Indoor Base Station Centralized 3GPP Access Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems fail to optimize wireless connectivity within indoor environments, treating wireless links as extensions of fixed broadband access and not prioritizing wireless connectivity, leading to inefficiencies in managing and controlling wireless access points in residential settings.

Innovation Solution

An indoor base station and service node system that merges wireless access with broadband access, using 3GPP access control to optimize wireless connectivity, allowing for centralized control of resources and providing 3GPP-based communications through emulated user equipment, enabling efficient management and optimization of wireless connectivity without separate access control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If wireless access is treated as an extension of fixed broadband access, then infrastructure simplicity is maintained, but wireless connectivity optimization is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinfrastructure complexityVSAvoidwireless connectivity performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges wireless access network and broadband access network into a single integrated access node that provides both functions. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate control systems while optimizing wireless connectivity through unified resource management and 3GPP access control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If separate access control is implemented for wireless and broadband access, then control precision is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess control managementVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The access node implements a universal 3GPP access control system that handles both wireless and broadband access control functions through a single control mechanism. This multi-functional approach simplifies operations while maintaining precise control over both access types through unified resource management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If centralized control of broadband access resources is implemented, then resource allocation efficiency is improved, but control system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation efficiencyVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines wireless access control and broadband access control into a single centralized control system within the access node. This unified control architecture efficiently allocates resources for both access types while avoiding the complexity of separate control systems through integrated management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP3375109B1A system and method for providing 3GPP based communications in an indoor environment
Publication Date: 2021.01.06 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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AI summary

Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards an indoor base station (105)and an indoor service node (109), as well as corresponding methods therein, for providing 3GPP based communications for at least one wireless device (101-103) in an indoor environment. The example embodiments presented herein provide a merged system with centralized control featuring wired and wireless access for 3GPP based communications in an indoor environment.