| 摘要 |
A method for setting costs for transmitting data associated with a machine-type communication (MTC), or machine-to-machine (M2M), entity over a radio network in a wireless telecommunications system (fig.3). The method comprises determining a transmission cost parameter representing a cost associated with transmitting data in the radio network (S2, fig.4) and communicating the transmission cost parameter to the MTC entity (S3, fig.4). MTC entities using the radio network are thus able to manage their data transmissions based on transmission cost T4. Thus, the radio network is able to dynamically manage traffic load by providing a cost incentive for transmitting MTC data when network resources are under utilised and applying a cost penalty for transmissions made while the network is relatively busy. Furthermore, the MTC entities of the wireless communication system are able to select times and/or manner of data transmissions to reduce their overall cost of using the network.
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