Wireless Network Information Controller for Virtualized Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional communication devices, when virtualized, face challenges in accessing physical wireless interface information necessary for system software to monitor and control wireless communication, leading to information loss during conversion from wireless to wired formats.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication device with a wireless-network-information controller that acquires and processes wireless network information, providing it to virtual machines within a virtual computing environment, ensuring seamless communication control without information loss by direct access to the wireless interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If frame conversion from wireless to wired format is performed in virtualized environment, then virtualization and environment isolation are achieved, but wireless interface information is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless information acquisition unit as an intermediary component that bridges the virtual machine environment and the physical wireless interface. This unit acquires wireless interface information (such as received power, interference events, and communication status) directly from the physical interface and provides it to the virtual machine, thereby preventing information loss while maintaining virtualization benefits.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless interface is virtualized in communication device, then general computation functions are enabled, but direct access to physical wireless information becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a wireless information acquisition unit that acts as a mediator between the virtualized computation environment and the physical wireless interface. This intermediary component simplifies access to wireless information for virtual machines by automatically acquiring and providing the necessary data without requiring complex control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless information acquisition unit operates autonomously to acquire and provide wireless interface information to the virtual machine. It self-manages the information flow from the physical interface to the virtual environment, reducing the operational burden on the system.
3Loss of information
If direct access to physical wireless interface is allowed, then wireless information is preserved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless information acquisition unit as an intermediary that handles the complexity of direct physical interface access. This unit manages the interaction between the virtual machine and the physical wireless interface, preserving wireless information while avoiding the need for complex control mechanisms in the virtual machine itself.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a wireless-communication interface and a wireless-network-information controller. The wireless-communication interface is configured to communicate with one or more terminal using a wireless network. The wireless-network-information controller is configured to receive, a request for wireless network information which is information based on wireless communication with the terminal from a virtual machine operating on a virtual computing environment executed in a processor or a container operating on a container environment executed in the processor, and configured to acquire the wireless network information using the wireless-communication interface based on the request or configured to read out the wireless network information from information given in advance, and transmits the wireless network information to the virtual machine or the container.