Adaptive Air Interface Scheduler for Hybrid Network QoS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telecommunications networks face challenges in providing reliable, end-to-end quality of service across hybrid wireless-wired networks, particularly due to the scarcity of wireless spectrum and the inability to effectively integrate wireline and wireless network performance metrics, leading to inconsistencies in service delivery and dissatisfaction among users.
Innovation Solution
A method that involves a system and method for coordinating content delivery across wireline and wireless networks by using a combination of wireline and wireless resources, with an Application Service Manager (ASM), Radio Service Manager (RSM), and Wireline Service Manager (WSM) to establish an end-to-end communication channel, allocate resources based on Quality of Service Class Identifier (QCI) and service metrics, and monitor performance to adjust parameters dynamically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless spectrum resources are allocated to meet growing mobile application demand, then service coverage and accessibility are improved, but resource scarcity leads to reduced service levels and customer dissatisfaction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines wireline and wireless networks into a unified hybrid network architecture. The system integrates wireline transmission parameters (bandwidth, latency, packet loss) with wireless parameters (signal strength, interference, noise) to create a coordinated resource allocation mechanism that leverages the strengths of both network types to maintain service levels while expanding coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts resource allocation based on real-time network conditions. It monitors wireless spectrum availability, signal quality, and wireline capacity to continuously optimize service delivery, allowing the network to adapt to changing demands and maintain reliability even as coverage expands
2Reliability
If wireline and wireless network performance metrics are integrated, then end-to-end service quality is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediary components including an Application Service Manager (ASM), Radio Service Manager (RSM), and Wireline Service Manager (WSM) that act as mediators between different network domains. These managers translate and coordinate performance metrics across wireline and wireless networks, integrating complex metrics through standardized interfaces and protocols while abstracting the complexity from the overall system
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the complex integration task into manageable components by dividing network management into distinct functional modules (ASM, RSM, WSM). Each manager handles specific aspects of performance metric integration, allowing complex end-to-end quality assurance to be achieved through coordinated simple functions rather than monolithic complexity
3Manufacturing precision
If resource allocation is based on enhanced QCI with multiple parameters, then service differentiation and QoS are improved, but measurement and monitoring difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The enhanced QCI framework serves multiple functions simultaneously: it differentiates service priorities, allocates resources, monitors performance, and triggers optimization actions. By making QCI a universal parameter that encapsulates multiple service metrics (wireless signal quality, wireline performance, application requirements), the system achieves precise service differentiation while using a single standardized mechanism for monitoring and control
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AI summary
A method includes receiving a request for delivery of content to a point-of-delivery device over a wireless network, wherein the request includes one or more service metrics and a Quality of Service Class Identifier (“QCI”), facilitating an allocation of resources of the wireless network based on the service metrics and the QCI, sending wireline transmission parameters associated with the service metrics and the QCI to a wireline manager of a wireline network wherein the wireline network is in communication with the wireless network, establishing an end-to-end communication channel between a content collection point and the point-of-delivery device using a combination of the wireline network and the wireless network and delivering the content to the point-of-delivery device via the end-to-end communication channel in accordance with the wireline transmission parameters, the service metrics and the QCI.