Analyte Monitoring RF Data Segmentation for Transmission Constraints
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing RF communication systems in analyte monitoring, such as glucose monitoring, face constraints in data transmission time, limiting the type and size of data that can be transmitted effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that involve retrieving and transmitting a first data type and a second data type, updating the second data type, and generating a second data packet including both types, allowing for efficient data packet transmission by separating urgent and non-urgent data, with urgent data transmitted in full and non-urgent data rolled or segmented for periodic transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all data types are transmitted together in each RF communication cycle, then data completeness is improved, but transmission time requirement increases which exceeds the RF communication time constraint
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data into two categories: urgent data (analyte values, alarm conditions) and non-urgent data (calibration information, device status). This segmentation allows the system to transmit critical information immediately while deferring less critical information to subsequent transmissions, thereby resolving the contradiction between data completeness and transmission time constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic transmission of non-urgent data in subsequent RF communication cycles. The transmitter continues to include non-urgent data in periodic transmissions until all such data has been successfully transferred. This periodic action ensures that over time, all data is transmitted completely while respecting the time constraint in each individual transmission cycle.
2Reliability
If urgent data is transmitted in full each cycle, then critical information delivery is improved, but non-urgent data transmission is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting data into urgent and non-urgent categories, the system can guarantee reliable delivery of critical information in every transmission cycle while systematically addressing non-urgent data through periodic transmissions. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by prioritizing reliability for critical data while accepting delayed delivery for non-critical data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains continuous transmission of urgent data in every RF communication cycle, ensuring uninterrupted delivery of critical information. Simultaneously, it continuously works through non-urgent data transmission over multiple cycles. This continuous action approach ensures that both data types are eventually transmitted completely without compromising critical information delivery.
3Loss of information
If data packet size is increased to include all data types, then data completeness is improved, but transmission reliability decreases due to time constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data packet into urgent and non-urgent portions, allowing the system to transmit a smaller, more reliable urgent data packet in each cycle while gradually adding non-urgent data in subsequent cycles. This segmentation prevents the transmission of overly large packets that would compromise reliability while ensuring eventual data completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses periodic transmission of non-urgent data to distribute the total data load across multiple transmission cycles. This periodic action allows the system to maintain smaller, more reliable packet sizes in each individual transmission while achieving complete data transfer over time, thereby resolving the contradiction between data completeness and transmission reliability.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed.