Wireless Communication Device Dynamic Topology Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

The efficiency of data paths in a wireless communication group varies depending on which device provides and which device uses the content, leading to inefficient communication.

Innovation Solution

A wireless communication device that receives information on content use or provision, calculates the number of content-providing and content-using devices, and judges whether to change the group topology based on this information to optimize data paths.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If wireless communication devices form a group with fixed master-slave roles, then the group structure is simple and easy to manage, but the data paths become inefficient when content provision and usage patterns change

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegroup structure simplicityVSAvoiddata transmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic topology changes where the master-slave roles are not fixed but can be reassigned based on real-time content provision and usage patterns. The judgment section continuously evaluates whether to switch the master unit based on the balance between content-providing and content-using devices, allowing the network topology to adapt dynamically to changing conditions and optimize data transmission paths.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the operational parameters of the wireless communication group by monitoring the numbers of content-providing and content-using devices. When the balance between these roles shifts, the system modifies the master-slave assignment parameter to reflect the new content provision usage pattern, thereby optimizing the data transmission efficiency according to current network conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of manufacture

If the master unit is determined based on priority parameters exchanged among devices, then the master selection process is straightforward, but the data paths may be inefficient when content usage patterns change

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaster selection simplicityVSAvoiddata transmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a feedback mechanism where the judgment section continuously monitors the balance between content-providing and content-using devices in the group. Based on this feedback information, the system dynamically determines whether to switch the master unit, creating a closed-loop control system that adapts master selection to real-time content usage patterns rather than relying solely on static priority parameters.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9282440B2Wireless communication device, program, and communication control method
Publication Date: 2016.03.08 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

There is provided a wireless communication device including a wireless communication section which receives, in a group for wireless communication, information indicating a state of content use or provision by another device in the group, a calculation section which calculates, based on the received information, a number of devices operating a function of providing the content in the group and a number of devices operating a function of using the content in the group, and a judgment section which judges whether to change a topology of the group based on a relationship between the number of devices operating the function of providing the content and the number of devices operating the function of using the content and on states of content provision and use by a device operating as a master unit in the group.