Mobile Device Base Station for Dynamic Network Capacity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional communication networks face inefficiencies in increasing communication capacity in areas with occasional or unpredictable high user densities, as they require additional permanent base stations or temporary deployments that often go unused, leading to logistical challenges and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves configuring specially adapted mobile devices to temporarily function as base stations, establishing wireless communication links with a backhaul base station, allowing them to provide additional communication capacity without the need for additional conventional base stations, and dynamically managing these links based on network control criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If additional permanent base stations are deployed to increase communication capacity in high user density areas, then communication capacity is improved, but infrastructure cost and resource wastage increase due to underutilization during low density periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic base station functionality by allowing mobile devices to temporarily function as base stations during periods of high user density. This dynamic adaptation enables the network to scale capacity on-demand without permanent infrastructure, resolving the contradiction between maintaining communication capacity and avoiding resource wastage during low-density periods.
Solution Approach 2:
Mobile devices are equipped with multi-functionality, serving both as end-user devices and as temporary base stations when needed. This universal design allows the same hardware to fulfill different roles, eliminating the need for dedicated permanent base stations in all high-density scenarios and reducing overall infrastructure requirements.
2Productivity
If temporary base stations are deployed to increase communication capacity during high user density periods, then communication capacity is improved, but logistical complexity and infrastructure retention requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service deployment of temporary base station capacity by allowing existing mobile devices to autonomously function as base stations when triggered by network conditions. This eliminates the need for manual deployment and retention of dedicated temporary infrastructure, reducing logistical complexity while maintaining communication capacity during high-density periods.
3Productivity
If conventional base stations are added to serve unpredictable high density areas, then communication capacity is improved, but infrastructure cost and underutilization increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static infrastructure model into a dynamic one where communication capacity can be rapidly activated and deactivated based on real-time user density. This dynamic approach allows the network to respond to unpredictable high-density events without committing to permanent infrastructure additions, thereby reducing overall infrastructure quantity while maintaining adequate capacity.
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AI summary
A communication network comprising a plurality of base stations arranged to communicate data to and from a plurality of mobile devices, and at least one first base station operable to establish a first wireless communication link with a selected mobile device from the plurality of mobile devices, said first wireless communication link enabling the selected mobile device to simultaneously provide further wireless communication links to two or more mobile devices for communicating data via the first wireless communication link.