Peer-to-Peer Data Relay in Low Connectivity Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
In areas with limited internet or network connectivity, users face challenges in transmitting data due to the absence of reliable cellular networks and devices capable of communicating at lower signal strengths, hindering access to essential services like medical data transmission.
Innovation Solution
The method utilizes peer-to-peer communication and wireless ad hoc networks to connect devices, forming chains of peer-to-peer connections to facilitate data transmission by ranking and matching data transmission failures with suitable subsequent devices, enabling data transfer through available network interfaces and protocols, even in low connectivity areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional cellular networks and infrastructure-based wireless networks are used, then data transmission can be achieved in well-connected areas, but data transmission fails in low connectivity areas due to absence of reliable cellular networks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediary devices (peer devices) that act as mediators to relay data transmissions between devices in low connectivity areas. Instead of relying on traditional cellular infrastructure, the system uses available peer devices as intermediate nodes to forward data, enabling transmission pathways through multiple hops when direct connectivity is unavailable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the data transmission path into multiple smaller segments or hops through peer-to-peer connections. Rather than requiring a single direct connection to infrastructure, the transmission is divided into multiple segments passed through intermediate devices, allowing data to reach destinations even when individual connection segments are limited or unavailable.
2Adaptability or versatility
If peer-to-peer communication chains are established to enable data transmission in low connectivity areas, then data transmission capability is improved, but device complexity increases due to need for ranking and matching algorithms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameters used for device selection from complex multi-factor evaluations to simpler criteria such as signal strength, device availability, and connection stability. By adjusting the selection parameters to focus on readily measurable and comparable metrics, the system reduces computational complexity while maintaining effective peer-to-peer matching capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where devices automatically perform their own ranking and matching based on pre-established criteria, reducing the need for centralized coordination. Each device independently evaluates potential peers and establishes connections based on local assessments of connectivity quality and device status.
3Reliability
If multiple subsequent devices are detected and ranked to facilitate data transmission, then data transmission reliability is improved, but time consumption increases due to device detection and ranking processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing peer-to-peer connections and maintaining ready-made transmission chains before data transmission is needed. Devices proactively detect and rank potential peers in advance, keeping connection pathways prepared and available, so that when data transmission is required, the system can quickly utilize pre-vetted routes without performing full detection and ranking processes at the moment of transmission.
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AI summary
In an approach to facilitating data transmission utilizing peer-to-peer communications and wireless ad hoc networks, one or more computer processors detect one or more data transmission failures. The one or more computer processors rank the one or more detected data transmission failures. The one or more computer processors detect one or more subsequent devices. The one or more computer processors determine one or more statuses associated with the detected one or more subsequent devices. The one or more computer processors the one or more detected subsequent devices based on the determined the determined statuses. The one or more computer processors match the one or more ranked data transmission failures with the one or more ranked subsequent devices. The one or more computer processors transmit the one or more data transmission failures with one or more matched subsequent devices.