Mobile PTP Network Disparate Connection Paths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless networks face challenges in maintaining connectivity for mobile user devices as they move in and out of coverage range or experience capacity overload, leading to potential loss of connection to the base station.
Innovation Solution
A connection system that utilizes a mobile peer-to-peer (PTP) network to establish and maintain disparate connection paths between a mobile user device and a base station, allowing for communication through intermediate devices even when the primary connection is lost, and enabling the selection of optimal paths based on factors like node availability and signal strength.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single primary connection path is established from mobile user device to base station, then the connection setup is simple and direct, but the connection reliability deteriorates when the primary path disappears due to device movement or network capacity issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the connection path into multiple independent routes (primary path and alternative paths) between mobile user devices and base stations. Each path is treated as a separate connection segment that can be independently established and maintained, allowing the system to switch between segments when one becomes unavailable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes alternative connection paths in advance before the primary path fails. The system proactively creates backup routes through the peer-to-peer network, so that when the primary connection disappears, a pre-established alternative path is already available for immediate switching, maintaining connection reliability without requiring complex real-time path reconstruction.
2Reliability
If multiple disparate connection paths are established through intermediate devices, then connection reliability improves when primary path is lost, but the system complexity and difficulty of maintaining peer-to-peer network increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediate mobile user devices as mediators that facilitate connections between other devices and base stations. These intermediary devices relay data traffic and help establish alternative paths, reducing the direct complexity of peer-to-peer connections while maintaining reliability through indirect routing through trusted intermediaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic path selection and switching mechanisms that adapt to changing network conditions. The system continuously monitors the status of multiple connection paths and automatically switches between them based on current device locations, network capacity, and signal quality, making the complex multi-path system manageable through adaptive behavior rather than static configuration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mobile user devices move simultaneously in different directions and in/out of network, then user mobility and flexibility improve, but the difficulty of maintaining stable peer-to-peer network connections increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes multiple alternative connection paths in advance before devices move out of range of the primary path. By proactively creating backup routes through different intermediate devices, the system prepares for anticipated mobility scenarios, allowing seamless connection maintenance even as devices move in different directions without requiring complex real-time network reconfiguration.
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AI summary
A system and method for establishing and/or maintaining disparate connection paths from an originating mobile user device to a base station via a mobile peer-to-peer (PTP) network including an originating mobile user device configured to broadcast at least one of a path establishment request signal and a confirmation request signal to an intermediate mobile user device; a mobile peer-to-peer network including the intermediate mobile user device configured to forwarding at least one of the path establishment request signal, the path establishment response signal, the path confirmation request signal, and a path confirmation response signal, via a disparate connection path; and a base station configured to broadcasting at least one of the path establishment response signal and the path confirmation response signal to the originating mobile user device via one or more disparate connection paths within the mobile peer-to-peer network.