Communication Device Quality Matching for Efficient Network Allocation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems lack a method to provide the minimum required communication quality for users, as they typically offer the maximum available quality without considering individual user needs, leading to resource inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

A communication device that includes a receiver to receive network quality requirements, a calculator to determine available quality, and a transmitter to provide the determined quality to the user, allowing for tailored network quality control based on user requests.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the network provides maximum communication quality to all users, then communication quality is improved, but network resource efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication qualityVSAvoidnetwork resource efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by providing different network quality levels to different users based on their individual requirements. The network determines available quality for each terminal and matches it with user-specified quality requirements, ensuring that each user receives appropriate quality rather than uniform maximum quality across all users. This resolves the contradiction by optimizing resource allocation locally for each user while maintaining overall system efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If the network specifies minimum required communication quality for each user, then resource efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by having users specify their quality requirements in advance before communication begins. The network then determines available quality based on current network conditions and compares it with the pre-specified user requirements. This allows the system to efficiently allocate resources without complex real-time negotiations, resolving the contradiction by simplifying the interaction process while maintaining resource efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the network provides maximum available quality without considering user needs, then communication quality is improved, but adaptability to user requirements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication qualityVSAvoidadaptability to user requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the network quality provision adaptive and flexible. The system dynamically determines available quality based on current network conditions and matches it with user-specified requirements. Users can specify different quality levels according to their needs, and the network adjusts the provided quality accordingly. This resolves the contradiction by making the system dynamic rather than static, allowing it to adapt to varying user requirements while maintaining communication quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12395898B2Communication device and method
Publication Date: 2025.08.19 NTT DOCOMO INC
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AI summary

Disclosed is a communication device capable of communicating with a terminal that performs wireless communication. The communication device includes a receiver configured to receive a request for network quality requirements from the terminal; a calculator configured to calculate network quality requirements available to the terminal; a determination unit configured to compare the request with the available network quality requirements to determine whether the request is acceptable; and a transmitter configured to transmit the result of the determination to the terminal.