Video data transmission method and related device

• US 10,205,668 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2016
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Zhiming, Gong, Xiangyang, Zhang, Shiju, Zhao, Mincheng, Shang, Zheng, Wei, Anni
• Primary Examiner(s): Duffy, James P
• Application Number:
  US15/243,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20160359755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1407 Policy-and-charging control [PCC] architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/25 with rate being modified by the source upon detecting a change of network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a video data transmission method and a related device. The method may include: when a base station receives information about a selection result and measurement configuration information, where the information about the selection result and the measurement configuration information are sent by a selection apparatus, determining, by the base station according to the selection result, that the present base station is a primary base station; acquiring, by the base station, channel quality information by using the measurement configuration information; and generating, by the base station, decision information according to the channel quality information and video service information that is acquired from a transmission conversion apparatus, and sending the decision information to the transmission conversion apparatus, which instructs a unicast service network element to perform unicast transmission for video data and/or instructs a multicast service network element to perform multicast transmission for video data.

Claims

1. A base station, comprising a processor, a communications interface, and a memory, wherein:

the communications interface is configured to communicate with a transmission conversion apparatus, a selection apparatus, user equipment, and a secondary base station;

the memory is configured to store a program; and

the processor is configured to execute the program, so as to implement;

when receiving information about a selection result and measurement configuration information that is used to instruct the user equipment to perform a channel quality test, wherein the information about the selection result and the measurement configuration information are sent by the selection apparatus, determining, according to the selection result, that the present base station is a primary base station, wherein the selection result comprises information about a primary base station and a secondary base station that are selected by the selection apparatus;

sending the measurement configuration information to user equipment and a secondary base station that are connected to the present base station, and receiving channel quality information that is of user equipment connected to the secondary base station and that is fed back, according to the measurement configuration information, by the user equipment and the secondary base station that are connected to the present base station; and

generating decision information according to the channel quality information and video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus, and sending the decision information to the transmission conversion apparatus, so that the transmission conversion apparatus instructs, according to the decision information, a unicast service network element to perform unicast transmission for video data and/or instructs, according to the decision information, a multicast service network element to perform multicast transmission for video data, wherein;

the decision information comprises a transmission mode and a transmission bit rate of the video data.

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire the video service information from the transmission conversion apparatus by using a preset IP network-based interface, wherein;

the video service information comprises an address of the video data requested by the user equipment and video bit rate class information corresponding to the address of the video data, wherein the bit rate class information comprises at least one bit rate corresponding to the video data; and

the IP network-based interface is an interface configured to connect the base station and the transmission conversion apparatus.

3. The base station according to claim 1, wherein:

the channel quality information of the user equipment connected to the secondary base station is obtained, by the user equipment connected to the secondary base station, by performing measurement according to the measurement configuration information sent by the secondary base station.

4. The base station according to claim 3, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

select the transmission mode of the video data according to the channel quality information and the video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus;

select the transmission bit rate of the video data according to the channel quality information and the video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus; and

send, to the transmission conversion apparatus, the decision information that carries the transmission mode of the video data and the transmission bit rate of the video data.

5. The base station according to claim 4, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

select, in the video bit rate class information comprised in the video service information and according to the channel quality information, a minimum bit rate that the video data can meet in both the unicast transmission and the multicast transmission as a reference bit rate;

calculate a first total resource consumed at the reference bit rate in a unicast transmission mode, and calculate a second total resource consumed at the reference bit rate in a multicast transmission mode; and

select, by comparing the first total resource with the second total resource, a transmission mode in which a minimum total resource is consumed as the transmission mode of the video data.

