Wireless Station Direct Link for Bandwidth Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional wireless systems face inefficiencies in utilizing limited bandwidth and managing wireless connectivity, particularly in rural areas where fixed wireless access is used, leading to suboptimal performance and data throughput.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a system where wireless stations establish direct device-to-device connections to share performance metrics and settings with a communication management resource, which adjusts wireless link attributes to optimize bandwidth usage and data transmission across the network.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If wireless stations use conventional centralized communication through base stations, then network management is simplified, but bandwidth utilization is suboptimal and data throughput is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata throughputVSAvoidcommunication architecture

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the centralized communication architecture into distributed peer-to-peer connections. Wireless stations are divided into groups that can communicate directly with each other without always routing through base stations, allowing parallel data paths and improved bandwidth utilization across the network

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces communication management resources as intermediaries that coordinate peer-to-peer connections between wireless stations. These intermediaries manage connection establishment, data routing, and resource allocation, enabling efficient direct communication while maintaining network-level control and optimization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of energy

If wireless stations establish direct device-to-device connections, then bandwidth utilization improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebandwidth utilizationVSAvoidconnection management

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Communication management resources act as intermediaries that handle the complexity of establishing and managing direct device-to-device connections. They coordinate connection setup, monitor performance metrics, and manage data routing between wireless stations, reducing the burden on individual devices while enabling efficient peer-to-peer communication

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where wireless stations share performance metrics (signal strength, data rate, interference levels) with communication management resources. This feedback enables dynamic optimization of direct connections, allowing the system to adjust routing decisions and connection parameters to maximize bandwidth utilization while maintaining manageable complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If performance metrics are collected and shared in real-time, then network optimization improves, but communication overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork optimizationVSAvoidcommunication overhead

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent collects and shares only the most critical performance metrics (signal strength, data rate, interference levels) rather than all possible parameters. This partial action approach provides sufficient information for network optimization decisions while minimizing the communication overhead associated with metric collection and sharing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

Performance metric collection is segmented into local station-level measurements and network-level aggregation. Individual stations collect local metrics and share them with communication management resources, which then aggregate this information to make optimization decisions, reducing the total communication overhead compared to centralized collection of all metrics

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11503487B2Efficient collection and communication of wireless data

Publication Date: 2022.11.15 CHARTER COMM OPERATING LLC

AI summary

A wireless network environment includes multiple wireless stations (such as fixed wireless access points or customer premises equipment), a wireless network of one or more wireless base stations, and a communication management resource. A first wireless station establishes a first wireless link with the wireless network. A second wireless station establishes a second wireless link with the wireless network. Additionally, the first wireless station establishes second wireless connectivity providing a direct connection (wireless communication link) between the first wireless station and the second wireless station. Via the second wireless connectivity, the first wireless station receives data from the second wireless station. The first wireless station communicates the received data over the first wireless connectivity from the first wireless station to a communication management resource. The received data includes any suitable data such as performance metrics associated with the second wireless station and/or the second wireless link.