Unified Wireless Frame Structure for Diverse Traffic Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing diverse traffic types and services, such as delay-critical voice and video, background services, and energy-efficient sensor data, within the same network, leading to inefficient resource utilization and increased latency.
Innovation Solution
A unified frame structure for wireless communication systems that distinguishes and supports three types of traffic: high spectral efficiency for delay-critical data, sporadic machine-type communication, and energy-efficient sensor data, using different carrier frequency bands within the same system to optimize resource allocation and reduce unused resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a unified frame structure is used to support diverse traffic types, then resource utilization efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified frame structure is segmented into multiple sub-frames, where each sub-frame is configured to handle specific traffic types (e.g., delay-critical traffic in one sub-frame, background traffic in another). This segmentation allows the system to efficiently manage diverse traffic requirements while maintaining a unified overall structure, resolving the contradiction between resource utilization efficiency and system complexity.
2Productivity
If different carrier frequency bands are used for different traffic types, then spectral efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different carrier frequency bands are assigned to different sub-frames based on the specific requirements of each traffic type. For example, higher frequency bands with better spectral efficiency are allocated to delay-critical traffic, while lower frequency bands are used for background traffic. This local quality approach optimizes spectral efficiency for each traffic type while managing device complexity through structured resource allocation.
3Reliability
If radio resources are permanently reserved in a connection-oriented manner, then service reliability is improved, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic resource allocation within the unified frame structure, where radio resources are reserved for connection-oriented services when needed but can be dynamically released and reallocated to other traffic types when not in use. This dynamic approach maintains service reliability for connection-oriented traffic while improving overall resource utilization efficiency by eliminating permanent reservations.
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AI summary
Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a receiver and a transmitter of a wireless system. An apparatus (10) for a receiver (100) of a wireless communication system comprises means for receiving (12) radio signals, which are organized in repetitive radio frames, a radio frame being subdivided in sub-frames. The apparatus (10) further comprises means for extracting (14) a first payload data packet from the received radio signals using a single sub-frame of the received radio signals and for extracting a second payload data packet using two or more sub-frames of two or more radio frames. An apparatus (20) for a transmitter (200) comprises means for obtaining (22) information on a subset of radio resources for scheduled and/or non-scheduled transmission. The apparatus (20) further comprises means for transmitting (24) radio signals, which are organized in repetitive radio frames, a radio frame being subdivided in sub-frames, the means for transmitting (24) is operable to transmit a first payload data packet using a single sub-frame of the radio signal and for transmitting a second payload data packet using two or more sub-frames.