Dynamic Network Service Allocation via Parameter Checking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for activating new services for mobile user devices based on location or other criteria are clumsy and do not meet end-user experience expectations, as they lack dynamic network service allocation, with fixed data throughput and service levels not adaptable to various use cases.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for dynamically allocating network services by checking additional parameters during call setup and maintenance, using suitable network algorithms to temporarily enhance data speed and services beyond the original service level agreement, with automatic monitoring and deactivation based on location, time, and usage criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fixed service level agreements are used for mobile users, then network service stability is maintained, but service flexibility and adaptability to different use cases deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic service level agreements that can be temporarily enhanced based on real-time network conditions, user location, and service parameters. The system transitions from static fixed SLAs to dynamic adjustable SLAs, allowing service levels to be modified during call setup and maintenance phases without compromising overall network stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes service parameters dynamically by introducing enhanced service parameters that can override default SLA parameters. Network apparatus checks additional parameters and uses network algorithms to define temporarily enhanced services, effectively changing the service level parameters from fixed to variable based on activation criteria.
2Reliability
If network services are enhanced beyond original SLA, then user experience and service quality improve, but network resource consumption and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checks of service parameters and activation criteria during call setup before enhancing services. By pre-evaluating whether enhanced services should be activated based on location, time, and user profile parameters, the network avoids unnecessary service enhancements and reduces complexity from real-time decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where network apparatus continuously monitors service parameters, user location, and network conditions. Based on this feedback, the system dynamically adjusts service levels and activates enhanced services only when criteria are met, optimizing the balance between service quality and network complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic service allocation is implemented, then service adaptability to different use cases improves, but network control complexity and monitoring requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the service allocation process into distinct phases: call setup phase and call maintenance phase. Different parameter checks and enhancement criteria are applied in each phase, reducing monitoring complexity by handling dynamic service allocation in manageable segments rather than as a continuous complex process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces network apparatus as an intermediary that mediates between user equipment and the core network. This intermediary handles the complexity of parameter checking, criterion evaluation, and service enhancement decisions, simplifying the overall monitoring requirements by centralizing control functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A capacity allocation method comprises receiving (303), in a network apparatus (101), a capacity request message regarding a user terminal (102). In response to receiving the capacity request message, the apparatus (101) checks (303) one or more service parameters related to the user terminal (102). If the checking (303) reveals that enhanced network service activation criteria are fulfilled, the service parameters are used to define (303), by using a suitable network algorithm, a temporarily enhanced network service for the user terminal (102) such that the temporarily enhanced network service exceeds the service level originally agreed for the user terminal (102).