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 access rates based on factors such as device location, network load, time, and data priority, leading to inefficient network utilization and impaired high-priority data transmission.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic rate identification system that determines rates based on user device location, network load, time, and data priority, allowing user devices to pause or resume data transmission based on dynamic rates to optimize network load distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
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 identification by determining rates based on real-time factors including user device location, network load conditions, and time of day. The system continuously adjusts rates along a user device's route through different network sectors, transitioning from static predetermined rates to dynamic adaptive pricing that responds to changing network conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the network into multiple network sectors, each with its own rate characteristics. As a user device moves through different sectors along a route, the system identifies and applies appropriate rates for each sector, enabling localized and granular rate management rather than a single uniform rate structure
2Productivity
If network operators use predetermined rates, then billing is simpler, but network resource utilization becomes inefficient during high-demand periods
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors network load conditions and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust rates. When network load is high, rates increase to discourage non-essential traffic; when load is low, rates decrease to encourage data transmission, creating a self-regulating mechanism that optimizes network resource utilization
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the rate parameter dynamically based on network conditions, time, and location. Rates are adjusted upward during high-demand periods to manage load and downward during low-demand periods to maximize resource utilization, transforming the fixed rate parameter into a flexible adaptive variable
3Reliability
If user devices transmit all data types equally, then data transmission is consistent, but high-priority data cannot be ensured during network impairment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different quality levels of service to different data types based on their priority. High-priority data receives preferential treatment with guaranteed transmission even under dynamic rate adjustments, while low-priority data is subject to rate-based throttling, creating localized quality differentiation within the data transmission system
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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.