5G Communication Control for Renewable Energy Compliance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication systems lack the ability to ascertain whether target communication satisfies conditions related to energy consumption, efficiency, and the use of renewable energy, leading to inefficiencies and potential environmental impacts.

Innovation Solution

A communication control method and system that includes a first device for receiving and transmitting information on energy consumption conditions, determining whether communication meets these criteria, and providing alternatives or adjustments to satisfy these conditions, utilizing 5G networks and renewable energy sources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If communication systems operate without energy consumption monitoring, then communication simplicity is maintained, but energy management capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy consumption managementVSAvoidcommunication system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an energy consumption information management function as an intermediary component that mediates between communication operations and energy management. This function receives energy consumption information from gNBs, determines compliance with energy conditions, and communicates results back to sources, enabling energy management without requiring complex modifications to existing communication infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of energy

If energy consumption conditions are monitored and enforced, then energy efficiency is improved, but communication protocol complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication protocol complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where energy consumption information is collected from gNBs, evaluated against predefined energy conditions, and results are communicated back to the information source. This feedback loop enables energy efficiency improvement through systematic monitoring and compliance verification without requiring fundamental protocol changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent establishes energy consumption conditions and thresholds in advance before communication operations begin. By pre-defining energy conditions, the system can efficiently evaluate compliance without performing complex real-time calculations during communication operations, thus improving energy efficiency while minimizing protocol complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive energy information is collected and transmitted, then energy management accuracy is improved, but network overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy measurement accuracyVSAvoidnetwork data overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential energy consumption information needed for compliance determination from comprehensive gNB measurements. By selecting and transmitting only relevant energy data rather than all available measurements, the system achieves accurate energy management while minimizing network overhead and data transmission requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP4629704A1Communication control method, communication system
Publication Date: 2025.10.08 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A communication control method comprises receiving, by a first device, information including a condition regarding energy consumed in communication that uses a network, and transmitting, by the first device, information based on a determination result as to whether the communication satisfies the condition, to a transmission source of the information.