Video signal transmission system
First Claim
1. A transmitter configured to transmit a video signal to a receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being connected to each other through an IP network, the receiver being connected to a plurality of reception side paths, the receiver including a plurality of destination network interfaces, each of the plurality of destination network interfaces including a destination identifier that is at least one of:
- a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address, the transmitter comprising;
a plurality of source network interfaces connected to a plurality of transmission side paths, each of the plurality of source network interfaces including a source identifier that is at least one of;
a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address;
a video signal segmenting unit configured to segment the video signal into a plurality of pieces of data;
a group allocating unit configured to allocate the segmented plurality of pieces of data to a plurality of transmission side path groups respectively, and to a plurality of reception side path groups respectively;
a source/destination identifier allocating unit configured to allocate the source identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to the transmission side path groups, and allocate the destination identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to the reception side path groups;
a sequence number allocating unit configured to allocate a sequence number to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated the source identifier and the destination identifier;
an IP packet generating unit configured to generate a plurality of IP packets by adding IP headers to the plurality of pieces of data, respectively, to which the sequence numbers are allocated; and
a transmitting unit configured to transmit each of the generated plurality of IP packets independently through the plurality of source network interfaces respectively, according to the allocated source identifier,wherein the transmitted plurality of IP packets pass through the plurality of destination network interfaces respectively according to the allocated destination identifier.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a transmitter including a first source network interface connected to a first transmission path of a plurality of transmission paths, an nth source network interface connected to an nth transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths, a video signal segmenting unit configured to segment a video signal into a plurality of pieces of data, a sequence number allocating unit configured to allocate a sequence number to each of the plurality of pieces of data, an IP packet generating unit configured to generate a plurality of IP packets by adding IP headers to the plurality of pieces of data, and a transmitting unit configured to allocate each of the plurality of IP packets to one of the first source network interface to the nth source network interface, respectively, and to transmit the IP packets independently.
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6 Claims
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1. A transmitter configured to transmit a video signal to a receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being connected to each other through an IP network, the receiver being connected to a plurality of reception side paths, the receiver including a plurality of destination network interfaces, each of the plurality of destination network interfaces including a destination identifier that is at least one of:
- a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address, the transmitter comprising;
a plurality of source network interfaces connected to a plurality of transmission side paths, each of the plurality of source network interfaces including a source identifier that is at least one of;
a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address;a video signal segmenting unit configured to segment the video signal into a plurality of pieces of data; a group allocating unit configured to allocate the segmented plurality of pieces of data to a plurality of transmission side path groups respectively, and to a plurality of reception side path groups respectively; a source/destination identifier allocating unit configured to allocate the source identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to the transmission side path groups, and allocate the destination identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to the reception side path groups; a sequence number allocating unit configured to allocate a sequence number to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated the source identifier and the destination identifier; an IP packet generating unit configured to generate a plurality of IP packets by adding IP headers to the plurality of pieces of data, respectively, to which the sequence numbers are allocated; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit each of the generated plurality of IP packets independently through the plurality of source network interfaces respectively, according to the allocated source identifier, wherein the transmitted plurality of IP packets pass through the plurality of destination network interfaces respectively according to the allocated destination identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address, the transmitter comprising;
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5. A video signal transmission system configured to transmit a video signal from a transmitter to a receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being connected to each other through an IP network, the video signal transmission system comprising:
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the transmitter including; a plurality of source network interfaces connected to a plurality of transmission side paths, each of the plurality of source network interfaces including a source identifier that is at least one of;
a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address;a video signal segmenting unit configured to segment the video signal into a plurality of pieces of data; a group allocating unit configured to allocate the segmented plurality of pieces of data to a plurality of transmission side path groups respectively, and to a plurality of reception side path groups respectively; a source/destination identifier allocating unit configured to allocate the source identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to transmission side path groups, and allocate the destination identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to reception side path groups; a sequence number allocating unit configured to allocate a sequence number to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated the source identifier and the destination identifier; an IP packet generating unit configured to generate a plurality of IP packets by adding IP headers to the plurality of pieces of data, respectively, to which the sequence numbers are allocated; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit each of the generated plurality of IP packets independently through the plurality of source network interfaces respectively according to the allocated source identifier, and the receiver including; a plurality of destination network interfaces connected to a plurality of reception side paths, each of the plurality of destination network interfaces including a destination identifier that is at least one of;
a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address;a receiving unit configured to receive the plurality of IP packets, which are transmitted independently, through the plurality of destination network interfaces respectively, the received plurality of IP packets pass through the plurality of destination network interfaces respectively according to the allocated destination identifier; and a video signal generating unit configured to generate the video signal by rearranging the received plurality of IP packets on the basis of the allocated sequence numbers.
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6. A video signal transmission method of transmitting a video signal from a transmitter to a receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being connected to each other through an IP network;
- the transmitter including;
a plurality of source network interfaces connected to a plurality of transmission side paths, each of the plurality of source network interfaces including a source identifier that is at least one of a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address; and
the receiver including;
a plurality of destination network interfaces connected to a plurality of reception side paths, each of the plurality of destination network interfaces including a destination identifier that is at least one of a virtual LAN identifier, a source IP address and a source MAC address;
the video signal transmission method comprising;segmenting, by the transmitter, the video signal into a plurality of pieces of data; allocating, by the transmitter, the segmented plurality of pieces of data to a plurality of transmission side path groups respectively, and to a plurality of reception side path groups respectively; allocating, by the transmitter, the source identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to transmission side path groups; allocating, by the transmitter, the destination identifier to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated to reception side path groups; allocating, by the transmitter, a sequence number to each of the plurality of pieces of data allocated the source identifier and the destination identifier; generating, by the transmitter, a plurality of IP packets by adding IP headers to the plurality of pieces of data, respectively, to which the sequence numbers are allocated; transmitting, by the transmitter, each of the generated plurality of IP packets independently the plurality of source network interfaces respectively according to the allocated source identifier; receiving, by the receiver, the plurality of IP packets, which are transmitted independently, through the plurality of destination network interfaces respectively, the received plurality of IP packets pass through the plurality of destination network interfaces respectively according to the allocated destination identifier; and generating, by the receiver, the video signal by rearranging the received plurality of IP packets on the basis of the allocated sequence numbers.
- the transmitter including;
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