Wireless UE Capability ID Transfer Between Networks
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication networks fail to effectively share capability information for wireless user devices across different networks, leading to unawareness of capability IDs assigned by visited networks to home networks.
Innovation Solution
A method where a wireless communication network receives a device Identifier, network ID, and capability ID from a user device, transfers the device ID to another network, and serves the device based on the capability ID, allowing for the transfer of capability IDs between networks to ensure seamless service provision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wireless communication networks use capability IDs to map device capabilities, then network efficiency is improved by sharing only essential capability information, but home networks become unaware of capability IDs assigned by visited networks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a capability ID translation function as an intermediary component that bridges visited and home networks. This function translates capability IDs between different network domains, enabling home networks to understand capability information from visited networks without requiring direct capability ID sharing across all networks. The intermediary resolves the information loss problem while maintaining the efficiency benefits of capability ID mapping.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where visited networks provide capability ID information to home networks through translation functions. This feedback loop ensures that home networks are informed about the capability IDs assigned to user devices during visits, allowing for proper service continuity and capability management across network boundaries.
2Loss of information
If wireless communication networks share complete device capability datasets, then capability information completeness is improved, but data transfer overhead and network complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential capability ID information from complete device capability datasets and shares these condensed identifiers between networks. Instead of transferring full capability descriptions, the system extracts and shares only the capability IDs, which contain the necessary mapping information. This extraction approach maintains information completeness for network purposes while significantly reducing data transfer overhead and network complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses capability ID translation functions that create virtual copies or mappings of capability information. Rather than sharing the original complete capability datasets, the system creates translated capability ID representations that are sufficient for network interoperability. This copying approach preserves the necessary information while avoiding the complexity of handling full capability datasets across multiple networks.
Data Source
AI summary
A wireless communication network wirelessly receives a device Identifier (ID), network ID, and capability ID from a wireless user device. In response to the network ID, the wireless communication network transfers the device ID to the other communication network. The wireless communication network receives an authorization for the wireless user device from the other communication network. In response to the authorization, the wireless communication network wirelessly serves the wireless user device based on the capability ID. The wireless communication network transfers the capability ID used by the wireless user device to the other communication network in response to serving the wireless user device based on the capability ID.