Software Convergence Layer for Wireless Channel Information Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in accurately and quickly determining operation parameters such as beamforming weights, transmit and receive rates, and location of client devices across different wireless technologies like 5G and Wi-Fi, which affects system performance.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a software convergence layer that interacts with the MAC software layers of different wireless technologies to share wireless channel information across 4G/5G cellular and WLAN, modeling this information as a set of coordinates with associated operational parameters, and applying these parameters across technologies to improve system performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If each wireless technology determines operation parameters independently, then technology-specific optimization is achieved, but system performance and accuracy are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges channel information from multiple wireless technologies (5G NR and WLAN) into a unified determination framework. The convergence layer combines channel state information, location data, and operational parameters across different radio access technologies to jointly determine optimized parameters, thereby improving accuracy while maintaining fast determination through integrated processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The convergence layer serves as a universal platform that handles operation parameter determination for multiple wireless technologies simultaneously. It processes channel information from different standards (5G, 4G, WLAN) through a common mechanism, enabling multi-functional parameter optimization across heterogeneous networks without requiring separate determination processes for each technology.
2Productivity
If wireless channel information is shared across different wireless technologies, then system performance is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The convergence layer acts as an intermediary between the MAC layers of different wireless technologies and the operation parameter determination processes. It receives channel information from various technologies, processes and correlates this information, and generates unified parameter recommendations, thereby managing the complexity of cross-technology information sharing while delivering performance improvements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system architecture is segmented into distinct functional layers: the convergence layer for information processing and parameter determination, and the MAC layers for technology-specific implementation. This segmentation allows complex cross-technology processing to be isolated in the convergence layer while maintaining simpler, technology-specific interfaces at the MAC layer level.
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AI summary
System and method embodiments are disclosed for wireless channel information sharing to improve system performance in a wireless communication system. A software convergence layer is incorporated to query and keep track of all clients connected with the wireless communication system through different wireless technologies, such as 5G and/or WLAN. The shared channel information may be modeled into a set of coordinates. For each coordinate, a set of operational parameters, such as beamforming weights, Tx and Rx rate, Tx power, and Rx gain on a per-channel basis are determined. These operational parameters are passed onto schedulers of the different wireless technologies, which then use these operational parameters when clients are around corresponding coordinates.