Wireless Network Management System for Device Configuration Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communications networks face challenges in optimizing device configurations to enhance performance, such as data transmission speed, communication range, and reliability, due to complexities in managing device locations and network settings.

Innovation Solution

A wireless network management system that retrieves information on device identities, locations, and configurations, and automatically or manually suggests modifications to improve network performance by adjusting device positions and configurations, using pre-configured computer appliances that can be deployed without requiring additional software or hardware installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual configuration management is used, then device control flexibility is maintained, but network optimization efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork optimization efficiencyVSAvoidautomatic configuration management

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic configuration management where the network management apparatus autonomously retrieves device information, analyzes network performance, determines optimal configurations, and implements modifications without requiring manual user intervention for each step, thereby resolving the contradiction between automation extent and optimization efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring and retrieving device information in advance, maintaining an updated database of device locations and configurations, so that when optimization is needed, the analysis can proceed immediately with current data, improving network optimization efficiency while maintaining automated operation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If continuous monitoring of all devices is performed, then network performance visibility is improved, but system resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork performance visibilityVSAvoidsystem resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by selectively monitoring and retrieving information only for devices that require optimization or are relevant to current network performance issues, rather than continuously processing all device data equally, thus improving network performance visibility while controlling system resource consumption

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback mechanisms where the network management apparatus analyzes retrieved device information, determines whether optimization is needed, and only then proceeds with detailed analysis and configuration changes, creating a responsive monitoring system that adjusts its resource usage based on actual network conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11985022B2Systems and methods for managing devices on a wireless communications networks

Publication Date: 2024.05.14 SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO

AI summary

An example network management apparatus is configured to continuously monitor an environment for a plurality of wireless signals transmitted by a plurality of wireless network devices, and determine first data regarding the wireless network devices, including identifiers of the wireless network devices, locations of the wireless network devices, and network configurations of the wireless network devices. Further, the network management apparatus is configured to access second data regarding physical characteristics of the environment, determining one or more modifications of the network configurations of the wireless network devices, and transmit one or more commands to the wireless network devices to modify one or more of their respective network configurations.