Dynamic Gateway Provisioning for Mobile Network Traffic Offloading
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Solution Overview
Problem
The rapid growth of wireless data traffic has overwhelmed mobile communication networks, leading to network congestion and increased power consumption, as well as a higher probability of dropped calls due to the increasing number of user devices competing for resources.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic provisioning system that assigns a gateway role to selected user devices within a local network group, allowing them to communicate via short-range wireless technology, thereby reducing the burden on the mobile traffic network and minimizing power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of user devices communicating via cell towers increases, then network coverage and connectivity are improved, but network congestion increases and reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network communication path by introducing local network groups as intermediate units between user devices and the core network. Each local network group acts as an independent communication domain, dividing the overall network traffic into smaller, manageable segments that reduce congestion on individual cell towers while maintaining broad coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary component within each local network group. This gateway mediates between user devices and the core network, consolidating traffic through a dedicated communication path that reduces the number of simultaneous connections to cell towers, thereby improving reliability without sacrificing coverage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more user devices communicate directly via cell towers, then connectivity is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple user device connections into a single gateway device within each local network group. Instead of each device maintaining an independent connection to the core network through cell towers, multiple devices share a common gateway connection, consolidating communication paths and significantly reducing the cumulative power consumption while preserving connectivity for all members.
3Ease of operation
If cell towers provide access to mobile traffic network, then network accessibility is improved, but network resources become over-burdened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments network resources by introducing local network groups that operate semi-independently. Each local network group manages its own traffic through a dedicated gateway, dividing the total network resource pool into smaller, more manageable units. This segmentation allows the system to maintain accessibility for all users while distributing the resource burden away from individual cell towers.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device serves as an intermediary that consolidates network resource access for multiple user devices. Instead of each device independently consuming network resources through cell towers, the gateway aggregates traffic and manages resource allocation centrally, improving resource utilization efficiency and reducing overall network resource consumption while maintaining ease of access for all devices.
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AI summary
A system and method of optimizing a mobile traffic network are provided. A local network group comprising a plurality of user devices is created. One of the plurality of the user devices is selected to act as a gateway for the remaining user devices of the local network group. The selected user device is provisioned to act as a gateway for the local network group. A message is sent to the plurality of user devices of the local network group to route communication through the selected user device via a short range wireless communication technology.