Concurrent Machine Learning Models for RAN-Aware Performance Evaluation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing telecommunication networks face inefficiencies due to mobile devices connecting to RANs with capacity issues, leading to network congestion and poor performance, especially in dynamic situations, as mobile devices lack relevant information for optimal connection decisions.

Innovation Solution

A network evaluation system utilizing machine learning models to share device, RAN, and core network information, enabling informed connection decisions that improve network-wide performance and efficiency by providing relevant data to mobile devices and network components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If mobile devices connect to RANs without relevant network information, then connection decisions are made quickly, but network performance deteriorates due to congestion and suboptimal routing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork performanceVSAvoiddevice lack of network context
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a network evaluation system as an intermediary component that collects network performance data from RANs and core networks, processes this information through machine learning models, and delivers curated network context to mobile devices. This mediator enables devices to make informed connection decisions without directly exposing them to complex network infrastructure details, thereby resolving the contradiction between providing comprehensive network information and maintaining device simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by proactively collecting, processing, and storing network performance data before devices need to make connection decisions. The machine learning models pre-process this data to generate predictive insights about network conditions, allowing devices to access ready-to-use network context information without real-time computational overhead, thus improving both information availability and connection decision quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If mobile devices are provided with comprehensive network information, then connection decisions become more informed and performance improves, but system complexity increases due to additional data collection and processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection decision qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The network evaluation system serves as a centralized intermediary that handles all complex data collection, storage, processing, and analysis tasks. By isolating complexity in this dedicated mediator component, the patent allows mobile devices to receive simplified, pre-processed network context information without needing to implement complex data handling capabilities themselves, thus improving connection decision quality while limiting the spread of system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces complex mechanical data processing systems with machine learning models that automatically learn patterns from network data and generate predictive insights. These ML models substitute for complex rule-based processing mechanisms, enabling the system to handle comprehensive network information more efficiently and generate actionable recommendations without requiring overly complex decision-making infrastructure at device level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If network components share extensive data with mobile devices, then connection optimization improves, but data transmission overhead and latency increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection optimizationVSAvoiddata transmission time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the most critical and relevant network performance indicators from the vast amount of available network data. By identifying and selecting key metrics that directly impact connection decisions, the system transmits minimal necessary information to devices, reducing data transmission overhead and latency while still enabling optimized connection choices. This selective extraction approach resolves the contradiction between comprehensive data sharing and transmission efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary processing of network data in advance, pre-computing insights and predictions that will be needed for connection decisions. By preparing and caching this processed information beforehand, the system eliminates the need for time-consuming real-time data processing during connection decisions, thereby reducing transmission time and improving responsiveness while still providing comprehensive optimization capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Measurement precision

If real-time network data is collected and processed, then connection decisions become more accurate, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork performance measurement accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by continuously collecting and pre-processing network performance data in advance of connection decisions. Machine learning models perform real-time analysis of historical data to generate predictive insights about future network conditions, allowing the system to provide accurate performance predictions without requiring computationally intensive real-time calculations during actual connection decisions, thus reducing processing time while maintaining measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces complex real-time computational analysis with machine learning models that have been pre-trained on historical network data. These models substitute for time-consuming mechanical calculations by using learned patterns and relationships to quickly predict network performance outcomes, thereby achieving high measurement precision with significantly reduced processing time and computational resource requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20250294383A1Network performance evaluation based on concurrent machine learning models and systems and methods of the same
Publication Date: 2025.09.18 T MOBILE US INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for evaluating network performance based on concurrent machine learning models are disclosed herein. The system can receive a device profile and a core profile. The system can generate confidence metric values based on the device profile and the core profile. The system can transmit the device report to an associated mobile device and the core report to an associated core network node. The system can cause the mobile device to terminate or initiate a connection according to the device profile and the core profile.