User Directed Bandwidth Optimization via Access Profile Queuing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Networks face capacity constraints, limiting user access and quality, while network neutrality requirements restrict operators from implementing effective bandwidth allocation methods that prioritize certain applications over others.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allow users to select access profiles based on prioritized application lists, where data packets are routed or queued based on priority levels, ensuring higher priority applications are transmitted first when bandwidth is exceeded, while complying with network neutrality principles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If network operators implement rate limits or consumption caps to address capacity constraints, then network performance quality is improved for more users, but network operators are restricted in allocating bandwidth based on application priority due to network neutrality requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments bandwidth allocation by creating separate queues for different priority levels (first priority queue and second priority queue). This allows the system to treat different application types differently while still operating within overall network capacity constraints, effectively resolving the contradiction between providing quality service and maintaining allocation flexibility under network neutrality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different service qualities to different priority levels. High-priority applications receive preferential treatment with lower latency and guaranteed bandwidth, while low-priority applications receive standard service. This localized differentiation allows network operators to optimize performance for critical applications without compromising overall network fairness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If network operators treat all data equally as required by network neutrality, then compliance with network neutrality principles is maintained, but effective bandwidth management and control of individual usage is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by allowing users to configure their own access profiles and priority settings on their electronic devices. Users independently determine which applications should receive high priority, eliminating the need for network operators to make centralized decisions about application prioritization. This maintains network neutrality compliance while enabling effective bandwidth management through user-driven preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by having users pre-configure their application priority preferences before data transmission occurs. The electronic device determines priority levels in advance and applies them to outgoing data packets. This preliminary configuration allows the network to efficiently manage bandwidth without real-time intervention, maintaining both network neutrality and management effectiveness.
3Device complexity
If bandwidth is allocated without priority differentiation, then network simplicity is maintained, but high-priority applications may experience delays when bandwidth is exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by creating a dynamic bandwidth allocation system that automatically adjusts resource distribution based on real-time conditions. When bandwidth is available, all applications are served; when bandwidth is exceeded, the system dynamically shifts to priority-based allocation, serving high-priority applications first and queuing low-priority ones. This dynamic response minimizes delays for critical applications without requiring complex static configuration.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided to optimize bandwidth usage associated with a local network. As part of the bandwidth optimization techniques, an authentication entity may receive an indication of an access profile selected by a user of an electronic device. The authentication entity may assign the access profile to the electronic device. Accordingly, when the electronic device transmits data, a network regulation entity may process the traffic in accordance with the access profile. To this end, the network regulation entity may correspond communication sessions within the traffic to an application. The network regulation entity may then query the access profile to determine a priority for each application. When the traffic exceeds a threshold byte volume, the network regulation entity may queue lower priority communication sessions. By processing the traffic based upon a user-indicated access profile, compliance with network neutrality principles may be maintained.