Network-Assisted Radio Access Control for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile telecommunications networks face increased traffic demands due to smartphone adoption and migration from landline services, necessitating improved network efficiency, capacity, and user experience while maintaining competitive operational costs.
Innovation Solution
A network-assisted device-based radio access control system that allows mobile devices to select the most suitable radio access network (RAN) based on network conditions, policies, user profiles, and local device information, enabling efficient traffic steering and resource leveraging across different radio access technologies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If mobile telecommunications carriers increase network capacity to meet traffic demands, then network efficiency and user experience improve, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects radio access networks based on real-time network conditions, policies, user profiles, and local device information. The mobile device continuously monitors network load information from multiple RANs and adjusts its selection to optimize resource utilization, allowing the network to adapt to changing traffic demands without requiring proportional increases in operational capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters by selecting different RANs based on network load conditions, user profiles, and device information. This allows the network to adjust its resource allocation dynamically, improving efficiency without requiring proportional increases in infrastructure capacity or operational costs
2Ease of operation
If mobile devices have multiple radio access networks to choose from, then user experience improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device autonomously performs network selection by receiving policy rules, network load information, and device information, then independently determining the optimal RAN to connect to. This self-service approach eliminates the need for complex manual configuration or network administrator intervention, improving user experience while keeping the device architecture manageable
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces policy rules and network load information as intermediary elements that mediate between the mobile device and multiple RANs. These intermediaries provide structured decision-making criteria, simplifying the network selection process while enabling sophisticated resource optimization across different network technologies
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AI summary
Concepts and technologies are described herein for a network-assisted device-based radio access control. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device selects one or more radio access networks (“RANs”) to connect to, based upon network conditions, policies, user profiles, local device information, and/or other information. The mobile device can receive network load information from multiple RANs. The mobile device can also receive one or more policies from a radio access technology (“RAT”) selection system. The mobile device can also obtain local device information such as, but not limited to, mobility state information, performance measurement information, battery utilization information, channel quality information, applications, and/or a user override selection.