Multiservice Communication Device Logical Control Channel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing communication across multiple networks and frequency bands, particularly in mobile devices where transmission and reception characteristics change due to movement and environmental interference, leading to issues with data collisions and interference.
Innovation Solution
A communication device equipped with multiple wireless transceivers and a management unit that uses a logical control channel to adapt transmission and reception parameters, including frequency channels and network protocols, based on real-time environmental data and user preferences, to optimize communication performance across multiple networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a communication device operates across multiple networks and frequency bands simultaneously, then communication versatility and service capability are improved, but device complexity and parameter management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a logical control channel as an intermediary layer between the physical radio interface and higher-layer protocols. This logical channel abstracts and manages control information across multiple networks and frequency bands, simplifying the complexity of operating across diverse communication environments while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The logical control channel serves multiple functions simultaneously: it carries control information for handovers, manages parameters across different frequency bands, coordinates multi-network operations, and handles both uplink and downlink control. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized channels for each function.
2Reliability
If transmission parameters are dynamically adjusted based on environmental conditions, then communication reliability is improved, but processing overhead and response time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The logical control channel pre-establishes control information structures and parameter frameworks before actual communication occurs. By preparing control message formats, handover criteria, and parameter adjustment rules in advance, the system can quickly respond to environmental changes without extensive real-time processing delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the logical control channel continuously monitors communication quality, environmental conditions, and parameter effectiveness. This feedback enables adaptive adjustment of transmission parameters based on real-time performance data, improving reliability while optimizing response time through learned patterns.
3Device complexity
If control information is transmitted through existing data channels, then device structure is simplified, but data collision and interference increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control information transmission from general data transmission by introducing a dedicated logical control channel. This segmentation separates control plane traffic from user plane traffic, allowing control messages to be transmitted with higher priority and reliability while preventing them from interfering with or being interfered by data traffic.
Solution Approach 2:
The logical control channel acts as an intermediary layer that mediates between the physical radio interface and higher-layer control functions. It provides a dedicated pathway for control information that is logically separated from data channels, reducing collisions and interference while maintaining structural efficiency.
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AI summary
A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data.