Base Station Reward Mechanism for Terminal Offloading
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing sophistication and number of base stations lead to significant power consumption issues, and simply offloading backhaul traffic is insufficient to effectively reduce the load on base stations, as the terminal side's increased power consumption poses challenges in actively implementing this measure.
Innovation Solution
A processing apparatus and method that determines and provides rewards to terminal apparatuses for performing processing tasks contributory to power consumption reduction in communication systems, allowing base stations to assign and incentivize tasks such as uplink relay processing to reduce their own power consumption and load.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by stationary object
If base stations perform all processing tasks themselves, then processing reliability is high, but power consumption is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments processing tasks into two categories: control plane processing (remains at base station) and user plane processing (can be offloaded to terminal apparatus). This segmentation allows the base station to maintain reliability for critical control functions while reducing power consumption by offloading data-intensive user plane tasks to terminal apparatus.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a reward mechanism as an intermediary that mediates between the base station and terminal apparatus. The base station provides rewards to terminal apparatus that volunteer to perform user plane processing, creating a cooperative relationship that reduces base station load while maintaining system reliability through selective task offloading.
2Productivity
If terminal apparatus perform processing tasks, then base station load is reduced, but terminal apparatus power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where terminal apparatus voluntarily offer to perform user plane processing tasks based on their own capabilities and current state. Terminal apparatus that are already active and have available processing resources can self-select to undertake offloading tasks, reducing base station load without requiring centralized assignment overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs feedback through a reward mechanism where the base station provides incentives to terminal apparatus that successfully perform user plane processing. This feedback loop encourages terminal apparatus to participate in offloading tasks, balancing the increased terminal power consumption against the benefit of reduced base station load through economic incentives.
3Productivity
If terminal apparatus perform processing tasks without incentive, then base station load is reduced, but implementation difficulty increases due to lack of motivation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a reward mechanism as an intermediary that facilitates cooperation between base station and terminal apparatus. The reward (which can be computational resources, scheduling priority, or other incentives) mediates the interaction, making it easier to implement task offloading by providing terminal apparatus with motivation to participate voluntarily.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of the system by introducing a reward parameter that dynamically adjusts the incentive level for terminal apparatus participation. By modifying this parameter, the system can adapt to different load conditions and terminal capabilities, making implementation more flexible and easier to manage.
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AI summary
A processing apparatus determines a reward to provide to a terminal apparatus that performs target processing, which is processing contributive to a reduction in power consumption in a communication system using a base station, according to assignment from the base station, and provides the determined reward.