Wireless Device Grouping for Staggered Communication Timing

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Solution Overview

Problem

In wireless communication systems, when multiple devices regain power after a failure, they often start communicating simultaneously, leading to system congestion and potential system downtime due to temporal concentration of communication loads.

Innovation Solution

The system groups wireless communication devices based on device information such as service characteristics, communication data types, and mobility, determining specific communication timing for each group to disperse the communication start times, thereby reducing overall system load.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If wireless communication devices start communication simultaneously after power restoration, then all devices can regain service quickly, but system processing becomes congested and may cause system downtime

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication resumption speedVSAvoidsystem stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the wireless communication devices into multiple groups based on device information characteristics. Each group is assigned different communication timing parameters, so devices do not communicate simultaneously but in staggered batches. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining quick service restoration while preventing system congestion through distributed communication timing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements periodic communication actions by assigning different communication intervals and timing offsets to different device groups. After power restoration, devices in different groups communicate at different periodic intervals rather than all at once. This periodic distribution maintains high communication resumption efficiency while ensuring system stability through load management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Device complexity

If communication timing is synchronized for all devices, then system management is simplified, but communication load concentrates temporally causing system congestion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetiming management complexityVSAvoidcommunication load concentration
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different communication timing characteristics to different device groups based on their specific characteristics. Each group has customized timing parameters (intervals, offsets, frequencies) suited to its nature, rather than a uniform timing scheme. This resolves the contradiction by distributing communication loads locally according to device characteristics while maintaining overall system manageability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes communication timing parameters (intervals, offsets, frequencies) based on device information characteristics. Devices with different service types, data characteristics, or mobility patterns are assigned different timing parameters. This parameter differentiation distributes communication loads across time while maintaining systematic management through characteristic-based classification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Object-generated harmful factors

If communication timing is dispersed across devices, then system load is reduced, but timing coordination complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem load congestionVSAvoidtiming coordination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent manages timing coordination complexity by systematically changing communication timing parameters based on device information characteristics. Rather than arbitrary dispersion, devices are assigned specific timing parameters (intervals, offsets, frequencies) derived from their service types, data characteristics, and mobility patterns. This resolves the contradiction by dispersing loads effectively while maintaining coordination through characteristic-based parameter assignment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent achieves universal timing coordination by using device information characteristics as a common basis for all timing decisions. The same characteristic-based classification system serves multiple functions: grouping devices, assigning timing parameters, and managing communication schedules. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing a unified framework that handles both load dispersion and coordination systematically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10212719B2Communication timing control method, communication service system and wireless communication terminal
Publication Date: 2019.02.19 KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC
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AI summary

A communication timing control method for a communication service system provided with wireless communication devices, a wireless network, and an upper server groups the wireless communication devices using device information including characteristics of a service provided to the wireless communication devices entering the communication service system via the wireless network, characteristics of communication data handled in an execution application for receiving the provided service, and transfer characteristics of the wireless communication devices receiving the provided service. Next, a group-specific communication timing is determined for the grouped wireless communication devices. Next, communication is performed on the basis of the determined communication timing.