Bandwidth Allocation System for Priority Passenger Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Limited duration events, such as trips aboard moving vessels, impose bandwidth constraints on network activities due to restricted internet connectivity, affecting communication quality and priority access for passengers.
Innovation Solution
A priority bandwidth allocation system that interacts with a passenger manifest to identify specific IP addresses for guaranteed bandwidth and quality of service, excluding certain packet types or websites from priority treatment during events, using Deep Packet Inspection and network layer firewalls to manage traffic and ensure secure communication channels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If bandwidth is allocated equally to all passengers during limited duration events, then network fairness is maintained, but communication quality and priority access for important passengers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements differentiated bandwidth allocation by identifying specific IP addresses associated with important passengers and providing them with priority bandwidth during limited duration events. The system interacts with passenger manifests to determine which devices receive enhanced network resources, ensuring that critical communication needs are met while maintaining a degree of fairness through controlled differentiation.
2Reliability
If priority bandwidth is allocated to specific IP addresses during limited duration events, then communication quality for important passengers is improved, but network complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of important passengers and their associated IP addresses before the limited duration event begins. By interacting with passenger manifests in advance and pre-configuring priority bandwidth allocation, the system reduces real-time management complexity while ensuring communication quality when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a bandwidth management controller, which automatically monitors network traffic, identifies packets from important passengers, and allocates priority bandwidth. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of differential bandwidth management, shielding network operators from direct complexity while maintaining communication quality.
3Reliability
If all packet types are treated equally during bandwidth management, then network simplicity is maintained, but communication priority for important events deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments network traffic into different priority categories by examining packet characteristics and source IP addresses. During limited duration events, the system identifies and prioritizes packets from important passengers while allowing standard treatment for other traffic. This segmentation enables priority access for critical communications while maintaining manageable complexity through clear categorization rules.
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AI summary
A bandwidth allocation and quality control system interacts with a manifest for a mobile communication platform (MCP), to identify specific IP addresses designated for bandwidth guarantees and corresponding a particular passenger of the MCP. The system monitors IP addresses of packets communicated between the MCP and a machine communication network external to the MCP, and compares the IP addresses of the packets to the IP addresses corresponding to the particular passenger, and if the packets are from the particular passenger and match one of the corresponding IP addresses, and if a limited duration event is underway for the MCP, to communicate the packets to the external machine network with a bandwidth guarantee.