Network Management via User Concentration Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current network management strategies, relying on local WiFi hotspots and cellular networks, often face overloading and cost issues due to unpredictable user demand, failing to dynamically adjust resources based on user concentration and roles.

Innovation Solution

A network management system that analyzes electronic scheduling information and other data to predict user demand, dynamically configuring network characteristics such as bandwidth and device deployment to optimize resource allocation based on user concentration and roles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If static WiFi hotspots and cellular networks are used for network access, then network coverage is provided, but the networks become overloaded by user demand and incur high costs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork coverageVSAvoidnetwork capacity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic network management by continuously monitoring user concentration predictions and automatically adjusting network characteristics. The system transitions from static network configurations to dynamic ones where bandwidth allocation, device deployment, and network parameters are continuously optimized based on real-time user demand predictions, thereby preventing overload while maintaining coverage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by predicting user concentration before peak demand occurs. Using electronic scheduling information and historical data, the network manager anticipates future user concentrations and proactively configures network resources in advance, preventing network overload before it happens rather than reacting after the fact

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If more network resources are allocated to handle user demand, then network capacity increases, but costs become prohibitive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork capacityVSAvoidnetwork cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes network parameters dynamically based on user concentration predictions. Instead of maintaining fixed high resource allocation, the system adjusts bandwidth, power levels, and device deployment parameters in real-time according to actual user demand, optimizing the balance between network capacity and operational costs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The network management system operates autonomously by automatically predicting user concentrations and configuring network resources without manual intervention. The system serves itself by making real-time decisions about resource allocation based on predicted demand, eliminating the need for continuous human monitoring and management while optimizing cost-efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If network resources are dynamically adjusted based on user concentration, then network efficiency improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork efficiencyVSAvoidmanagement system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal network manager that performs multiple functions: predicting user concentrations, analyzing electronic scheduling information, making deployment decisions, and configuring network characteristics. This single multi-functional system handles all dynamic management tasks, reducing the need for multiple specialized systems while achieving high network efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10164830B2Role and proximity-based management of networks
Publication Date: 2018.12.25 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Various embodiments manage computing networks. In one embodiment, a set of network management data associated with one or more users is analyzed. The set of network management data includes at least electronic scheduling information associated with the one or more users. A concentration of users is predicted for a given location based on the analyzing. At least one network characteristic associated with the given location is performed based on at least the predicted concentration of users.