Method and device for delivering multimedia data using IETF QoS protocols

• US 20050047345A1
• Filed: 09/02/2004
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., University-Industry Cooperation Group of KyungHee University
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., University-Industry Cooperation Group of KyungHee University
• Inventors: Suh, Doug Young
• Granted Patent: US 7,450,514 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/235
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0829 Packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2491 Mapping quality of service [QoS] requirements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/631 Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64738 Monitoring network characteristics, e.g. bandwidth, congestion level data switched network analysis H04L41/14; monitoring functioning in data switched networks H04L43/0817; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10

Abstract

A method and device for delivering multimedia data using IETF QoS protocols. MPEG media data can be transmitted in packet units through a network using the IETF QoS protocol by mapping MPEG media traffic factors onto IETF QoS traffic factors. By encoding or transcoding MPEG media traffic according to a double leaky bucket condition indicated by the four factors, a maximum bit rate, a first buffer size, a guaranteed bit rate, and a second buffer size, the MPEG media traffic factors may be transmitted using the IETF QoS protocol without having to go through the process of being mapped onto QoS traffic factors.

Claims

1. A multi media data transmission device, comprising:

a mapping unit, which analyzes multi media traffic including a compressed media resource, traffic factors, and (QoS) factors and represents the multimedia traffic by layer factors used in a network layer; and

a media packet transmitter/receiver unit, wherein multi media data are transmitted in real time through a network according to the represented factors.

2. The multi media data transmission device of claim 1, wherein the multi media data are MPEG data.

3. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a call control unit, which performs call set-up and call control with other MPEG media data transmission devices, receives QoS change requests from other MPEG media data transmission device users or receives the QoS change requests according to changes in a network environment, and transmits the received QoS change requests to the media packet transmitter/receiver through the mapping unit; and

a MPEG media processing unit producing MPEG media traffic which is changed according to a control signal from the media packet transmitter/receiver.

wherein the media packet transmitter/receiver unit receives the QoS change request from the call control unit and transmits a control signal to the MPEG media processing unit,

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the produced MPEG media traffic is encoded and produced by a double leaky bucket condition.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the double leaky bucket condition is expressed by a maximum bit rate, a first buffer size, a guaranteed bit rate, and a second buffer size.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein, when the MPEG media traffic is media traffic encoded in MPEG, the maximum bit rate and the guaranteed bit rate are determined to be equal to an average bit rate while the first buffer size and the second buffer size are determined to be 0, and when the MPEG media traffic is variable bit rate media traffic, the maximum bit rate and the first buffer size, the guaranteed bit rate and the second buffer size correspond, respectively, and the guaranteed bit rate is determined as a value between the maximum bit rate and the average bit rate.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein, when the MPEG media traffic is real-time video traffic, the maximum bit rate is calculated by dividing a maximum size of an encoded frame by a frame duration, the first buffer size is equal to approximately 5% of a value obtained by multiplying the maximum bit rate and the frame duration, the guaranteed bit rate is an average bit rate of group of pictures (GOP), and the second buffer size is determined by approximately 5% of a value obtained by multiplying the guaranteed bit rate with GOP duration.

8. The device of claim 3, further comprising a decoding program decoding the produced MPEG media traffic and a transcoding program, wherein the decoding program and the transcoding program are transmitted through the network.

9. The device of claim 2, wherein the layer factors used in the network layer are packet priorities, which are compatible with an IETF standard, and IETF QoS protocol factors.

10. A multi media data transmission method, the method comprising:

reading multimedia traffic including compressed media resources, traffic factors, and quality of service (QoS) factors;

mapping the read multimedia traffic onto network factors used in a network layer; and

transmitting multimedia data through the network according to the mapped network factors.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the multimedia traffic are MPEG media traffic.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising producing the MPEG media traffic which is modified according to requests of other users of the network or a QoS change request based on a change in the network environment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the modified MPEG media traffic is encoded and produced by a double leaky bucket condition.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the double leaky bucket condition is expressed by a maximum bit rate, a first buffer size, a guaranteed bit rate, and a second buffer size.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, when the MPEG media traffic is media traffic encoded in MPEG, the maximum bit rate and the guaranteed bit rate are determined to be equal to an average bit rate of a fixed bit rate media traffic and the first buffer size and second buffer size are determined to be 0, and when the MPEG media traffic is variable bit rate media traffic, the maximum bit rate and the guaranteed bit rate correspond to the first buffer size and the second buffer size, respectively, and the guaranteed bit rate is determined as a value between the maximum bit rate and the average bit rate.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein, when the MPEG media traffic is real-time video traffic, a maximum size of a frame to be encoded divided by frame duration is the maximum bit rate, the first buffer size is approximately 5% of the maximum bit rate multiplied by the frame duration, the guaranteed bit rate is an average bit rate of the group of pictures (GOP), and the second buffer size is approximately 5% of the guaranteed bit rate multiplied by GOP duration.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising adding a decoding program decoding the modified MPEG media traffic and a transcoding program to the MPEG media packet and transmitting the MPEG media packet through the network.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the network factors used in the network layer are IETF QoS protocol factors.

19. A method transmitting MPEG data between a first terminal and a second terminal over a network, comprising:

receiving the MPEG data, MPEG traffic factors of the network and a quality of service of the network;

mapping the MPEG traffic factors onto Internet protocol factors according to a resource reservation protocol; and

transmitting the MPEG data between the first terminal and the second terminal over the network according to the mapped MPEG traffic factors.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the mapping the MPEG traffic factors onto the Internet protocol factors comprises mapping according to IETF quality of service protocol factors.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving a change in the quality of service of the network; and

adjusting the MPEG data transmitted according to the changed quality of service.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving an amount of available network resources if the transmitting the MPEG data exceeds a predetermined amount; and

adjusting an amount of the MPEG data transmitted according to the received amount of available network resources.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the adjusting the amount of the MPEG data comprises encoding and compressing the MPEG data according to a double leaky bucket control.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the double leaky bucket control comprises a maximum bit rate, a first buffer size, a guaranteed bit rate, and a second buffer size.

25. The method of claim 24, when the MPEG data is transmitted by a fixed bit rate, the maximum bit rate and the guaranteed bit rate are each set to an average bit rate and the first buffer size and second buffer size are set to 0.

26. The method of claim 24, when the MPEG data is transmitted by a variable bit rate in real-time, a maximum size of a frame of the MPEG data to be encoded divided by frame duration is the maximum bit rate, the first buffer size is approximately 5% of the maximum bit rate multiplied by the frame duration, the guaranteed bit rate is an average bit rate of the group of pictures, and the second buffer size is approximately 5% of the guaranteed bit rate multiplied by the group of pictures duration.