Network Resource Manager for Mobile Device Traffic Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices consume network resources even when idle, leading to unnecessary usage and impacting network capacity and cost, as users are often unaware of passive activities such as location-based services and application notifications.
Innovation Solution
A network resource manager is introduced to manage resource usage based on a resource threshold, allowing users to opt-in to a subscription plan that limits resource consumption through a resource policy, which can suspend services during non-peak times or periods of high network demand, thereby optimizing resource allocation and improving network performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile devices continuously access network resources for passive activities (location-based services, application notifications), then users maintain service availability and responsiveness, but network resource consumption increases unnecessarily
Solution Approach 1:
The network resource manager implements periodic monitoring of network resource thresholds and periodically adjusts mobile device resource usage accordingly. Instead of continuous resource allocation, the system checks resource thresholds at intervals and suspends or limits resource usage only when thresholds are exceeded, reducing overall network consumption while maintaining service availability during normal conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables mobile devices to self-regulate their resource consumption based on network conditions. The network resource manager communicates resource threshold status to mobile devices, which then autonomously adjust their passive activities (location updates, notification checks) without requiring continuous network intervention, reducing network signaling overhead and resource consumption
2Productivity
If the network resource manager limits mobile device resource usage to optimize network capacity, then network performance improves, but user control and service flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The network resource manager dynamically adjusts resource limits on mobile devices based on real-time network conditions and user-defined policies. Instead of static limitations, the system continuously monitors network resource thresholds and adaptively modifies resource allocation, allowing service flexibility to vary with network demand while maintaining overall network performance
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes resource usage parameters (data transmission rates, signaling frequency, service priority levels) based on network conditions and user preferences. Users can configure policy parameters that define acceptable resource consumption levels, and the network resource manager adjusts these parameters dynamically to balance network performance with service flexibility
3Ease of operation
If passive activities on mobile devices are allowed to continue without restriction, then user convenience is maintained, but network capacity is unnecessarily consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The network resource manager acts as an intermediary between mobile devices and network resources. It transparently manages resource allocation for passive activities without requiring user intervention, automatically suspending or limiting resource usage when network thresholds are exceeded while maintaining normal operation during adequate network conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the network resource manager monitors network resource consumption and communicates status to mobile devices. When resource thresholds are exceeded, the system provides feedback signals that trigger automatic adjustment of passive activities, creating a closed-loop control system that balances user convenience with network capacity
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AI summary
Methods and systems for managing resource usage of a mobile device based on a resource threshold of a wireless communications network. A resource policy is received from a mobile device. The resource policy indicates that a network resource manager associated with a wireless communications network is authorized to use the resource policy to control the resource usage of the mobile device to support a resource threshold level of the wireless communications network. The wireless communications network is associated with a service provider of the mobile device. It is then determined that the wireless communications network has met the resource threshold. Upon determining that the wireless communications threshold has met the resource threshold, the resource usage of the mobile device is limited using the received resource policy of the mobile device.