User Device Bandwidth Request Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Recent advances in wireless communication technology allow for broader bandwidth allocation and dynamic adjustment of wireless connections, but user devices may face conditions such as interference from other signals or thermal issues that are not detected by providers, leading to suboptimal frequency bandwidth usage.

Innovation Solution

User devices can detect conditions such as power status, thermal status, and environmental interference and select a preferred frequency bandwidth for communication, transmitting this request to the base station, which then allocates resources accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the provider dynamically adjusts bandwidth for individual wireless connections, then the total bandwidth allocation increases and more user devices can be associated, but the user device cannot detect local conditions (power status, thermal status, interference) leading to suboptimal bandwidth selection

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebandwidth allocation flexibilityVSAvoidlocal device condition detection

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The user device autonomously monitors its own operational conditions (power status, thermal status, detected interference) and independently selects the optimal frequency bandwidth without requiring provider intervention or manual configuration. The device serves itself by making informed bandwidth selection decisions based on real-time local conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The user device continuously monitors local conditions such as power consumption, temperature, and electromagnetic interference, using this feedback to dynamically adjust bandwidth selection. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures the device adapts to changing conditions and selects optimal bandwidths that balance performance with operational constraints.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the provider allocates broader frequency bandwidth, then greater volumes of data can be communicated over a time interval improving user experience, but user devices may experience increased interference or thermal issues not detected by the provider

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata communication volumeVSAvoidinterference and thermal status

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The user device monitors local conditions including interference levels and thermal status, using this feedback to dynamically adjust bandwidth selection. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures the device adapts to changing conditions and selects optimal bandwidths that balance performance with operational constraints.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The user device changes operational parameters (frequency bandwidth selection) based on monitored conditions. When interference or thermal issues are detected, the device adjusts the bandwidth parameter to a different frequency, thereby maintaining high data communication volumes while avoiding harmful conditions through dynamic parameter adaptation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If the user device monitors and selects frequency bandwidth based on local conditions, then communication efficiency improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidbandwidth selection mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The user device performs multiple functions using a unified approach: it monitors power status, thermal status, and interference levels simultaneously, processes this information to determine optimal bandwidth, and executes the selection automatically. This multi-functional self-management reduces overall system complexity despite the enhanced capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11490363B2User device-initiated bandwidth request

Publication Date: 2022.11.01 GOOGLE LLC

AI summary

The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for user device-initiated bandwidth requests. In some aspects, a user device determines conditions related to communicating with a base station over a wireless connection. The user device selects, based on the determined conditions, a frequency bandwidth for communicating with the base station. The user device then transmits, to the base station, a request to communicate over the selected frequency bandwidth. In some implementations, the user device may receive, in response to transmitting the request, a resource grant allocating at least a portion of the selected frequency bandwidth for communicating over the wireless connection.