Antenna Sensor Data Packet Transmission for Predictive Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing antenna monitoring systems lack efficient methods for detecting and evaluating mechanical, electrical, and thermal stress, leading to inadequate monitoring and maintenance of antenna performance and service life.
Innovation Solution
An antenna system equipped with sensors for detecting mechanical, electrical, and thermal stress, a data acquisition unit that temporarily stores measurement data and generates data packets for transmission to an external database, allowing for evaluation of changes in antenna properties and service life without constant communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If measurement data is continuously transmitted to an external database, then real-time monitoring capability is improved, but communication overhead and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic data transmission by storing measurement data locally in a database and transmitting bundled data packets at predetermined intervals rather than continuously transmitting individual measurements. This periodic action reduces communication frequency and energy consumption while maintaining effective monitoring capability through accumulated data transmission.
2Loss of information
If individual measurement data points are transmitted separately, then data transmission completeness is improved, but communication overhead and data volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual measurement data points into bundled data packets for transmission. The data acquisition unit transmits bundled data packets containing aggregated measurement information at predetermined intervals, which reduces the total number of transmission events and overall data volume while maintaining data completeness through the bundled information.
3Speed
If data is transmitted at every measurement interval, then monitoring responsiveness is improved, but communication resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses periodic transmission intervals to balance monitoring responsiveness with communication efficiency. By transmitting bundled data packets at predetermined intervals rather than at every measurement event, the system maintains adequate monitoring responsiveness while significantly improving communication efficiency and reducing resource consumption.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an antenna, in particular a mobile phone antenna, in particular for a mobile radio base station, having at least one emitter, a data acquisition unit, a memory and having at least one sensor for detecting a mechanical and/or electrical and/or thermal stress of the antenna, wherein the data acquisition unit aquires measurement data of the at least one sensor and temporarily stores them in the memory. It is provided here that the data acquisition unit generates data packets based on a plurity of measurement data stored in the memory and transmits them to an external data base.