Route Connectivity Optimization Mapping for Mobile Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices experience connectivity issues and service degradation when traversing areas with poor or unavailable network coverage, leading to dropped calls, lost media streaming, and other undesirable results due to inadequate handoff mechanisms between cellular towers or different mobile networks.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for route connectivity optimization (RCO) mapping that collects and computes route segment connectivity data to generate optimized route guidance maps, providing consumers with links that ensure seamless connectivity by selecting the best carriers and handoff routes, thereby minimizing connection drops.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If mobile networks attempt handoff connectivity to different networks with better coverage, then coverage availability is improved, but service reliability deteriorates due to dropped calls and loss of media streaming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting route segment connectivity data from initiating consumer devices before requests are made. It computes route-connectivity optimizations in advance and stores them in the data store, so that when a requesting consumer device needs connectivity information for a specific route, the optimization is already available, eliminating the need for real-time handoff decisions that cause service disruptions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the RCO mapping system with route-connectivity processor and data store) that mediates between mobile devices and networks. Instead of direct handoff attempts between devices and networks that cause dropped calls, the intermediary provides pre-computed connectivity optimization information that guides devices through coverage areas reliably
2Adaptability or versatility
If mobile networks provide handoff services between towers and networks, then connectivity availability is improved, but connection stability deteriorates due to dropped calls and degraded service
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-computes route-connectivity optimizations based on collected connectivity data before consumers need the information. This preliminary computation identifies stable connection paths in advance, allowing devices to follow pre-determined routes through coverage areas without experiencing the instability of real-time handoff decisions
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by collecting route segment connectivity data from initiating consumer devices that traverse the network. This feedback information is used to compute and update route-connectivity optimizations, creating a closed-loop system that continuously improves connection stability based on actual network performance observations
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AI summary
Novel techniques are described for generation, distribution, and management of route connectivity optimization (RCO) mapping. For example, as mobile devices traverse travel routes serviced by one or more mobile networks, they can experience periods of different levels of connectivity with the mobile network(s). Embodiments can collect route segment connectivity data as experienced by consumer devices during traversal through mobile networks (e.g., indicating, for each route segment, which carriers are providing service to a mobile device, the level of service being provided, etc.). A RCO can be computed and stored for the set of route segments as a function of the route segment connectivity data. The RCO can be requested by consumers, and a corresponding link can be generated. Selecting the link can provide the consumers with remote access to the RCO, with which the consumers can generate connectivity-optimized route guidance maps.