Load Manager Incentivizing Device Movement for Network Congestion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing mobile network loads are inadequate, as they fail to efficiently distribute network usage and monitor network performance, leading to suboptimal user experiences and hardware inefficiencies due to congestion and wear and tear.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes a load manager to communicate with mobile devices, analyzing infrastructure performance indicators to incentivize movement to less congested areas by offering rewards, thereby managing network loads and improving telemetry data collection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile devices are concentrated in high-demand areas, then network service coverage is improved, but network congestion and hardware wear increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic load management by continuously monitoring network conditions and adjusting mobile device distributions in real-time. The system transitions static network allocation to dynamic adaptation, where devices are incentivized to move to less congested areas based on current network state, resolving the contradiction between maintaining service coverage and avoiding congestion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback loop where the load manager continuously monitors network performance metrics and communicates incentives to mobile devices. This closed-loop system uses network congestion data as feedback to adjust device distributions, enabling the network to self-regulate and balance load dynamically, thus improving reliability while maintaining coverage.
2Productivity
If network equipment serves more nodes simultaneously, then network productivity increases, but hardware wear and tear accelerates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the operational parameters of network equipment by dynamically adjusting the distribution of service loads across different base stations. By incentivizing mobile devices to connect to less utilized infrastructure, the system distributes hardware stress more evenly, extending equipment lifespan while maintaining overall network productivity through optimized resource allocation.
Solution Approach 2:
The load manager acts as an intermediary between mobile devices and network infrastructure, mediating the distribution of connection requests. This intermediary layer balances load by directing devices to underutilized base stations, preventing any single piece of hardware from experiencing excessive wear while maintaining high network throughput through efficient resource allocation.
3Measurement precision
If network monitoring is performed continuously, then network performance measurement is improved, but system complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service monitoring where mobile devices themselves contribute to network performance measurement by reporting their connection quality and location data. This distributes the monitoring burden across the network rather than requiring centralized complex monitoring infrastructure, achieving precise performance measurement while reducing system complexity and energy consumption at the network level.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for managing mobile network loads are provided. A load manager may communicate with a plurality of mobile devices in wireless communication with a hardware infrastructure of a mobile network. The hardware infrastructure may provide wireless access to the mobile network. The load manager may receive an infrastructure performance indicator descriptive of operation of the hardware infrastructure in wireless communication with one of the plurality of mobile devices at one of multiple geographic locations wirelessly served by the hardware infrastructure. The load manager may generate, based on analysis of the infrastructure performance indicator, a reward record configured to associate a reward with a target geographic location wirelessly served by the hardware infrastructure. The load manager may instruct a mobile devices to display an indication of the reward record at a position on the display of the mobile device representative of the target geographic location.