Network Prioritization for Time-Critical Traffic
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Solution Overview
Problem
Network delays can be frustrating or even dangerous for individuals with disabilities and medical professionals using time-critical network-based services, such as stenographic transcription and remote medical procedures, due to factors like physical distance and internet traffic.
Innovation Solution
Prioritization of network information for preferred groups, such as People With Disabilities and medical professionals, by marking and handling network data as high priority, using techniques like preferential routing and resource allocation to reduce delays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If network traffic is increased to support more users and services, then network capacity and coverage are improved, but network delay increases making time-critical applications unusable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different priority levels to different types of network traffic. Time-critical applications such as stenographic transcription and remote medical procedures are assigned high priority, allowing them to be processed and transmitted with minimal delay, while non-critical traffic receives standard or lower priority. This differential treatment resolves the contradiction by ensuring that increased overall network capacity does not uniformly increase delay for all traffic types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism in the form of network prioritization systems and protocols that mediate between different traffic types. These intermediaries (routers, switches, and priority queues) actively manage network traffic by identifying time-critical packets and routing them through expedited paths, thereby preventing general network congestion from affecting critical applications even as overall network usage increases.
2Ease of operation
If standard network handling is used for all traffic, then network simplicity and ease of management are maintained, but time-critical applications experience unacceptable delays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying network packet parameters to include priority indicators. Time-critical applications are marked with special priority flags or headers that enable network infrastructure components to automatically recognize and expedite these packets. This approach maintains operational simplicity by using automated parameter-based routing rather than requiring complex manual management, while simultaneously reducing response times for critical applications.
3Adaptability or versatility
If network resources are allocated equally to all users, then network fairness is maintained, but users with time-critical needs cannot achieve acceptable performance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial or excessive action by allocating network resources differently based on application needs. Time-critical applications receive excessive resource allocation (priority routing, dedicated bandwidth, expedited processing) beyond what equal distribution would provide, while non-critical applications receive standard or reduced resources. This resolves the contradiction by sacrificing strict fairness to achieve necessary performance levels for time-critical applications, while maintaining overall system functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides prioritization of networks for preferred groups, which decreases network delays when a person from a preferred group is using networks. Generally, the present invention determines if network information is assigned to a preferred group, and configures a network to assign a higher priority to the network information when the network information is assigned to a preferred group, the higher priority being relative to network information not assigned to one or more preferred groups. There are a variety of techniques that can be used to assign higher priority to network information, such as using any of the following exemplary techniques: marking network information as being assigned to a preferred group; preferentially handling, transmitting and receiving network information assigned to a preferred group; determining faster routes for network information assigned to a preferred group; and assigning additional resources to applications that handle network information assigned to a preferred group.