6. The base station according to claim 5, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

separately calculate, according to the channel quality information and the video bit rate class information that is comprised in the video service information, a unit consumed resource that is of each piece of video data in the selected transmission mode and that is corresponding to each bit rate in the video bit rate class information, wherein the unit consumed resource is a resource consumed in each timeslot;

separately calculate a calculation ratio of a peak signal to noise ratio of each piece of video data at each bit rate to a corresponding unit consumed resource;

generate, according to the calculation ratio, a sorting result of each piece of video data that is corresponding to each bit rate, and traverse the sorting result in a descending order;

select, in a traversal procedure, a minimum calculation ratio that can meet a preset resource condition; and

separately select, according to video data corresponding to a calculation ratio that is greater than or equal to the minimum calculation ratio that can meet the preset resource condition, a current maximum transmission bit rate corresponding to each piece of video data, wherein;

a calculation ratio corresponding to the current maximum transmission bit rate of each piece of video data is greater than or equal to the minimum calculation ratio that can meet the preset resource condition; and

the preset resource condition is that;

a resource consumed in the multicast transmission mode is less than a first subframe quantity threshold, and total resources consumed in the multicast transmission mode and the unicast transmission mode are less than a second subframe quantity threshold.

7. The base station according to claim 4, wherein:

the channel quality information comprises a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) parameter measured by the user equipment in the unicast transmission mode, and a signal to interference plus noise ratio parameter measured by the user equipment in the multicast transmission mode;

or

the channel quality information comprises a signal to interference plus noise ratio parameter measured by the user equipment in the unicast transmission mode, and channel quality of the present base station in the multicast transmission mode, wherein user equipment coverage of the present base station in the multicast transmission mode exceeds a preset coverage threshold.

8. The base station according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when a measurement time interval reaches a measurement period comprised in the measurement configuration information, receive updated channel quality information, and update the decision information so as to update the transmission bit rate of the video data.

9. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send primary base station identity information to the transmission conversion apparatus, so that the transmission conversion apparatus determines, according to the primary base station identity information, that the present base station is the primary base station.

10. A selection apparatus, comprising a processor, a communications interface, and a memory, wherein:

the communications interface is configured to communicate with a PCRF policy and charging rules function network element and a base station;

the memory is configured to store a program; and

the processor is configured to execute the program, so as to implement;

selecting a primary base station and a secondary base station, and generating a selection result, wherein the selection result comprises information about the primary base station and information about the secondary base station; and

sending, to a base station, the selection result and measurement configuration information that is used to instruct user equipment to perform a channel quality test, so that the base station acquires channel quality information according to the selection result and the measurement configuration information, so as to generate decision information used to perform unicast transmission and/or multicast transmission for video data, wherein;

the base station that receives the selection result is a base station corresponding to the information about the primary base station in the selection result.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

randomly select a base station in a network as the primary base station, and use another base station in the network as the secondary base station;

or

select, in a network, a base station that is connected to a largest quantity of user equipments as the primary base station, and use another base station in the network as the secondary base station;

or

select, in a network, a base station that provides best hardware performance as the primary base station, and use another base station in the network as the secondary base station.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive identity information and an E-UTRAN cell global identifier (ECGI) that are of user equipment corresponding to the present selection apparatus and that are sent by the policy and charging rules function (PCRF) network element; and

obtain, by searching according to the identity information and the ECGI of the user equipment, a base station corresponding to the user equipment, and send the identity information of the user equipment to the corresponding base station, wherein;

the identity information and the ECGI of the user equipment are obtained by the PCRF network element by searching according to a user equipment network address sent by a unicast service network element.

13. A video data transmission method, comprising:

when a base station receives information about a selection result and measurement configuration information that is used to instruct user equipment to perform a channel quality test, wherein the information about the selection result and the measurement configuration information are sent by a selection apparatus, determining, by the base station according to the selection result, that the present base station is a primary base station, wherein the selection result comprises information about a primary base station and a secondary base station that are selected by the selection apparatus;

sending, by the base station, the measurement configuration information to user equipment and a secondary base station that are connected to the present base station, and receiving channel quality information that is of user equipment connected to the secondary base station and that is fed back, according to the measurement configuration information, by the user equipment and the secondary base station that are connected to the present base station; and

generating, by the base station, decision information according to the channel quality information and video service information that is acquired from a transmission conversion apparatus, and sending the decision information to the transmission conversion apparatus, so that the transmission conversion apparatus instructs, according to the decision information, a unicast service network element to perform unicast transmission for video data and/or instructs, according to the decision information, a multicast service network element to perform multicast transmission for video data, wherein;

