Master-Slave Wireless Device Tethering for Network Load Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication networks face challenges in managing the increased demand for wireless voice and data access in crowded areas, leading to overburdened capabilities and degraded signal strengths at the edges, particularly in scenarios involving large numbers of wireless devices.
Innovation Solution
The method involves assigning a master wireless device as a hotspot to provide communication services for slave devices within a wireless communication network, based on channel quality information, and allocating wireless communication resources to ensure the master device meets parameter requirements, thereby reducing the load on access points and improving communication efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If wireless communication networks serve large numbers of devices in crowded areas, then wireless data access demand is met, but network capabilities become overburdened and signal strength degrades at edges
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network into master devices and slave devices, where master devices act as local access points for their associated slave devices. This segmentation distributes the network load, allowing more devices to be served while maintaining signal quality for edge devices through the decentralized master-slave architecture.
2Productivity
If access points serve all wireless devices directly, then communication services are provided, but the load on access points increases and spectral efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces master devices as intermediaries between slave devices and the core network. Master devices relay communications for their associated slave devices, reducing the direct load on access points and improving spectral efficiency through localized communication hops.
3Ease of operation
If wireless devices communicate directly with access points, then communication services are provided, but power consumption increases for devices at the edge
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the communication path into device-to-master and master-to-access-point links. Edge devices communicate with nearby master devices at lower power rather than attempting direct high-power communication with distant access points, reducing overall power consumption while maintaining service availability.
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AI summary
A method for tethering wireless devices includes assigning, by a wireless communication network access point, a master wireless device as a hotspot to provide communication services for a slave wireless device. The assignment may be based on first channel quality information and second channel quality information. The first channel quality information may be associated with a first communication channel between the master wireless device and the access point. The second channel quality information may be associated with a second communication channel between the master wireless device and the slave wireless device. The method may also include allocating a wireless communication resource to the master wireless device such that the master wireless device is configured as the hotspot. The allocation of the communication resource may be based on a determination that a parameter requirement of the communication resource associated with the master wireless device acting as the hotspot is met.