Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) network architecture to enable communication between an apparatus of a CIoT User Equipment (UE) and a network through a CIoT enhanced Node B (eNB) according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol. An apparatus of a CIoT eNB can process data for communication between the CIoT UE and the network. The lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for communication between, for example, the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, such as using a modified NAS message, or one or more new messages.
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Claim
1-24. (canceled)
25. An apparatus of a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry to process data for communication with a network through a CIoT enhanced Node B (eNB) according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol; and a radio interface to communicate with the CIoT eNB using a first reference point.
26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for CIoT devices exclusive of mobile NAS messages.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the mobile NAS messages include at least one of attach or tracking area update (TAU).
28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive a modified NAS message that includes communication data from the network.
29. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to modify an existing NAS message to include data for communication to the network.
30. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the CIoT eNB is configured to communicate with the CIoT UE and to terminate the first reference point,
wherein the first reference point is a narrow-band air interface between the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, and wherein the network is an operator network or a cloud service network.
31. An apparatus of a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) enhanced Node B (eNB), the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry to process data for communication between a CIoT User Equipment (UE) and a network according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol; and a radio interface to communicate with the CIoT UE using a first reference point.
32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for CIoT devices exclusive of mobile NAS messages.
33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the mobile NAS messages include at least one of attach or tracking area update (TAU).
34. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to modify an existing NAS message to include data for communication to the CIoT UE.
35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the existing NAS message includes an attach message or a service request message.
36. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the existing NAS message includes a periodic tracking area update (TAU) message.
37. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive data for communication to the network in a modified NAS message from the CIoT UE.
38. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the CIoT eNB is a component of a CIoT Access Network (CAN) including a CIoT Gateway (GW) coupled to a plurality of CIoT eNBs,
wherein the CIoT GW is configured to communicate with the network using a second reference point, wherein the first reference point is a narrow-band air interface between the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, and the second reference point includes an air interface between the CIoT GW and the network, and wherein the network is an operator network or a cloud service network.
39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the CIoT GW includes functionality of at least one of a Mobile Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway (S-GW), and Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW).
40. At least one machine readable medium of a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) User Equipment (UE), the machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the CIoT UE, configure the CIoT UE to:
process data for communication with a network through a CIoT enhanced Node B (eNB) according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol using processing circuitry; and communicate with the CIoT eNB using a radio interface and a first reference point.
41. The at least one machine readable medium of a CIoT UE of claim 40,
wherein the lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for CIoT devices exclusive of mobile NAS messages, wherein the first reference point is a narrow-band air interface between the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, and wherein the mobile NAS messages including at least one of attach or tracking area update (TAU).
42. The at least one machine readable medium of a CIoT UE of claim 40, the machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the CIoT UE, configure the CIoT UE to:
receive a modified NAS message that includes communication data from the network; or modify an existing NAS message to include data for communication to the network.
43. At least one machine readable medium of a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) enhanced Node B (eNB), the machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the CIoT eNB, configure the CIoT eNB to:
process data for communication between a CIoT User Equipment (UE) and a network according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol using processing circuitry; and communicate with the CIoT UE using a radio interface and a first reference point.
44. The at least one machine readable medium of a CIoT eNB of claim 43, wherein the lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for CIoT devices exclusive of mobile NAS messages.
45. The at least one machine readable medium of the CIoT eNB of claim 44,
wherein the first reference point is a narrow-band air interface between the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, and wherein the mobile NAS messages including at least one of attach or tracking area update (TAU).
46. The at least one machine readable medium of the CIoT eNB of claim 43, the machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the CIoT eNB, configure the CIoT eNB to:
modify an existing NAS message to include data for communication to the CIoT UE.
47. The at least one machine readable medium of the CIoT eNB of claim 43, wherein the existing NAS message includes an attach message, a service request message, or a periodic tracking area update (TAU) message.
48. The at least one machine readable medium of the CIoT eNB of claim 43, the machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the CIoT eNB, configure the CIoT eNB to:
receive data for communication to the network in a modified NAS message from the CIoT UE.
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