Hierarchical Multi-Network Connections for Priority-Based Shared Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
In mobile networks with multiple coexisting modes, establishing effective multiple connections to provide differentiated shared network services is challenging due to varying coverage and capacity performance across different frequency systems.
Innovation Solution
A first-mode network device acts as a control point to establish hierarchical multiple connections by selecting and combining connection policies of a first-mode and second-mode networks based on user priority and operator type, enabling differentiated shared network services through optimized control and user plane connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple frequency systems are deployed for mobile networks, then coverage performance and capacity performance can be differentiated, but it becomes difficult to establish effective multiple connections for shared network services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network connection establishment into two independent parts: control plane connection (handled by first-mode network device) and user plane connection (handled by second-mode network device). This segmentation allows each mode to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system functionality, resolving the complexity of establishing multiple connections across different frequency systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The first-mode network device acts as an intermediary or anchor point that coordinates the multiple connections. It receives connection requests, determines connection policies, and manages the establishment of both control plane and user plane connections, thereby simplifying the overall connection establishment process while enabling differentiated services.
2Adaptability or versatility
If hierarchical multiple connections are established according to user priorities, then differentiated shared network service is realized, but control and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different connection policies to different user priority levels. Each user group (e.g., contractor operator vs. shared operator) receives tailored connection policies that match their specific needs and priorities, allowing differentiated service quality without requiring complex global management of all connections uniformly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters such as control plane connection policies and user plane connection policies based on user priority and operator type. By dynamically adjusting these parameters, the system achieves differentiated shared network services while maintaining manageable complexity through structured policy selection.
3Reliability
If first-mode network device acts as control point for multiple connections, then coordinated control is achieved, but the network device processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the control plane connection functionality from the user plane connection functionality. The first-mode network device handles only the control plane connections and policy decisions, while the second-mode network device handles user plane connections. This extraction reduces the processing load on the control point device while maintaining reliable coordinated control.
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AI summary
Provided are a method for establishing multiple connections, and a network device and a system, which relate to the field of mobile communications. The method comprises: a first-mode network device receiving a connection request sent by a terminal of a user; according to the priority of the user, selecting a combination, the level of which corresponds to the priority of the user, of a connection policy of a first-mode network and a connection policy of a second-mode network; establishing at least one first-mode network connection with the terminal according to the connection policy of the first-mode network; and notifying a second-mode network device of information of the connection policy of the second-mode network, such that the second-mode network device establishes at least one second-mode network connection with the terminal according to the connection policy of the second-mode network. In a multi-mode network formed by a first-mode network and a second-mode network, a first-mode network device is taken as a control point, and in combination with a second-mode network device, multiple hierarchical connections are established according to different priorities of users, thereby realizing differentiated shared network services.