Integrated Gateway Content Management Module Latency Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless operator networks face inefficiencies and lack of flexibility in managing user Quality of Experience (QoE) due to separate content management and subscriber management nodes with limited interaction, leading to latency and inability to dynamically adapt packet treatment based on subscriber behavior and lack of feedback mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
Integration of content management with the Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway or Gateway General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (GGSN) modules, enabling shared subscriber information and advanced content management functions like filtering, caching, adaptation, and optimization within a single network server, with communication links to Online Charging System, Offline Charging Subsystem, and Policy Control and Charging Function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If content management and subscriber management are handled by separate nodes, then system modularity and ease of maintenance are improved, but interaction latency increases and dynamic adaptation capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges content management functions and subscriber management functions into a single integrated network server. This eliminates the need for inter-node communication between separate content management nodes and subscriber management nodes, thereby reducing interaction latency while maintaining the organizational structure through modular software components within the unified server architecture.
2Device complexity
If content management and subscriber management are handled by separate nodes, then system complexity is reduced, but ability to dynamically adapt packet treatment based on subscriber behavior deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines content management and subscriber management capabilities within a single network server, enabling direct access to subscriber behavior information by content management processes. This integration allows dynamic adaptation of packet treatment based on real-time subscriber behavior analysis without requiring complex inter-node communication protocols and data synchronization mechanisms that would increase system complexity.
3Ease of operation
If separate management nodes are used, then ease of operation is improved, but feedback mechanism capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates content management and subscriber management within a single network server, enabling immediate feedback loops between content delivery operations and subscriber behavior analysis. The unified architecture allows operational data to be directly fed back to management functions without loss or delay, while maintaining operational simplicity through a consolidated control interface.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods of and systems for packet gateway and content management integration are disclosed. An integrated gateway and content management module provides content to mobile user equipment from a content delivery network. The module operates on the content based on information about the mobile user equipment and/or network entities with which the mobile user equipment is communicating and information about the content being provided. The integrated gateway and content management module discovers said information.