Electronic Message Delay Offsets for Geographic Arrival Equity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Communication networks face issues with varying network properties and geographic origins causing disparities in message transmission speeds, where messages from different geographical locations arrive at a destination at different times.
Innovation Solution
A message delay system is implemented between entities, applying a predefined delay time common to all entities and a participant-specific delay offset based on geographical origin, ensuring messages arrive at a destination at similar times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If messages are transmitted simultaneously from different geographical locations, then transmission efficiency is improved, but message arrival times at the destination vary due to different network properties and distances
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary delay to messages from closer geographical locations before they reach the destination. By pre-delaying messages that would otherwise arrive too soon, the system equalizes arrival times across different geographical origins, ensuring simultaneous delivery while maintaining the benefit of simultaneous transmission initiation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different delay characteristics to messages based on their geographical origin. Messages from different locations receive customized delay offsets tailored to their specific distance and network path characteristics, creating locally adapted timing that results in uniform arrival times at the destination.
2Reliability
If a message delay system is introduced to equalize arrival times, then message delivery fairness is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a message delay component as an intermediary element positioned between the transmission source and the destination. This mediator applies the necessary delay to messages based on their geographical origin, equalizing arrival times without requiring fundamental changes to the underlying network architecture or communication protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system achieves message delivery fairness by dynamically adjusting the timing parameter of message transmission. By modifying the departure time of messages based on their geographical origin and network characteristics, the system equalizes arrival times while maintaining compatibility with existing network infrastructure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If geographical-based delay offsets are applied, then transmission equity among different locations is improved, but measurement and configuration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs feedback mechanisms to continuously monitor and measure actual message transmission characteristics, including propagation times and network conditions. By using this feedback information, the system dynamically adjusts delay offsets to maintain transmission equity across different geographical locations, adapting to changing network conditions without manual reconfiguration.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for regulating electronic messages transmissions. A message delay system is disposed between one or more first entities and a second entity within at least one network. Electronic messages are received from among at least one the first entities and the second entity at one or more message arrival times. A message delay component applies a delay to each received electronic message, based on a predefined delay time common to all of the first entities and a first entity delay offset associated with a first entity that is associated with the received message. The first entity delay offset is based on a geographical origin of the first entity relative to a geographical origin of the second entity. Each delayed message is transmitted to a designated recipient via the network, where the designated recipient is among the second entity and the first entities.