Variable Sub-Packet Lengths for Low Power Network Telegram Splitting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data transmission methods in low-power networks face challenges in maintaining transfer reliability and efficiency due to variable data lengths, leading to increased overhead and interference susceptibility.

Innovation Solution

A data transmission system that distributes variable-length data into a fixed number of sub-data packets, with varying lengths depending on the original data length, and transmits these packets within a specified time interval, maintaining constant temporal distances between packets to minimize interference and overhead.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If variable-length data is transmitted using fixed-number sub-packets with variable lengths, then transfer reliability and efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases due to variable sub-packet length management

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransfer reliabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the sub-packet lengths variable rather than fixed. The data transmission device dynamically adjusts the length of each sub-packet based on the total data length, dividing the variable-length data into a predetermined number of sub-packets where each sub-packet's length adapts to the overall data requirements. This dynamic approach improves transfer reliability while managing device complexity through systematic length allocation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of sub-packet length from fixed to variable. By allowing sub-packet lengths to vary based on the total data length while maintaining a fixed number of sub-packets, the system optimizes transmission efficiency and reliability. The receiver uses the sub-packet length information to correctly reassemble the original variable-length data, resolving the contradiction between reliability improvement and device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If constant temporal distances are maintained between sub-packets, then interference is reduced and transfer efficiency is improved, but flexibility in handling variable data lengths is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransfer efficiencyVSAvoidflexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by maintaining constant temporal distances between sub-packets while dynamically adjusting sub-packet lengths. This allows the system to handle variable data lengths flexibly by varying the content within each sub-packet while keeping the transmission timing structure fixed, thereby improving transfer efficiency without sacrificing adaptability to different data lengths.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter approach by fixing the temporal distance parameter between sub-packets while allowing the sub-packet length parameter to vary. This parameter separation enables constant timing intervals that reduce interference and improve efficiency, while the variable sub-packet lengths provide the necessary flexibility to accommodate different data lengths through proper length signaling and allocation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If additional synchronization sequences are added to handle variable data lengths, then data transmission accuracy is improved, but overhead increases and power consumption rises

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission accuracyVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the synchronization function from separate synchronization sequences and integrates it into the data structure itself. By embedding synchronization information within the variable-length data framework and using the sub-packet length information for both data reconstruction and synchronization purposes, the system maintains data transmission accuracy while eliminating redundant synchronization sequences, thereby reducing overhead and power consumption in low-power networks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies universality by making the sub-packet length information serve multiple functions: it defines the data boundaries for accurate reconstruction, provides synchronization timing information, and enables efficient resource allocation. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate synchronization sequences, reducing overhead and power consumption while maintaining transmission accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11516703B2Variable sub-packet lengths for telegram splitting in networks with low power consumption
Publication Date: 2022.11.29 FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV
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AI summary

Embodiments provide a transfer method for transferring data of variable length using a fixedly specified number of sub-data packets to which the data of variable length is distributed.