Adaptive Signaling System for Network Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network signaling and control protocols lack standardized implementation across different manufacturers, leading to variations in operational characteristics that are not effectively detected or utilized, limiting the ability to access and control attached functions, features, and services efficiently.
Innovation Solution
The adaptive signaling system (ASIG) manages and controls Network Signaling Events (NSEs) by analyzing signaling signatures derived from message types, sequencing, and timing, allowing for intelligent manipulation of signaling messages to access and control network elements and infrastructure in a standardized manner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If standardized signaling protocols are implemented across different manufacturers, then operational efficiency and access control improve, but device complexity increases due to the need for analysis and adaptation mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of signaling signatures from multiple manufacturers during the measurement phase, establishing baseline characteristics before actual access operations. This pre-characterization enables faster, more efficient access control decisions during runtime without requiring complex real-time analysis
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an adaptive signaling system as an intermediary layer between the access controller and diverse manufacturer signaling protocols. This mediator analyzes and adapts signaling messages, translating between different manufacturer-specific protocols and standardized access control requirements, thereby improving operational efficiency without exposing the complexity of individual protocol variations
2Measurement precision
If intrusive monitoring methods are used to detect signaling variations, then measurement precision improves, but network performance and operational characteristics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs self-service measurement techniques where the network elements themselves generate and transmit signaling messages that contain embedded performance measurement data. The adaptive signaling system analyzes these self-reported signaling signatures without requiring external intrusive monitoring, thereby achieving precise measurement while maintaining normal network performance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial monitoring by selectively analyzing only critical signaling message components and timing parameters necessary for identifying manufacturer-specific signatures. Rather than monitoring all signaling traffic in detail, the system focuses on key characteristics such as message timing, sequence numbers, and specific field formats, achieving sufficient measurement precision with minimal impact on network performance
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for initiation, use, access, and control of functionality of a network. In one aspect, the systems and methods can be utilized to generate information defining signaling or control performance and operational characteristics associated with the functionality in a variety of network environments. In another aspect, based on such information, adaptive signaling can be utilized to monitor, analyze and detect specific signaling signatures associated with the functionality. Managing signaling or control messages in response to information collected by monitoring and analyzing the adaptive signaling permits originating or requesting the functionality without conventional operation of a network component.