Network Connection Selector Using Historical Disruption Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional network connection selection methods often fail to minimize connectivity disruptions, as they prioritize signal strength or power consumption over historical connection data, leading to unstable network interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A device with a semiconductor processor and computer-readable medium that uses historical connection information, including connectivity disruptions, signal strength, and location patterns to select a network connection that maintains stability and minimizes future disruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the network interface with the highest signal strength is selected, then the signal quality is improved, but connectivity disruptions may still occur due to lack of historical context
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of historical connection information before making a network interface selection decision. It evaluates past connectivity disruptions, signal strength patterns, and location data to predict future connection stability, thereby avoiding interfaces that are likely to cause disruptions even if they currently show strong signal strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback from historical connection data into the selection process. By continuously monitoring and analyzing past connectivity experiences, the system adjusts its selection criteria to favor interfaces with proven reliability, creating a closed-loop approach that improves both signal quality and connectivity stability over time.
2Device complexity
If conventional selection methods are used, then the selection process is simple, but connectivity disruptions increase due to ignoring historical data
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary collection and analysis of historical connection information, including connectivity disruption patterns, signal strength trends, and location data. This preliminary action enables the system to make more reliable selections without adding significant complexity to the overall selection process, as the historical data is pre-processed and stored for quick retrieval.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses its own historical operational data to guide future selections. By self-evaluating past performance metrics such as connection disruption frequency and signal stability, the system autonomously determines the best network interface to select, eliminating the need for external complex analysis tools or manual intervention.
3Loss of time
If network interfaces are selected without considering historical disruption patterns, then the selection is faster, but connectivity disruptions occur more frequently
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes and stores historical connection information, including disruption patterns and performance metrics, in advance. This preliminary preparation allows the system to quickly retrieve and evaluate relevant historical data during selection decisions, achieving both fast selection and high reliability by avoiding interfaces with known disruption histories.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual copy of historical connection patterns and uses this replicated information to guide future selections. By analyzing stored historical data models of connectivity behavior, the system can rapidly determine the best interface without performing time-consuming real-time analysis, thus reducing selection time while maintaining high connectivity reliability.
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AI summary
In some embodiments, a device for network connection selection may include a network connection selector configured to obtain historical connection information related to previous network connections utilized by a device. The historical connection information may include connectivity disruptions indicating whether connectivity was disrupted for one or more network connections that were previously established by the device. The network connection selector may be configured to select a network connection for the device among a plurality of available network connections based on an evaluation of the historical connection information such that the selected network connection substantially maintains connectivity to a network for a future period of time.