Multi-Transport IoT Edge Routing for Consistent Delay and Jitter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT devices with multiple connectivity interfaces face challenges in maintaining consistent delay and jitter performance, which are critical for industrial applications, leading to unsuitable connections for low data rate requirements.
Innovation Solution
An integrated circuit determines delay and jitter information for data units received via multiple connections, optimizing subsequent transmissions by identifying redundant data units and adjusting transmission paths to meet application-specific specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple connectivity interfaces are utilized simultaneously, then raw bandwidth and redundancy are improved, but delay and jitter performance becomes inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts transmission parameters including selecting which connectivity interface to use for each data unit, determining redundancy levels, and optimizing transmission paths based on real-time network conditions to maintain consistent delay and jitter performance across multiple connections
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes transmission parameters such as redundancy levels, transmission paths, and connectivity interface selection to optimize delay and jitter performance while maintaining the benefits of multiple connectivity interfaces for bandwidth and reliability
2Power
If multiple connectivity interfaces are utilized simultaneously, then raw bandwidth is improved, but delay and jitter performance becomes inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects transmission paths and adjusts redundancy levels for each data unit based on real-time network conditions, allowing it to maintain consistent delay and jitter performance while utilizing the combined bandwidth of multiple connectivity interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The system adjusts transmission parameters including path selection, redundancy levels, and interface utilization to optimize both bandwidth utilization and delay consistency simultaneously
3Reliability
If multiple connectivity interfaces are utilized simultaneously, then redundancy is improved, but jitter performance becomes inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines redundancy levels and transmission paths for each data unit based on real-time network conditions, optimizing jitter performance while maintaining the redundancy benefits of multiple connectivity interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes transmission parameters including redundancy levels and path selection to optimize jitter performance while preserving the reliability advantages of multi-interface connectivity
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AI summary
An apparatus comprising at least one integrated circuit configured to cause the apparatus to: determine delay information and/or jitter information for a first plurality of data units in a first data transmission, the first plurality of data units in the first transmission being received by a receiving device via different connections from a transmitting device; in dependence on the determined delay information and/or jitter information for the first plurality of data units, determine for a second transmission of a second plurality of data units, which one or more of the second plurality of data units is to provide redundant data, the second transmission to be received by the receiving device via the different connections between the transmitting device and the receiving device; and cause information about which one or more of the second plurality of data units is to provide redundant data, to be provided to the transmitter.