Wireless Router State Machine Multi-Network Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data networks are inefficient in handling large volumes of low-bandwidth devices, resulting in a low useful-to-useless data ratio due to uncoordinated communication, which hampers the commercial viability of large-scale sensor network deployments.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication system comprising a state machine and a router that maintains network availability and characteristics across multiple wireless networks, allowing for dynamic selection and routing of data packets based on network conditions, ensuring optimal data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If large volumes of low bandwidth devices communicate in an uncoordinated environment, then device connectivity is achieved, but network resource utilization efficiency deteriorates (useful/useless data ratio below 10%)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic network selection through a state machine that continuously monitors network characteristics (signal strength, data rate, latency, cost) and adapts routing decisions in real-time. The router dynamically switches between multiple wireless networks based on current conditions, transforming the static uncoordinated communication environment into a dynamic optimized system that maintains high device connectivity while improving resource utilization efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes multiple network parameters simultaneously including signal strength thresholds, data rate requirements, latency tolerances, and cost constraints. By adjusting these parameters based on network conditions and device requirements, the system optimizes the useful-to-useless data ratio while maintaining support for large volumes of low bandwidth devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wireless networks are used for device connectivity, then network coverage and accessibility are improved, but system complexity increases (multiple network monitoring and selection required)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dedicated state machine as an intermediary component that centralizes the monitoring and evaluation of multiple wireless networks. This state machine acts as a mediator between the physical network interfaces and the application layer, automatically tracking network characteristics and making selection decisions. This intermediary approach maintains high network coverage and accessibility while managing system complexity by consolidating control logic in a specialized component rather than distributing it across multiple devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments network management functions into distinct modular components: a state machine for monitoring and evaluation, a router for decision-making and packet routing, and individual network interface handlers. This segmentation allows each component to focus on specific tasks, making the overall multi-network management system more manageable and maintainable while preserving versatility across multiple wireless networks
3Productivity
If network selection is based on real-time characteristics, then data transmission efficiency is improved, but processing overhead and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The state machine performs preliminary monitoring and evaluation of network characteristics before actual data transmission occurs. By continuously tracking signal strength, data rate, latency, and cost metrics in advance, the system prepares routing decisions proactively rather than reactively. This preliminary action enables efficient real-time routing without excessive processing overhead during critical data transmission moments, as the evaluation framework is already established and running in the background
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless device across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics. The router operates to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the wireless device through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.