Radio Configuration Sync Using Mobile Code-Based Validation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Radio configuration complexity hinders effective troubleshooting and interoperability in field scenarios, leading to manual reconfiguration errors and time-consuming synchronization issues.

Innovation Solution

Utilizing mobile communication devices to obtain and compare configuration data from multiple radios, synchronize time settings, and automatically adjust settings to ensure compatibility through machine-readable codes and machine learning models.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual radio reconfiguration is performed in the field, then radio interoperability can be restored, but time consumption and error rates increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveradio interoperabilityVSAvoidreconfiguration time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a digital copy of the radio configuration data stored in the radio device. This configuration data is extracted and stored in a database accessible by mobile devices, allowing rapid copying and application of configuration settings without manual reconfiguration, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the radio device and the configuration database. The mobile device retrieves configuration data from the database and applies it to the radio device, automating the reconfiguration process and eliminating manual errors while reducing time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If manual radio reconfiguration is performed in the field, then radio interoperability can be restored, but error rates increase due to lack of troubleshooting expertise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveradio interoperabilityVSAvoidtroubleshooting ease
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables the radio device to perform self-diagnosis and self-reconfiguration by automatically comparing its current configuration with the stored configuration data and applying corrections without requiring manual troubleshooting expertise, thereby maintaining reliability while improving ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the mobile device retrieves configuration data, compares it with the current radio configuration, identifies discrepancies, and automatically applies corrections. This closed-loop feedback process eliminates manual errors while maintaining interoperability reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Speed

If radio configuration data is stored in the radio device, then quick access is possible, but data loss occurs when device battery is depleted or memory corrupted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration access speedVSAvoidconfiguration data retention
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a distributed storage architecture where configuration data is stored in two locations: locally in the radio device for quick access and remotely in a database for long-term retention. This dual-storage approach provides both fast access speed and reliable data retention, eliminating the trade-off between the two parameters

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4654651A1Systems and methods for radio configuration and validation
Publication Date: 2025.11.26 L3HARRIS GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for re-configuring radios. The methods comprise: obtaining a machine-readable code by a mobile communication device from a first radio of the plurality of radios, the machine-readable code based on first digital configuration data for the first radio, the digital configuration data comprising at least one of an operational frequency, a time, a bandwidth, modulation coding data, forward error correction data, differential encoding data, cypher mode, a TRANSEC key, security key identifier, and a spreading code; and updating, by the mobile communication device, a second digital configuration data of a second radio communicatively coupled to the mobile communication device based on the first digital configuration data.