摘要 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS ARE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING GROUP-BASED MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION. MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATION, MTC WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS, WTRUs MAY OPERATE IN MTC GROUPS (508A, 508B, 508C, 508D). MTC WTRUs BELONGING TO THE SAME MTC GROUP (508A, 508B, 508C, 508D) MAY USE A GROUP-BASED INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY, IMSI AND A GROUP-BASED IP ADDRESS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION. GROUP-BASED NETWORK REGISTRATION MAY BE PERFORMED. A GROUP-BASED IP ADDRESS AND RADIO RESOURCES MAY BE PROACTIVELY ALLOCATED FOR AN MTC GROUP (508A, 508B, 508C, 508D). A MASTER MTC MAY PERFORM NETWORK REGISTRATION/ATTACHMENT PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE MTC GROUP (508A, 508B, 508C, 508D). A GROUP OF MTC WTRUs MAY TRANSMIT DATA ACCORDING TO STAGGERED TIME WINDOWS. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS |