US 11,818,655 B2
Connection management for internet of things devices
Carl Wang, Syosset, NY (US); Quentin N. Robinson, Willingboro, NJ (US); Ted Stecko, Natick, MA (US); and Shamik Basu, Lake Hiawatha, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,110.
Application 17/674,110 is a continuation of application No. 16/547,945, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,272,446.
Application 16/547,945 is a continuation of application No. 15/632,715, filed on Jun. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,433,248, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174596 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 52/0216 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a network device, a reporting configuration for respective Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wherein the reporting configuration configures an initiation of reporting instances for reporting data via a radio access network, and wherein each of the IoT devices acquires the data according to an associated data acquisition frequency;
determining, by the network device and based on the reporting configurations, that the initiation of at least one of the reporting instances for at least one IoT device coincides with the initiation of the reporting instances for at least a threshold number of the IoT devices, wherein the threshold number is determined based on a load capacity of the radio access network; and
modifying, by the network device, the reporting configuration of each IoT device to include alternating representative reporting, which reduces a current frequency of the initiation of the reporting instances for each IoT device, and wherein each IoT device maintains the associated data acquisition frequency.