Error correction for regional and dynamic factors in communications

• US 7,047,456 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2001
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Jutzi, Curtis E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, David
• Application Number:
  US09/941,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20030046708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,722 Days
• Field of Search: 330/129, 370/484, 370/316, 702/107, 710/35, 714/712, 714/751
• US Class Current: 714/712
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/12 Arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/74 of satellite networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/11 Arrangements for counter-measures when a portion of broadcast information is unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/93 Wired transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/94 Telephonic networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/84
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5003 Managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5067 Customer-centric QoS measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0847 Transmission error
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/00 Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/004 for digital television systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2383 Channel coding or modulation of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulation arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by adapting the channel coding H04L1/0009; analogue front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2402 Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6156 specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6375 for requesting retransmission , e.g. of data packets lost or corrupted during transmission from serverARQ protocols H04L1/18; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17327 with deferred transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

In an aspect, a method and system is provided to receive and analyze tracked and reported broadcasted data errors, based on a path of the broadcasted data, regional factors including terrain, dynamic factors including weather and season, and retransmission factors. In an aspect, error correction is utilized, based on an analysis of the reported data errors. In an aspect, a method and system is provided to receive broadcast data, and track and report data errors based on a path of the received data, regional factors including terrain, dynamic factors including weather and season, and retransmission factors. In an aspect, data is received having error correction based on an analysis of the reported data errors.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting data to at least one client;

receiving, from the at least one client, tracked and reported transmitted data errors, based on a path of the transmitting data and at least one of regional factors, dynamic factors, and retransmission factors;

the at least one client reporting the transmitted data errors; and

the transmitted data errors.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting error correction based on the analyzing the transmitted data errors; and

transmitting data, having an adjusted error correction, to the at least one client.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting comprises employing at least one of forward error correction and carouselling, and altering at least one of bandwidth and quality of service.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting error correction comprises dynamically regulating error correction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting data comprises data, and wherein the receiving tracked and reported transmitted data errors comprises receiving by.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing the transmitted data errors comprises comparing the transmitted data errors to at least one of a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level and a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level for a predetermined time period.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

assigning a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level;

wherein the receiving tracked and reported transmitted data errors comprises receiving only when one of the transmitted data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level and the transmitted data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level for a predetermined time period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting data comprises utilizing at least one of wireless conventional ground terrestrial transmission, digital television (DTV) connection, analog and digital cable television (CATV), satellite connection, direct broadcast satellite system (DBS), wide area network (WAN) connection, and formats chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and National Television Standards Committee (NTSC).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving tracked and reported transmitted data errors comprises utilizing at least one of telephone dial-up connection through a WAN, dial-up directly, data link switching (DLS), cable docsys, and telephony.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a transmitter to transmit data to at least one client;

a receiver to receive, from the at least one client, tracked and reported transmitted data errors regarding the transmitted data based on a path of the transmitted data and at least one of regional factors, dynamic factors, and retransmission factors; and

a device coupled to the receiver to identify the at least one client reporting the transmitted data errors and to analyze the transmitted data errors.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the transmitter transmits broadcasting data, and wherein the device is a broadcast center server.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the device adjusts error correction based on the analysis of the transmitted data errors, and transmits data having the adjusted error correction, to the at least one client.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the device dynamically employs at least one of forward error correction and carouselling, and alters at least one of bandwidth and quality of service.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the device to analyze the transmitted data errors compares the transmitted data errors to at least one of a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level and a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level for a predetermined time period.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the device assigns a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level and the receiver receives tracked and reported transmitted data errors only when one of the transmitted data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level, and exceeds the predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level for a predetermined time period.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the transmitter transmits data utilizing at least one of wireless conventional ground terrestrial transmission, digital television (DTV) connection, analog and digital cable television (CATV), satellite connection, direct broadcast satellite system (DBS), wide area network (WAN) connection, and formats chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and National Television Standards Committee (NTSC), and the receiver receives tracked and reported transmitted data errors utilizing at least one of telephone dial-up connection through a WAN, dial-up directly, data link switching (DLS), cable docsys, and telephony.

