Unit-Level Network Qualification Using Floor Plan Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques for providing 5G wireless network services to multi-unit buildings often result in false positives regarding network coverage, leading to wastage of resources and customer complaints due to incorrect qualification of wireless network coverage for individual units within the building.
Innovation Solution
A user device associated with a technician captures property data and imports an image of the building's floor plan, combining it with network coverage data to accurately qualify and match available wireless network coverage for each unit, updating and revalidating services when necessary, thereby reducing resource wastage and improving efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If network coverage is qualified at the street address level for multi-unit buildings, then network service provision is simplified, but measurement precision deteriorates leading to false positives and incorrect coverage qualification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network coverage qualification from the street address level to the individual unit level. It captures floor plan images, processes them to identify individual units, and then qualifies network coverage for each specific unit rather than the entire building, thereby eliminating false positives while maintaining operational feasibility through automated image processing
2Loss of time
If network coverage is qualified for entire multi-unit buildings, then processing time is reduced, but loss of information increases due to inability to distinguish individual unit coverage status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses floor plan images as a visual copy/representation of the building layout. By processing this image copy, the system can identify and qualify network coverage for individual units without requiring physical site visits to each unit, thus maintaining detailed information while reducing time loss
3Productivity
If false positive network coverage qualifications are issued, then customer acquisition may increase, but resource wastage increases due to incorrect service provision
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where actual network signal measurements are taken at each unit and compared against the qualified coverage status. This feedback loop allows the system to identify and correct false positives, ensuring resources are only provisioned where network coverage actually exists while maintaining accurate customer qualification
Data Source
AI summary
A device may capture property data identifying units associated with a multi-unit building, and may import an image of a floor plan associated with the multi-unit building. The device may provide the property data to a network device associated with a network that provides network coverage to the multi-unit building, and may receive, from the network device, network coverage data for the multi-unit building. The device may combine the image of the floor plan and the network coverage data to generate an image identifying the floor plan and the network coverage for the multi-unit building, and may capture signal reception data identifying a strength of signal from the network for one or more units of the multi-unit building. The device may perform one or more actions based on the signal reception data and the image identifying the floor plan and the network coverage.