Abstract: A method for generating a virtual device resource (VDR) accessible by an application includes providing a request for discovery of information by one or more applications; converting the provided request into one or more requests for one or more BigData repositories, wherein the converted one or more requests are supported by the one or more BigData repositories and fit the provided request; transmitting the converted one or more requests to the one or more BigData repositories; executing the transmitted one or more requests resulting in one or more descriptions of virtual device resources; selecting one or more virtual device resources (VDR) based on the one or more descriptions; and generating the selected, one or more virtual device resources (VDR).

Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a node (512, 520, 1102) for use by a first network (502, 504), the first network (502, 504) applies an authentication process to allow a subscriber access to a network, wherein authentication information used in the authentication process is derived using a key associated with a subscriber identity of a subscriber, the key being stored in either a location within the first network (502, 504) or external to the first network (502, 504).

Abstract: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication has been described for communication in a single network in among others publications from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The publications describe a single network with defined entities, a resource structure and protocols. According to the invention, a solution is described for communication between entities residing in different M2M networks. Entities or applications residing in a first M2M network requiring information of an entity in another second M2M network submit a request with a target ID pointing to the entity in the second M2M network. The request is forwarded to the network node of the first network. The network node of the first network checks whether the target ID matches with an entity of a second network that according to a Domain Name Server (DNS) lookup has an address of a second network node of the second M2M network. On a match the request is routed towards the retrieved second network node of the second M2M network.

Abstract: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication has been described for communication in a single network in among others publications from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The publications describe a single network with defined entities, a resource structure and protocols. According to the invention, a solution is described for communication between entities residing in different M2M networks. Entities residing in a first M2M network requiring information of an entity in another second M2M network submit a request with a target ID pointing to the entity in the second M2M network. The request is forwarded to the network node of the first network. The network node of the first network checks whether the target ID matches with an announced resource in the network node of the first network. On a match the request is routed towards the network node of the second M2M network according to an address available in a REstful structure comprising the announced resource.

Abstract: A method for generating a virtual device resource (VDR) accessible by an application includes providing a request for discovery of information by one or more applications; converting the provided request into one or more requests for one or more BigData repositories, wherein the converted one or more requests are supported by the one or more BigData repositories and fit the provided request; transmitting the converted one or more requests to the one or more BigData repositories; executing the transmitted one or more requests resulting in one or more descriptions of virtual device resources; selecting one or more virtual device resources (MR) based on the one or more descriptions; and generating the selected, one or more virtual device resources (VDR).

Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a node (512, 520, 1102) for use by a first network (502, 504), the first network (502, 504) applies an authentication process to allow a subscriber access to a network, wherein authentication information used in the authentication process is derived using a key associated with a subscriber identity of a subscriber, the key being stored in either a location within the first network (502, 504) or external to the first network (502, 504).

Abstract: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication has been described for communication in a single network in among others publications from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The publications describe a single network with defined entities, a resource structure and protocols. According to the invention, a solution is described for communication between entities residing in different M2M networks. Entities or applications residing in a first M2M network requiring information of an entity in another second M2M network submit a request with a target ID pointing to the entity in the second M2M network. The request is forwarded to the network node of the first network. The network node of the first network checks whether the target ID matches with an entity of a second network that according to a Domain Name Server (DNS) lookup has an address of a second network node of the second M2M network. On a match the request is routed towards the retrieved second network node of the second M2M network.

Abstract: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication has been described for communication in a single network in among others publications from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The publications describe a single network with defined entities, a resource structure and protocols. According to the invention, a solution is described for communication between entities residing in different M2M networks. Entities residing in a first M2M network requiring information of an entity in another second M2M network submit a request with a target ID pointing to the entity in the second M2M network. The request is forwarded to the network node of the first network. The network node of the first network checks whether the target ID matches with an announced resource in the network node of the first network. On a match the request is routed towards the network node of the second M2M network according to an address available in a REstful structure comprising the announced resource.