Unified Core Network Control of Passive IoT Readers and Tags
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprises face high operation and maintenance costs and excessive network resource consumption due to the use of 3GPP networks and passive internet of things systems for goods warehousing and asset management.
Innovation Solution
A core network device manages readers and tags by determining a target reader based on information received from an operation requester, reducing the need for maintaining two types of networks and minimizing network resource consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If enterprises deploy both 3GPP networks and passive internet of things networks for goods warehousing and asset management, then network coverage and functionality are improved, but operation and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of readers and tags from passive internet of things with the core network infrastructure by introducing a unified core network device that handles both traditional mobile network functions and IoT device management, thereby consolidating two separate network systems into one integrated platform
Solution Approach 2:
The core network device is designed to perform multiple functions including traditional mobile network core functions and passive internet of things device management, allowing a single network infrastructure to serve both purposes and eliminate the need for separate dedicated IoT network management
2Ease of operation
If operation requesters store reader information and interact with readers directly in passive internet of things, then management functionality is achieved, but network resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a core network device as an intermediary between operation requesters and readers/tags. This mediator handles the signaling and management communications, allowing operation requesters to manage IoT devices without directly storing reader information or establishing direct connections, thereby reducing network resource consumption while maintaining full management functionality
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AI summary
A communication method and apparatus. The method includes: a first core network device receives first information from an operation requester, where the first information indicates at least one of the following: an area in which a first operation is to be performed or a target tag on which the first operation is to be performed, and the first information is used to determine a first target reader; and the first core network device sends second information to the first target reader based on the first information, where the second information indicates the first target reader to perform the first operation. According to the communication method and apparatus, a core network device manages readers and tags in passive internet of things, so as to reduce operation and maintenance costs of maintaining two types of networks by an enterprise and consume fewer network resources.