Origin Value-Based Communication Connection Setup in Mobile Networks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for establishing communication connections between access entities and core networks in mobile telecommunication systems lack information exchange about service allowances and origin, leading to inefficient bandwidth usage and limited service provision, especially for third-party access entities.

Innovation Solution

A method that involves sending an origin value-specific communication request from the access entity to the core network, which is compared to an origin list to set up a communication connection adapted to the service level correlated with the access entity's origin, including mobile entity identification and location information, allowing differentiation and prioritization of services.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If common methods are used to establish communication connections between access entities and core network, then the connection setup is simple, but excessive bandwidth is consumed and no service level differentiation is achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebandwidth usage efficiencyVSAvoidconnection setup complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by establishing an origin list in the core network entity before communication connections are needed. This origin list pre-stores origin values and their corresponding service levels, allowing the core network to quickly match and apply appropriate service levels when communication requests arrive, thereby avoiding excessive bandwidth consumption without complex real-time decision-making

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of service level differentiation by introducing origin values that identify the origin of access entities and map them to specific service levels in the origin list. This enables the core network to adjust bandwidth allocation and service parameters based on the identified origin, improving bandwidth usage efficiency while maintaining manageable setup complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If no information exchange about service allowances occurs, then the connection setup is simpler, but the core network lacks knowledge about allowed services and cannot provide differentiated service levels

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice level differentiation capabilityVSAvoidinformation exchange between core network and access entity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing origin values as information carriers that bridge the access entity and core network. These origin values contain information about the access entity's origin and are exchanged during the communication request process, enabling the core network to acquire service allowance information without requiring complex direct information exchange mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The core network entity performs preliminary action by pre-configuring the origin list with origin values and their corresponding service levels before actual communication occurs. This allows the core network to be ready to match incoming communication requests with appropriate service levels, enabling differentiated service provision without complex real-time information exchange

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3316610B1Method to set up a communication connection between an access entity and a core entity of a core network
Publication Date: 2020.05.20 VODAFONE GMBH
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AI summary

The invention is related to a method to set up a communication connection (30) between an access entity (10) and a core entity (20) of a core network (40) of a mobile telecommunication system, comprising the following steps: - Sending a communication request (CR), comprising at least one origin value (OV) specific for the origin of the access entity (10), from the access entity (10) to the core entity (20), - Receiving the communication request (CR) at the core entity (20), - Comparing the origin value (OV) of the communication request (CR) with a origin list (OL), - Setting up the communication connection (30) based on the result of the comparison.