Node and method for communications handling

摘要

Example embodiments disclosed herein may be directed towards a system, and corresponding method, for sending machine-to-machine (M2M) application specific parameters. These parameters may allow a network operator to guide M2M application behaviour in accordance with potentially limited recourses in the network. These parameters may also be used to provide IPv6 address information to a gateway node and/or M2M server and/or Service Capability Server (SCS).

主权项

1. A method, in a first network node, for communications handling with a second network node, the first and second network nodes being comprised in a communications network, the method comprising:
determining, within the first network node, at least one Machine-to-Machine (M2M) application specific parameter; and transmitting, by said first network node, a message comprising said at least one M2M application specific parameter to said second network node, during an establishment of a communication session, wherein the at least one M2M application specific parameter is not modified during said transmitting, wherein the M2M application specific parameter comprises one or more of: a device capability of the M2M device, device control instructions to be carried out by the M2M device, mobility and session management characteristics of the M2M device, an Interface Identifier (IID) portion of a full Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address of the M2M device, an indication that a specific IID has been or will be used in the M2M device, and a full IPv6 address of the M2M device, the first network node is one of: an M2M device, a gateway node, and Machine-Type Communication (MTC) server, when the first network node is the M2M device, the second network node is the gateway node, and the M2M application specific parameter comprises one or more of: said device capability of the M2M device, said IID portion of a full IPv6 address of the M2M device, an indication that a specific IID has been or will be used in the M2M device, and a full IPv6 address of the M2M device, when the first network node is the MTC server, the second network node is the gateway node, and the M2M application specific parameter comprises one or more of: device control instructions to be carried out by the M2M device, and mobility and session management characteristics of the M2M device, when the first network node is the gateway node, the second network node is one of: the M2M device and the MTC server, and when the first network node is the gateway node and the second network node is the M2M device, the M2M application specific parameter comprises one or more of: device control instructions to be carried out by the M2M device, and mobility and session management characteristics of the M2M device.