of the battery is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first operation further includes:

setting a second point in time for retransmitting the residual power monitoring request of the battery to the machine type communication device when the network apparatus receives from the manager device a response which indicates the battery is recovered greater than or equal to the threshold value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first point in time and the second point in time are set to shorter than a time duration in which the machine type communication device is operable using the residual power of the battery of the machine type communication device respectively.

9. The method as in any one of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving again a residual power monitoring request of the battery from the network apparatus at the first point in time.

10. The method as in any one of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving again a residual power monitoring request of the battery from the network apparatus at the first point in time or the second point in time.