Base Station Identifier Type Extraction for Call Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers cannot process communications effectively due to unknown types of base stations connected to user devices, which hinders personalized services and billing based on the type of base station.
Innovation Solution
A call processing system identifies the type of base station using its identifier, allowing it to process calls and execute network-related instructions, such as applying different billing rates or providing location-based services, by utilizing format information within the base station's identifier.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the service provider does not know the type of base station connected to the user device, then the network can maintain simple connection management, but the service provider cannot process communications based on base station type, limiting personalized services and billing accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the base station type information from the existing base station identifier structure. By identifying a specific portion of the base station identifier (such as the first 8 bits or a specific field) that encodes base station type, the system separates this critical information from the general identifier, enabling communication processing based on base station type while maintaining the simplicity of the overall identifier structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The base station identifier is segmented into multiple portions, with at least one portion dedicated to encoding base station type information. This segmentation allows the system to process communications differently based on base station type (e.g., macro cell vs. micro cell) while using a single unified identifier structure, thus improving adaptability without requiring separate identification mechanisms.
2Measurement precision
If the system processes communications based on base station type, then personalized services and billing accuracy improve, but the system complexity increases due to the need to identify and differentiate base station types
Solution Approach 1:
The base station identifier structure is designed to self-containedly provide base station type information without requiring external lookup tables or complex authentication processes. The identifier itself carries the type information, allowing the call processing system to directly extract and use this information for billing and service processing, thereby achieving high measurement precision without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter representation by encoding base station type as a specific bit pattern or field within the identifier. This allows the call processing system to differentiate base station types through simple parameter comparison rather than complex analysis, maintaining billing accuracy while minimizing the increase in system complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the base station identifier includes base station type information, then the call processing system can differentiate and manage user device connections based on base station types, but the identifier structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The base station identifier is designed to serve multiple functions: it identifies the base station, indicates the base station type, and enables differentiation of user device connections. By making the identifier multi-functional, the system achieves enhanced connection management capability without requiring separate structures for each function, thus minimizing the increase in overall structure complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
One or more devices may receive information that identifies a format of an identifier of a network device. The format of the identifier may indicate a portion of the identifier that identifies a type of the network device. The one or more devices may receive the identifier of the network device based on a user device connecting with the network device to communicate via the network device; determine the type of the network device connected to the user device based on the portion of the identifier and a format of the identifier that identifies the type of network device; and execute a processing instruction based on the type of network device connected to the user device.