Communication Management System for Mobile Base Station Dispatch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile communication carriers face high costs and logistical challenges in maintaining a fleet of mobile base station vehicles to quickly respond to local and temporary traffic increases, such as disasters or events, due to the need for multiple vehicles and storage locations, which can result in delayed service restoration and inefficient operation.
Innovation Solution
A communication management system that utilizes a data processing unit to select and dispatch movable objects, such as trucks or taxis equipped with base station functions, based on positional information, equipment capabilities, and operation plans, managed by distribution-delivery operators, to provide mobile communication services efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a communication carrier possesses multiple mobile base station vehicles to respond to various traffic increase scenarios, then the ability to handle local and temporary traffic increases is improved, but the costs and storage location requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling distribution-delivery vehicles to serve dual purposes: their original delivery function and mobile base station function. The data processing unit selects vehicles from the distribution-delivery operator's fleet that are equipped with base station functions, allowing the same vehicle to perform both delivery tasks and provide communication services when needed, thereby eliminating the need for dedicated mobile base station vehicles.
Solution Approach 2:
The system leverages the existing infrastructure of distribution-delivery operators who already maintain fleets of vehicles for their business operations. Instead of requiring communication carriers to build and maintain separate mobile base station fleets, the system utilizes the self-service capability of distribution-delivery vehicles to also provide communication services, reducing duplication of resources.
2Speed
If multiple mobile base station vehicles are deployed to reduce travel time to disaster areas, then the response speed is improved, but the storage location requirements and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary data processing unit that acts as a mediator between the communication carrier and the distribution-delivery operator's fleet. This data processing unit handles the complex tasks of selecting appropriate vehicles based on positional information, equipment capabilities, and operation plans, thereby simplifying the operational complexity for both parties while maintaining fast response capability.
3Reliability
If dedicated mobile base station vehicles are maintained in storage locations, then the readiness to provide service is improved, but the costs and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves service readiness without dedicated storage locations by utilizing distribution-delivery vehicles that are already in circulation performing their primary delivery functions. These vehicles are equipped with base station capabilities and can be rapidly deployed to needed locations, eliminating the need for communication carriers to maintain separate storage facilities for mobile base station vehicles.
4Productivity
If a data processing unit selects and dispatches movable objects based on multiple criteria, then the efficiency of service provision is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The data processing unit serves as an intermediary that centralizes the complex decision-making process for vehicle selection and dispatch. It evaluates multiple criteria including positional information, equipment capabilities, and operation plans to optimize vehicle assignment. By consolidating this complexity in a dedicated data processing unit, the system achieves high service provision efficiency while managing complexity in a centralized manner rather than distributing it across multiple components.
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AI summary
Provided are a communication management system, an operation management system, and an integration system that enable reduction of costs and storage locations required when possession of many mobile base station vehicles is assumed and enable efficient continuation of a mobile communication service even in a case of local traffic increase, temporary traffic increase, and the like. The communication management system includes: a base station operating status storage unit holding operation to information of a base station operated by a communication carrier; a data processing unit selecting a movable object, being equipped with a base station function and managed by a distribution-delivery operator, to be dispatched to a predetermined area, based on positional information and operation plan information of the movable object; and an operation system requesting the distribution-delivery operator to dispatch the selected movable object to the predetermined area, based on a selection result by the data processing unit.