EXTENDING CONNECTIVITY IN A MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

In a machine to machine (M2M) communication system, a common service entity hosts a registration for a remotely hosted application entity, stores a point of access address corresponding to the remotely hosted application entity, and thereby facilitates M2M communication between the remotely hosted application entity and another M2M node. The communication may be performed over the Mca interface.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising:
hosting, at a common service entity (CSE), a registration for a remotely hosted application entity, wherein the CSE comprises one or more service functions that are common to multiple M2M services; storing a point of access address corresponding to the remotely hosted application entity, wherein the remotely hosted application entity is on a different hardware platform than that of the CSE; and facilitating, based on the point of access address, M2M communication between the remotely hosted application entity and an M2M node.