Relay Management Method for Communication Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
In communication networks, relay devices cannot effectively manage relay services, leading to excessive occupation of relay resources and radio resources by remote devices, as they lack the capability to monitor and control relay service requests.
Innovation Solution
A relay management method where a network device obtains and manages relay limitation information for terminal devices, determining whether to allow access to a network through a relay device based on the available relay resources, preventing excessive resource usage by limiting the quantity of connected relay devices and aggregate maximum bit rate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If relay devices provide relay services to remote devices without management control, then network coverage is extended, but relay resources and radio resources are excessively occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces relay limitation information with specific parameters (quantity of relay devices limit and aggregate maximum bit rate) to control relay service resources. By changing these parameters dynamically, the network can extend coverage while preventing resource exhaustion from excessive relay connections.
2Quantity of substance
If relay limitation information is introduced to control relay services, then resource occupation is limited, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses relay limitation information as an intermediary mechanism between the network device and relay devices. This intermediary carries control parameters that enable resource management without requiring complex direct communication or coordination protocols between all network elements.
3Productivity
If the network device manages relay services through relay limitation information, then resource efficiency is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts essential control parameters (quantity limit and bit rate limit) from complex network management policies and encapsulates them in relay limitation information. This extraction simplifies the information that needs to be processed and transmitted while maintaining resource management effectiveness.
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AI summary
A relay management method includes a network device that obtains an identifier of a first terminal device; obtains relay limitation information of the first terminal device based on the identifier, where the relay limitation information indicates a quantity of relay devices that can be coupled to the first terminal device and/or an aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) that can be used by the first terminal device for a relay; and the network device determines, based on the relay limitation information, whether to allow the first terminal device to access a network through a second terminal device, where the second terminal device is a relay device of the first terminal device.