Wireless Camera Transmission Capacity Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional architectures for live event broadcasting are costly and inflexible, requiring significant logistical efforts and equipment investments, especially for small to medium-sized media production companies, due to the need for satellite trucks and high transmission costs for video signals.
Innovation Solution
Wireless-enabled TV cameras transmit signals directly to a base station, leveraging LTE networks for broadcasting, eliminating the need for satellite trucks and reducing costs by using a cellular modem for transmission, with a server managing wireless transmission capacity to allocate and prioritize bandwidth as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If satellite trucks and microwave transmission are used for live broadcasting, then transmission reliability is improved, but transmission cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical satellite truck system with wireless-enabled cameras that transmit data directly via cellular networks. This substitution eliminates the need for physical satellite trucks, microwave transmission equipment, and associated logistics, thereby dramatically reducing transmission costs while maintaining reliable broadcast quality through modern wireless communication infrastructure.
2Speed
If satellite trucks are deployed to event locations, then real-time broadcasting capability is improved, but device complexity and logistical requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the broadcasting system into individual wireless-enabled cameras with embedded cellular modems, replacing the centralized satellite truck. Each camera operates independently, capturing and transmitting video streams directly to remote locations. This segmentation eliminates the need for complex satellite truck equipment while maintaining real-time broadcasting capability through distributed wireless transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the transmission function from the satellite truck and integrates it directly into the cameras themselves via embedded cellular modems. This extraction eliminates the need for separate satellite truck equipment, reducing device complexity and logistical requirements while preserving real-time broadcasting capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple secondary events are covered simultaneously, then broadcasting versatility is improved, but transmission capacity requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs wireless-enabled cameras with embedded cellular modems that can be deployed universally across multiple locations to cover various secondary events simultaneously. Each camera independently transmits its feed via cellular networks, allowing versatile multi-event coverage without requiring additional dedicated transmission infrastructure for each event, thereby managing transmission capacity efficiently.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method for managing wireless transmission capacity, comprising storing, at a server, available wireless transmission capacity obtained from a wireless transmission capacity provider, reserving by the server at least part of said available wireless transmission capacity for a first user, updating said stored information based on said reserved wireless transmission capacity, receiving by the server an indication about wireless transmission capacity need concerning another user, detecting that said wireless transmission capacity need cannot be met, and taking action by the server to increase wireless transmission capacity available for allocation for said another user.