Wireless Scheduling Data Compression for Faster Channel Parameter Setup

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing wireless network scheduling systems face challenges in setting external parameters like channel information in a timely manner, which hampers the efficiency of coordinated radio resource control schemes, particularly due to the time-consuming process of transmitting and processing M-bit information from user equipment to scheduling calculation units.

Innovation Solution

A scheduling system that compresses M-bit information into N bits and expands it to L bits for efficient transfer and processing, utilizing a transfer source process unit and a scheduling calculation unit, where the transfer source process unit adds IDs or flag information to the compressed data, enabling faster data transmission and processing, and the transfer destination process unit expands the data for the scheduling calculation unit.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If M-bit channel information is transmitted from transfer source process unit to transfer destination process unit, then the scheduling calculation unit can identify optimal combination pattern between TPs and UE, but the transmission and processing time becomes excessively long

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel information accuracyVSAvoidscheduling calculation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the M-bit channel information into multiple N-bit segments (where M > N), processes and transmits them separately through different transfer source process units to transfer destination process units, and then reconstructs the complete channel information at the scheduling calculation unit. This segmentation reduces the transmission time and processing burden for each individual data transfer while maintaining the overall accuracy of the channel information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If channel information is obtained from user equipment and stored in transfer destination process unit, then the scheduling calculation can be performed, but the external setting parameter acquisition time increases the overall process duration

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoordinated radio resource controlVSAvoidprocess rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary compression and segmentation of the channel information before transmission to the transfer destination process unit. By pre-processing the data into manageable N-bit segments with added identification information, the system prepares the channel information in advance for faster retrieval and processing during the scheduling calculation, thereby improving the overall process rate while maintaining reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If the transfer source process unit transmits channel information to the transfer destination process unit, then the scheduling calculation unit has the necessary data, but the data transfer time becomes a bottleneck

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel information completenessVSAvoiddata transfer speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary structure where the channel information is divided into multiple N-bit segments, each with added identification information (TP ID, UE ID, flag information). These segmented data units act as intermediaries that can be independently transmitted and reassembled, enabling parallel transmission paths and reducing the overall data transfer time while preserving the completeness of the original M-bit channel information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12010554B2Scheduling system and method
Publication Date: 2024.06.11 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP
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AI summary

In a scheduling calculation unit, a setting parameter value, such as channel information, can be set in a short time period. A scheduling system includes: a transfer source process unit that compresses M-bit information (M is an integer of two or more) obtained from user equipment, to N bits (N<M, N is an integer of one or more); a transfer destination process unit that expands N-bit information transmitted from the transfer source process unit, or N-bit information read from the transfer source process unit, to L bits (L>N, L is an integer of two or more), and stores the expanded information; and a scheduling calculation unit that identifies an optimal combination pattern between a transmission point and the user equipment, using L-bit information stored in the transfer destination process unit.