5G Emergency Notification Targeting via Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems face challenges in providing efficient and coordinated emergency response during natural disasters or emergencies due to increased demand from numerous mobile devices, leading to reduced network quality and potential congestion.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of 5G wireless cellular technologies to facilitate robust communication by identifying and transmitting targeted notifications and updates to specific devices based on location, user preferences, and emergency event severity, utilizing a computing platform with processors and communication interfaces to manage emergency event information and responses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a large number of mobile devices attempt to access the wireless network during emergencies, then more devices can receive emergency notifications, but network quality and service reliability deteriorate due to congestion
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments emergency notifications into different priority levels (e.g., immediate danger, safety information, update notifications) and transmits them through different communication channels or at different times. This segmentation allows critical notifications to be delivered reliably while managing overall network load from numerous devices attempting to access the network simultaneously.
2Productivity
If 5G technology is implemented to increase data throughput and connectivity, then communication robustness improves, but device complexity and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The emergency notification system is designed to be multi-functional by supporting both 5G and legacy wireless networks, allowing it to operate across different generations of cellular technology. This universality enables the system to leverage 5G's high throughput capabilities when available while maintaining compatibility with existing infrastructure, thereby managing complexity while preserving productivity benefits.
3Loss of time
If targeted notifications are sent to specific devices based on location and preferences, then information dissemination efficiency improves, but system complexity increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-segmenting geographic areas into zones and pre-categorizing emergency notifications by type and priority before an emergency occurs. During an actual emergency, the system quickly matches the event location and type against these pre-established categories to determine which devices should receive notifications, significantly reducing processing time and complexity compared to real-time analysis of all possible factors.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate to transmission of emergency event notifications and reception of responses corresponding to the emergency event notifications. A computing platform may receive emergency event information. The computing device may identify, based on the emergency event information, a first target device. The computing device may transmit, a first notification to the first target device. Thereafter, the computing device may receive, from the first target device, a response corresponding to the first notification. The computing device may identify, based on the first response and the emergency event information, a second target device. Then, the computing device may transmit a second notification to the second target device. The second notification may comprise information that is different from information in the first notification.