Network Node Dynamic Functionality Deployment for Service Gap Resilience
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunications networks face challenges in resilience against natural and man-made disasters, with existing solutions failing to efficiently deploy and manage networking functionalities to fill service gaps on the fly.
Innovation Solution
A network node system that identifies service gaps, deploys necessary functionalities temporarily, and periodically assesses their relevance, decommissioning them when no longer needed, using processors to autonomously detect issues and negotiate with devices for deployment and decommissioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If networking functionalities are deployed to fill service gaps in the network, then network resilience and service coverage are improved, but network complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic deployment of networking functionalities by enabling network nodes to autonomously detect service gaps, negotiate with devices, and deploy or decommission functionalities based on real-time network conditions. This dynamic approach allows the network to adapt its complexity level according to actual service needs, maintaining high resilience when gaps exist while reducing complexity when the network is stable.
Solution Approach 2:
The network node autonomously identifies service gaps, determines appropriate networking functionalities to deploy, negotiates deployment with affected devices, and periodically assesses whether the functionalities remain necessary. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual intervention in deploying and managing network functionalities, thereby improving resilience without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
2Reliability
If networking functionalities are deployed temporarily to fill service gaps, then service coverage is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic assessment of deployed networking functionalities to determine whether they remain necessary for filling service gaps. This periodic review mechanism ensures that functionalities are maintained only when needed, allowing the network to consume energy selectively rather than continuously, thereby improving service coverage while optimizing energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
When periodic assessment determines that a service gap has been filled or is no longer exists, the network node decommissions the previously deployed networking functionalities. This discarding mechanism recovers computational and energy resources that were allocated for temporary service restoration, thereby maintaining service coverage during critical periods while reducing energy consumption when full service is restored.
3Adaptability or versatility
If networking functionalities are deployed to fill service gaps, then network service offering is improved, but resource usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The network node autonomously detects service gaps and determines appropriate networking functionalities to deploy before actual service degradation occurs or at the earliest possible moment. This preliminary action allows the network to prepare and deploy resources proactively, improving service offering while minimizing the duration and extent of resource consumption by addressing gaps before they expand.
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AI summary
A system, a network node and a method executed at the network node, in a network of devices, for providing one or more networking functionalities on the fly. A gap is identified in telecommunications service offering in the network of devices. It is then determined that the one or more networking functionalities, upon deployment, at least partly fill the identified gap; the one or more networking functionalities are deployed, at least temporarily, in the network; periodical assessment of the relevance of maintaining deployment of the one or more networking functionalities in the network is performed; and, upon determination that the one or more networking functionalities are superfluous, the one or more functionalities are decommissioned at least temporarily.