Multi-Technology Network for Critical Message Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication networks are inadequate in supporting complex arrays of both moving and static nodes, such as the Internet of moving things, as they fail to provide reliable and efficient connectivity and data management.
Innovation Solution
A dynamically configurable communication network architecture that incorporates mobile and static nodes, utilizing multi-network technologies and protocols to ensure robust, scalable, and secure connectivity, with adaptive management and routing mechanisms to handle critical and location-aware messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current communication networks are used to support complex arrays of moving and static nodes, then basic connectivity is provided, but reliability and efficiency of data management deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the communication network into multiple distinct network technologies (e.g., cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, satellite) that can operate independently. Each network technology handles specific types of communication tasks, allowing the system to manage complex node arrays by dividing the overall communication function into manageable segments with different reliability characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple network technologies into a unified communication system that evaluates and selects among them based on message priority and location awareness. By combining diverse network infrastructures, the system achieves enhanced reliability for critical messages while maintaining compatibility with complex arrays of moving and static nodes.
2Reliability
If multiple network technologies are used to improve reliability of critical messages, then message reliability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic selection among multiple network technologies based on real-time conditions including message priority, location awareness requirements, and network availability. The system adaptively switches between different network technologies rather than using a static configuration, allowing it to manage complexity by activating only the necessary network technologies for each specific communication task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes operational parameters such as message priority levels and location awareness requirements to determine which network technology to use. By varying these parameters dynamically, the system optimizes reliability for critical messages while managing the complexity of multiple network technologies through parameter-based selection rather than uniform deployment.
3Productivity
If adaptive management mechanisms are implemented to handle critical and location-aware messages, then data management efficiency improves, but processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary classification of messages into priority levels and location awareness requirements before routing them through the network. By pre-processing and categorizing messages upfront, the system improves data management efficiency through streamlined routing decisions while minimizing processing requirements during actual message transmission by avoiding repeated analysis.
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AI summary
Methods and systems are provided for improving reliability of critical and location-aware messages by using multiple technologies and/or multiple networks in a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., a network of moving things, which may be a vehicle network, a network of or including autonomous vehicles, etc.).