Edge Deployment of Geofenced Location Apps for Low-Latency Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunications networks face challenges in efficiently deploying location-based applications with reduced latency and minimizing network congestion, particularly in heterogeneous environments with varying generations of cellular technologies.
Innovation Solution
Implementing location-based applications at the network edge, utilizing edge servers to generate and deliver content directly to user equipment within geofenced areas, minimizing latency and reducing network signaling by presenting application availability indications and enabling seamless activation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If location-based applications are deployed on user equipment in heterogeneous cellular networks, then application functionality is provided, but network latency increases and network congestion occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new spatial dimension for application deployment by placing applications on network infrastructure elements (base stations, edge servers) rather than only on user equipment. This dimensional shift in where applications reside enables processing closer to users, reducing latency while distributing network load across multiple infrastructure points
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces network infrastructure elements (base stations, edge servers) as intermediaries between the core network and user equipment. These intermediaries host and execute applications locally, mediating between central network resources and end users, thereby reducing latency and distributing network congestion
2Ease of operation
If location-based applications are deployed on user equipment, then application services are delivered, but processing requirements on user equipment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the application execution burden from user equipment and relocates it to network infrastructure elements. By taking out the processing requirements from the end device and placing them on base stations or edge servers, the system maintains application service delivery while significantly reducing the complexity and processing demands on user equipment
3Adaptability or versatility
If applications are deployed across heterogeneous cellular networks, then service coverage is expanded, but deployment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal deployment framework that works across heterogeneous cellular networks (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G). The system uses common protocols and interfaces that allow applications to be deployed on any network infrastructure element regardless of the specific cellular generation, enabling broad service coverage while simplifying deployment through standardized approaches
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AI summary
Techniques for deploying location based applications in a network are discussed herein. Such location based applications can be installed or implemented in a network node close to the base station and/or the location of the user equipment (UE) using the location based application in an environment. When a user is within a geofence area associated with the location based applications, the UE can present an indication that location based services are available instead of requiring a user to select an application on their own or thorough an application store. After the exchanging authentication information, the UE can use authentication information to send a request, along with location data or pose data of the UE, to an edge server to render content for presentation on the UE. The edge server can transmit the content to the UE for presenting content at the location in accordance with the location based application.