Method and apparatus for controlling traffic in electronic device

• US 10,075,920 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2014
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jin-Hyoung, Kim, Kill-Yeon, Park, Yong-Seok, Moon, Sang-Jun, Hong, Young-Ki
• Primary Examiner(s): Thier, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Islam, Rownak
• Application Number:
  US14/156,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20140198700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,699 Days
• Field of Search: 370252, 370311, 370235, 370230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/56 implementing delay-aware scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for controlling traffic in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a process request event for a first traffic, identifying whether the first traffic is allowed to be delayed, detecting whether a second traffic is generated if the first traffic is allowed to be delayed in a state where process of the first traffic is delayed, and processing the first traffic and the second traffic simultaneously if the second traffic is generated.

Claims

1. A method for controlling data in an electronic device, the method comprising:

identifying a request for a transmission of first data;

if a condition is satisfied, delaying the transmission of the first data, and in response to identifying a generation of second data, transmitting the first data and the second data based on a transmission quality of the second data during a state in which the second data is being generated; and

if the condition is not satisfied, transmitting the first data,

wherein the first data is associated with a delay-tolerant application,

wherein the second data is associated with a delay-intolerant application,

wherein the transmitting of the first data is stopped in response to a reduction in the transmission quality of the second data,

wherein the reduction in the transmission quality of the second data is determined based on a change of at least one parameter for the delay-intolerant application with respect to a time, and

wherein the condition comprises at least one of whether a remaining amount of battery in the electronic device is below a threshold, or whether the electronic device is connected to a wireless local area network (LAN).

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the first data after a permissible delay time for the first data elapses, if the second data is not generated.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the delay-tolerant application comprises at least one of an email application, a cloud service application, a content upload application, a content download application, or a software update application, and

wherein the delay-intolerant application comprises at least one of a web-browser application, a video viewing application, a music listening application, or a game application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the at least one parameter for the delay-intolerant application,

wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of throughput, a delay time, jitter, or a size of data stored in a socket receive buffer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a first value of the at least one parameter at a first time point and a second value of the at least one parameter at a second time point; and

determining the reduction in the transmission quality of the second data based on a difference between the first value and the second value.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the second data is generated if a second process delay time for the second data exceeds a second permissible delay time for the second data, while a first process delay time for the first data does not exceed a first permissible delay time for the first data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a user interface (UI) for receiving an input regarding a setting of the condition,

wherein the setting comprises at least one of whether to delay the transmission of the first data according to the remaining amount of the battery, the threshold, or whether to delay the first data according to a LAN connection of the electronic device.

8. An electronic device for controlling data, the electronic device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a scheduler configured to;

identify a request for a transmission of first data, and

if a condition is satisfied, delay the transmission of the first data,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to, in response to identifying a generation of second data, transmit the first data and the second data based on a transmission quality of the second data during a state in which the second data is being generated,

wherein, if the condition is not satisfied, the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first data,

wherein the first data is associated with a delay-tolerant application,

wherein the second data is associated with a delay-intolerant application,

wherein the transmitting of the first data is stopped in response to a reduction in the transmission quality of the second data,

wherein the reduction in the transmission quality of the second data is determined based on a change of at least one parameter for the delay-intolerant application with respect to a time, and

wherein the condition comprises at least one of whether a remaining amount of battery in the electronic device is below a threshold, or whether the electronic device is connected to a wireless local area network (LAN).

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first data after a permissible delay time for the first data elapses, if the second data is not generated.

10. The electronic device of claim 8,

wherein the delay-tolerant application comprises at least one of an email application, a cloud service application, a content upload application, a content download application, or a software update application, and

wherein the delay-intolerant application comprises at least one of a web-browser application, a video viewing application, a music listening application, or a game application.

11. The electronic device of claim 8,

wherein the scheduler is further configured to determine the at least one parameter for the delay-intolerant application, and

wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of throughput, a delay time, jitter, or a size of data stored in a socket receive buffer.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the scheduler is configured to:

determine a first value of the at least one parameter at a first time point and a second value of the at least one parameter at a second time point, and

determine the reduction in the transmission quality of the second data based on a difference between the first value and the second value.

13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the scheduler is configured to determine that the second data is generated if a second process delay time for the second data exceeds a second permissible delay time for the second data, while a first process delay time for the first data does not exceed a first permissible delay time for the first data.

14. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising a display configured to display a user interface (UI) for receiving an input regarding a setting of the condition,

wherein the setting comprises at least one of whether to delay the transmission of the first data according to the remaining amount of the battery, the threshold, or whether to delay the first data according to a LAN connection of the electronic device.

15. A method for controlling data in an electronic device, the method comprising:

identifying an execution of a delay-tolerant application;

identifying a request for a transmission of first data;

displaying a user interface (UI) for receiving an input regarding whether to delay the transmission;

if the transmission of the first data is determined to be delayed based on the input, delaying the transmission of the first data and in response to identifying a generation of second data, transmitting the first data and the second data based on a transmission quality of the second data during a state in which the second data is generated; and

if the transmission of the first data is determined not to be delayed based on the input, transmitting the first data,

wherein the first data is associated with the delay-tolerant application,

wherein the second data is associated with a delay-intolerant application,

wherein the transmitting of the first data is stopped in response to a reduction in the transmission quality of the second data, and

wherein the reduction in the transmission quality of the second data is determined based on at least one parameter for the delay-intolerant application with respect to a time.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the UI comprises a setting of a permissible delay time for the first data.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining a first value of the at least one parameter at a first time point and a second value of the at least one parameter at a second time point; and

determining the reduction in the transmission quality of the second data based on a difference between the first value and the second value.