Base Station Communication Quality Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Communication quality in wireless systems mounted on vehicles, drones, and construction machinery is significantly affected by changes in the surrounding environment, leading to issues with throughput, delay, continuity, and stability, which existing technologies fail to predict and manage effectively.

Innovation Solution

A communication system that uses a base station with a management unit, object detection unit, and communication quality learning unit to predict future communication quality by analyzing surrounding environmental information from cameras and sensors, and machine learning models to generate predictions based on base station management and object information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If wireless communication is used in mobile devices, then mobility and flexibility are improved, but communication quality becomes unstable due to environmental changes

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovemobilityVSAvoidcommunication quality stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting objects and predicting communication quality in advance before actual communication degradation occurs. The object detection unit identifies potential obstacles, and the communication quality prediction unit forecasts future communication states, allowing the system to take preventive measures before communication quality deteriorates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring current communication quality, comparing it with predicted future quality, and using this information to adjust communication parameters. The base station receives feedback about actual communication quality and uses it to refine predictions and adjust transmission parameters dynamically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If environmental factors are monitored in real-time, then communication quality prediction accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex monitoring task into distinct functional units: an object detection unit that identifies environmental objects, a communication quality measurement unit that assesses current quality, and a prediction unit that forecasts future quality. This segmentation allows each unit to focus on a specific function, improving overall accuracy while managing complexity through modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary prediction model that bridges environmental observations and communication quality assessment. Instead of directly correlating all environmental factors with communication quality, the prediction unit acts as an intermediary that processes object detection data and environmental information to generate quality predictions, simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12028788B2Communication system and base station
Publication Date: 2024.07.02 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP
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AI summary

An object is to provide a communication system and a base station capable of predicting future communication quality in order to enable variations in communication quality due to variations in environment to be addressed. A communication system and a base station according to the invention learn an input and output relationship from surrounding environment information of the base station that can be acquired by a camera, a sensor, or the like, terminal information such as position information of a terminal and current communication quality to generate a learning model, and predict future communication quality using the learning model, the surrounding environment information, and the terminal information.