Spectrum Management Service for Wireless Network Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless service providers face difficulties in determining efficient use of licensed spectrum due to disparate data formats and insufficient analysis tools, leading to challenges in network planning and resource allocation.

Innovation Solution

A spectrum management service that collects and analyzes wireless network capacity and utilization data, spectrum license information, and subscriber data to identify underutilized or misconfigured spectrum resources, recommending spectrum swaps and coverage expansions to optimize resource allocation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If wireless service providers collect and analyze spectrum data to identify underutilized resources, then resource allocation efficiency is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation efficiencyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A spectrum management service acts as an intermediary system that collects spectrum data from multiple sources, standardizes disparate data formats, and presents unified analysis results to wireless service providers. This mediator approach simplifies the complexity for providers while enabling comprehensive resource allocation optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The spectrum management service performs multiple functions including data collection, format standardization, analysis, and recommendation generation within a single integrated platform. This multi-functional approach consolidates complex processing tasks into one universal system that serves multiple purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If spectrum data from multiple sources is integrated, then analysis accuracy is improved, but data format compatibility challenges increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalysis accuracyVSAvoiddata format compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms disparate data formats into a standardized format by changing the parameter representation of spectrum data. This parameter transformation enables accurate analysis by converting various source formats into a common structure that can be uniformly processed and compared.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If comprehensive spectrum analysis is performed, then network planning quality is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork planning qualityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The spectrum management service performs preliminary data collection, standardization, and analysis in advance, preparing standardized spectrum data and identification results before they are needed for network planning decisions. This preliminary processing reduces the time required for actual planning activities while maintaining high quality analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12114174B2Spectrum management service
Publication Date: 2024.10.08 T MOBILE US INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for a spectrum management service. A spectrum management service may be utilized to manage wireless spectrum licenses, which may associated with various license-holders, spectrum bands, and geographic regions. The spectrum management service may determine a utilization of various spectrum licenses based on capacity data and usage data from a wireless service provider, and may identify underutilized licenses and/or regions within a wireless network where additional spectrum may be required. The spectrum management service may further identify candidates for spectrum license swaps, analyze proposed or actual license swaps, identify transmissions outside of licensed areas, and analyze information from various sources to improve the efficiency of licensed spectrum usage.