Background Communication Data Collection for Wide-Area Network Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for measuring line speed in mobile communication networks are limited to specific times and locations, failing to capture the communication state close to actual user usage and changes over time across a wide area.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a communication function, equipped with a processor and storage, acquires communication environment information and position information, allowing it to operate in the background to collect data at predetermined intervals or when positional changes exceed a threshold, enabling comprehensive communication state analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If line speed measurement is performed at specified time and location, then measurement simplicity is improved, but measurement coverage and representativeness of actual usage state deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement program is configured to execute automatically in the background without requiring user initiation at specific moments. The system proactively collects communication environment information and position information at predetermined intervals or when position changes exceed a threshold, ensuring continuous coverage without user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The measurement program operates continuously in the background state, collecting data at predetermined time intervals or triggered by position changes. This continuous operation ensures that communication state information is captured throughout the entire measurement period, providing comprehensive coverage of actual usage conditions across wide areas.
2Measurement precision
If program operates continuously to capture communication state changes, then measurement coverage is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The program transitions between background non-operating state and background operating state based on predetermined conditions. It operates periodically at specified time intervals or when position changes exceed a threshold, rather than continuously. This periodic operation maintains comprehensive measurement coverage while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically determines when to operate based on its own state changes, specifically when position changes exceed a predetermined threshold. This self-triggered operation eliminates the need for continuous user monitoring or manual intervention, allowing the system to autonomously balance measurement coverage with energy efficiency.
3Use of energy by moving object
If position-based triggering is used to activate measurement, then energy efficiency is improved, but response time for capturing communication state deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting communication environment information and position information at predetermined time intervals even before significant position changes occur. This advance data collection ensures that when position-based triggering activates measurement, the system already has recent communication state data, minimizing response time while maintaining energy efficiency through periodic operation.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer having a communication function is caused to receive user instructions designating execution of a process other than a process for acquiring information relating to a communication environment; execute the process designated by the user instructions; acquire information relating to the communication environment of the computer, when the user instructions are received or when the process indicated by the user instructions is executed; and acquire position information of the computer, when the user instructions are received or when the process indicated by the user instructions is executed.