Wireless Terminal Capability Detection and Automatic Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for configuring wireless terminals are often manual, leading to incomplete or inappropriate parameter settings, which can result in users not being able to utilize advanced services due to technical limitations and changes in terminal capabilities, such as software updates or accessory additions, causing inefficiencies in content delivery and service provision.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that detects changes in terminal capabilities and automatically transmits this information to a device management server, which determines and sends new parameter preferences back to the terminal for configuration, ensuring optimal usage of the terminal's capabilities and preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual configuration methods are used for wireless terminals, then users can set parameters themselves, but the configuration is often incomplete or inappropriate leading to inability to utilize advanced services
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal automatically detects changes in its own capabilities (software updates, accessory additions) and initiates the configuration update process by sending capability information to the server, eliminating the need for manual user intervention while ensuring accurate configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where the terminal sends capability information to the server, the server determines appropriate parameter preferences, and sends updated configuration back to the terminal, ensuring configuration appropriateness through continuous adaptation
2Adaptability or versatility
If terminal capabilities change due to software updates or accessory additions, then the terminal functionality is improved, but manual configuration cannot keep up leading to inefficiencies in content delivery
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal proactively sends capability information to the server before content delivery occurs, allowing the server to pre-determine appropriate parameter preferences and configure the terminal in advance, ensuring efficient content delivery when capabilities change
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors and reports capability changes to the server, which automatically adjusts parameter preferences and sends updated configurations, ensuring content delivery efficiency matches current terminal capabilities without manual intervention
3Reliability
If capability information is transmitted to ensure proper message reception, then message compatibility is improved, but the system complexity increases with multiple transmission points
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that centralizes the capability information processing, receiving capability data from terminals, determining appropriate parameter preferences, and distributing updated configurations, thereby simplifying the overall system structure while ensuring message compatibility
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a terminal to be used in a system, which comprises a device management server and a data transfer network for transmitting information used in association with configuration between the terminal and the device management server. The terminal comprises means for detecting change in the terminal capabilities, and means for transmitting information on the change in the terminal capabilities to the device management server. In addition, the invention relates to a system for transmitting information used in connection with the terminal configuration between the terminal and the device management server. Further, the invention relates to a method in the configuration of the terminal, to a method for providing configuration information to the terminal, as well as to a computer software product to be used in the terminal configuration.