Context-Aware Wearable Sensor Data Transmission Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical alert devices face challenges in efficiently transmitting high-resolution data due to operating in highly regulated frequency bands, which affects transmission reliability and battery life.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for context-aware data transmission, where data is classified into categories and transmitted using corresponding transmission configurations, optimizing power usage and reliability by selecting appropriate transmission settings based on data type, priority, and context such as user age, time, or activity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If high-resolution data is transmitted using fixed transmission settings in regulated frequency bands, then data quality is maintained, but transmission reliability deteriorates and battery life is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making transmission configurations adaptive rather than fixed. The system dynamically selects transmission configurations based on data category classification, allowing transmission parameters to change according to the specific data being transmitted. This resolves the contradiction by enabling high-resolution transmission when needed while using optimized configurations for other data types, thereby maintaining data quality when required while improving overall transmission reliability and battery life.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes transmission parameters based on data categories. Different transmission configurations (with different power levels, baud rates, and other parameters) are selected according to the classified data category. This allows the system to optimize transmission parameters for each data type, maintaining high resolution for critical data while improving reliability and energy efficiency for less critical data.
2Measurement precision
If high-resolution data is transmitted continuously using fixed transmission settings, then data quality is maintained, but battery life deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data into different categories and applies different transmission configurations to each category. This segmentation allows the system to transmit high-resolution data only when necessary (for specific categories) while using more energy-efficient configurations for other data types, thereby extending battery life while maintaining data quality where required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes transmission parameters based on data category classification. By adjusting power levels, baud rates, and other parameters according to the specific data being transmitted, the system maintains high resolution for critical data while reducing power consumption for less critical data, thus extending battery life.
3Reliability
If transmission power is increased to improve reliability in regulated bands, then transmission reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different transmission configurations to different data categories. Instead of using high power for all transmissions, the system uses higher power only for specific data categories that require it, while using lower power configurations for other categories. This localized approach improves reliability where needed while reducing overall energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes transmission parameters including power levels based on data category classification. This allows the system to optimize the balance between reliability and energy consumption by using higher power only when necessary for specific data types while using lower power for other data types.
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AI summary
The present solution provides a system and a method for efficiently transmitting data recorded by a wearable sensor. More particularly, the systems and methods described herein enable the data/context-aware transmission of data. In some implementations, by classifying data into predefined categories and then transmitting the data using a transmitter configuration associated with each of the categories enables improved transmission reliability while also improving battery life.