Route-Based Dynamic Network Rates for Priority Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Network operators and user devices are unable to dynamically adjust rates based on factors affecting network service provision, such as device location, network load, and time, leading to inefficient network utilization and impaired data transmission for high-priority data.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic rate identification system that determines rates based on user device location, network load, and time, allowing user devices to pause or resume data transmission based on priority and network availability, utilizing hotspots when possible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a predetermined rate is used for network access, then network operators can simplify billing and rate management, but the system cannot dynamically adjust rates based on network load, location, or time factors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic rate adjustment by allowing rates to change based on real-time conditions such as network load, user device location, and time of day. The system transitions from static predetermined rates to dynamic rates that automatically adapt to changing network conditions, enabling optimal resource allocation while maintaining simplified billing through automated calculations.
2Productivity
If network operators implement dynamic rate adjustment based on location and network load, then network resource allocation improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables user devices to autonomously determine applicable rates by providing them with the necessary information about network conditions, location-based pricing, and time-dependent rates. This self-service approach allows devices to calculate their own billing without requiring complex centralized rate management infrastructure, thus improving resource allocation while limiting complexity growth.
3Reliability
If user devices transmit all data types simultaneously, then complete data communication is achieved, but high-priority data transmission is impaired during high network load periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of data transmission priority by allowing user devices to adjust which data types are transmitted based on dynamic rate conditions. When network load is high and rates are elevated, devices can defer low-priority data transmission while maintaining high-priority data communication, thus ensuring reliable transmission of critical data while optimizing overall transmission productivity under varying network conditions.
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AI summary
A dynamic rate adjustment system receives an indication of a route and one or more network sectors that intersect with the route. The dynamic rate adjustment system determines a time period during which a user device will be located in each network sector and identifies a cost for networking services to be provided to user devices based on the time period. The dynamic rate adjustment system determines a dynamic rate for the user device to use the networking services based on the cost for networking services and causes the user device to transmit user device data based on the dynamic rate when the user device is located within a network sector associated with the dynamic rate.