METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ADDRESS OF A MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for implementing a framework for an address determination technique for IPv4 addressing of MTC devices behind NATs in wireless networks. In one aspect, a method includes determining address for machine type communications (MTC) devices behind Network Address Translators (NATs) in a wireless communication network. The determining includes assigning a private address to an MTC device attached to the wireless communication network, and determining mapped public transport address.

主权项

1. A method, implementable at a network-side in a wireless communication network, comprising:
receiving a trigger request including an external identification (ID) of a machine type communication (MTC) device; transmitting a device information request including the external ID; receiving, in response to the device information request, a first internet protocol (IP) address for the MTC device, the first IP address being in a private address space of the wireless network; and obtaining a second IP address based on the first IP address, the second IP address corresponding to a translation of the first IP address in a second network from which the trigger request was received.