Spectrum Exclusion Zone Determination for Wireless Interference Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge in wireless communications is the limited availability and high cost of spectrum resources, necessitating dynamic spectrum utilization while ensuring that secondary systems do not interfere with primary systems, which requires effective management of exclusion zones to maintain allowable interference levels.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and method for determining exclusion zones based on the distribution status of nodes and allowable interference limits, using statistical models to calculate mean and variance of accumulated interferences, and implementing discrete exclusion zones to optimize spectrum usage and communication quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If spectrum resources are dynamically utilized by secondary systems, then spectrum usage efficiency is improved, but interference to primary systems increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespectrum usage efficiencyVSAvoidinterference to primary systems
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the spectrum management into primary systems (with usage rights) and secondary systems (without usage rights), allowing dynamic utilization by secondary systems while protecting primary systems through defined exclusion zones and interference limits

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a spectrum management apparatus as an intermediary that coordinates between primary and secondary systems, determining exclusion zones and managing spectrum allocation to balance efficiency and interference protection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If exclusion zones are established to protect primary systems, then interference is reduced, but spectrum resource utilization decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterference levelVSAvoidspectrum resource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes exclusion zones dynamic rather than static, allowing them to be adjusted based on primary system activity patterns, thereby protecting primary systems when needed while maximizing spectrum utilization when primary systems are inactive

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameters of exclusion zones (size, location, duration) based on interference measurements and primary system performance, optimizing the balance between protection and utilization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If spectrum allocation is optimized for secondary systems, then communication efficiency improves, but communication quality stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication quality stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where secondary systems monitor interference levels and communicate quality metrics, allowing the spectrum management apparatus to adjust allocation decisions to maintain stability while optimizing efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3761536B1Electronic device and method for wireless communication
Publication Date: 2023.10.11 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

The present application provides an electronic device, method, and computer readable storage medium for wireless communication. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to: determine a distribution state of nodes in a management region of a spectrum management device; on the basis of the distribution state, obtain a distribution model showing cumulative interference received by a specific node of said nodes from other nodes of said nodes; and on the basis of the distribution model and a maximum allowable interference for the specific node, determine an exclusive region for the specific node, wherein the exclusive region is represented by the number of nodes in the exclusive region.