Wireless Device MCC-Based Parameter Adaptation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless communication devices face operational challenges when traveling abroad due to differing regulatory requirements, potentially violating local laws if their operations are not adapted to comply with foreign regulations.

Innovation Solution

The device identifies its local mobile country code (MCC) and compares it to a list of home MCCs, modifying its operating parameters if it does not match any on the list, thereby adapting its operations to comply with local regulations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the device operates with fixed home country parameters, then device simplicity is maintained, but compliance with foreign regulations cannot be ensured

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompliance adaptabilityVSAvoidoperating parameter complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adaptation of operating parameters based on detected local regulations. The device transitions from static home-country-fixed parameters to dynamic parameters that automatically adjust according to the detected local mobile country code (MCC), enabling compliance adaptability without requiring complex manual reconfiguration

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes operating parameters (such as transmit power, frequency bands, and communication protocols) based on the detected local MCC. By storing multiple sets of operating parameters corresponding to different countries and selectively applying the appropriate set, the device achieves regulatory compliance while maintaining operational simplicity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If the device automatically adapts to local regulations, then compliance is ensured, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregulatory complianceVSAvoidparameter adaptation mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device performs self-service by automatically detecting its own location through MCC identification and autonomously selecting the appropriate operating parameters from its stored configurations. This self-service mechanism ensures regulatory compliance without requiring external intervention or complex real-time negotiation with network authorities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The device prepares multiple sets of operating parameters in advance for different countries and stores them locally. When traveling to a foreign country, the device simply retrieves and applies the pre-configured parameter set corresponding to the detected local MCC, ensuring compliance without requiring complex real-time calculations or negotiations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11419047B2Location-based adaptation of wireless communication device operating parameters

Publication Date: 2022.08.16 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P

AI summary

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a local mobile country code (MCC) for a wireless communication device, accessing a home MCC list for the wireless communication device, and determining whether the local MCC for the wireless communication device matches any home MCC comprised in the home MCC list for the wireless communication device. In various embodiments, an operating parameter of the wireless communication device may be modified responsive to a determination that the local MCC for the wireless communication device does not match any home MCC comprised in the home MCC list for the wireless communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.