Wireless Communication Sub-Channel Data Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile communication apparatuses in wireless communication networks face challenges in reducing power consumption and efficiently utilizing available wireless channels, as they often rely on single channels and have limited battery life due to high energy usage.

Innovation Solution

The method involves determining the availability of multiple sub-channels and simultaneously using them to transmit divergent copies of a data segment, allowing for efficient data transmission and reception, which reduces power consumption and extends battery life by optimizing receiver duty cycles and error correction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If multiple sub-channels are used simultaneously for data transmission, then channel utilization efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel utilization efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the wireless communication channel into multiple sub-channels, allowing simultaneous transmission of divergent copies of data segments. This segmentation enables parallel data transmission across different sub-channels, improving channel utilization efficiency while managing device complexity through structured signal processing operations including sequential reception, identification of divergent copies, and reconstruction of original data segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Use of energy by moving object

If receiver duty cycle is reduced to save power, then energy consumption is improved, but data reception reliability may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy consumptionVSAvoiddata reception reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by transmitting divergent copies of data segments across multiple sub-channels before the receiver needs to process them. The receiver can reconstruct the original data segment from any sufficient subset of received copies, allowing the receiver to operate with reduced duty cycle while maintaining reliability through the redundancy of pre-transmitted copies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of data transmission by using divergent copies with different properties transmitted across multiple sub-channels. This allows the receiver to obtain sufficient data information through fewer active reception periods, reducing energy consumption while maintaining data reception reliability through the diverse information content of multiple copies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9609631B2Wireless communication apparatuses and related methods
Publication Date: 2017.03.28 MEDIATEK INC
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AI summary

An embodiment of the invention provides a method to be performed by a first wireless communication apparatus in communicating with a second wireless communication apparatus. First, the first wireless communication apparatus determines whether a plurality of sub-channels are simultaneously available for the second wireless communication apparatus. Then, the first wireless communication apparatus simultaneously uses the sub-channels to transmit a plurality of divergent copies of a data segment to the second wireless communication apparatus, respectively, if the sub-channels are simultaneously available for the second wireless communication apparatus.