User Equipment Virtual Terminals for Network Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile networks lack flexibility in utilizing hardware and software resources, as User Equipment (UE) operates within fixed hard and soft limits, restricting its ability to adapt to different communication contexts and priorities, leading to inefficient use of network and radio transmission capacities.
Innovation Solution
The UE employs multiple modes of operation or 'virtual terminals' with distinct configuration and subscription parameters, allowing simultaneous use of different identities and communication contexts, each with unique network access priorities, to optimize resource utilization and adapt to varying communication needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the User Equipment operates with a single fixed configuration and subscription parameters, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability to different communication contexts and priorities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the User Equipment into multiple virtual terminals, each with its own configuration information and subscription parameters. This segmentation allows each virtual terminal to operate independently with specific communication contexts and priorities, thereby improving adaptability without requiring a complete redesign of the entire device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling a single physical User Equipment to perform multiple roles through virtual terminals. Each virtual terminal can be configured for different communication scenarios (e.g., voice, data, emergency services) with appropriate priority levels, allowing the device to universally handle diverse communication needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the User Equipment employs multiple modes of operation with distinct configuration parameters, then the adaptability to different communication contexts is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtualization dimension to the traditional single-mode operation. By adding the layer of virtual terminals with distinct configuration spaces, the system achieves flexibility in resource utilization without fundamentally altering the physical hardware architecture, thus managing complexity through dimensional expansion rather than structural complication.
3Productivity
If the User Equipment operates within fixed hard and soft limits, then the reliability of operation is improved, but the productivity in terms of resource utilization efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic operation by allowing the User Equipment to switch between multiple modes of operation with different configuration parameters. The system can dynamically select appropriate virtual terminals based on current communication needs, network conditions, and priority requirements, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency while maintaining operational stability through controlled transitions between predefined modes.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for providing network access to a User Equipment (20), wherein the network access comprises the access of the User Equipment (20) to a public land mobile network (10), wherein the User Equipment (20) comprises an identification information allowing the identification of the subscriber by the public land mobile network (10), wherein the identification information comprises a first identity or communication context information and a second identity or communication context information, wherein the first identity or communication context information relates to the use of the User Equipment (20) according to a first mode of operation, the first mode of operation being defined at least partly by a first configuration information stored in the User Equipment (20), and wherein the second identity or communication context information relates to the use of the User Equipment (20) according to a second mode of operation, the second mode of operation being defined at least partly by a second configuration information stored in the User Equipment (20), wherein the User Equipment (20) comprises a subscriber identity module (21), wherein the subscriber identity module at least partly comprises the first identity or communication context information and the second identity or communication context information, wherein by means of accessing the public land mobile network (10) using the first identity or communication context information, the first mode of operation is applied, and wherein by means of accessing the public land mobile network using the second identity or communication context information, the second mode of operation is applied, wherein at least partly during operation of the User Equipment (20), the network access of the User Equipment (20) occurs simultaneously using the first mode of operation and using the second mode of operation.