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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Alcatel Lucent, Nozay, FR;

Inventors:

Xiangyang Li, Shanghai, CN;

Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Nozay, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 12/0027 (2019.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for implementing MTC group message delivery. The MTC-IWF obtains policy information from the PCRF and controls the delivery of the MTC group message according to the policy information by introducing the policy information of the MTC group message delivery in the PCRF. By introducing a flexible policy control mechanism, it can help the operators to define and customize various MTC group message delivery rules. With the increase in MTC ASes and MTC groups, operators can choose the network better, control the use of network resources, thereby achieving the purpose of improving or optimizing the network.


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