AI Model Configuration Control for Authorized Terminal Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems lack effective solutions for protecting the privacy of AI models during their life cycle management, particularly in terms of model configuration and usage restrictions.

Innovation Solution

Implementing configuration restriction information based on model subscription and subscription information to determine if a terminal device is allowed to be configured with an AI model, including steps such as sending model information, activation indications, and managing model states to enhance security and privacy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If model configuration restriction mechanisms are implemented, then model privacy and security are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel privacy protectionVSAvoidconfiguration management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a model management network element as an intermediary component that handles configuration restriction logic. This mediator sits between the terminal device and the AI model, managing the complexity of privacy restrictions through centralized control. The network element processes model subscription information and configuration restriction information to determine authorized configurations, thereby protecting model privacy while avoiding direct complexity at the terminal device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If configuration restriction information is added to manage model access, then model security is improved, but information management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel access securityVSAvoidinformation management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments information management into distinct components: model subscription information stored at the terminal device and configuration restriction information maintained at the model management network element. This segmentation allows each component to manage only its specific information type, reducing overall information management complexity while maintaining comprehensive security control through the coordinated interaction of these segmented information structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If model subscription information and configuration restriction information are processed, then access control accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess control accuracyVSAvoidconfiguration determination time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by having the terminal device pre-store model subscription information and the network element pre-configure model subscription relationships before actual model configuration requests occur. This pre-establishment of authorization frameworks allows rapid determination of access rights during runtime, as the system only needs to match existing pre-configured information rather than performing complex real-time authorization calculations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250373510A1Communication method, communication apparatus, and communication system
Publication Date: 2025.12.04 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A communication method includes obtaining model subscription information of a subject terminal device and configuration restriction information of a first model. The model subscription information indicates a model that is allowed to be configured for the subject terminal device. The configuration restriction information indicates an identified terminal device that is allowed to be configured with the first model, and the first model is an artificial intelligence (AI) model. The communication method also includes determining, based on the model subscription information and the configuration restriction information, whether the subject terminal device is allowed to be configured with the first model.