Vehicle Communication Throughput Allocation and Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for predicting and managing communication throughput in vehicles struggle to efficiently allocate resources between different services, particularly during transitions from communication to non-communication states, leading to potential disruptions in critical vehicle control systems and multimedia services.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that measures and predicts communication throughput, allocates resources based on service priority, and temporarily holds allocations during non-communication states to ensure rapid resumption, using a combination of throughput measurement, prediction, and priority-based communication control units.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If communication throughput is allocated to services during non-communication states, then service resumption speed is improved, but communication resource waste increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice resumption speedVSAvoidcommunication resource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by allocating communication throughput to services during non-communication states in advance. When communication is restored, these pre-allocated resources enable immediate service resumption without waiting for reallocation, thus improving service resumption speed while the system intelligently manages resource release after predetermined periods to avoid waste.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If communication throughput is allocated to multimedia services during non-communication states, then service continuity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice continuityVSAvoidresource management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments service management by handling communication and non-communication states separately with different allocation strategies. During non-communication states, throughput is allocated to maintain service continuity; during communication states, normal allocation applies. This segmentation simplifies the overall management logic while ensuring service stability across different conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The resource allocation system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on communication state. It automatically transitions between different allocation modes (holding allocations during non-communication states, releasing after predetermined periods) without requiring complex manual intervention, thus maintaining service continuity while adapting to changing conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Speed

If communication throughput is held during non-communication states, then service resumption is improved, but memory usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice resumption speedVSAvoidmemory usage
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by holding communication throughput allocations only for the duration of non-communication states and releasing them after predetermined periods. This partial holding strategy provides enough resource availability to ensure rapid service resumption when communication is restored, while avoiding excessive memory consumption that would result from indefinite allocation holding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12137358B2Information processing apparatus, vehicle, computer readable storage medium and information processing method
Publication Date: 2024.11.05 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is an information processing apparatus for performing a wireless communication with an external apparatus. The information processing apparatus is configured to measure the communication throughput with the external apparatus, predict the future communication throughput using at least the data of the measured communication throughput, and allocates the usable communication throughput for each service in a communication state based on the predicted communication throughput. When the communication of a first service becomes to be in a non-communication state from a communication state, the processor allocates the usable communication throughput to the first service during a predetermined period after the communication of the first service becomes to be in the non-communication state.