METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING GATEWAY SELECTION

摘要

A method is provided for facilitating gateway selection. The method may include receiving, at a terminal apparatus, a missing sensor notification message from an access point for a cellular network. The missing sensor notification message may indicate a sensor node for which a device needs to be selected to serve as a gateway to the cellular network. The method may further include determining whether any the indicated sensor node is within a signaling range of a wireless sensor network signaling technology. The method may additionally include, in an instance in which it is determined that the indicated sensor node is within signaling range, causing a gateway serving request to be sent to the access point requesting that the terminal apparatus be selected to serve as a gateway between the sensor node and the cellular network. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.