Multi-Processor Wireless Quality Metric Collection Circuit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile phone systems restrict access to radio processor slave agents, limiting access to quality metrics and reporting, and only support a single master-slave configuration, which hinders collaboration among multiple entities such as carriers, manufacturers, and data analysts.
Innovation Solution
A multi-core application processor with a master agent communicates through a bidirectional M×S master/slave bridge to a baseband processor with virtual machines, allowing multiple slave agents to operate and share metrics, enabling standardized access and authentication for multiple partners, and supporting multiple profiles and virtual machines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional master-slave configuration with restricted access is used, then system security and control are maintained, but access to radio processor metrics is limited to single partner only
Solution Approach 1:
The slave agent is designed to serve multiple master agents simultaneously through a standardized interface, transforming the traditional single-purpose interface into a multi-functional one. The slave agent can collect and provide metrics to multiple partners (carriers, manufacturers, analysts) without requiring separate proprietary interfaces for each, thus improving adaptability while managing complexity through standardization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the interface functionality into standardized components that can be independently configured for different partners. By dividing the access control mechanism into modular authentication and authorization layers, the system allows multiple masters to access the same slave agent through distinct, manageable interface segments rather than requiring complete interface redesign for each partner.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple master-slave pairs are supported, then multiple partners can access metrics, but system complexity and development costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single slave agent instance is designed to handle multiple master agents concurrently through a standardized interface protocol. This universal design allows one slave agent to serve multiple partners (carriers, manufacturers, data analysts) without requiring proportional increases in hardware complexity, as the same agent can be configured to work with different masters through software-based authentication and profile management.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating multiple physical slave agent instances for each partner, the system uses virtual copies or profiles within a single slave agent. Each partner receives a customized view or profile of the same underlying metrics through standardized interface protocols, reducing the need for duplicate hardware or software instances while still providing partner-specific access control and data filtering.
3Reliability
If proprietary custom software is developed for each partner, then access control is maintained, but development time and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses configurable parameters and profiles within the standardized interface to adapt access control behavior for different partners without requiring custom software development. By changing authentication credentials, authorization profiles, and data filtering parameters rather than rewriting software, the system maintains partner-specific access control while dramatically reducing development time and enabling rapid deployment for new partners.
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AI summary
A system includes a bidirectional signal bus controlled by an M×S master/slave bridge circuit. An application processor having at least one core is communicatively coupled by the bidirectional signal bus to a radio processor having at least one virtual machine. The core hosts a master agent. The virtual machine hosts a slave agent. Each master agent is coupled to a collector server by an authenticated connection circuit to receive and store profiles and build and transmit packages. Each master agent is coupled to at least one slave agent and can transmit a profile to the slave agent and request and receive packages which are generated by the slave agent by executing the profile. Each slave agent receives and executes profiles to collect data from radio circuits and upon command builds and transmits data packages to a master agent.