Individualized Communication Service Profiles for Network Resource Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Broadband communication services are often provided on a location basis, leading to suboptimal performance and resource allocation, where some clients receive insufficient bandwidth or high latency, and clients may have to compromise on service tiers, with inconsistent service levels when roaming.
Innovation Solution
The system provides individualized communication services on a client basis by assigning service profiles specifying attributes like bandwidth, latency, and quality of service, allowing data to be transported accordingly across local and operator communication networks, enabling optimized service for each client and consistent service levels across different networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If broadband communication service is provided on a location basis with multiple service tiers, then service coverage and accessibility are improved, but service performance and resource allocation become suboptimal for individual clients
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the service provision from location-based to client-based. Instead of providing uniform service tiers to all clients at a location, the system creates individual service profiles for each client that specify unique bandwidth, latency, and quality of service requirements. This segmentation allows each client to receive customized service levels regardless of their location's overall service tier.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different service characteristics to different clients within the same location. Each client's service profile specifies local quality parameters such as guaranteed bandwidth, maximum latency, and quality of service metrics that are tailored to that specific client's needs, rather than applying a uniform service quality to all clients at the location.
2Adaptability or versatility
If service tiers are provided with different bandwidth levels, then cost options for subscribers are improved, but actual bandwidth delivery becomes inconsistent due to network congestion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by establishing service profiles that pre-specify guaranteed bandwidth and quality of service parameters for each client before network congestion occurs. These service profiles include explicit bandwidth guarantees and latency requirements that the network is committed to honoring, providing advance protection against congestion-related performance degradation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the network monitors actual service delivery against the guaranteed parameters specified in each client's service profile. This feedback enables the network to adjust resource allocation dynamically to maintain compliance with promised service levels, ensuring that actual bandwidth delivery matches the guaranteed levels even during congestion.
3Device complexity
If uniform service tiers are provided to all clients at a location, then network management complexity is reduced, but individual client performance and service optimization are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a standardized service profile structure that can be universally applied to any client while accommodating individualized requirements. The service profile framework provides a universal template with fields for bandwidth, latency, and quality of service parameters that can be customized for each client, combining standardization with individualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by allowing the service profile parameters (bandwidth, latency, quality of service) to be varied for each client while maintaining a consistent profile structure. This enables individualized service optimization through parameter customization without requiring fundamentally different management approaches for each client.
4Ease of operation
If clients select service tiers based on location offerings, then service selection simplicity is improved, but service consistency when roaming between networks is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by attaching service profiles to individual clients before they roam between networks. These service profiles contain pre-defined quality of service parameters and bandwidth guarantees that travel with the client, ensuring that service consistency is maintained across different network locations without requiring clients to reselect service tiers.
Solution Approach 2:
The service profile acts as an intermediary that carries client-specific service requirements between different networks. Instead of relying on location-based service tier definitions that vary by network, the service profile serves as a portable mediator that ensures consistent service delivery across network boundaries by translating client requirements into network-specific configurations.
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AI summary
A method for providing individualized communication service includes (1) recognizing a first client being communicatively coupled to a first local communication network, (2) determining an identity of the first client, (3) transporting first data between the first client and a first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a first service profile associated with the first client, and (4) transporting the first data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile.