Mobile Access Gateway Dynamic QoS Allocation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile network systems lack the ability to dynamically manage Quality of Service (QoS) coefficients for mobile subscribers in a way that prioritizes high-priority users during network saturation, leading to inefficient resource allocation and potential service degradation for non-priority users.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a dynamic module (MADF) within the mobile Internet access gateway equipment that allocates and recalculates QoS coefficients based on real-time cell occupancy and user priorities, allowing for preemptive priority management by adjusting the QoS of lower-priority users and potentially transferring them to other cells, ensuring guaranteed throughput for high-priority users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If QoS coefficients are allocated based on subscription terms without considering current network occupancy, then service quality for individual users is maintained according to their subscription, but network resource utilization becomes inefficient during saturation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice quality guaranteeVSAvoidnetwork resource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically recalculates QoS coefficients in real-time based on current network occupancy and cell throughput capacity. The gateway device continuously monitors network conditions and adjusts allocated bandwidth and service priorities dynamically, transitioning from static subscription-based allocation to dynamic demand-based allocation that adapts to changing network conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the QoS parameter values based on real-time network occupancy measurements. When network saturation is detected, the gateway modifies throughput coefficients, bandwidth allocations, and service priority parameters to optimize overall network utilization while maintaining essential service quality guarantees for high-priority users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If network throughput is optimized by redistributing QoS coefficients among multiple users, then overall network performance improves, but service quality for individual lower-priority users may degrade

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoverall network performanceVSAvoidindividual user service quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different QoS treatment to different user groups based on their priority levels. High-priority users receive guaranteed service quality with protected bandwidth allocations, while lower-priority users have their QoS coefficients adjusted to optimize overall network utilization. This localized quality approach ensures that service degradation is concentrated on non-critical users while critical services maintain their quality standards.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system converts the potential harm of network saturation into a benefit by using the excess capacity that would otherwise be wasted during low-utilization periods. By dynamically reallocating resources during saturation events, the system transforms the harmful effect of congestion into an opportunity to optimize overall network performance, while the harmful impact is confined to lower-priority users whose service degradation is acceptable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Reliability

If high-priority users are guaranteed instantaneous capacity release during network saturation, then their service reliability is improved, but network complexity increases due to dynamic resource management

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehigh-priority user service reliabilityVSAvoiddynamic resource management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary classification of users into priority groups and pre-establishes QoS coefficient ranges for each group. When network saturation is detected, the gateway has pre-defined rules and algorithms ready to instantly reallocate resources to high-priority users. This preliminary preparation enables rapid response to saturation events without requiring complex real-time decision-making, thus reducing operational complexity while maintaining high reliability for priority users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Ease of operation

If QoS coefficients are statically allocated according to subscription terms, then service delivery is simple and predictable, but adaptability to changing network conditions is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice delivery simplicityVSAvoidadaptability to network conditions
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where the gateway device monitors network occupancy, cell throughput capacity, and actual service delivery metrics. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts QoS coefficients and resource allocations in real-time. This feedback mechanism maintains operational simplicity by automating the adaptation process, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration while enhancing adaptability to changing network conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP2879431B1Gateway device for mobile access to the internet
Publication Date: 2019.01.09 HALYS
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AI summary

Access gateway equipment comprising a dynamic allocation module (MADF) and a database (BD-URR) containing the bandwidth occupancy of cells and routers. The MADF processes the subscriber session request (MS) by taking into account the bandwidth occupancy of the cell by other user subscribers engaged in sessions and their QoS coefficient to optimize the total possible bandwidth based on allocated bandwidth and reorganize bandwidth distribution according to the coefficients of the different mobile devices.