DYNAMIC DOWNLINK DATA DELIVERY FOR CONTROL PLANE CELLULAR INTERNET-OF-THINGS

Abstract

An apparatus comprises a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to one another. The processor is configured to communicate a request to deliver control plane downlink data to one or more user devices in one or more communication operations and associate the request to deliver the control plane downlink data with a first network function hosted in one or more first network components. The first network function is integrated with a unified data storage function (UDSF). Further, the processor is configured to maintain a communication link in response to determining that the one or more user devices are unresponsive to receive the control plane downlink data, inhibit one or more second network components hosting a second network function from caching the control plane downlink data, and cache the control plane downlink data in the UDSF.

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