Activity Mode Cellular Connection Power Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
User equipment (UE) experiences connection difficulties and increased power consumption when used during activities that involve high mobility, indoor environments, or liquid exposure, leading to adverse outcomes such as signal fluctuations, frequent network handovers, and excessive radio resource control operations.
Innovation Solution
The UE determines the user's activity status and activates an activity mode that restricts certain types of mobile originating data traffic, employing mechanisms like baseband mitigations, network locks, and emergency modes to conserve power and reduce network operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the UE performs many different operations to establish network connections during activities, then connection reliability is improved, but power consumption increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes operational parameters by detecting activity state and applying activity mode, which modifies data traffic management parameters to restrict non-essential traffic during activities, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining connection reliability for essential services
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial action by selectively restricting only certain types of mobile originating data traffic during activities rather than blocking all traffic, allowing essential communications to proceed while reducing overall power consumption from excessive connection operations
2Reliability
If the UE performs many different operations to establish network connections during activities, then connection reliability is improved, but user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting activity state and applying appropriate data traffic restrictions without requiring user intervention, thereby maintaining connection reliability while improving user experience through automated optimization
3Use of energy by moving object
If the UE restricts mobile originating data traffic during activities, then power consumption is reduced, but data communication capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by differentiating between types of data traffic and applying selective restrictions, allowing essential data communications to proceed while restricting non-essential traffic, thereby maintaining local communication capability while reducing overall power consumption
Data Source
AI summary
A device sets an activity mode for a cellular connection. A method to set the activity mode is performed at a device located with a user that is configured to establish a network connection to a network. The method includes determining a status of the user, the status indicating an activity state or a non-activity state of the user. The method includes, when the status indicates the activity state, activating an activity mode on the device that restricts select types of mobile originating data traffic.