M2M -- MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS IN A MULTIPLE M2M DEVICE GROUP ZONE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The present invention provides a method and system device for providing M2M communications in a multiple machine-to-machine (M2M) device group zone environment. In one embodiment, a method for an M2M device to perform communication in an M2M communication system includes determining zone indexes corresponding to one or more zone identifiers associated with a base station, Zone identifiers identify one or more M2M device group zones associated with the base station; Selecting a zone index corresponding to a zone identifier of an M2M device group zone associated with an M2M device group of the M2M device from the determined zone indices; And communicating with the base station using the selected zone index together with an M2M device identifier associated with the M2M device group of the M2M device.