Edge Data Breakout for Mobile Network Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile data networks face challenges in upgrading their infrastructure to enhance throughput and provide advanced services due to the high cost of replacing old equipment, especially in areas connected by point-to-point microwave links, which have limited bandwidth.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a Mobile Internet Optimization Platform (MIOP) that breaks out data at the edge of the mobile data network, allowing for the performance of services such as caching, compression, push-based services, charging, analytics, and security within the existing infrastructure, using MIOP@NodeB, MIOP@RNC, and MIOP@Core components, and an overlay network to manage these services transparently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing mobile data network equipment is replaced with new equipment to enhance throughput and provide advanced services, then network capability and service quality are improved, but the cost of upgrading is extremely high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network into a traditional core network and a new edge service layer. Instead of replacing the entire network infrastructure, only the edge services are deployed as separate functional elements that can be independently scaled and managed, separating the high-cost core infrastructure from the upgradable service layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The edge services are nested within the existing mobile data network infrastructure rather than operating as a separate parallel system. The service elements are embedded at the edge of the network, utilizing existing backhaul connections and integrating with the core network functions, thereby avoiding complete infrastructure replacement.
2Quantity of substance
If point-to-point microwave links are replaced with fiber optic cable to significantly boost throughput, then network bandwidth is improved, but the cost is very high
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of replacing all microwave links with fiber optic infrastructure throughout the entire network, the patent implements edge services only at specific locations where bandwidth enhancement is most needed. This partial deployment approach provides sufficient bandwidth improvement without the excessive cost of universal infrastructure replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The edge services act as an intermediary layer between the existing microwave link infrastructure and the required high-bandwidth applications. Rather than replacing the physical microwave infrastructure, the edge services optimize and enhance the utilization of the existing backhaul capacity through intelligent data processing and routing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If new mobile network services are deployed within existing network infrastructure in a transparent manner, then service capability is improved without extensive hardware changes, but the complexity of managing multiple service mechanisms increases
Solution Approach 1:
The edge service elements are designed as multi-functional units that can perform multiple services (caching, compression, analytics, security) depending on deployment requirements. This universal design simplifies management compared to deploying separate dedicated systems for each function, as a single edge element can be configured to provide different services as needed.
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AI summary
Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may include caching of data, data or video compression techniques, push-based services, charging, application serving, analytics, security, data filtering, and new revenue-producing services, as well as others. This architecture allows performing new mobile network services at the edge of a mobile data network within the infrastructure of an existing mobile data network.