Mobile Base Station Control for Low-Coverage Communication Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in maintaining high communication quality, particularly in areas with insufficient coverage, where the number of terminal devices increases, leading to resource congestion and decreased quality, especially for critical applications like remote driving and automated driving.

Innovation Solution

A control device that acquires information on communication quality and moves a mobile base station to positions where the quality is insufficient, prioritizing areas with critical communication needs, such as remote driving or automated driving, to enhance service quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If more base stations are constructed to improve communication quality, then communication quality is improved, but capital investment increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication qualityVSAvoidcapital investment
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the dynamics principle by transitioning from static base station deployment to dynamic mobile base station deployment. The mobile base station can move to different locations based on real-time communication quality requirements, allowing the system to adapt to changing demands without requiring permanent infrastructure at every location. This resolves the contradiction by providing reliable communication quality only where and when needed, rather than through universal static coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements local quality by deploying mobile base stations specifically to areas where communication quality is insufficient, rather than uniformly distributing base stations across all regions. The control device identifies specific locations with poor communication quality and directs mobile base stations to those areas, ensuring high communication quality locally where needed while avoiding unnecessary capital investment in areas with adequate coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If mobile base stations are deployed to improve communication quality in specific areas, then communication quality in those areas is improved, but the complexity of base station management increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication qualityVSAvoidbase station management
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the mobile base station to autonomously navigate to target locations and establish communication connections without requiring complex manual intervention. The control device provides destination information, and the mobile base station independently performs the movement and deployment operations, significantly reducing management complexity while maintaining improved communication quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the control device monitors communication quality conditions and dynamically adjusts mobile base station deployment decisions. The control device receives information about communication quality status and uses this feedback to determine when and where to deploy mobile base stations, creating a closed-loop management system that reduces complexity through automated decision-making based on real-time conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11930401B2Control device, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.03.12 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A control device acquires information regarding a communication quality of a base station that performs a predetermined type of communication, and performs a control for moving a mobile base station to a position associated with the base station in a case where it is determined that the communication quality is lower than a predetermined communication quality.