SESSION MANAGEMENT FOR MASSIVE MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION IN 5G NETWORKS

摘要

The invention relates to a control plane, CP, network entity (305) configured to manage communication between an access network, AN, and a core network, CN, of a wireless communication system (300), wherein the CP network entity (305) comprises a processor configured, in response to a connectivity request from a first physical device (301a), to assign the first physical device (301a) to a virtual device (301) and to establish an aggregate CN bearer for the virtual device (301). In an embodiment, the first physical device (301a) is associated with a device class parameter and the processor is configured, in response to a connectivity request from a second physical device (301b), to assign the second physical device (301b) to the virtual device (301), in case a device class parameter associated with the second physical device (301b) is identical to the device class parameter of the first physical device (301a), or, in case the device class parameter associated with the second physical device (301b) differs from the device class parameter of the first physical device (301a), to assign the second physical device (301b) to a further virtual device and to establish a further aggregate CN bearer for the further virtual device.