Network Slice-Based Competitor Selection for Fair Multi-User Activities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Variations in network performance among users participating in multi-user competitive activities over a telecommunications network can lead to unfair conditions, as users with better connections may gain a competitive advantage due to faster information processing.
Innovation Solution
A method to select competitors based on the network slices they are allocated to, comparing characteristics such as guaranteed performance, computational load, and type of network slice, and optionally reconfiguring network resources to equalize performance and ensure fair participation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are selected to participate in competitive activities without considering network slice allocation, then the selection process is simple and fast, but unfair conditions arise among users with different network performance levels
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification and comparison of network slices before selecting competitors for competitive activities. By determining network slice allocations in advance and using this information to guide competitor selection, the system ensures fair matching without adding complex real-time adjustments during the competitive activity itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates equipotential conditions by selecting competitors who are allocated to the same network slice, ensuring they operate under equivalent network performance conditions. This equalizes the playing field by guaranteeing that competing users experience similar network quality, latency, and reliability characteristics.
2Reliability
If network resources are reconfigured to equalize performance among competitors, then fairness is improved, but network management complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes network parameters by reconfiguring network slice allocations to equalize performance conditions among competitors. By adjusting which network slice a user equipment is allocated to based on the competitive activity requirements and current network conditions, the system dynamically optimizes fairness while managing complexity through parameter adjustment rather than structural changes.
3Reliability
If users with significantly different network performance levels are prevented from participating together, then fairness is maintained, but the availability and flexibility of competitive activity pairing is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts competitor pairing based on current network slice allocations and performance conditions. Rather than using fixed pairing rules, the system continuously adapts its selection criteria to match users with similar network characteristics, ensuring fairness while maintaining flexibility to accommodate changing network conditions and user availability.
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AI summary
A method of selecting competitors for a multi-user competitive activity being performed over a telecommunications network, in which a first UE and a second UE are in communication with the telecommunications network, and the telecommunications network providing at least one network slice, wherein the method comprises the steps of: identifying a network slice onto which the first UE is allocated; identifying a network slice onto which the second UE is allocated; determining that the first UE and the second UE are intending to participate in the multi-user competitive activity; and selecting the first UE and the second UE to participate in the multi-user competitive activity in dependence on the identified network slices onto which the first UE and the second UE is allocated.