User Network Access Resource and Logical Connection Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing communication systems face challenges in efficiently selecting and establishing connectivity between user networks and remote communications networks due to the complexity and resource-intensive process of converting access resources into logical connections during the access selection procedure.
Innovation Solution
A user network that maintains both access resources (ARs) and logical connections (LCs) within the candidate set, allowing for dynamic conversion and management based on availability and reliability, enabling optimal selection and establishment of communication sessions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If access resources are converted to logical connections during access selection, then communication session establishment is enabled, but processing time and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes logical connections alongside access resources during the access selection procedure. By performing the connection establishment action in advance (parallel to rather than after access resource detection), the system eliminates the sequential processing delay and enables faster communication session establishment without compromising reliability.
2Reliability
If access resources are converted to logical connections during access selection, then communication session establishment is enabled, but processing resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs logical connection establishment as a preliminary action during the access selection process rather than as a subsequent step. This parallel processing approach increases productivity by eliminating the sequential processing bottleneck, while the connection is already in place when needed for communication session establishment, maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the conversion of access resources to logical connections based on real-time availability and reliability conditions. By making the connection establishment process adaptive and flexible rather than rigid and sequential, the system optimizes processing efficiency while ensuring reliable communication session establishment when conditions permit.
3Reliability
If access resources are converted to logical connections, then communication connectivity is established, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes logical connections as a preliminary action during access selection, which simplifies the overall procedure by performing the connection setup in parallel with access resource detection rather than as a separate subsequent step. This reduces the procedural complexity and number of sequential operations needed, while maintaining reliable communication connectivity.
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AI summary
A user network (e.g., mobile phone) is described herein that uses one or more access systems to establish a communications session with a remote communications network. In one embodiment, the user network has a processor and a memory with instructions stored therein which are accessible and processable by the processor to facilitate the following steps: (a) maintaining a detected set which contains access resource (s) that are associated with possible access connection (s) which could be used to access the remote communications network; (b) maintaining a candidate set which contains access resource (s) and logical connection (s) that are associated with the possible access connection (s) which could be used as communication bearer (s) to the remote communications network; and (c) maintaining an active set which contains a particular logical connection which is associated with one of the access connections that is currently being used as a communication bearer in an established communication session with the remote communications network.