Mobile Network Object Sensing via UE-Mediated Device Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems inefficiently integrate sensing technologies with communication networks, leading to resource waste and degraded reliability and quality of sensing data.
Innovation Solution
Implement network functions and procedures that utilize wireless devices and sensing devices outside the mobile communication system, recognizing and managing various frequency bands and technologies to enhance sensing services within a mobile communication network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sensing technologies are implemented as standalone systems separate from communication networks, then sensing functions can be provided, but resource efficiency deteriorates and reliability of integrated sensing data degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines sensing functions with communication networks by enabling base stations and user equipment to perform sensing operations using communication signals. The network integrates sensing device management, signal coordination, and data processing within the existing communication infrastructure, eliminating the need for separate standalone sensing systems and improving resource efficiency while maintaining reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sensing devices from various wireless technologies and frequency bands are integrated into a mobile communication network, then sensing service capability is enhanced, but network management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network function or management entity within the communication network that acts as an intermediary to coordinate and manage multiple sensing devices from different wireless technologies and frequency bands. This mediator handles device registration, resource allocation, and signal coordination, enabling diverse sensing capabilities to be integrated without proportionally increasing overall network management complexity.
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AI summary
A method of object sensing, performed by a core network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise: receiving, by a core network using at least one first network function, a sensing request for a first object from a sensing client; determining, by the core network using at least one second network function, a first sensing device responding to the sensing request and a first user equipment (UE) capable of communicating with the first sensing device; and transmitting, by the core network using the at least one second network function, the sensing request to the first UE.