Wireless Base Station Congestion Feedback for Balanced Terminal Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional wireless communication systems face issues with decreased utilization efficiency of high-quality wireless base stations and uneven communication quality among terminals due to autonomous terminal-based connection decisions without considering base station performance differences.

Innovation Solution

Wireless base stations set thresholds based on past communication values to determine congestion, adjusting connection conditions such as cost to balance load and improve efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If wireless terminals autonomously determine connection destinations without considering base station performance differences, then terminal operation simplicity is improved, but base station utilization efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveterminal operation simplicityVSAvoidbase station utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where base stations report their congestion degrees to the blockchain network, and terminals receive this information to make informed connection decisions. The base station determines congestion degree based on communication quality metrics and reports it to the network, creating a feedback loop that balances autonomous terminal operation with efficient base station utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces the blockchain network as an intermediary that collects congestion degree information from base stations and provides it to terminals. This intermediary mechanism enables terminals to make autonomous decisions based on real-time base station performance data without requiring complex terminal-side analysis or centralized control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If terminals autonomously select base stations without congestion information, then system complexity is reduced, but communication quality uniformity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidcommunication quality uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains low complexity by having base stations autonomously determine and report their own congestion degrees based on their communication quality metrics. This feedback mechanism ensures that terminals receive accurate congestion information without requiring complex terminal-side analysis, thereby maintaining communication quality uniformity across the network.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Base stations perform self-assessment of their congestion degrees by evaluating their own communication quality metrics and autonomously reporting this information to the blockchain network. This self-service approach reduces system complexity by eliminating the need for external monitoring or complex terminal-side evaluation while ensuring reliable communication quality information is available.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If base stations operate without dynamic connection condition adjustment, then system simplicity is maintained, but communication quality differences between terminals worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem simplicityVSAvoidcommunication quality uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adjustment of connection conditions by having base stations continuously determine their congestion degrees based on real-time communication quality metrics and report these to the blockchain network. This dynamic mechanism allows the system to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining relative simplicity through automated base station assessments rather than complex centralized control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250261012A1Radio communication method, and radio communication system
Publication Date: 2025.08.14 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP
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AI summary

In order to improve utilization efficiency of a wireless base station having high communication quality and smooth a difference in communication quality between wireless terminals, in a wireless communication method, a wireless base station performs setting processing of setting a threshold for determining a congestion degree of the wireless base station on a basis of an actual value of past communication, determination processing of determining a congestion degree of the wireless base station using the threshold, and change processing of changing a connection condition of the wireless base station on a basis of a congestion degree of the wireless base station.