Virtual Transmission System for M2M Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transmitting data from machine-to-machine (M2M) devices over cellular networks is costly due to excess network resource provisioning and time-consuming individual provisioning of client devices, especially when only reduced resources are needed.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a virtual transmission system that provides only the necessary network resources for M2M data transmission, circumventing the physical transmission system to offload network load and reduce costs by using virtual elements that emulate physical hardware, allowing for group provisioning of multiple client devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a physical transmission system is used to transmit M2M data, then network coverage and reliability are improved, but network resource consumption increases and costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
A virtual transmission system is introduced as an intermediary between M2M client devices and the physical transmission system. The virtual system handles data transmission for low-priority M2M traffic, reducing the load on the physical system and conserving network resources while maintaining reliable connectivity through the virtual infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmission system is segmented into virtual and physical components, with the virtual transmission system handling specific M2M data flows separately from the main physical network. This segmentation allows optimized resource allocation where the virtual system consumes fewer resources for appropriate traffic types.
2Manufacturing precision
If individual provisioning is performed for each client device, then device-specific configuration accuracy is improved, but provisioning time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple client devices are grouped into a common M2M client group and provisioned collectively through a single provisioning operation. This merging approach maintains necessary device-specific configurations while dramatically reducing provisioning time compared to individual device provisioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The provisioning system is designed to handle both individual device provisioning and group provisioning universally. The virtual transmission system provides a common provisioning interface that can accommodate multiple devices simultaneously while still allowing for device-specific parameter customization when needed.
3Reliability
If excess network resources are provisioned for M2M devices, then service quality is improved, but transmission costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Different quality levels are provided locally to different M2M devices based on their specific needs. The virtual transmission system allocates appropriate network resources to each device or group based on their service requirements, providing high quality where needed and reduced quality where acceptable, thereby optimizing overall resource utilization and reducing costs.
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AI summary
One or more devices, including one or more virtual elements associated with a virtual transmission system that emulates one or more physical devices of a physical transmission system, may receive provisioning information for a client device; provision the client device to prepare the client device to receive or transmit a data flow via the one or more virtual elements based on the provisioning information; receive the data flow; and transmit the data flow from the client device or to the client device via the one or more virtual elements based on provisioning the client device. The data flow may be transmitted or received via the one or more virtual elements to circumvent one or more gateways of the physical transmission system.