Group Message Delivery Using 3GPP Group ID and Paging Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current networking architectures face challenges in efficiently managing communication resources, particularly when messaging and paging a group of users, leading to network overload and suboptimal performance due to increased data traffic and complex network demands.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for delivering messages to a group of users in a network environment, utilizing a 3GPP-group-id for group message delivery and enhanced paging procedures, including geographic and Radio Access Technology (RAT) restrictions, to optimize message delivery and reduce network congestion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional messaging and paging methods are used for a group of users, then message delivery is achieved, but network equipment becomes overwhelmed and congestion occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the group messaging function into multiple specialized network entities: MTC-IWF for interworking functions, SGW for serving gateway operations, and PGW for packet gateway operations. This segmentation distributes the processing load across multiple dedicated components rather than overwhelming a single network equipment, thereby improving message delivery efficiency while managing network equipment load.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the MTC-IWF as an intermediary entity that mediates between external messaging systems and the core network. This intermediary handles the complexity of group messaging and paging operations, translating and managing messages before they reach the core network infrastructure, thus reducing the burden on network equipment while maintaining efficient message delivery.
2Reliability
If group messaging is implemented without optimization, then all users receive messages, but network resources are wasted and performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing geographic restrictions and RAT type restrictions that tailor message delivery to specific locations and radio access technologies. Instead of uniformly delivering messages to all users in a group, the system selectively delivers messages only to users in specified geographic areas or using specified RAT types, ensuring complete delivery to relevant users while conserving network resources by avoiding unnecessary transmissions to irrelevant users.
3Ease of operation
If paging parameters are not optimized, then all idle mode users are paged, but network congestion increases and performance decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic paging by configuring specific paging parameters that allow flexible control over which idle mode users are paged and when. The system dynamically adjusts paging behavior based on user group memberships, geographic restrictions, and network conditions, ensuring that users remain accessible when needed while optimizing network throughput by avoiding unnecessary paging of all idle users.
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AI summary
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include communicating a message for a group of one or more user equipment (UE) from a machine type communication-interworking function (MTC-IWF) to a packet data network gateway (PGW), wherein the message includes a group identity (ID) associated with the group of one or more UE; communicating the message from the PGW to one or more serving gateways (SGWs); and communicating the message from each of the one or more SGWs to each of the one or more UE of the group of the one via a tunnel for each of the one or more UE.