Multiplex Module Dynamic Channel Allocation for Redundant Network Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telecommunication systems face challenges in providing cost-effective network bandwidth allocation and redundancy while maintaining high data rates and availability, particularly in scenarios where some users require higher bitrates, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs due to the need for redundant infrastructure.
Innovation Solution
A method and topology that utilize a multiplex module to provide redundant connections to users by dynamically allocating channels between two points of presence (POPs), where N−M users are served via S first channels and M remaining users via K second channels, ensuring high-priority users maintain their data rates during failures while reducing overall infrastructure costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If redundant infrastructure is provided to maintain high availability and data rates, then reliability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple POPs into a single multiplex module that can dynamically serve multiple users. The multiplex module consolidates the capabilities of what would traditionally require separate redundant infrastructure, allowing one POP to serve multiple users while providing redundancy through dynamic channel allocation rather than physical duplication of infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The multiplex module is designed with universal functionality to serve multiple users with different service requirements (different data rates and availability levels) through a single infrastructure. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for dedicated redundant infrastructure for each user while maintaining high availability through dynamic resource allocation.
2Reliability
If dedicated channels are allocated to each user, then service quality is improved, but loss of substance (bandwidth resources) increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic channel allocation where the multiplex module can adjust the number of channels assigned to each user based on current network conditions and user priorities. Instead of static dedicated channels, the system dynamically reallocates bandwidth resources, allowing high-priority users to receive more channels during failures while lower-priority users receive fewer channels, thus optimizing resource utilization without sacrificing service quality for critical users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of channel allocation from fixed to variable, allowing the number of channels per user to be adjusted based on service level agreements and network conditions. This parameter change enables the system to maintain high service quality for priority users while reducing overall bandwidth consumption by allocating fewer channels to non-critical users during normal operation.
3Reliability
If more terminals are deployed to serve high-priority users, then service quality for high-priority users is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the terminal functions into a single multiplex module that dynamically allocates channels to high-priority users. Instead of deploying multiple dedicated terminals for high-priority users, the system uses one multiplex module that can concentrate bandwidth resources on high-priority users when needed, achieving the same service quality without the physical proliferation of terminals.
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AI summary
A number of users interface with a network via a multiplex module, on a communication path established between the multiplex module and a point of presence. Some users may be served by one or more first channels of the communication path while one or more remaining users may be served by one or more additional channels of the communication path. Users having a basic service level agreement may be served by the first channels while users having an extended service level agreement may be served by the one or more additional channels. Allocation of users to distinct channel types based on their service level agreements may apply at a primary point of presence or may apply at a redundant point of presence.