Communication Apparatus Traffic Control Trend Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile Virtual Network Operators face challenges in rapidly and accurately updating access destinations for traffic control due to changes or additions made by service providers without notification, leading to increased communication costs and difficulty in specifying new traffic control targets.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus and method that includes a management table for storing access destinations, a communication relay unit, a traffic controller, a determination unit, and a specifying unit to establish sessions, determine communication volume trends, and specify new traffic control targets based on increase rates across multiple periods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If service providers change or add access destinations without notification, then the service provider can adapt to market changes and user demands, but the Mobile Virtual Network Operator cannot rapidly and accurately specify and update the access destination that should be newly set as the traffic control target access destination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the communication apparatus continuously monitors communication volumes with access destinations and automatically detects changes. The determination unit compares current communication volumes against historical data to identify when service providers have added or changed access destinations, triggering automatic updates to the management table without requiring manual intervention or prior notification from service providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting access destination changes through communication volume analysis and autonomously updating the management table. The specifying unit identifies new traffic control target access destinations based on detected changes, and the system automatically configures traffic control parameters, eliminating the need for external notification or manual configuration by equipment vendors.
2Reliability
If equipment vendor sets information regarding access destination in network equipment, then the access destination information is updated, but it takes a long time for the Mobile Virtual Network Operator to grasp that the service provider has changed or added the access destination and for the equipment vendor to set information
Solution Approach 1:
The communication apparatus autonomously monitors communication volumes with access destinations and automatically detects changes without requiring manual intervention from equipment vendors or Mobile Virtual Network Operators. The determination unit continuously analyzes communication patterns and triggers automatic updates when changes are detected, enabling the system to self-update access destination information rapidly and accurately.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of equipment vendors configuring access destination information with an automated electronic monitoring and detection system. The specifying unit uses algorithms to analyze communication volume data and automatically identify new or changed access destinations, substituting human-operated configuration processes with automated electronic detection and update mechanisms.
3Productivity
If the Mobile Virtual Network Operator leases wireless line from Mobile Network Operator and provides count free service, then the number of subscribers increases, but the volume of packet communication increases causing cost to increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies traffic control selectively to specific access destinations identified as traffic control target access destinations in the management table. Rather than uniformly controlling all traffic, the system applies traffic control only to communications with newly detected access destinations where service providers have added or changed services, allowing subscriber growth while controlling costs for specific high-volume targets.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the management table by automatically adding or removing traffic control target access destinations based on real-time communication volume monitoring. The determination unit continuously evaluates communication patterns and the specifying unit updates the management table accordingly, enabling the traffic control strategy to adapt dynamically to changing service provider offerings and user behavior patterns.
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AI summary
A determination unit of a communication apparatus determines whether or not there has been a change of trend in the communication volume. This determination is performed based on a communication volume per session of a plurality of non-management access destination sessions in a first unit period, and a transition trend of a communication volume per session of a plurality of non-management access destination sessions in a first period. A specifying unit specifies, when it is determined that there has been a change of trend in the communication volume, an access destination that is newly set as a traffic control target access destination among a plurality of non-management access destinations that correspond to the plurality of respective non-management access destination sessions. This specification is performed based on increase rates of the communication volumes for the respective non-management access destination sessions in the first unit period and a second period.