Mobile Router Media Stream Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Public transportation vehicles face challenges in reliable data transfer due to reduced data rates at high speeds, and existing systems fail to manage bandwidth sharing effectively, limiting passengers' ability to consume multimedia content simultaneously.

Innovation Solution

A method and system utilizing a mobile router to monitor connection parameters between the media source and client devices, determining optimized stream configurations to manage bandwidth allocation and prevent overloading, ensuring fair distribution of media streams among users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If bandwidth is allocated to one user in existing systems, then that user can consume multimedia content, but other users' capability to consume content is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedia stream delivery reliabilityVSAvoidbandwidth sharing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts stream configuration and bitrate allocation based on real-time monitoring of connection parameters and current bandwidth availability, allowing flexible adaptation to changing network conditions and user demands

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile router monitors connection parameters and determines optimized stream configurations by changing bitrate parameters dynamically, selecting from multiple available stream configurations to match current network capacity and user needs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If multiple media streams are provided to multiple client devices, then user content consumption capability increases, but bandwidth overload occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent consumption capabilityVSAvoidbandwidth consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors connection parameters and dynamically adjusts the number and configuration of media streams provided to client devices, enabling multiple users to consume content simultaneously while preventing bandwidth overload through real-time adaptation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile router selectively provides optimized stream configurations to client devices based on available bandwidth, ensuring sufficient content delivery to multiple users without exceeding network capacity limits

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Manufacturing precision

If high bitrate streams are transmitted to maintain quality, then media content quality is preserved, but data transfer reliability decreases in moving vehicles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedia content qualityVSAvoiddata transfer reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes bitrate parameters dynamically based on monitored connection conditions, selecting from multiple stream configurations to maintain optimal balance between content quality and reliable data transfer in the challenging mobile environment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3556175B1A method for managing media streams
Publication Date: 2021.07.28 TELESTE OYJ
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AI summary

A method for providing media content in a public transportation vehicle comprising a mobile router, the method comprising: receiving, in the mobile router, one or more media streams from a media source; monitoring first connection parameters relating to a first connection between the mobile router and the media source and second connection parameters relating to a second connection between the mobile router and one or more client devices; determining, on the basis of said first and second connection parameters, optimized stream configuration for each of said one or more media streams; and providing each of said one or more media streams only according to the optimized stream configuration to said one or more client devices.