Dynamic Communication Threshold Control for Policy Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing policy control technologies face inefficiencies in controlling communication traffic due to fixed interval notifications, leading to either excessive or insufficient signal notifications, which affects the immediacy and accuracy of traffic management.

Innovation Solution

A control device that acquires communication data from a relay device, calculates communication speed, and dynamically sets a communication threshold value based on past data to optimize notification frequency, ensuring appropriate signal transmission regardless of traffic fluctuations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the router notifies the policy control device of the amount of communication at fixed intervals, then the policy control device can acquire communication data, but the number of notification signals increases excessively during peak traffic periods

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication data acquisitionVSAvoidnumber of notification signals
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the notification threshold dynamic rather than fixed. The threshold value is adjusted based on the current communication amount and historical data, allowing the system to adapt to varying traffic conditions. During peak periods, the threshold increases to reduce notification frequency, while during low periods, it decreases to maintain monitoring sensitivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of notification threshold based on communication conditions. By calculating the threshold as a function of current and historical communication amounts, the system transforms a static threshold into a dynamic parameter that responds to traffic patterns, thereby controlling the number of notifications while maintaining measurement accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If the router notifies the policy control device only when communication amount exceeds a fixed threshold, then the number of signals is reduced, but the immediacy of traffic control decreases during peak periods

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of notification signalsVSAvoidimmediacy of traffic control
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the notification threshold based on real-time communication amounts. When communication increases, the threshold adapts to maintain appropriate notification frequency, ensuring timely detection of significant changes while avoiding excessive notifications during stable high-traffic periods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by using historical communication data to calculate and adjust the threshold. The system continuously monitors communication amounts and uses this feedback to optimize the threshold value, creating a closed-loop system that balances notification frequency with responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If the policy control device processes all notification signals, then communication control accuracy is maintained, but the processing load increases during peak traffic periods

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication control accuracyVSAvoidprocessing load
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by selectively processing only the necessary notification signals. Instead of processing all possible notifications, the system processes only those that exceed the dynamically adjusted threshold, reducing unnecessary processing while maintaining accurate control for significant traffic changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and adjusting the notification threshold based on historical data before processing current notifications. This preliminary threshold setting enables the system to filter and prioritize signals effectively, reducing processing load while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11924082B2Control device and control method
Publication Date: 2024.03.05 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP
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AI summary

A policy control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of communication of an accommodated user terminal from a relay device that notifies the amount of communication when the amount of communication exceeds a communication amount threshold value, a calculation unit configured to calculate a communication speed by using an amount of communication in a past fixed period of time including at least the amount of communication currently acquired by the acquisition unit, and calculate the communication amount threshold value based on the calculated communication speed, and a notification unit configured to notify the relay device of the communication amount threshold value calculated by the calculation unit.