Wireless Network Management via Echo Back Time Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless network systems face challenges in managing multiple portable devices effectively, particularly in providing adaptive and convenient wireless services based on device locations and priorities.
Innovation Solution
A network managing method and device that measure echo back times from user equipment to determine locations and adjust wireless operations of access points based on priorities, using triangulation and adjusting beam-forming and mesh routing methods to optimize service delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple portable wireless devices are carried and used simultaneously, then user convenience and mobility are improved, but network management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables portable devices to perform self-location through echo back time measurement without requiring complex external positioning infrastructure. Devices automatically determine their own locations and transmit this information to access points, which then autonomously adjust wireless operations based on location and priority data, reducing the need for manual network management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where portable devices transmit location information obtained through echo back time measurement to wireless access points. This feedback loop enables the access points to dynamically adjust their operations based on real-time location data, creating an adaptive network management system that responds to device positions automatically.
2Reliability
If location-based adaptive services are implemented, then service quality is improved, but measurement and detection difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical or infrastructure-based positioning systems with a wireless communication-based location measurement method. By using echo back time measurement, the system determines device locations through signal transmission and reception timing rather than requiring physical sensors, cameras, or GPS infrastructure, thereby simplifying the measurement process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the measurement parameter from complex positional data collection to simple time-based echo back measurement. By measuring the time for signal round-trip (echo back time), the system converts difficult spatial measurement problems into easier temporal measurement problems, which are simpler to implement and process.
3Productivity
If wireless operations are adjusted based on location and priority, then network efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment of wireless operations where access points automatically modify their behavior based on real-time location and priority information. The system transitions from static, fixed operations to dynamic, adaptive operations that respond to changing device positions and priorities, enabling efficient resource allocation without requiring complex manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the network management function by separating location determination (performed by portable devices) from operation adjustment (performed by access points). This segmentation allows each component to focus on its specific function, reducing the complexity burden on any single device while improving overall network efficiency through coordinated operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enables adaptive and efficient wireless service provision, prioritizing user equipment based on location and movement, enhancing network performance and convenience by ensuring optimal signal coverage and routing.
Implementation Method 1
controlling the plurality of wireless access equipments to measure a plurality of echo back time of the at least one user equipment to obtain a plurality of measurement results
Implementation Method 2
determining locations of the at least one user equipment according to the plurality of measurement results and locations of the plurality of wireless access equipments
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AI summary
A network managing method is utilized for a wireless network system. The wireless network includes multiple wireless access equipments and multiple user equipments. The method uses the wireless access equipments to measure a plurality of echo back time of the user equipments to obtain multiple measurement results, determines locations of the user equipments according to the measurement results and locations of the wireless access equipments, and adjusts wireless operations from the wireless access equipments to the user equipments according to the locations and priorities of the user equipments.