Wi-Fi Analytics Reporting Setup for Periodic STA QoS Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless networks lack mechanisms for periodic reporting of latency and performance statistics between access points (APs) and non-AP stations (STAs), which are crucial for enhancing network performance and ensuring quality of service, especially for latency-sensitive applications like augmented reality and Internet of Things.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a framework for analytics reporting services (ARS) that allows non-AP stations to periodically send statistics reports, including latency, performance, and channel occupancy reports to their associated APs, using management frames, to facilitate better network adaptation and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If periodic analytics reporting is implemented between AP and STA, then network performance monitoring and QoS assurance are improved, but device complexity and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the analytics reporting process into distinct phases: capability negotiation during association, periodic report generation at STA, and report processing at AP. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently with well-defined interfaces, improving reliability without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by negotiating analytics reporting capabilities during the initial association phase between AP and STA. This advance negotiation establishes the framework for future periodic reporting, enabling performance monitoring to be activated without adding complexity to the ongoing operation phase.
2Reliability
If statistics reports are transmitted periodically from STA to AP, then network degradation mitigation is improved, but use of energy and channel resources increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by transmitting analytics reports at defined intervals rather than continuously. The STA generates and transmits statistics reports periodically based on negotiated parameters, allowing the system to maintain reliable network degradation detection while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring and reporting.
3Adaptability or versatility
If analytics reporting service is established during association, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the analytics reporting service negotiation with the existing Wi-Fi association process. By combining these functions into a single integrated procedure, the system achieves high adaptability for different reporting requirements while maintaining ease of operation, as users only need to perform the standard association process without separate analytics setup steps.
Data Source
AI summary
A station (STA) includes a processor configured to establish a connection with an access point (AP), and generate a statistics report corresponding with the connection, the statistic report including at least one information set. The STA also includes a transceiver operably coupled to the processor. The transceiver configured to transmit the statistics report to the AP. The at least one information set may include at least one of a latency statistics report, a performance statistics report, and a channel occupancy report.