Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving voice over internet protocol packets with a user datagram protocol checksum in a mobile communication system

• US 7,730,380 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2005
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ueran Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soeng-Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Steven H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alia; Curtis A
• Application Number:
  US11/199,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20060039358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,757 Days
• Field of Search: 370/216, 370/254, 370/255, 370/310, 370/389, 370/392, 370/395.52, 714/752, 714/753, 714/758
• US Class Current: 714/758
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/004 by using forward error control H04L1/0618 takes precedence; coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or correction H03M13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0061 Error detection codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0072 Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• 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 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/164 Adaptation or special uses of UDP protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packet on a radio link in a mobile communication system which provides a voice service over a packet network connected to the Internet. To transmit a VoIP packet, a VoIP packet comprising a user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum field is received, the UDP checksum field is eliminated from the received VoIP packet, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is added to the UDP checksum field-free VoIP packet, for error detection in the radio link, and the VoIP packet having the CRC is transmitted on the radio link.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) packet on a radio link in a mobile communication system which provides a voice service over a packet network connected to the Internet, comprising the steps of:

receiving, from an upper layer, a VoIP packet containing a user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum field, a UDP checksum in the UDP checksum field being determined based on the VoIP packet;

replacing the UDP checksum in the UPD checksum field with a pseudo checksum, the replaced pseudo checksum being preset between a transmitter and a receiver;

compressing the header of the VoIP packet except for the replaced pseudo checksum in the UDP checksum field;

eliminating the UDP checksum field from the header-compressed VoIP packet; and

adding a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to the UDP checksum field-free VoIP packet, for error detection in the radio link.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting the VoIP packet having the CRC on the radio link.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pseudo checksum is determined at a call setup.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the received VoIP packet comprises an Internet protocol (IP) header, a UDP header with the UDP checksum field, a realtime transport protocol (RTP) header, and payload.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the UDP checksum field provides the UDP checksum for detecting transmission errors in a pseudo header being part of the IP header, the UDP header, the RTP header, and the payload.

6. A method of receiving a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) packet on a radio link in a mobile communication system which provides a voice service over a packet network connected to the Internet, comprising the steps of:

receiving a VoIP packet without a user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum field on a radio link;

inserting a pseudo checksum into the received VoIP packet, the inserted pseudo checksum being preset between a transmitter and a receiver;

decompressing the header of the VoIP packet with the inserted pseudo checksum and calculating a UDP checksum for the header-decompressed VoIP packet; and

replacing the pseudo checksum with the calculated UDP checksum in the head-decompressed VoIP packet.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the pseudo checksum is determined at a call setup.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the received VoIP packet comprises an Internet protocol (IP) header, a UDP header without the UDP checksum field, a realtime transport protocol (RTP) header, and payload.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the calculated UDP checksum is a checksum for detecting transmission errors in a pseudo header being part of the IP header, the UDP header, the RTP header, and the payload.

10. An apparatus for transmitting a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packet on a radio link in a mobile communication system which provides a voice service over a packet network connected to the Internet, comprising:

a checksum inserter for receiving, from an upper layer, a VoIP packet containing a header comprising a user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum field, a UDP checksum in the UDP checksum field being determined based on the VoIP packet and replacing the UDP checksum in the UDP checksum field of the VoIP packet with a pseudo checksum, the replaced pseudo checksum being preset between a transmitter and a receiver;

a header compressor for compressing the header of the VoIP packet except for the replaced pseudo checksum in the UDP checksum field;

a checksum deleter for eliminating the UDP checksum field from the header-compressed VoIP packet; and

a radio protocol (RP) transmitter for adding a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to the UDP checksum field-flee VoIP packet, for error detection in the radio link.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the RP transmitter transmits the VoIP packet having the CRC on the radio link.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the received VoIP packet comprises an Internet protocol (IP) header, a UDP header with the UDP checksum field, a realtime transport protocol (RTP) header, and payload.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pseudo checksum is determined at a call setup.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the UDP checksum field provides the UDP checksum for detecting transmission errors in a pseudo header being part of the IP header, the UDP header, the RTP header, and the payload.

15. An apparatus for receiving a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) packet on a radio link in a mobile communication system which provides a voice service over a packet network connected to the Internet, comprising:

a radio protocol (RP) receiver for receiving a VoIP packet without a user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum field on a radio link;

a checksum inserter for inserting a pseudo checksum, the inserted pseudo checksum being preset between a transmitter and a receiver;

a header decompressor for decompressing the header of the VoIP packet with inserted the pseudo checksum; and

a checksum calculator for calculating a UDP checksum for the header-decompressed VoIP packet and replacing the pseudo checksum with the calculated UDP checksum.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the received VoIP packet comprises an Internet protocol (IP) header, a UDP header without the UDP checksum field, a realtime transport protocol (RTP) header, and payload.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the pseudo checksum is determined at a call setup.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the UDP checksum field provides the UDP checksum for detecting transmission errors in a pseudo header being part of the IP header, he UDP header, the RTP header, and the payload.