INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20160219606A1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: AMANO, Sho, IWAMI, Hideki, YOSHIMURA, Osamu, ITAYA, Natsuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,986,579 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00217 only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2385 Channel allocation H04N21/266 takes precedence; Bandwidth allocation H04N21/24 takes precedence ; allocation of channels according to the instantaneous demands of the users in time-division multiplex systems H04J3/1682; admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896; negotiating bandwidth in wireless networks H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26216 involving the channel capacity, e.g. network bandwidth admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a schedule or organising the servicing of application requests taking into account QoS H04L67/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

In order to perform an appropriate data transmission control, an information processing apparatus performs data transmission by using at least one of a wireless transmission channel of a high frequency band and a wireless transmission channel of a low frequency band, and performs real time image transmission with another information processing apparatus in accordance with a Wi-Fi certified miracast specification. Also, the information processing apparatus includes a control unit. This control unit executes a control to transmit a control signal relevant to Wi-Fi certified miracast to the other information processing apparatus by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that performs data transmission by using at least one of a wireless transmission channel of a high frequency band and a wireless transmission channel of a low frequency band, and performs real time image transmission with another information processing apparatus in accordance with a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) certified miracast specification, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a control unit configured to perform a control to transmit a control signal relevant to Wi-Fi certified miracast to the other information processing apparatus, by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit transmits data of a low degree of importance to the other information processing apparatus by using the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band, and transmits data of a high degree of importance to the other information processing apparatus by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit transmits image data as the data of the low degree of importance, and transmits sound data as the data of the high degree of importance.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

when a communication quality of the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band becomes lower than a threshold, the control unit switches the wireless transmission channel of the image data from the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band to the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

when switching the wireless transmission channel, the control unit performs at least one of changing an encoding method of the image data, switching between use and non-use of a highly efficient encoding, and changing a type and a setting item of the highly efficient encoding.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the control unit encodes image data transmitted after switching the wireless transmission channel, in a decodable manner that does not depend on image data transmitted before switching the wireless transmission channel, and transmits the encoded image data to the other information processing apparatus.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit simultaneously transmits image data for outputting a same image to the other information processing apparatus, by using both of the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band and the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit selects a wireless transmission channel for use in transmission of the data from among a plurality of wireless transmission channels, on the basis of characteristics of the plurality of wireless transmission channels and information relevant to transmission target data.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when transmitting multiple data to the other information processing apparatus by using both of the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band and the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, the control unit generates a plurality of transmission control protocol (TCP) sessions on the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, and generates a plurality of real time streaming protocol (RTSP) sessions for transmitting the multiple data on each of the TCP sessions.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when transmitting multiple data to the other information processing apparatus by using both of the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band and the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, the control unit generates one TCP session on the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, and generates one RTSP session for transmitting the multiple data on the TCP session.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

when generating the one RTSP session, the control unit additionally writes a port number relevant to the wireless transmission channel for use in transmission of the multiple data, by separating an RTSP message with one of a comma, a colon, a semicolon, a period, a + symbol, a slash, and a space.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

when the other information processing apparatus complies with a real-time transport control protocol (RTCP), the control unit writes two consecutive values separated with a hyphen as user datagram protocol (UDP) port numbers with respect to client_por in an M6 request message and an M6 response message and server_port in an M6 response message, and associates a first value with a real-time transport protocol (RTP), and associates a second value with the RTCP.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when transmitting multiple data to the other information processing apparatus by using both of the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band and the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, the control unit generates one TCP session on the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, and generates a plurality of RTSP sessions for transmitting the multiple data on the TCP session.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

when generating the plurality of RTSP sessions, the control unit includes a URL included in an M4 request message, according to the number of the RTSP sessions.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

when generating the plurality of RTSP sessions, the control unit exchanges an M6 message and an M7 message, according to the number of the RTSP sessions.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

different IP addresses are used for the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band and the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

17. An information processing apparatus that performs data transmission by using at least one of a wireless transmission channel of a high frequency band and a wireless transmission channel of a low frequency band, and performs real time image transmission with another information processing apparatus in accordance with a Wi-Fi certified miracast specification, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a control unit configured to perform a control to receive a control signal relevant to Wi-Fi certified miracast from the other information processing apparatus by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein

when simultaneously receiving multiple image data for outputting a same image from the other information processing apparatus by using both of the wireless transmission channel of the high frequency band and the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band, the control unit selects high quality image data as output target image data from among the received multiple image data.

19. A communication method for performing data transmission by using at least one of a wireless transmission channel of a high frequency band and a wireless transmission channel of a low frequency band, and performing real time image transmission between a plurality of information processing apparatuses in accordance with a Wi-Fi certified miracast specification, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a control signal relevant to Wi-Fi certified miracast by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.

20. A program that causes a computer of an information processing apparatus that performs data transmission by using at least one of a wireless transmission channel of a high frequency band and a wireless transmission channel of a low frequency band, and performs real time image transmission with another information processing apparatus in accordance with a Wi-Fi certified miracast specification, to execute:

a control to transmit a control signal relevant to Wi-Fi certified miracast to the other information processing apparatus by using the wireless transmission channel of the low frequency band.