Wireless Traffic Control via Scheduling Parameter Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless communication systems face capacity limitations and service disruptions due to excessive traffic volume, leading to potential disconnections and quality deterioration for other users, necessitating effective traffic control mechanisms.

Innovation Solution

The system implements traffic control based on user quality of experience (QoE) by identifying heavy users and adjusting scheduling parameters, such as allocation and retention priority (ARP) values, to manage congestion and optimize resource allocation in wireless communication systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traffic control is implemented to manage congestion, then service stability and user QoE are improved, but system complexity increases due to additional control mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice stabilityVSAvoidcontrol mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary identification of heavy users based on traffic usage patterns before congestion occurs. By pre-categorizing users and preparing scheduling parameter adjustments in advance, the system can respond to congestion more efficiently without implementing complex real-time control mechanisms, thus improving service stability while limiting complexity increase

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the base station monitors congestion situations and throughput ratios, then adjusts scheduling parameters of heavy users accordingly. This closed-loop control allows the system to maintain service stability through dynamic adaptation rather than complex static control structures, resolving the contradiction between reliability improvement and complexity increase

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If scheduling parameters of heavy users are adjusted to reduce their traffic, then congestion is alleviated and other users' QoE is improved, but the heavy users' service quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoverall service qualityVSAvoidservice quality deterioration for controlled users
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by adjusting scheduling parameters only for identified heavy users rather than all users. By selectively controlling only those users whose traffic usage exceeds thresholds, the system alleviates congestion and protects other users' service quality while minimizing the impact on controlled users, thus balancing overall service quality with individual user experience

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes scheduling parameters (such as priority levels, resource allocation ratios) dynamically based on congestion detection. Instead of complete traffic blocking, the system adjusts parameters to achieve moderate traffic reduction, which alleviates congestion while maintaining acceptable service quality for controlled users, resolving the contradiction between overall service quality improvement and individual user quality deterioration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If real-time traffic monitoring and control is implemented, then congestion management is improved, but processing overhead and system resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecongestion management efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments users into different categories (heavy users, normal users) based on traffic usage patterns. By dividing the user population and applying different control strategies to different segments, the system improves congestion management efficiency for critical users while avoiding unnecessary processing for other users, thus reducing overall processing overhead and energy consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial monitoring and control by focusing only on heavy users whose traffic exceeds predetermined thresholds. Instead of monitoring and controlling all users in real-time, the system applies control actions selectively to identified heavy users, which improves congestion management efficiency while significantly reducing processing overhead and system resource consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP3536018B1Apparatus and method for controlling traffic in wireless communication system
Publication Date: 2021.03.31 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for operating an apparatus that performs traffic control traffic in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving information about a terminal to be controlled, detecting a congestion situation in a cell, and changing a parameter relating to scheduling of the terminal to be controlled, according to the detection of the congestion situation.