Object-resource model to facilitate iot services

Abstract

A network device can receive a request from an application server for availability information associated with a response period in which a user equipment is responsive to communications. The network device can send a status query related to the user equipment to a radio access network controller device that processes signals between the user equipment and a mobile network core device. The network device can receive the availability information from the radio access network controller device and transmit a notification message to the application server that indicates the response period.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 processing, by first network equipment comprising a processor, signals between a user equipment and mobile network core equipment;   receiving, by the first network equipment, from second network equipment, a status query related to an availability period of time during which the user equipment is active to receive communications, wherein the status query was triggered by an availability request from application server equipment; and   sending, by the first network equipment to the second network equipment, the availability period, wherein, based on the availability period, to facilitate a connection between the application server equipment and the user equipment, the second network equipment transmits a notification message to the application server equipment that indicates the availability period.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first network equipment comprises radio access network controller equipment that accesses mobility management entity functions. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the radio access network controller equipment comprises management mobility entity equipment that operates according to a long term evolution mobile network protocol. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein, to send the status query to the radio access network controller equipment, the second network equipment queried a user equipment registration repository to determine the radio access network controller equipment that served the user equipment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second network equipment comprises context exposure equipment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, based on receipt of the notification message, the application server equipment is to transmit a message to the user equipment to obtain data during the availability period. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, based on the status query, requesting, by the first network equipment, from the user equipment, the availability period. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user equipment operates in an idle state mode and an active state mode, and wherein, in the idle state mode, the user equipment is not active to receive the communications. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the user equipment, while in the idle state mode, consumes less power than the user equipment consumes while in the active state mode. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the user equipment, while in the idle state mode, is not active to receive the communications. 
     
     
         11 . A network controller device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving from a querying device, a status request related to a context of a user equipment where the user equipment is not inactive, wherein the status request was triggered by an active request from an application server, and 
 based on the status request, sending the context to the querying device, wherein, based on the context, the querying device is to further send the context to the application server in response to the active request. 
   
     
     
         12 . The network controller device of  claim 11 , wherein the context facilitates the application server establishing a connection with the user equipment. 
     
     
         13 . The network controller device of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise, before receiving the status request, processing signals between the user equipment and mobile network core equipment. 
     
     
         14 . The network controller device of  claim 11 , wherein receiving the status request comprises receiving a communicated signal from the querying device. 
     
     
         15 . The network controller device of  claim 11 , wherein the network controller device comprises a radio access network controller device that accesses mobility management entity functions according to a new radio mobile network protocol. 
     
     
         16 . The network controller device of  claim 13 , wherein the user equipment comprises an internet of things device that provides data to the application server in response to a signal from the application server requesting the data. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of network access equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 processing communications between internet of things equipment and network core equipment;   receiving from context exposing equipment, a status query related to a time range in which the internet of things equipment is active to receive communications, wherein the status query was caused to be communicated by application server equipment; and   communicating the time range to the context exposing equipment, wherein, to facilitate a connection between the application server equipment and the internet of things equipment, the time range exposes a context, comprising the time range, to the application server equipment.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein, to communicate the status query to the network access equipment, the context exposing equipment queried a registration repository to determine the network access equipment that processed communications for the internet of things equipment. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the network access equipment comprises radio access network controller equipment that accesses mobility management entity functions according to at least a fifth generation mobile network protocol. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the context exposed comprises a scheduled time for the internet of things equipment to transition from an idle state to an active state.