Assisted Cellular Connectivity Guidance Using GNSS and Coverage Maps
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Solution Overview
Problem
User equipment loses cellular connectivity in off-grid areas, preventing essential functions and failing to provide guidance to regain connectivity.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system with GNSS and multiple receivers to track location and time of connectivity loss, providing notifications with guidance to nearest cellular coverage using crowdsourced data and map views.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If user equipment operates in off-grid areas without cellular connectivity, then the device can function in remote locations, but essential functions are prevented and no guidance is provided to regain connectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors connectivity status and provides real-time feedback to the user through notifications. When cellular connectivity is lost, the system detects this state and activates a notification mechanism that informs the user of the connectivity loss and provides guidance on how to regain it, creating a closed-loop feedback system that addresses the information loss problem.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary notification system that mediates between the loss of cellular connectivity and the user. This intermediary provides alternative information delivery mechanisms (such as local notifications or alternative communication channels) that bridge the gap when primary cellular connectivity is unavailable, allowing the system to maintain functionality and user awareness even in off-grid conditions.
2Ease of operation
If user equipment provides only a simple indication of connectivity loss, then the device complexity remains low, but the user receives insufficient information to regain connectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring notification templates, guidance information, and alternative communication protocols before connectivity is lost. When connectivity interruption occurs, these pre-prepared resources are immediately activated, providing users with actionable guidance without requiring complex real-time processing or increasing operational complexity during the critical moment of connectivity loss.
3Reliability
If the system implements comprehensive notifications and guidance systems, then users can regain connectivity more effectively, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification and guidance system is segmented into modular functional components: connectivity monitoring module, notification generation module, guidance information module, and alternative communication module. Each segment handles a specific aspect of the connectivity recovery process, allowing the system to achieve high reliability through specialized functionality while managing complexity through modular architecture that enables independent development, testing, and maintenance of each component.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques for providing a notification indicating guidance to reaching cellular connectivity in the event of a loss of cellular connectivity and for guiding a user of a user equipment to a location with cellular connectivity. In an embodiment, the notification may be generated based on expiration of a timer, a screen unlock operation, or an application connection failure. The notification may indicate how long ago the cellular connectivity loss occurred and how far away a nearest location with a cellular connectivity was. In an embodiment, the user equipment may display a map interface based on user input selecting the notification. The map interface may show a map of the current location of the user equipment, a nearest location with cellular connectivity to the user equipment, and a path, which includes a tracked path of user equipment and a proposed path to the nearest location with cellular connectivity.