APPLICATION SPECIFIC TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION IN A WIRELESS LINK
First Claim
1. A transmitting device comprising:
- a circuit configured to provide packet flows for transmission;
the circuit further configured to associate each of the flows with at least one control parameter of a plurality of control parameters;
wherein the plurality of control parameters include a type of flow, a minimum data rate and a maximum transmission delay;
the circuit further configured to provide packets of the packet flow to a session; and
the circuit further configured to transmit data of the packets based on a priority value associated with the packets.
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Abstract
A packet data system such as a TCP/IP network transmits packets containing a variety of data types along links in the network. Packets are transmitted in a stream between nodes interconnected by the links connections which conform to a transport layer protocol such as TCP, UDP, and RSTP, and includes wireless links, which transmit packets using a radio frequency (RF) medium. Typical protocols, however, are usually developed to optimize throughput and minimize data error and loss over wired links, and do not lend themselves well to a wireless link. By examining the data in a packet, performance characteristics such as a port number are determined. The performance characteristics indicate the application type, and therefore, the data type, of the packets carried on the connection. Since certain data types, such as streaming audio and video, are more loss tolerant, determination of the data type is used to compute link control parameters for the wireless link which that are optimal to the type of data being transmitted over the link.
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10 Claims
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1. A transmitting device comprising:
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a circuit configured to provide packet flows for transmission; the circuit further configured to associate each of the flows with at least one control parameter of a plurality of control parameters;
wherein the plurality of control parameters include a type of flow, a minimum data rate and a maximum transmission delay;the circuit further configured to provide packets of the packet flow to a session; and the circuit further configured to transmit data of the packets based on a priority value associated with the packets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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providing, by a circuit of a transmitting device, packet flows for transmission;
wherein each of the flows is associated with at least one control parameter of a plurality of control parameters;
wherein the plurality of control parameters include a type of flow, a minimum data rate and a maximum transmission delay;providing, by the circuit, packets of the packet flow to a session; and transmitting data of the packets based on a priority value associated with the packets. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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