Satellite Network Resource Access with Location-Based Regulatory Policies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing satellite communication systems face challenges in handling large cell sizes and regulatory compliance issues due to satellite beams crossing multiple countries with different telecommunication regulations, leading to complex system complexities and potential violations.
Innovation Solution
A Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LwM2M) server is employed to provide regulatory-aware access to network resources by obtaining UE and satellite location information, transmitting location-specific policy restrictions, and determining communication rights based on applicable regulations, enhancing the LwM2M management protocol to configure communication rights at the application resource level.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If satellite beams cover multiple countries to provide global access, then service coverage area is improved, but regulatory compliance complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the satellite beam coverage into multiple country-specific service areas, each with its own regulatory requirements. The network device determines which country's regulations apply based on UE location, effectively dividing the complex multi-country regulatory environment into manageable country-specific segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by implementing location-specific policy restrictions tailored to each country's regulations. The LwM2M server transmits country-specific policy objects that customize communication rights according to local laws, ensuring each region receives appropriate regulatory treatment while maintaining global coverage.
2Reliability
If location-specific policy restrictions are implemented to ensure regulatory compliance, then regulatory compliance is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces the LwM2M server as an intermediary between the network device and the UE. This mediator handles the complex tasks of obtaining UE location, determining applicable country regulations, and transmitting location-specific policy objects, thereby centralizing regulatory compliance management and reducing complexity at other system levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring policy objects with location-specific regulatory requirements. The LwM2M server proactively transmits these policy objects to the network device before communication occurs, ensuring regulatory compliance is established in advance rather than being determined in real-time during operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If LwM2M protocol is extended to support regulatory-aware access, then communication control capability is improved, but protocol complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the LwM2M protocol to serve multiple functions: traditional device management plus regulatory-aware access control. By making the protocol multi-functional and adding location-based policy transmission capabilities to the existing LwM2M framework, the system achieves enhanced communication control while leveraging the established protocol structure.
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AI summary
A method is provided by a Lightweight Machine to Machine (LwM2M) server for providing regulatory aware access to at least one network resource. The method includes obtaining information associated with a wireless device. The information includes a location of the wireless device. The LwM2M server transmits, to at least one device for determining whether to allow the wireless device to access the network resource, an object that includes the information including the location of the wireless device and at least one location-specific policy restriction associated with a satellite serving the location of the wireless device.