Server system for performing communication over wireless network

• US 20050172009A1
• Filed: 07/23/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jung Ho, Chang, Jae Won, Cho, Jin Cheol, Kang, Sang Hyuk, Roh, Young Hoon, Kim, Pan Su, Hong, Kwang Hui, Kim, Sang Mahn
• Application Number:
  US10/896,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20050172009A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/17 Interaction among intermediate nodes, e.g. hop by hop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/263 Rate modification at the source after receiving feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

Disclosed is a server system for performing communication over a wireless network that can avoid data transmission delay due to the variation of a wireless network state and can carry out a real-time transmission operation. A network renderer provided in a server device includes a separate ring buffer so that it can be functionally separated from an encoder. Alternatively, the network renderer includes a thread transmission module for discarding part of data according to the network state and carrying out a thread transmission operation. Therefore, the server system avoids transmission delay due to the variation of a wireless network environment or data loss/error due to encoding delay caused by data congestion in the encoder. Moreover, the server system can perform stable wireless communication, thereby enabling a client device to reproduce real-time data.

Claims

1. A server system for performing communication over a wireless network, comprising:

at least one client device for transmitting and receiving data over the wireless network constructed within a building; and

a server device for performing a state monitoring or controlling operation for the at least one client device,

wherein the server device comprises;

an encoder for encoding data to be transmitted to the client device according to a predetermined protocol; and

a network renderer comprising a buffer implemented by software for temporarily storing the encoded data from the encoder when data congestion is caused by reduced transmission bandwidth of the wireless network.

2. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the encoder comprises:

a data processing module for carrying out a data compression operation or a data conversion operation based on a communication protocol.

3. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the encoder comprises:

a buffer for buffering the data after a data compression operation or a data conversion operation based on a communication protocol is carried out.

4. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the buffer is a ring buffer for storing the encoded data in a circular mode.

5. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the network renderer is a Bluetooth communication module for transmitting and receiving data using a Bluetooth communication protocol.

6. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the network renderer is a wireless local area network (LAN) communication module for transmitting and receiving data using a wireless LAN communication protocol.

7. A server system for performing communication over a wireless network, comprising:

at least one client device for transmitting and receiving data over the wireless network constructed within a building; and

a server device for performing a state monitoring or controlling operation for the at least one client device,

wherein the server device comprises;

an encoder for encoding data to be transmitted to the client device according to a predetermined protocol; and

a network renderer comprising a thread transmission module implemented by software for generating a thread so that pieces of the data transferred from the encoder can be simultaneously transmitted and automatically discarding part of the data when data congestion is caused by reduced transmission bandwidth of the wireless network.

8. The server system according to claim 7, wherein the network renderer further comprises:

a state monitoring module for checking the transmission bandwidth of the wireless network and transferring a result of the checking to the thread transmission module.

9. The server system according to claim 8, wherein the thread transmission module comprises:

a thread generator for generating the thread; and

a data discarder for automatically discarding the part of the data when it is determined that the data congestion is caused by the reduced transmission bandwidth of the wireless network.

10. The server system according to claim 7, wherein the encoder comprises:

a data processing module for carrying out a data compression operation or a data conversion operation based on a communication protocol.

11. The server system according to claim 7, wherein the encoder comprises:

a buffer for buffering the data after a data compression operation or a data conversion operation based on a communication protocol is carried out.

12. The server system according to claim 11, wherein the buffer is a ring buffer for storing the encoded data in a circular mode.

13. The server system according to claim 7, the network renderer further comprises:

a ring buffer implemented by software for temporarily storing the data transferred from the encoder when the data congestion is caused by the reduced transmission bandwidth of the wireless network.

14. The server system according to claim 7, wherein the network renderer is a Bluetooth communication module for transmitting and receiving data using a Bluetooth communication protocol.

15. The server system according to claim 7, wherein the network renderer is a wireless local area network (LAN) communication module for transmitting and receiving data using a wireless LAN communication protocol.