MANAGEMENT OF IOT DEVICES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Fecha de publicación: 05/10/2022
Fuente: Wipo "IOT"
Disclosed herein is a method of a network operator controller for managing a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT)-devices associated with an IoT device owner and connected to a wireless network. The method comprises receiving a list of IoT devices that are scheduled for a firmware update, wherein the list is indicative of respective update data and update procedure for each IoT device of the list; determining at least one network node serving a geographical area covering a respective location of each of the IoT devices of the list of devices; causing caching of the respective update data; determining an updating schedule indicative of when each IoT device is to receive its respective update data; and instructing the at least one network node to update the IoT devices with the cached respective update data according to the updating schedule and update procedure.