Wireless Reporting Control via Timing Thresholds
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Solution Overview
Problem
In wireless communication networks, redundant reporting events can occur frequently due to the close timing of request-triggered and event-triggered reporting events, leading to inefficient resource usage and increased power consumption.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that determine the time difference between request-triggered and event-triggered reporting events, comparing it to a threshold to control reporting operations, thereby canceling or modifying event-triggered reporting to avoid redundant information transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If both request-triggered and event-triggered reporting operations are performed without timing coordination, then comprehensive measurement reporting is achieved, but redundant information transmission increases resource consumption and power usage
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary timing analysis by determining the time difference between request-triggered and event-triggered reporting events before executing the reporting operations. This preliminary action allows the receiver to predict potential redundancies and prepare appropriate control actions, thereby avoiding unnecessary power consumption while maintaining complete measurement reporting
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback control by comparing the determined time difference against a threshold and using this comparison to control subsequent reporting operations. The receiver provides feedback control signals that suppress redundant event-triggered reporting when timing conditions indicate redundancy, thus reducing power consumption while preserving essential measurement information
2Reliability
If both request-triggered and event-triggered reporting operations are performed without timing coordination, then complete measurement feedback is provided, but network resource usage increases due to redundant transmissions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary timing analysis by determining the time difference between request-triggered and event-triggered reporting events before executing the reporting operations. This preliminary action allows the system to predict potential redundancies and prepare appropriate control actions, thereby avoiding unnecessary resource consumption while maintaining complete measurement reporting
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback control by comparing the determined time difference against a threshold and using this comparison to control subsequent reporting operations. The receiver provides feedback control signals that suppress redundant event-triggered reporting when timing conditions indicate redundancy, thus reducing network resource usage while preserving essential measurement information
3Loss of energy
If event-triggered reporting is suppressed based on timing comparison, then redundant transmissions are reduced, but some event information may be lost if suppression is too aggressive
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of time difference threshold to optimize the balance between power consumption and information completeness. By adjusting this threshold parameter, the system can adapt to different operational conditions and ensure that only genuinely redundant events are suppressed, while maintaining sensitivity to capture all significant measurement changes
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AI summary
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling reporting operations based on the timing of certain reporting events. In some aspects, the manner in which an apparatus performs reporting operations may depend on how far apart in time two reporting events occur. As one example, if the timing of an event-triggered report closely follows the timing of a request-triggered report, the apparatus may skip or otherwise alter the event-triggered reporting.