Communication Control System for Mobile Station Concentration Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

The concentration of a large number of communication devices at a specific location leads to increased processing loads on base stations and communication failures due to exceeding the allowed connections.

Innovation Solution

A communication control system that includes a mobile station concentration prediction unit and a communication timing control unit to predict areas where multiple mobile stations will be densely concentrated and control the communication timing of selected mobile stations to reduce the processing load on network apparatuses.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a great number of communication apparatuses are gathered at a collection point, then the monitoring and tracking function is improved, but the processing load of the base station increases and communication failures occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemonitoring and tracking functionVSAvoidprocessing load of base station
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by predicting mobile station concentration areas before actual concentration occurs. The prediction unit analyzes movement patterns and predicts future concentration areas, allowing the communication timing control unit to pre-adjust communication timing and prevent base station overload before it happens.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements periodic communication timing adjustments based on predicted concentration patterns. Instead of continuous monitoring and adjustment, the system periodically modifies communication timing for mobile stations in predicted concentration areas, reducing processing load while maintaining monitoring effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Productivity

If communication timing is controlled for mobile stations in concentrated areas, then the processing load of network apparatus is reduced, but the communication timing coordination complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing load of network apparatusVSAvoidcommunication timing coordination
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies communication timing control selectively only to mobile stations located in predicted concentration areas, rather than uniformly to all mobile stations. This localized approach reduces the overall coordination complexity while still achieving the goal of reducing network apparatus processing load in high-density areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The service management server acts as an intermediary between the prediction unit and the mobile stations. It receives prediction information, determines which mobile stations require timing control, and sends appropriate control messages, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture and reducing coordination complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9591526B2Communication control system, service management server, mobile station, communication control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2017.03.07 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An object is to provide a communication control system, a service management server, a mobile station, a communication control method, and a program, with which the processing load of a network apparatus can be reduced in the case where a great number of communication apparatuses are concentrated. A communication control system of the present invention includes a mobile station concentration prediction unit (10) that predicts an area where a plurality of mobile stations (31) to (34) will be densely concentrated by movement of the plurality of mobile stations (31) to (34), and a communication timing control unit (20) that determines a mobile station to be a communication timing controlled target out of the plurality of mobile stations (31) to (34) predicted to be densely concentrated in the area, and controls the communication timing of the determined mobile station.