Base Station Connection Cost Setting Using Blockchain Transition Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Newly introduced base station devices lack sufficient past contract information in a blockchain, hindering their ability to determine optimal connection conditions.

Innovation Solution

Base station devices acquire information from wireless signals and ledger data to identify transition patterns and set competitive connection costs, facilitating quick accumulation of necessary contract information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a base station device uses blockchain technology to determine connection conditions based on accumulated past contract information, then connection control reliability is improved, but new base station devices without sufficient accumulated information cannot determine connection conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection control reliabilityVSAvoidadaptability of new base station devices
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The base station device performs preliminary actions by acquiring connection conditions of neighboring base station devices through wireless signals before determining its own connection conditions. This preliminary information gathering enables new base station devices to establish connection conditions even without sufficient accumulated blockchain data, resolving the contradiction between reliability and adaptability for new devices

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If a base station device relies solely on accumulated blockchain contract information to determine connection conditions, then determination accuracy is improved, but new base station devices face difficulty in initial operation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection condition determination accuracyVSAvoidtime for new base station to become operational
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The base station device uses connection conditions of neighboring base station devices as intermediary information to determine its own connection conditions. This intermediary approach allows new base station devices to bypass the need for extensive accumulated blockchain data, enabling immediate operational capability while maintaining determination accuracy through reference to established neighboring devices

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary information acquisition through wireless signals to obtain connection conditions of neighboring base station devices before the new base station device needs to make determination decisions. This preliminary action eliminates the time delay that would otherwise be required for new devices to accumulate sufficient blockchain data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250380207A1Radio communication system, radio communication method, and base station apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.12.11 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP
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AI summary

Provided is a wireless communication system including a plurality of base station devices, in which the base station device includes: a management unit configured to manage information regarding connection with a terminal device by using a blockchain shared by the plurality of base station devices; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from wireless signals broadcast by other base station devices, information of one or more first base station devices in a vicinity of the base station device among the plurality of base station devices; an extraction unit configured to extract, from ledger information of the blockchain, information of one or more second base station devices, among the plurality of base station devices, from or to which the terminal device is likely to transition to or from the first base station device; and a determination unit configured to acquire connection conditions of the first base station device and the second base station device from the ledger information of the blockchain, and determine a connection condition of the base station device on the basis of the acquired connection conditions.