US Patent 11570793 Connectivity scheduler for NB-IoT devices

A method performed by one or more network nodes of a wireless telecommunications network to schedule intermittent connectivity of multiple narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) devices with the network. The network node(s) can maintain a connectivity schedule that includes profiles for NB-IoT devices and cause the multiple NB-IoT devices to connect to the network in accordance with the schedule at different times based on priority levels associated with the NB-IoT devices. The network node(s) can adjust the connectivity schedule in response to detection of a condition of the network or the NB-IoT device.