Peer-to-Peer Data Rate Control via Network Activity Monitoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Transmitting large amounts of data in peer-to-peer mode can negatively impact network performance of nearby wireless local area network (WLAN) devices due to high wireless network activity.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that determine the amount of wireless network activity and adjust the data transmission rate in peer-to-peer mode accordingly, using a determination module to assess activity through a wireless communication infrastructure mode and a transmission module to set the rate based on this assessment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If data transmission rate in peer-to-peer mode is increased to improve transmission speed, then productivity is improved, but network performance of other nearby WLAN devices deteriorates due to high wireless network activity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission rateVSAvoidnetwork performance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adjustment of data transmission rate based on real-time monitoring of wireless network activity. The system continuously adapts the transmission rate in peer-to-peer mode according to current network conditions, switching between high rates when network activity is low and reduced rates when network activity is high, thereby resolving the contradiction between transmission speed and network performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs a feedback mechanism where the system monitors wireless network activity levels and uses this information to adjust the data transmission rate. The determination module assesses network activity and provides feedback to control the transmission module, creating a closed-loop system that automatically optimizes transmission rate based on actual network conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9021121B2Setting a rate of data transmission in a peer-to-peer mode
Publication Date: 2015.04.28 LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
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AI summary

An apparatus and method are presented for a maximum speed criterion for a velocity gesture. The apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a determination module and a transmission module. The determination module determines, through a wireless communication infrastructure mode, an amount of wireless network activity. The transmission module sets a rate of data transmission in a peer to peer mode based on the amount of wireless network activity.