Guaranteed Quality of Experience System for Mobile Network Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current internet applications and network infrastructure operate in silos, lacking the ability to optimize network parameters for ensuring quality of experience, particularly for applications like online video streaming, e-commerce, and IoT, due to a lack of communication about the type of application running on the end-user device and the resources utilized in the mobile network and content provider server.
Innovation Solution
A guaranteed quality of experience system comprising a receiving module to collect quality of experience parameters, a processing module to determine requirements, and an acting module to communicate these requirements to the mobile network and content provider server, enabling adjustments to improve the quality of experience for internet applications on end-user devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If network infrastructure and internet applications operate in silos without communication, then system simplicity is maintained, but quality of experience cannot be optimized for specific applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) as an intermediary component that bridges the gap between the network infrastructure and internet applications. The PCRF receives QoE parameters from applications, processes them, and translates them into network optimization instructions, enabling communication between previously isolated systems without requiring direct integration between all components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a universal interface and standardized QoE parameter framework that can accommodate multiple different internet applications (video streaming, e-commerce, IoT, etc.) through a single unified architecture. This allows the network infrastructure to serve multiple application types with diverse requirements using the same core mechanism.
2Reliability
If network parameters are optimized for specific applications, then quality of experience improves, but network control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables applications to self-advocate for their QoE requirements by automatically reporting their performance parameters and resource needs to the PCRF. The applications essentially service their own optimization needs by providing the necessary data, reducing the burden on network operators to manually analyze and optimize each application's performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a continuous feedback loop where QoE parameters are monitored, reported to the PCRF, which then adjusts network parameters and communicates changes back to the network infrastructure. This automated feedback mechanism simplifies control by replacing manual intervention with systematic monitoring and adjustment based on real-time performance data.
3Reliability
If comprehensive QoE parameters are collected and processed, then quality of experience optimization improves, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and focuses only on the most critical QoE parameters relevant to specific application types (e.g., bandwidth for video streaming, latency for e-commerce transactions). Rather than processing all possible data, the system selectively extracts and processes only the essential parameters needed for optimization, reducing overall processing requirements while maintaining effectiveness.
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AI summary
A guaranteed quality of experience system (GQES) for delivering quality of experience for an internet application running on an end user device is provided. GQES receives quality of experience parameters related to a type of internet application running on the end user device, an information related to a quality the end user device is experiencing along with resource utilized in a mobile network and a content provider server by the internet application running on the end user device. GQES determines a quality of experience requirements for the internet application running on the end user device based on the received parameters, and provides instructions to the mobile network and the content provider server to implement the required change in the mobile network to improve quality of experience for the internet application running on the end user device.