Network Selection via User Context and Quality Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices struggle to automatically select the most suitable network (Wi-Fi or LTE) based on user context, leading to uncomfortable user experiences due to variable communication quality and potential data costs.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a communication circuitry, processor, and memory in electronic devices to determine user contexts associated with operation states and switch between networks based on communication quality, ensuring connection to the network that meets the required quality for the user's activity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the user directly selects a network to be connected with the electronic device depending on the situation, then the communication quality and data cost control can be optimized, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring manual intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device automatically determines user context (such as current application usage, location, time) and selects the most appropriate network (Wi-Fi or LTE) without requiring manual user input. The system monitors communication quality metrics and autonomously switches networks to maintain optimal performance while controlling data costs, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and communication quality.
2Ease of operation
If the electronic device automatically selects network based on user context, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases due to context determination and automatic switching mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The network selection system is divided into distinct functional modules: a user context determination module that analyzes current usage patterns, a communication quality assessment module that monitors network performance, and a network selection module that makes switching decisions. This segmentation allows the complex automatic network selection process to be implemented in a structured manner, managing device complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
3Reliability
If the electronic device monitors and switches between networks based on communication quality, then the reliability of communication is improved, but the loss of time increases due to network switching operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system proactively monitors communication quality metrics and predicts potential network degradation before it occurs. By detecting early signs of poor communication quality (such as increasing latency or packet loss), the device preemptively switches to a more reliable network, preventing communication interruptions and avoiding the time loss that would result from reactive switching after problems occur.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a communication circuitry, a processor electrically connected with the communication circuitry, a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to connect the electronic device and a first network using the communication circuitry, determine a first user context among user contexts which are data associated with an operation state of the electronic device, and maintain a connection with the first network based on whether communication quality of the first network meets first communication quality corresponding to the determined first user context or switch from the first network to a second network different from the first network. Various other embodiments recognized from the specification are also possible.