Hierarchical Sensing Edge Server Management for Diverse RF Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile communication networks struggle to provide general and diverse sensing-related services efficiently, as they are optimized for specific use cases rather than diverse applications, leading to inconsistent service levels and resource utilization.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that integrates sensing capabilities within mobile communication networks, utilizing a sensing edge server and application server to process and cascade sensing data, allowing for flexible service provision and resource sharing between communication and sensing tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile communication networks are optimized for specific use cases, then service quality for those specific cases is improved, but adaptability to diverse sensing applications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing edge server is designed to handle multiple sensing applications and use cases through a unified service management architecture. It provides universal sensing services by processing sensing data from various sources (base stations, user equipment) and delivering results to different application scenarios (positioning, speed detection, environmental sensing) through a common interface, thereby achieving multi-functionality without requiring separate optimized systems for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensing service architecture is segmented into distinct functional components: sensing data collection at the network edge, sensing service management at the edge server, and sensing application delivery at the application server. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system adaptability, resolving the contradiction between specialized optimization and general versatility.
2Productivity
If a hierarchical sensing service architecture is implemented, then resource utilization efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing edge server acts as an intermediary between the network infrastructure (base stations, user equipment) and sensing applications. It manages sensing data collection, processing, and distribution, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture despite the hierarchical structure. The intermediary abstracts the complexity of resource management from both the network side and application side, improving resource utilization while maintaining manageable system complexity through standardized interfaces and protocols.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and cost-effective provision of diverse sensing services by optimizing network resources, supporting various use cases while maintaining high service levels through a hierarchical and service-oriented architecture.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entity or functionality transmits a radiofrequency sensing signal, wherein, as a result of the radiofrequency sensing signal being transmitted, a radiofrequency sensing reception signal is received
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for providing at least one sensing-related service by means of processing sensing-related data that is generated within or as part of a mobile communication network, wherein the mobile communication network comprises at least a first sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entity or functionality and a second sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entity or functionality, and wherein the mobile communication network comprises or is associated or assigned to at least one sensing edge server and at least one sensing application server, wherein the at least one sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entity or functionality transmits a radiofrequency sensing signal, wherein, as a result of the radiofrequency sensing signal being transmitted, a radiofrequency sensing reception signal is received by either the first sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entity or functionality or the second sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entity or functionality or both, wherein by means of the radiofrequency sensing reception signal information about the environment of the first and/or second sensing-capable or sensing-enabled entities or functionalities is able to be gathered as first stage sensing inference data, wherein the first stage sensing inference data are provided to the at least one sensing edge server for generating second stage sensing inference data, and wherein the second stage sensing inference data are provided to the at least one sensing application server for providing sensing-related services and/or generating sensing application data, wherein, in order to provide at least one sensing-related service, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the at least one sensing edge server receives, from the at least one sensing application server, a request message regarding the at least one sensing-related service, -- in a second step, the at least one sensing edge server transmits, to the at least one sensing application server, a response message regarding the at least one sensing-related service, wherein the response message comprises, as its response content, an acknowledgement or a rejection or a modification of the requested sensing-related service.