DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE

• US 20160323065A1
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ZHU, Song, LU, Zhenwei, GUO, Xiaolong, ZHANG, Lixue
• Granted Patent: US 10,110,344 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0456 Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/22 using redundant apparatus to increase reliability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method. In a process of splitting and sending a data packet, after dividing a data packet to be sent to a destination node into multiple sub data packets, a front end node performs inter-packet combination encoding on the sub data packets in a combination encoding mode, and sends obtained encoded sub data packet groups to the destination node. Even if a channel state of a transmission path suddenly deteriorates, because the destination node does not need to wait to receive all encoded sub data packet groups provided that an original data packet can be parsed out by combining content in a received encoded sub data packet group and a corresponding decoding mode, a process in which the destination node receives the data packet is less affected by a sudden network case, and transmission efficiency is not significantly affected.

Claims

1. A data packet transmission method, wherein the method comprises:

acquiring, by a front end node, multiple sub data packets obtained by means of division;

performing, by the front end node, inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets, and obtaining multiple encoded sub data packet groups, wherein one of the encoded sub data packet groups comprises at least one encoded sub data packet; and

sending, by the front end node, the multiple encoded sub data packet groups to a destination node separately through at least two transmission paths.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the front end node comprises at least two intermediate nodes, and the acquiring, by a front end node, multiple sub data packets obtained by means of division comprises:

separately receiving, by the at least two intermediate nodes, a data packet from a source node; and

separately dividing, by the at least two intermediate nodes, the received data packet into multiple sub data packets.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the front end node is a source node, and the acquiring, by a front end node, multiple sub data packets obtained by means of division comprises:

dividing, by the source node, a data packet into multiple sub data packets.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the front end node comprises at least two intermediate nodes, and the acquiring, by a front end node, multiple sub data packets obtained by means of division comprises:

receiving, by the at least two intermediate nodes, multiple sub data packets sent by a source node, wherein the multiple sub data packets are obtained after the source node divides a data packet.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the front end node comprises a source node and at least one intermediate node, and the acquiring, by a front end node, multiple sub data packets obtained by means of division comprises:

receiving, by the at least one intermediate node, a data packet from the source node; and

separately dividing, by the source node and the at least one intermediate node, the data packet into multiple sub data packets.

6. The method according claim 1, wherein the performing, by the front end node, inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets, and obtaining multiple encoded sub data packet groups comprises:

performing, by the front end node, inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets in a combination encoding mode determined by means of negotiation in advance with the destination node, and obtaining the multiple encoded sub data packet groups;

or after performing inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets in a combination encoding mode determined by the front end node, and obtaining the multiple encoded sub data packet groups, notifying, by the front end node, the destination node of the used combination encoding mode.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the performing, by the front end node, inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets in a combination encoding mode determined by means of negotiation in advance with the destination node or in a combination encoding mode determined by the front end node, and obtaining the multiple encoded sub data packet groups comprises:

selecting, by the front end node in a linear combination manner determined by means of negotiation in advance with the destination node or in a linear combination manner determined by the front end node, at least one sub data packet from the multiple sub data packets to perform inter-packet combination encoding, so as to acquire an encoded sub data packet group.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the performing, by the front end node, inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets in a combination encoding mode determined by means of negotiation in advance with the destination node or in a inter-packet combination encoding mode determined by the front end node, and obtaining the multiple encoded sub data packet groups comprises:

determining, by the front end node, a degree of combination encoding by using a degree distribution function determined by means of negotiation in advance or determined by the front end node; and

randomly selecting, by the front end node from the sub data packets, sub data packets whose quantity is not greater than the degree, and combining sub data packets selected each time into one encoded sub data packet group;

or

performing, by the front end node by using a generator matrix determined by means of negotiation in advance or determined by the front end node, inter-packet combination encoding on the sub data packets to generate encoded sub data packet groups.

9. A data packet transmission method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a destination node, encoded sub data packet groups sent by a front end node through multiple transmission paths; and

parsing out, by the destination node, a data packet according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and an obtained combination encoding mode.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the parsing out, by the destination node, a data packet according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and an obtained combination encoding mode comprises:

parsing out, by the destination node, the data packet according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and a combination encoding mode negotiated in advance with the front end node;

or

obtaining, by the destination node, a combination encoding mode from a notification message or a header of the sub data packet groups, and parsing out the data packet according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and the obtained combination encoding mode determined by the front end node.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the receiving, by a destination node, encoded sub data packet groups sent by a front end node through multiple transmission paths comprises:

when the front end node is at least two intermediate nodes, receiving encoded sub data packet groups sent by the at least two intermediate nodes through at least two transmission paths;

or

when the front end node is a source node and at least one intermediate node, receiving encoded sub data packet groups sent by the source node and the at least one intermediate node through at least two transmission paths;

or

when the front end node is a source node, receiving encoded sub data packet groups sent by the source node through at least two transmission paths, wherein

each encoded sub data packet group is obtained after inter-packet combination encoding is performed on at least one sub data packet, and the sub data packet is obtained by dividing a data packet to be sent to the destination node.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the parsing out, by the destination node, a data packet according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and an obtained combination encoding mode comprises:

determining, by the destination node according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and a combination encoding mode negotiated in advance, or by the destination node according to the received encoded sub data packet groups and a combination encoding mode obtained from a notification message or a header of the sub data packet groups, whether the data packet can be parsed out;

if the data packet can be parsed out, returning a stop indication; and

if the data packet cannot be parsed out, continuing to receive the encoded sub data packet groups until the data packet is parsed out or no encoded sub data packet group can be received.

13. A data packet transmission device, wherein the device comprises:

a processor, configured to acquire multiple sub data packets obtained by means of division;

the processor, configured to;

perform inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets acquired by the acquiring module, and obtain multiple encoded sub data packet groups, wherein one of the encoded sub data packet groups comprises at least one encoded sub data packet; and

a transmitter, configured to send, separately through at least two transmission paths, the multiple sub data packet groups obtained by the encoding module to a destination node.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the device is an intermediate node, the processor is specifically configured to:

receive a data packet from a source node, and divide the received data packet into multiple sub data packets.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the device is a source node, the processor is specifically configured to divide a data packet into multiple sub data packets.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the device is an intermediate node, the processor is specifically configured to receive multiple sub data packets sent by a source node, wherein the multiple sub data packets are obtained after the source node divides a data packet.

17. The device according to claim 13, wherein the processor specifically comprises:

determine a combination encoding mode by means of negotiation in advance with the destination node, or determine a combination encoding mode and notify the destination node of the used combination encoding mode; and

perform inter-packet combination encoding on the multiple sub data packets in the combination encoding mode determined, and obtain the multiple encoded sub data packet groups.

18. The device according to claim 17, wherein:

the combination encoding mode determined by the processor is a linear combination manner; and

the processor is specifically configured to;

select, in the linear combination manner determined, at least one sub data packet from the multiple sub data packets to perform combination encoding, so as to acquire an encoded sub data packet group.

19. A data packet transmission device, wherein the device comprises:

a receiver, configured to receive encoded sub data packet groups sent by a front end node through multiple transmission paths; and

a processor, configured to parse out a data packet according to the encoded sub data packet group received by the receiving module and an obtained combination encoding mode.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the processor is specifically configured to parse out the data packet according to the encoded sub data packet groups received by the receiver and a combination encoding mode negotiated in advance with the front end node;

or

obtain the combination encoding mode from a notification message or a header of the sub data packet groups, and parse out the data packet according to the encoded sub data packet groups received by the receiver and the obtained combination encoding mode.