Coalescing Application Data Activity for Wireless Power Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
In wireless communication systems, multiple active applications often lead to uncoordinated networking activities, resulting in an excessive number of connections and inefficient power use due to the lack of coordination between different applications' connections.
Innovation Solution
A wireless user equipment (UE) device with multiple radios, each configured to use a respective radio access technology (RAT), employs a processor to schedule communications across these radios, combining requests from various applications to optimize the use of available connections and reduce power consumption by selecting the most efficient RAT for transmission based on deadlines and link quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple applications perform network activities independently without coordination, then each application can meet its communication deadlines, but the number of connections increases unnecessarily and power efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines network activities from multiple applications by introducing a coordination mechanism that groups communications scheduled at the same time onto shared connections. The scheduler aggregates data packets from different applications and transmits them together over the same radio connection when timing aligns, thereby reducing the total number of connections needed while still meeting individual application deadlines through careful scheduling.
2Reliability
If multiple applications create independent connections for network activities, then communication reliability is maintained, but device complexity and number of connections increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple application connections into shared radio connections through a scheduler that coordinates transmission times. Instead of allowing each application to maintain separate persistent connections, the system consolidates traffic onto common connections at scheduled intervals, reducing connection multiplicity while preserving communication reliability through timely scheduled transmissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes radio connections universal by enabling them to serve multiple applications simultaneously. A single radio connection can handle traffic from different applications at scheduled times, making the connection multi-functional rather than dedicated to a single application, thereby reducing the overall number of connections required in the system.
3Productivity
If applications establish separate network connections independently, then each application has dedicated bandwidth, but power efficiency and resource utilization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines bandwidth resources by allowing multiple applications to share the same radio connection at scheduled times. The scheduler allocates time slots and combines data packets from different applications into unified transmissions, enabling efficient bandwidth utilization while reducing the energy waste associated with maintaining multiple separate connections simultaneously.
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AI summary
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for selecting a RAT and coalescing application data activities for transmission using the RAT. A plurality of applications may be executed by a UE. During execution, the UE may receive a request to perform communication from each of the plurality of applications. Each request may include a deadline for performing the communication. The UE may further determine a RAT for performing the plurality of communications and schedule the plurality of communications. Scheduling may include combining the plurality of communications to be performed at a scheduled time using the RAT. Accordingly, the plurality of communications may be performed at the scheduled time using the RAT based on said scheduling.