Connectivity Manager for Multi-Network Application Performance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile computing devices often experience performance issues when switching between different cellular networks with varying characteristics, leading to suboptimal user experience due to applications being designed for specific network types and failing to adapt to changing conditions.
Innovation Solution
A connectivity manager application that detects network characteristics, determines transmission paths, and prioritizes data transmission based on current network conditions, adjusting parameters to optimize performance across multiple networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If applications are designed to optimally perform on only one particular network type, then application performance on that specific network is improved, but application performance on other network types deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts transmission parameters based on current network conditions by implementing a connectivity manager that monitors network characteristics and modifies application behavior in real-time. This allows applications to adapt their transmission characteristics dynamically rather than being static for a specific network type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes transmission parameters such as buffer sizes, packet sizes, and transmission intervals based on detected network characteristics. The connectivity manager modifies these parameters according to the current network state, allowing the application to optimize performance across different network types without requiring separate applications for each network.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mobile computing device connects to different networks with varying characteristics, then network coverage and accessibility are improved, but data transmission performance deteriorates due to mismatched application configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The connectivity manager implements a feedback mechanism that continuously monitors network characteristics and uses this information to adjust transmission parameters. The system detects current network conditions, compares them against optimal parameters, and modifies transmission behavior accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that maintains performance across varying network conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal connectivity manager that handles multiple network types and characteristics through a single system. This multi-functional component can detect and adapt to various network conditions (different bandwidths, latencies, and network types) and adjusts application transmission parameters accordingly, eliminating the need for separate optimized applications for each network type.
3Ease of operation
If applications transmit data without considering current network characteristics, then application simplicity and ease of operation are improved, but data transmission efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connectivity manager implements self-service by automatically detecting network conditions and adjusting transmission parameters without requiring user intervention or application modification. The system monitors its own performance and autonomously optimizes transmission characteristics, maintaining application simplicity while improving efficiency through automatic adaptation.
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AI summary
Systems may comprise a connectivity manager application operating on a User Equipment (UE) for optimal and secure performance of local applications and improving user experience by optimizing application performance (e.g., by prioritizing file downloads). The systems may modify data transmission of other local applications on the UE in a multi-network environment. The connectivity manager application may detect one or more network characteristics of one or more networks providing service to the UE and determine a connectivity rule based at least in part on the one or more network characteristics and/or particular data types and indicating that data transmission for the one or more transmission paths is to be adjusted, modified, paused, or prohibited in response to particular network conditions, etc. The connectivity manager application may cause modifications to the transmission paths and present indications of the modifications at a graphical user interface (GUI) or via application programming interfaces and call-backs.