Wireless Coverage Extension Using Predictive Base Station Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless networks face challenges in extending coverage to areas with little or no connectivity, leading to service disruptions and increased costs from adding new communications towers.
Innovation Solution
Predicting user travel routes and dynamically adjusting wireless network parameters, such as power and direction, to extend coverage areas and transfer services to other networks based on location density information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If new communications towers are added to extend network coverage in dead zones, then coverage area is improved, but cost and network availability time worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic coverage extension by enabling base stations to adaptively adjust their coverage parameters (power, direction, antenna configuration) in real-time based on user device locations and movement patterns. This dynamic approach allows the network to extend coverage to dead zones on-demand without permanently deploying additional infrastructure, resolving the contradiction between coverage area and infrastructure complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters of existing base stations (transmission power, beam direction, antenna orientation) to extend coverage dynamically. By modifying these parameters rather than adding physical infrastructure, the system achieves coverage extension while avoiding the complexity and cost associated with deploying new towers
2Area of stationary object
If new communications towers are added to extend network coverage in dead zones, then coverage area is improved, but deployment time worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and preparing coverage extension configurations before users actually enter dead zones. By anticipating user movement patterns and pre-adjusting base station parameters, the system extends coverage instantly without requiring time-consuming physical deployment of new towers
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic parameter adjustment capability allows the network to extend coverage in real-time through software-controlled changes to existing infrastructure. This eliminates the time required for physical tower deployment while achieving the same coverage extension effect
3Area of stationary object
If wireless network parameters are dynamically adjusted to extend coverage, then coverage area is improved, but energy consumption worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by directing enhanced coverage resources only to specific geographic areas where users are detected or predicted to be present. Instead of uniformly increasing power across all base stations, the system locally adjusts parameters in dead zones, extending coverage while minimizing overall energy consumption
Solution Approach 2:
By dynamically changing operational parameters (power levels, beam directions) only when and where needed, the system achieves coverage extension with minimal energy expenditure. The parameter adjustments are transient and location-specific, avoiding continuous high-energy operation
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AI summary
A communications access point may provide access to a wireless communications network to a user device located at a first location. The communications access point may determine that the user device is moving from the first location to a second location where access to the wireless network is limited or not available. In response to the determination, the communications access point may provide access to the wireless network at the second location by extending a coverage area of the wireless network.