Early Termination Criteria for Telecommunications Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunications channels are frequently noisy and unreliable, leading to errors in data transmission, and existing methods of error correction can result in premature termination of transmission due to incorrect early termination indicators, causing energy wastage and interference.
Innovation Solution
A method where a first telecommunications device determines satisfaction of multiple sets of early termination criteria before reducing transmission power, ensuring reliable early termination by verifying multiple acknowledgments and communication quality indicators, and adjusting criteria strictness over time to prevent premature termination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a single early termination criterion is used to determine when to stop transmission, then energy consumption is reduced and transmission time is shortened, but the reliability of early termination decreases due to noisy channels causing incorrect termination decisions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the early termination decision into multiple independent criteria sets (first set and second set of criteria) rather than using a single criterion. Each set evaluates different aspects of transmission quality, and both must be satisfied before terminating. This segmentation allows the system to maintain energy efficiency while significantly improving reliability by requiring multiple independent confirmations of transmission success.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent prepares multiple criteria sets in advance to cushion against the unreliability of single-criterion decisions in noisy channels. By having pre-defined multiple independent criteria that must all be satisfied, the system creates a buffer against premature or incorrect termination decisions, ensuring more robust early termination reliability.
2Loss of time
If transmission is terminated early based on a single criterion, then transmission time is reduced, but the accuracy of termination detection decreases due to channel noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the termination detection process into multiple independent criterion evaluations. Instead of relying on a single measurement that may be noisy, the system performs multiple independent assessments (first set and second set of criteria) and requires all to be satisfied. This maintains fast termination while significantly improving detection accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors multiple criteria during transmission and uses this feedback to make informed termination decisions. The multiple criteria provide redundant feedback signals that confirm transmission success, reducing the impact of noisy individual measurements and improving overall detection accuracy.
3Reliability
If multiple sets of early termination criteria are evaluated, then the reliability of early termination increases, but the device complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent organizes the multiple criteria into distinct, well-defined sets (first set and second set) with clear satisfaction conditions. This structured segmentation makes the complexity manageable and systematic, allowing devices to implement reliable multi-criteria evaluation without overwhelming complexity through modular criterion design.
4Measurement precision
If multiple sets of early termination criteria are evaluated, then the accuracy of termination detection increases, but the processing time and computational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary evaluation of multiple criteria during the transmission process rather than after transmission completes. By continuously monitoring and evaluating criterion satisfaction in advance, the system can make rapid termination decisions when conditions are met, improving detection accuracy without significant processing time penalties.
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AI summary
An embodiment of the invention provides a telecommunications method to be performed by a first telecommunications device while trying to transmit a data block to a second telecommunications device. According to the embodiment, the first telecommunications device determines whether a first set of early termination criteria is satisfied. Then, if the first set of early termination criteria is satisfied, the first telecommunications device further determines whether a second set of early termination criteria is satisfied. The second set of early termination criteria is different from the first set of early termination criteria. If both the first set of early termination criteria and the second set of early termination criteria are satisfied before the first telecommunications device finishes transmitting the data block, the first telecommunications device reduces a transmission power.