Ambient IoT Data Collection Across Shared PLMNs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems in ambient computing environments face challenges in efficiently collecting and sharing data from IoT devices across multiple public land mobile networks (PLMNs), limiting the collaboration and coverage enhancement for providing intelligent services.
Innovation Solution
A shared operator service offering across multiple PLMNs allows for collaboration to enhance coverage by leveraging reader devices to collect information from IoT devices, including energy harvesting-capable devices, and storing it in shared data storage areas for later retrieval, using configuration information to determine the type of enrichment data to collect and transmit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple PLMNs operate independently in ambient computing environments, then each network maintains its own data collection and processing capabilities, but coverage and collaboration for providing intelligent services are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges data collection and processing capabilities across multiple PLMNs by introducing a shared reader device and cloud platform. Reader devices collect data from IoT devices and transmit to a cloud platform where data is processed and shared across PLMNs, enabling collaboration while maintaining individual network operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud platform as an intermediary between reader devices and PLMNs. This intermediary handles data aggregation, processing, and distribution, reducing the complexity of direct multi-PLMN coordination and enabling scalable collaboration.
2Area of stationary object
If reader devices collect data from IoT devices across multiple PLMNs, then coverage for intelligent services is enhanced, but data management and sharing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data management into distinct functional components: reader devices for data collection, cloud platform for processing, and PLMNs for distribution. This segmentation reduces the complexity burden on individual components while expanding coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud platform provides universal data management capabilities that serve multiple PLMNs and device types. It handles diverse data formats, authentication, and distribution protocols, simplifying data management complexity while supporting expanded coverage.
3Adaptability or versatility
If energy harvesting capable devices are used in ambient computing environments, then device autonomy is improved, but data transmission reliability may be affected due to limited power
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic data transmission where EH-capable devices send data at scheduled intervals rather than continuously. This reduces power consumption while maintaining transmission reliability through consistent periodic communication cycles managed by the cloud platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud platform provides feedback mechanisms to manage data transmission reliability. It monitors transmission status, retransmits lost packets, and adjusts transmission parameters based on power availability, ensuring reliable data collection from EH-capable devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables improved data collection and sharing across multiple networks, enhancing coverage and collaboration for providing intelligent services in ambient computing environments by efficiently managing and transmitting identification and enrichment information between network entities.
Implementation Method 1
receiving a back-scattered signal from an EH-capable device
Implementation Method 2
receiving a back-scattered signal from an EH-capable device
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) across the plurality of different mobile network operators (MNOs) may participate in a shared operator service offering for facilitating provision of intelligent services in ambient computing environments. A first network entity, such as a reader device, may receive from an energy harvesting (EH)-capable device in an ambient computing environment a back-scattered signal that includes identification information associated with the EH-capable device. In some cases, the first network entity and the EH-capable device may be associated with different PLMNs or different MNOs. Based on configuration information indicating a type of enrichment information to collect, the first network device may obtain enrichment information associated with the EH-capable device and may cause the identification information and the enrichment information to be transmitted to a second network entity.