Terminal Identifier Hierarchy for Fine-Grained Network Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication systems struggle to adjust or determine configuration information for terminal devices with finer granularity, failing to differentiate between different users and applications, leading to suboptimal network performance.

Innovation Solution

A communication method and system that utilizes a first identifier to indicate information related to the terminal device, such as user, application, or service information, enabling network devices to determine configuration information accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If configuration information is implemented based on UE identity only, then the system is simple to operate, but the configuration information cannot be adjusted flexibly and accurately for different users and applications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration information adjustment flexibilityVSAvoididentifier system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the identifier system into multiple hierarchical levels: UE identity (first identifier) and application/service identity (second identifier). This segmentation allows the system to maintain simplicity at the base level while enabling fine-grained configuration control through additional identifier layers, directly resolving the contradiction between flexibility and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a new dimension to the identifier system by introducing a second identifier (application/service identity) that operates alongside the traditional first identifier (UE identity). This dimensional expansion enables the system to differentiate configuration information across multiple axes (user level and application level), achieving flexibility without fundamentally complicating the core identifier mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Productivity

If configuration information is implemented based on UE identity only, then the device complexity is low, but the network performance is suboptimal due to inability to differentiate between different users and applications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork performanceVSAvoidconfiguration system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The configuration information is segmented into multiple levels corresponding to different identifiers. The network device determines configuration information by combining the first identifier (UE identity) and second identifier (application/service identity), enabling differentiated configuration for different users and applications, thereby improving network performance while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured segmentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by enabling specific configuration information to be tailored to specific applications or services running on a terminal device. Instead of applying uniform configuration across all applications, the system allows each application to receive customized configuration based on its identity, improving overall network performance through localized optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4723770A1Communication method, and device
Publication Date: 2026.04.08 GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a communication method, a device, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes the following. A terminal device sends a first identifier. The first identifier indicates information related to the terminal device. The information related to the terminal device includes at least one of: information of a user using the terminal device, information of an application running on the terminal device, or information of a service running on the terminal device. The first identifier is used for determining configuration information associated with the first identifier.