CPC H04W 68/005 (2013.01) [H04L 49/90 (2013.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A method for managing communication between at least one NB-IoT device and an application server, the method comprising:
continuously receiving, at a mobility management unit, one or more data request from the application server for the at least one NB-IoT device;
transmitting, by the mobility management unit, a paging request to the at least one NB-IoT device;
dynamically monitoring, by the mobility management unit, a response to the paging request from the at least one NB-IoT device;
continuously buffering, at the mobility management unit, the one or more data request based on the dynamic monitoring of the response to the paging request from the at least one NB-IoT device;
transmitting, by the mobility management unit, the one or more buffered data request based on one of: an expiry of the paging request, and the dynamic monitoring of the response to the paging request from the at least one NB-IoT device for managing communication between the at least one NB-IoT device and the application server;
transmitting, by the mobility management unit, the one or more buffered data request to the application server in an event of the expiry of the paging request; and
transmitting, by the mobility management unit, the one or more buffered data request to the at least one NB-IoT device in an event the response to the paging request is received from the at least one NB-IoT device.
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