Multi-Medium Data Delivery Priority Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile handheld devices face bandwidth bottlenecks due to narrow cellular modem data transmissions and high costs, with limited control over data delivery across different communication mediums like cellular and WLAN networks.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for determining data message priorities and selecting appropriate communication mediums, such as cellular, WLAN, or short-range interfaces, to optimize data delivery based on priority settings, utilizing a wireless network gateway and mobile data delivery module to route data through the most cost-effective and available medium.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is transmitted over cellular network to mobile handheld devices, then data delivery is achieved, but bandwidth bottleneck and high cost occur due to narrow cellular modem data transmissions
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects communication mediums based on data priority, device availability, and network conditions. High-priority data can use cellular network for immediate delivery, while lower-priority data routes through WLAN or short-range interfaces when available, optimizing both speed and cost in real-time
Solution Approach 2:
The data delivery system supports multiple communication mediums (cellular network, WLAN, short-range wireless interfaces) that can interchangeably handle data transmission. This multi-functionality allows the system to adapt to different network conditions and cost constraints while maintaining data delivery capability
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional handheld communication devices use single communication medium, then device complexity is low, but adaptability is limited regarding control of data delivery among various mediums
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a data delivery module as an intermediary that manages communication medium selection. This mediator handles the complexity of multi-medium management centrally, allowing individual devices to remain relatively simple while achieving sophisticated adaptability through the coordinating module
Data Source
AI summary
A method for transmitting data to a communication device that is configured to receive data through a plurality of alternative communications mediums. The method comprises: determining a priority associated with a data message that is to be provided to the communications device; selecting a desired communications medium for providing the data message to the communications device, wherein if the priority is a first priority, the desired communications medium is selected from a first set that includes at least one of the plurality of communications mediums, and if the priority is a second priority, the desired communications medium is selected from a second set that includes at least one of the plurality of communications mediums, the first set including at least one communications medium from the plurality of communications mediums that is not included in the second set; and providing the data message to the communications device over the desired communications medium if the desired communications medium is available.