MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A machine type communication (MTC) gateway device is operable to provide usage type information to a 3GPP network entity and an application out of the 3GPP network. The usage type of the MTC gateway device reflect whether the MTC gateway device is operating as a regular MTC terminal or an MTC gateway. The disclosed MTC gateway device and base station provide an enhanced monitoring response with an enhanced positioning granularity to a position monitoring request.

主权项

1. A machine type communication (MTC) device comprising:
a communication unit configured to transmit an active operating state of the communication unit among a plurality of operating states through a wireless communication channel; and a reporter operable to report an MTC gateway device usage type as the active operating state in a condition that the communication unit operates in the MTC gateway device usage type; wherein the reporter is operable to report an regular MTC terminal usage type as the active operating state in a condition that the communication unit operates in the regular MTC terminal usage type.