Methods and nodes in a communication system

摘要

Embodiments herein include a method in a server for scheduling of an information transmission from an information providing device to a subscriber equipment in a communication system. The method comprises determining a moment in time at which the subscriber equipment desires information. Also, an estimation of the communication intensity in the communication system at the determined moment in time is obtained. If the estimated communication intensity exceeds a certain threshold value, an appropriate period in time for the information providing device to send desired information to the subscriber equipment is calculated, based on the communication intensity in the communication system. Furthermore, a trigger signal is sent to the information providing device, requesting the information providing device at what moment in time to provide information to the subscriber equipment. A method in an information providing device is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method in a server for scheduling information from a plurality of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices to be provided to a subscriber equipment, wherein the server, the M2M devices, and the subscriber equipment are comprised in a communication system, the method comprising:
determining a desired moment in time at which the subscriber equipment desires to receive information from the M2M devices, the information from any given one of the M2M devices pertaining to measurement data collected by that M2M device, estimating the communication intensity in the communication system at the desired moment in time, scheduling information from different ones of the M2M devices to be provided to the subscriber equipment at different moments distributed in time, based on the desired moment in time and the estimated communication intensity at the desired moment in time, as needed to avoid load spikes within the communication system, and requesting the M2M devices to provide the information to the subscriber equipment.