Machine-type communication subscription control
First Claim
1. An apparatus configured to operate as a network node of a telecommunications network, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to;
identify unsupported Machine Type Communications (MTC) Features, wherein an unsupported MTC Feature is an MTC Feature that at least one of an MTC Device belonging to an MTC Subscriber and the network node is not enabled to implement or execute; and
implement or execute an MTC Feature for the MTC Device; and
a transmitter configured to send to a Home Location Register (HLR) separate from the network node indications of the unsupported MTC Features that the at least one of the MTC Device and the network node is not enabled to implement or execute, wherein the processor is further configured to;
for an unsupported MTC Feature that requires an indication of being supported by the MTC Device and the network node, exclude such indication of the unsupported MTC Feature from a message to be sent to the Home Location Register; and
for an unsupported MTC Feature that does not require an indication of being supported by the MTC Device and the network node, include an indication of the MTC Feature that does not require an indication of being supported by the MTC Device and the network node in a message to be sent to the Home Location Register.
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Abstract
An apparatus is configured to operate as a subscriber server. The apparatus comprises a memory for storing the subscription information of one or more Machine Type Communications, MTC, subscribers, the subscription information of a MTC subscriber including one or more MTC Features and information regarding the MTC subscriber'"'"'s subscribed services, a processor for assessing which of the one or more subscribed MTC Features are supported, assessing any interaction that may occur between each of the supported subscribed MTC Features and between each of the supported subscribed MTC Features and the subscribed services, and determining the subscription information that should be sent to the serving node based on the outcome of the assessments, and a transmitter for sending the determined subscription information to the serving node.
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12 Claims
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1. An apparatus configured to operate as a network node of a telecommunications network, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor configured to; identify unsupported Machine Type Communications (MTC) Features, wherein an unsupported MTC Feature is an MTC Feature that at least one of an MTC Device belonging to an MTC Subscriber and the network node is not enabled to implement or execute; and implement or execute an MTC Feature for the MTC Device; and a transmitter configured to send to a Home Location Register (HLR) separate from the network node indications of the unsupported MTC Features that the at least one of the MTC Device and the network node is not enabled to implement or execute, wherein the processor is further configured to; for an unsupported MTC Feature that requires an indication of being supported by the MTC Device and the network node, exclude such indication of the unsupported MTC Feature from a message to be sent to the Home Location Register; and for an unsupported MTC Feature that does not require an indication of being supported by the MTC Device and the network node, include an indication of the MTC Feature that does not require an indication of being supported by the MTC Device and the network node in a message to be sent to the Home Location Register. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of operating a subscriber server handling subscription information of one or more Machine Type Communications (MTC) subscribers, the subscription information of an MTC subscriber including one or more MTC Features and information regarding the subscriber'"'"'s subscribed services, the method comprising:
when it is required that subscription information for an MTC subscriber be sent to a network node configured to implement or execute an MTC Feature for an MTC device of the MTC subscriber; determining, by the subscriber server, amongst one or more subscribed MTC Features, supported MTC Features that the MTC Device and the network node are enabled to implement or execute and unsupported MTC Features that at least one of the MTC Device and the network node is not enabled to implement or execute; determining, by the subscriber server, interactions between the supported MTC Features and the subscribed services; determining, by the subscriber server, the subscription information that should be sent to the network node based on the supported MTC Features and the determined interactions; and sending, by the subscriber server, the determined subscription information to the network node. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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