the decision information comprises a transmission mode and a transmission bit rate of the video data.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein before the step of generating, by the base station, decision information according to the channel quality information and video service information that is acquired from a transmission conversion apparatus, and sending the decision information to the transmission conversion apparatus, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the base station, the video service information from the transmission conversion apparatus by using a preset IP network-based interface, wherein;

the video service information comprises an address of the video data requested by the user equipment and video bit rate class information corresponding to the address of the video data, wherein the bit rate class information comprises at least one bit rate corresponding to the video data; and

the IP network-based interface is an interface configured to connect the base station and the transmission conversion apparatus.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein:

the channel quality information of the user equipment connected to the secondary base station is obtained, by the user equipment connected to the secondary base station, by performing measurement according to the measurement configuration information sent by the secondary base station.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the generating, by the base station, decision information according to the channel quality information and video service information that is acquired from a transmission conversion apparatus, and sending the decision information to the transmission conversion apparatus comprises:

selecting, by the base station, the transmission mode of the video data according to the channel quality information and the video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus;

selecting, by the base station, the transmission bit rate of the video data according to the channel quality information and the video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus; and

sending, by the base station, to the transmission conversion apparatus, the decision information that carries the transmission mode of the video data and the transmission bit rate of the video data.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the selecting, by the base station, the transmission mode of the video data according to the channel quality information and the video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus comprises:

selecting, by the base station, in the video bit rate class information comprised in the video service information and according to the channel quality information, a minimum bit rate that the video data can meet in both the unicast transmission and the multicast transmission as a reference bit rate;

calculating, by the base station, a first total resource consumed at the reference bit rate in a unicast transmission mode, and calculating a second total resource consumed at the reference bit rate in a multicast transmission mode; and

selecting, by the base station by comparing the first total resource with the second total resource, a transmission mode in which a minimum total resource is consumed as the transmission mode of the video data.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the selecting, by the base station, the transmission bit rate of the video data according to the channel quality information and the video service information that is acquired from the transmission conversion apparatus comprises:

separately calculating, by the base station according to the channel quality information and the video bit rate class information that is comprised in the video service information, a unit consumed resource that is of each piece of video data in the selected transmission mode and that is corresponding to each bit rate in the video bit rate class information, wherein the unit consumed resource is a resource consumed in each timeslot;

separately calculating, by the base station, a calculation ratio of a peak signal to noise ratio of each piece of video data at each bit rate to a corresponding unit consumed resource;

generating, by the base station according to the calculation ratio, a sorting result of each piece of video data that is corresponding to each bit rate, and traversing the sorting result in a descending order;

selecting, by the base station, in a traversal procedure, a minimum calculation ratio that can meet a preset resource condition; and

separately selecting, by the base station according to video data corresponding to a calculation ratio that is greater than or equal to the minimum calculation ratio that can meet the preset resource condition, a current maximum transmission bit rate corresponding to each piece of video data, wherein;

a calculation ratio corresponding to the current maximum transmission bit rate of each piece of video data is greater than or equal to the minimum calculation ratio that can meet the preset resource condition; and

the preset resource condition is that;

a resource consumed in the multicast transmission mode is less than a first subframe quantity threshold, and total resources consumed in the multicast transmission mode and the unicast transmission mode are less than a second subframe quantity threshold.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the channel quality information comprises a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) parameter measured by the user equipment in the unicast transmission mode, and a signal to interference plus noise ratio parameter measured by the user equipment in the multicast transmission mode;

or

the channel quality information comprises a signal to interference plus noise ratio parameter measured by the user equipment in the unicast transmission mode, and channel quality of the present base station in the multicast transmission mode, wherein user equipment coverage of the present base station in the multicast transmission mode exceeds a preset coverage threshold.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

when a measurement time interval reaches a measurement period comprised in the measurement configuration information, receiving, by the base station, updated channel quality information, and updating the decision information so as to update the transmission bit rate of the video data.