Multipath Connectivity Intelligence for Proactive Path Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing applications lack a coordinated and proactive method for selecting and managing multiple connectivity options, leading to sub-optimal performance due to reactive decision-making based on limited real-time information, resulting in inefficiencies in throughput, latency, reliability, and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A multipath connectivity intelligence service (MCIS) that provides intelligent connectivity management through an agent interface, leveraging machine learning algorithms to predict and proactively manage connectivity options based on availability, quality, energy efficiency, security, and cost, using a connectivity map service and spectrum services to optimize data transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If applications select connectivity options based on availability alone, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but performance optimization is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intelligence service as an intermediary component that applications can optionally use to obtain connectivity intelligence information. This mediator handles the complex analysis of multiple connectivity options and provides recommendations, allowing applications to maintain simple implementation while achieving optimized performance through the intermediary's intelligence processing.
2Ease of operation
If applications use reactive approaches based on traffic behavior measurements, then decision-making simplicity is maintained, but response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the intelligence service proactively analyze connectivity options and generate intelligence information before applications need to make routing decisions. The service continuously monitors and evaluates multiple connectivity paths in advance, so when applications need to route traffic, they receive pre-computed recommendations rather than waiting for reactive measurements to trigger analysis.
3Device complexity
If multiple connectivity options are managed independently, then system complexity is reduced, but coordination and optimization are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of multiple independent connectivity options into a unified intelligence service that coordinates all connectivity paths. The service consolidates information from various networks (Wi-Fi, cellular, CBRS, etc.) and provides coordinated routing recommendations, enabling applications to benefit from coordinated multi-path management without directly handling the complexity of each individual network.
4Device complexity
If applications lack real-time connectivity intelligence, then information processing overhead is minimized, but routing optimization is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex task of real-time connectivity intelligence gathering and analysis from the application itself and places it in a dedicated intelligence service. The service handles resource-intensive operations such as monitoring multiple networks, analyzing traffic patterns, and evaluating connectivity options, thereby providing applications with optimized routing information without burdening them with the processing overhead of performing these complex analyses.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for providing multipath connectivity intelligence is disclosed. The system may include one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform the steps comprising: connecting, by an intelligence interface, an agent to an intelligence service, transmitting, by the intelligence interface, information associated with the agent to the intelligence service, and receiving, by the intelligence interface, one or more connectivity options associated with the agent from the intelligence service. The agent may be a logical entity comprising one or more functions configured to manage multipath connectivity, and the one or more connectivity options may be used by one or more networks or one or more device functions for multipath management and scheduling.