Radio Terminal Frequency Assignment Using Usage History

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Solution Overview

Problem

In heterogeneous radio communication networks, the efficiency of radio resource assignment and usage between terminals and base stations is insufficient due to communication interference and the need for frequent reassignment, especially when different radio specifications and cell radii are mixed, leading to suboptimal resource utilization.

Innovation Solution

A radio communication terminal with a processor and antenna that uses usage history information to locate the most suitable base station and assign radio frequencies for user data communication, reducing interference by selecting frequencies with high usage history and priority, thereby improving resource allocation efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional active scan or passive scan is used to search for radio base station and radio channel, then base station selection can be performed, but the efficiency of radio resource assignment and usage is insufficient due to communication interference and frequent reassignment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveradio resource assignment efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal performs preliminary scanning to collect usage history information of radio frequencies for each base station before actual communication. This preliminary action stores frequency usage patterns that enable more efficient and reliable resource assignment during subsequent communications, reducing both interference and reassignment needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system utilizes usage history information as feedback to dynamically select radio frequencies. The terminal refers to accumulated usage history data to make informed frequency selection decisions, continuously improving resource assignment efficiency while maintaining communication stability through adaptive frequency choice.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If radio frequencies are assigned without considering usage history, then assignment process is simple, but communication interference occurs and frequent reassignment is needed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilization efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication interference
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Usage history information serves as feedback that informs frequency selection decisions. The terminal analyzes accumulated usage patterns to identify frequencies with lower interference potential, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency while reducing communication interference through data-driven frequency assignment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the frequency selection parameter from random or simple assignment to usage-history-based selection. By incorporating usage history data into the frequency selection process, the system dynamically adjusts frequency choices to optimize resource utilization and minimize interference.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If usage history information is collected and analyzed for frequency assignment, then resource assignment efficiency improves, but processing time and power consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefrequency assignment efficiencyVSAvoidterminal power consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

Usage history information is collected in advance during preliminary scanning phases, separating the data collection burden from the frequency assignment moment. This preliminary action allows the terminal to build a repository of usage patterns that can be quickly queried during actual communication, improving assignment efficiency without sustained high power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal collects usage history information selectively rather than continuously monitoring all frequencies at full capacity. By performing partial scanning and collecting only necessary usage history data, the system achieves improved frequency assignment efficiency while keeping power consumption within acceptable limits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10237815B2Radio communication terminal and frequency assignment method
Publication Date: 2019.03.19 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

There is provided a radio communication terminal that can improve the efficiency of assignment of or the efficiency of usage of a radio resource for communicating user data between a radio communication terminal and a radio base station apparatus. The radio communication terminal communicates with a radio base station apparatus through a network in which a plurality of radio communication schemes are present for use in a mixed manner, and includes a processor and an antenna. The processor locates a connection base station as a radio base station apparatus that communicates user data with the radio communication terminal, among a plurality of the radio base station apparatuses, and assigns a radio frequency relating to communication of user data between the connection base station and the radio communication terminal, based on information that is the usage history of a radio frequency relating to the communication of the user data with every radio base station apparatus.