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Abstract

According to example teachings herein, a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) event recording function records M2M events for a Network Services Capability Layer (N-SCL) in an M2M network. In an example configuration, the recording function considers certain M2M information elements as mandatory for recording with respect to a given M2M event, while others are optional according to configuration information that controls M2M event recording. Each such recorded M2M event includes a number of M2M information elements that are mandatory, and optionally includes one or more additional information elements. In at least one embodiment, the mandatory M2M information elements allow M2M network events to be correlated with corresponding events in an access network used to access the M2M network. The recorded M2M events can be also correlated at the M2M service layer to fulfill certain billing needs, for catering to the potentially large number of diverse applications that can utilize the M2M network.

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First Claim