Location-Based Profile for Wireless Connection Diagnostics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices experience connection interruptions due to wireless communication network issues, leading to call drops and data transmission failures, which are difficult to diagnose and prevent using existing technologies.
Innovation Solution
Implementing location-based profiles that use a monitoring subsystem to detect connection interruptions, construct virtual geofences around incident locations, and dynamically configure diagnostics profiles to proactively gather and analyze data on connection issues, thereby anticipating and mitigating future interruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If continuous monitoring of wireless connection is performed to detect call drops and interruptions, then connection reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs monitoring at periodic intervals rather than continuously, using trigger events (call drops, handover failures) to activate geofence creation and diagnostics profile retrieval. The mobile device monitors for specific connection events and only enters high-power diagnostic modes when these events occur, rather than maintaining constant monitoring state.
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively creates geofences around locations where connection interruptions have occurred and pre-loads diagnostics profiles before actual diagnostic needs arise. When a mobile device enters these pre-defined geofences, the diagnostics profile is automatically activated, enabling early detection and prevention of potential connection issues before they manifest as actual call drops.
2Measurement precision
If detailed diagnostic data is collected continuously to improve connection stability, then measurement precision is improved, but data processing overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different monitoring and data collection strategies based on location. When a mobile device is outside geofences, standard monitoring is performed. When inside geofences (areas with historical connection issues), enhanced diagnostics profiles are activated to collect detailed diagnostic data including RF measurements, connection state information, and handover metrics. This location-based differentiation ensures high measurement precision only where needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes monitoring parameters based on geofence entry. Diagnostics profiles contain configurable parameters that are activated when the mobile device enters a geofence, adjusting the level of diagnostic data collection, measurement frequency, and types of metrics gathered. This allows the system to adapt data collection intensity to match actual connection risk levels at different locations.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If geofences are created around every connection interruption location to improve network diagnostics, then diagnostic capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The geofence mechanism serves multiple functions: it acts as a geographic boundary for enhanced monitoring, a trigger for diagnostics profile activation, a storage location for historical connection issue data, and a routing mechanism for directing mobile devices to appropriate diagnostic behaviors. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems for each diagnostic task.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically creates geofences around locations where connection interruptions occur without requiring manual configuration. The mobile device autonomously retrieves diagnostics profiles, determines geofence boundaries based on its own location data, and configures its monitoring behavior based on geofence entry/exit events. This self-service approach minimizes the need for complex external configuration systems.
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AI summary
A location determination subsystem of a mobile device can determine a location of the mobile device. A monitoring subsystem of the mobile device can be configured, using a profile, to monitor states of a wireless connection between the mobile device and a communications network. When the monitoring subsystem detects an interruption of the wireless connection, a virtual geofence can be constructed around the location of the mobile device when the interruption occurred. The geofence can indicate a boundary of an enclosed geographic area. The geofence can be associated with a diagnostics profile stored on the mobile device or dynamically retrieved from a server upon occurrence of the interruption. When the mobile device enters the area enclosed by the geofence, the monitoring subsystem can be configured using the diagnostics profile in anticipation of interruptions of connections. Information relating to the interruptions can be anonymously sent to a server for analysis.