Adaptive Error Detection Coding for Frequency-Efficient Communication

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current communication devices face challenges in achieving high frequency utilization efficiency due to the fixed length of redundant data, which affects error detection accuracy and retransmission rates, leading to suboptimal performance in error detection and frequency utilization.

Innovation Solution

A communication device that generates error detection data of varying lengths based on the length of encoded sequences or estimated error rates, allowing for the addition of appropriate redundant data to improve error detection accuracy and frequency utilization efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the length of redundant data is increased to improve error detection accuracy, then error detection accuracy is improved, but frequency utilization efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveerror detection accuracyVSAvoidfrequency utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the length of error detection data variable rather than fixed. The generation unit dynamically adjusts the length of error detection data based on the length of encoded sequences or estimated error rates, allowing the system to optimize between error detection accuracy and frequency utilization efficiency under different operating conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of error detection data length from a fixed value to a variable parameter. By generating error detection data with different lengths according to predetermined conditions (encoded sequence length or estimated error rate), the system can adaptively optimize the balance between detection accuracy and spectral efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If the length of redundant data is decreased to improve frequency utilization efficiency, then frequency utilization efficiency is improved, but error detection accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefrequency utilization efficiencyVSAvoiderror detection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the error detection data length based on actual communication conditions. When error rates are low or encoded sequences are short, the system uses shorter error detection data to maximize frequency utilization efficiency while maintaining adequate detection capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent varies the parameter of error detection data length according to predetermined conditions such as encoded sequence length or estimated error rates, enabling the system to reduce redundant data when possible while maintaining necessary error detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If fixed length error detection data is used, then system complexity is reduced, but frequency utilization efficiency deteriorates due to inability to adapt to different conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidfrequency utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces dynamic adaptation by making error detection data length variable based on communication conditions. The generation unit responds to changes in encoded sequence length or estimated error rates, allowing the system to optimize frequency utilization without requiring complex manual configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20240283468A1Communication device and communication method
Publication Date: 2024.08.22 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

A communication device includes: a generation unit that generates error detection data; and an addition unit that adds redundant data including the error detection data to one or a plurality of encoded sequences generated by encoding processing, in which the error detection data is used for error detection of the one or the plurality of encoded sequences, and the generation unit generates the error detection data having different lengths according to a predetermined condition.