Device-Aware Network Controls for Radio Access Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Network operators face challenges in achieving complete geographical coverage due to high deployment and maintenance costs, and lack of information about communication devices leads to inefficient utilization of access technologies.
Innovation Solution
Enhancing network controls by receiving and analyzing device identifiers and data to generate predictions and directives for optimal radio access technology utilization, and creating ad-hoc networks to extend coverage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If additional network resources are deployed to expand geographical coverage, then network coverage area is improved, but deployment and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple access technologies (wireless, wired, optical) into a unified network access system that can dynamically select and switch between different technologies. This merging allows the network to provide comprehensive coverage without requiring separate infrastructure for each technology, thereby expanding coverage area while controlling resource deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The network access system is designed with multi-functionality to support multiple access technologies and deployment scenarios (centralized, distributed, hybrid). This universal design enables the same system to serve diverse coverage requirements without requiring specialized resources for each scenario, optimizing the ratio of coverage area to resource investment.
2Area of stationary object
If complete geographical coverage (100%) is achieved through additional network resources, then network coverage area is improved, but deployment and maintenance costs become impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements partial coverage optimization by deploying network resources strategically in high-demand areas first, rather than attempting uniform 100% coverage. The multi-access technology framework allows the network to provide adequate service coverage to priority regions with controlled resource investment, achieving practical coverage goals without the prohibitive costs of complete universal coverage.
3Productivity
If access technology selection is made without device information, then decision-making simplicity is maintained, but access technology utilization efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary collection and analysis of communication device information (capabilities, characteristics, requirements) before making access technology selection decisions. This advance preparation of device data enables the network to optimize access technology utilization efficiently, as the necessary information is already available when access decisions need to be made, eliminating the need for complex real-time analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where device information is continuously collected, analyzed, and used to refine access technology selection decisions. This feedback loop enables the network to learn from past performance and device characteristics, progressively improving access technology utilization efficiency while maintaining manageable information processing complexity through established feedback protocols.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first identifier associated with a processing system to a communication device, transmitting first data to the communication device, obtaining, from the communication device and based on the transmitting of the first identifier and the first data, a first directive, wherein the first directive directs the processing system to utilize a first radio access technology for a first communication session, and utilizing, based on the first directive, the first radio access technology for the first communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.