17. A machine-readable medium having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

transmitting data to at least one client;

receiving, from the at least one client, tracked and reported transmitted data errors regarding the transmitting data, based on a path of the transmitting data and at least one of regional factors, dynamic factors, and retransmission factors;

identifying the at least one client reporting the transmitted data errors; and

analyzing the transmitted data errors.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

adjusting error correction based on the analyzing the transmitted data errors; and

transmitting data, having an adjusted error correction, to the at least one client.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the adjusting comprises dynamically employing at least one of forward error correction and carouselling, and altering at least one of bandwidth and quality of service.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the transmitting data comprises broadcasting data, and wherein the receiving tracked and reported transmitted data errors comprises receiving by a broadcast center server.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the analyzing the transmitted data errors comprises comparing the transmitted data errors to at least one of a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level and a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level for a predetermined time period.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

assigning a predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level;

wherein the receiving tracked and reported transmitted data errors comprises receiving only when one of the transmitted data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level and the transmitted data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable transmitted data error level for a predetermined time period.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the transmitting data comprises utilizing at least one of wireless conventional ground terrestrial transmission, digital television (DTV) connection, analog and digital cable television (CATV), satellite connection, direct broadcast satellite system (DBS), wide area network (WAN) connection, and formats chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and National Television Standards Committee (NTSC), and wherein the receiving tracked and reported transmitted data errors comprises utilizing at least one of telephone dial-up connection through a WAN, dial-up directly, data link switching (DLS), cable docsys, and telephony.

24. A method comprising:

receiving data from a transmitter;

tracking data errors regarding the receiving data, based on a path of the receiving data and at least one of regional factors, dynamic factors, and retransmission factors; and

reporting the data errors to a receiver.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving data, from the transmitter, having an adjusted error correction.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the receiving data comprises receiving broadcast data, and wherein the reporting data errors comprises reporting to a broadcast center server.

27. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving an assigned predetermined tolerable received data error level;

wherein the tracking comprises identifying data errors that one of exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level, and exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level for a predetermined time period; and

wherein the reporting comprises reporting only when one of the data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level and the data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level for a predetermined time period.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein receiving data comprises utilizing at least one of wireless conventional ground terrestrial transmission, digital television (DTV) connection, analog and digital cable television (CATV), satellite connection, direct broadcast satellite system (DBS), wide area network (WAN) connection, and formats chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and National Television Standards Committee (NTSC), and wherein reporting data errors comprises utilizing at least one of telephone dialup connection through a WAN, dial-up directly, data link switching (DLS), cable docsys, and telephony.

29. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver to receive data from a transmitter, and track and report received data errors to the transmitter, based on a path of data transmission and at least one of regional factors, dynamic factors, and retransmission factors.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the receiver receives data having one of error correction and an adjusted error correction based on the reported received data errors.

31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the receiver receives broadcast data from a broadcast center server.

32. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the receiver receives an assigned predetermined tolerable received data error level.

33. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the receiver identifies received data errors that one of exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level, and exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level for a predetermined time period.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the receiver reports only when one of the received data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level and the received data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level for a predetermined time period.

35. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the receiver receives the data utilizing at least one of wireless conventional ground terrestrial transmission, digital television (DTV) connection, analog and digital cable television (CATV), satellite connection, direct broadcast satellite system (DBS), wide area network (WAN) connection, and formats chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and National Television Standards Committee (NTSC), and reports the received data errors utilizing at least one of telephone dial-up connection through a WAN, dial-up directly, data link switching (DLS), cable docsys, and telephony.

36. A machine-readable medium having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving data from a transmitter;

tracking data errors regarding the receiving data, based on a path of the receiving data and at least one of regional factors, dynamic factors, and retransmission factors; and

reporting the data errors to a receiver.

37. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising:

receiving data, from the transmitter, having an adjusted error correction.

38. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the receiving data comprises receiving broadcast data, and wherein the reporting data errors comprises reporting to a broadcast center server.

39. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising:

receiving an assigned predetermined tolerable received data error level;

wherein the tracking comprises identifying data errors that one of exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level, and exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level for a predetermined time period; and

wherein the reporting comprises reporting only when one of the data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level and the data errors exceeds the predetermined tolerable received data error level for a predetermined time period.

40. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, wherein receiving data comprises utilizing at least one of wireless conventional ground terrestrial transmission, digital television (DTV) connection, analog and digital cable television (CATV), satellite connection, direct broadcast satellite system (DBS), wide area network (WAN) connection, and formats chosen by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and National Television Standards Committee (NTSC), and wherein reporting data errors comprises utilizing at least one of telephone dial-up connection through a WAN, dial-up directly, data link switching (DLS), cable docsys, and telephony.