Wireless Access Controller Reduces Initialization Overhead

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional access systems experience an unnecessary increase in initialization processes when accessing functional devices through wireless communication, leading to prolonged processing times due to frequent requests for initialization, especially in unstable wireless connection environments.

Innovation Solution

The system includes an access controller that performs an initialization process on additional devices to obtain characteristic information before establishing communication, storing this information in memory and transmitting it to the access apparatus without reinitializing the device upon connection, thereby reducing the frequency of initialization processes and enhancing connection speed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the access apparatus performs initialization process every time wireless connection is established, then the additional device can be accessed reliably, but the connection establishment time increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess reliabilityVSAvoidconnection establishment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The access controller performs the initialization process of the additional device in advance, before establishing wireless communication with the access apparatus. The obtained characteristic information is stored in memory and automatically provided to the access apparatus when connection is established, eliminating the need to repeat initialization upon reconnection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts only the necessary characteristic information from the initialization process and separates it from the full initialization procedure. This extracted information is stored and reused, allowing the system to maintain reliability while avoiding redundant initialization operations during reconnection scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Stability of the object's composition

If initialization process is performed frequently in unstable wireless environments, then device state consistency is maintained, but processing efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice state consistencyVSAvoidprocessing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The access controller monitors the wireless connection state and intelligently determines when to perform initialization based on actual connection stability. In stable connections, the stored characteristic information is reused without reinitialization, while in unstable scenarios, initialization is performed selectively to maintain consistency only when necessary.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the operational parameters by storing characteristic information obtained during initialization and using this stored data for subsequent connections. This parameter change allows the system to switch between full initialization and fast reconnection modes, improving processing efficiency while maintaining device state consistency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9331954B2Functional device, access system, and communication establishing method
Publication Date: 2016.05.03 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

A functional device can communicate with an access apparatus through wireless communication. At least one additional device can be connected to the functional device. The functional device includes an access controller that performs an initialization process of the additional device to obtain characteristic information of the additional device from the additional device, before establishing communication between the access apparatus and the functional device, a memory that stores the obtained characteristic information, a communication unit that performs transmission and reception of data with the access apparatus, and a communication controller that transmits the characteristic information stored in the memory to the access apparatus without performing an initialization process of the additional device, upon establishment of communication with the access apparatus by the communication unit.