Application-Aware RRC Connection for Adaptive Radio Resource Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless telecommunications networks struggle to efficiently support diverse terminal devices with varying data traffic profiles and application contexts due to a lack of effective communication of application information from the terminal devices to the network.
Innovation Solution
Terminal devices communicate application information, such as operating context and software applications, during the RRC connection procedure to assist the network in determining optimal radio access technology and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional wireless networks use standard connection procedures without application information exchange, then the connection setup is simple and fast, but the network cannot efficiently support diverse terminal devices with different data traffic profiles and application contexts
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal device performs preliminary actions by determining its application context (software applications, operating context) before the RRC connection procedure and includes this information in the connection request message. This allows the network to have advance knowledge of the terminal's needs, enabling efficient resource allocation and connection management decisions without adding significant complexity to the connection setup process.
2Productivity
If terminal devices communicate application information during RRC connection procedure, then the network can make informed decisions on resource allocation, but the connection request message size and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential application context information needed for network decision-making (such as software application type and operating context) from the terminal device's complete application profile. This selective extraction includes sufficient information for the network to make informed resource allocation decisions while keeping the message size and processing complexity manageable, rather than transmitting all possible application details.
3Reliability
If the network collects detailed application information from terminal devices, then it can optimize communications for specific applications, but the information processing and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The network applies local quality by processing and storing only the specific application context information that is relevant to the particular terminal device and its current connection needs. Rather than maintaining detailed profiles for all possible applications, the network processes the extracted application information locally at the point of connection, optimizing communications for that specific device-context combination without requiring complex global processing infrastructure.
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AI summary
A method for controlling a connection procedure for a terminal device requesting a radio connection to a cell supported by network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunication system, the method comprising: determining, at the terminal device, that a request to connect to the cell supported by the network infrastructure equipment is to be made, establishing, at the terminal device, application information relating to an operating context for the terminal device; transmitting a connection request message from the terminal device to the network infrastructure equipment, wherein the connection request message comprises a request for the terminal device to connect to the cell and an indication of the application information; and determining, at the network infrastructure equipment, whether to allow the request for the terminal device to connect to the cell based, at least in part, on the application information received by the network infrastructure equipment from the terminal device.