Reducing power consumption for M2M communications in wireless networks

摘要

Systems and methods for establishing power saving data transmissions with machine-to-machine (M2M) communication capable devices and like user equipment in wireless networks are generally disclosed herein. One embodiment includes data transmission techniques to bundle small M2M data packet transmissions in an initial wireless network access process, performed before the device begins to negotiate the wireless network connection with a base station (BS). If the M2M data is successfully transmitted to the BS in the initial communication(s), then further connection does not need to occur, saving power and transmissions needed to negotiate and establish the wireless network connection. Configurations for a system, base station, and user equipment (user equipment including various M2M communication capable devices) are also described herein, including configurations for implementing the data transmission techniques.

主权项

1. A method performed by a machine-to-machine (M2M) communications device during a wireless connection establishment, the method comprising:
accessing a wireless network provided by a base station, the accessing including receiving a random access response message from the base station; appending short-burst data from the M2M communications device to a network entry message for the wireless network; and transmitting, in response to receiving the random access message, the network entry message to the base station during an initial network entry procedure between the M2M communications device and the base station.