Method for selecting RTP element in dynamic multicast tree for multimedia conference

• US 6,836,788 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2000
• Issued: 12/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Korea Telecom (KT Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Korea Telecom (KT Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Sang-Hack, Baek, Gyu-Tae, Lee, Sang-Hong, Kim, Sang-Gil
• Primary Examiner(s): Harvey, Jack B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Hieu
• Application Number:
  US09/738,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204, 709/205, 709/231, 718/100, 718/105, 209/238-239
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1854 with non-centralised forwarding system, e.g. chaincast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/028 Dynamic adaptation of the update intervals, e.g. event-triggered updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/16 Multipoint routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/3065 for real time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/48 Routing tree calculation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/484 using multiple routing trees
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of selecting a RTP (Real Time Protocol) element in a dynamic multicast tree for a multimedia conference and a record medium recorded with a program for realizing the method that can be read by computers, and in particular to a method of selecting a RTP element in a dynamic multicast tree for distributing an overload applied to the root node of the dynamic multicast tree and a record medium recorded with a program for realizing the method that can be read by computers. The method comprises the steps of: (a) confirming in the RTP element if the RTP element is subscribed to the dynamic multicast tree that a new multimedia terminal wants to join; (b) if the RTP element is not subscribed to the dynamic multicast that the new multimedia terminal wants to join according to a result of the confirmation in the step (a), joining in the RTP element the root node of the dynamic multicast tree and then causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree of a multimedia conference system; and (c) if the RTP element is subscribed to the dynamic multicast that the new multimedia terminal wants to join according to a result of the confirmation in the step (a), causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree of the multimedia conference system.

Claims

1. A method of selecting a RTP (Real Time Protocol) element in a dynamic multicast tree applied to a RTP element system, said method comprising the steps of:

a) confirming in the RTP element if the RTP element is subscribed to the dynamic multicast tree that a new multimedia terminal wants to join;

b) if the RTP element is not subscribed to the dynamic multicast that the new multimedia terminal wants to join according to a result of the confirmation in said step a) joining in the RTP element the root node of the dynamic multicast tree and then causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree of a multimedia conference system; and

c) if the RTP element is subscribed to the dynamic multicast that the new multimedia terminal wants to join according to a result of the confirmation in said step a), causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree of the multimedia conference system.

2. The method of selecting a RTP (Real Time Protocol) element in a dynamic multicast tree as recited in claim 1, wherein said step a) of confirming includes the steps of:

a1) receiving in the RTP element a find RTP message from the new multimedia terminal that wants to join the dynamic multicast tree;

a2) sending from the RTP element a reply RTP message about the find RTP message to the new multimedia terminal; and

a3) confirming in the RTP element if the RTP element is subscribed in the dynamic multicast tree that the new multimedia terminal wants to join.

3. The method of selecting a RTP (Real Time Protocol) element in a dynamic multicast tree as recited in claim 1, wherein said step b) of joining includes the steps of:

b1) sending a join message to the root node of the dynamic multicast tree and then receiving tree information from the root node;

b2) sending an ask message to second higher node and receiving reply and connect messages;

b3) receiving a media stream from the second higher node and sending an alive message to the second higher node; and

b4) sending an ask-join message to the new multimedia terminal to join the multimedia terminal to the dynamic multicast tree.

4. The method of selecting a RTP (Real Time Protocol) element in a dynamic multicast tree as recited in claim 1, wherein said step c) of joining includes the steps of:

c1) sending an ask-join message to the new multimedia terminal and receiving a join message from the new multimedia terminal; and

c2) causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree.

5. A computer readable record medium storing instructions for executing a method for selecting a RTP (Real Time Protocol) element in a dynamic multicast tree applied to a RTP element system, the method comprising the steps of:

a) confirming in the RTP element if the RTP element is subscribed to the dynamic multicast tree that a new multimedia terminal wants to join;

b) if the RTP element is not subscribed to the dynamic multicast that the new multimedia terminal wants to join according to a result of the confirmation in said step a), joining in the RTP element the root node of the dynamic multicast tree and then causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree of a multimedia conference system; and

c) if the RTP element is subscribed to the dynamic multicast that the new multimedia terminal wants to join according to a result of the confirmation in said step a), causing the new multimedia terminal to join the dynamic multicast tree of the multimedia conference system.