Method and system for transmission of different types of information in wireless communication

• US 7,782,836 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Singh, Harkirat, Shao, Huai-Rong, Ngo, Chiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang; Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Siddiqui; Kashif
• Application Number:
  US11/725,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20070223527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,253 Days
• Field of Search: 714748-749, 370/349, 370/468
• US Class Current: 370/349
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0083 Formatting with frames or packets; Protocol or part of protocol for error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1628 List acknowledgements, i.e. the acknowledgement message consisting of a list of identifiers, e.g. of sequence numbers H04L1/1614 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0098 Unequal error protection

Abstract

A method and system for wireless communication of different information types over a wireless channel, is provided. Information comprising different information types is formed into a composite aggregation of the different information types, and the composite aggregation is transmitted from a sender to a receiver over a wireless channel. A composite acknowledgement (ACK) format is utilized by the receiver to reduce the overhead in low-rate channels.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication of different information types, comprising:

employing a processor for

inputting information comprising different information types;

forming a composite aggregation of the different information types comprising forming a composite information packet including multiple sub-packets for each sub-packet composite information packet, wherein each sub-packet includes a sub-header that comprises a mask that indicates the different information types in the sub-packet; and

transmitting the composite aggregation from a wireless sender to a wireless receiver over a wireless channel.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the different information types include audio, video, control and data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the composite aggregation of the different information types further includes forming the composite information packet including location information for each sub-packet composite information packet, wherein at least one of the sub-packets contains different information types.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein each sub-packet comprises:

payload fields for different information types; and

a sub-header that indicates;

(a) the information types in that sub-packet, and (b) the length of payload fields for different information types in the sub-packet.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the sub-header comprises a sub-packet index that indicates a sequence number of that sub-packet within the composite information packet.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein each sub-packet further includes a CRC value for the information types in the packet.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving the composite information packet at a wireless receiver; and

using the location information therein to locate and retrieve the different information types in the sub-packets within the composite information packet.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the composite aggregation at a wireless receiver;

forming an aggregated acknowledgment; and

transmitting the aggregated acknowledgment to the transmitter over a wireless channel.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein forming the aggregated acknowledgment comprises forming an aggregated acknowledgment that includes an acknowledgment for the different information types in the received composite aggregation, the method further comprising the transmitter retransmitting information based on the aggregated acknowledgment.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein:

forming a composite aggregation of the different information types further includes forming a composite information packet including multiple sub-packets, wherein at least one of the sub-packets contains different information types; and

forming an aggregated acknowledgment (ACK) includes forming a composite ACK packet that includes an acknowledgment for the different information types in the composite information packet.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein:

the composite ACK packet further includes multiple ACK sub-packets, each ACK sub-packet includes an acknowledgment for a sub-packet of the composite information packet.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the composite aggregation is transmitted over a high-rate channel.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the aggregated acknowledgment is transmitted over a low-rate channel.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising performing TDD for coordinating the usage of the high-rate and low-rate channels.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the composite aggregation further includes providing Unequal Error Protection (UEP) for one or more information types in the composite aggregation.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the composite aggregation further includes providing Equal Error Protection (EEP) for a plurality of different information types in the composite aggregation.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein:

inputting information further includes inputting information comprising different information types and same information types;

forming the composite aggregation further includes providing UEP for same information types in the composite aggregation.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the different information types include two or more of audio, uncompressed video, control and data.

19. A system for wireless communication of different information types, comprising:

a transmitter including a composite aggregator configured to form a composite aggregation of information comprising a composite information packet including multiple sub-packets, wherein at least one of the sub-packets contains different information types, and each sub-packet includes a sub-header that comprises an information mask that indicates the different information types in the sub-packet, and a communication module configured to transmit the composite aggregation over a wireless channel; and

a receiver configured to receive the composite information.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the different information types include audio, video, control and data.

21. The system of claim 19 wherein the composite aggregation further comprises location information for each sub-packet composite information packet.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein each sub-packet comprises:

payload fields for different information types; and

each sub-header that indicates;

(a) the information types in that sub-packet, and (b) the length of payload fields for different information types in the sub-packet.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the sub-header comprises a sub-packet index that indicates a sequence number of that sub-packet within the composite information packet.

24. The system of claim 22 wherein each sub-packet further includes a CRC value for the information types in the packet.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein:

the receiver is configured to receive the composite information packet and uses the location information therein to locate and retrieve the different information types in the sub-packets within the composite packet.

26. The system of claim 19 wherein the receiver includes:

a communication module configured to receive the composite aggregation; and

an acknowledgment generator configured to form an aggregated acknowledgment;

wherein the communication module of the receiver is further configured to transmit the aggregated acknowledgment to the transmitter over a wireless channel.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein the aggregated acknowledgment comprises an acknowledgment for the different information types in the received composite aggregation, the transmitter further including a re-transmitter configured for retransmitting information based on the aggregated acknowledgment.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein:

the composite aggregation comprises a composite information packet including multiple sub-packets, wherein at least one of the sub-packets contains different information types; and

the aggregated ACK comprises a composite ACK packet including an acknowledgment for the different information types in the composite information packet.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein:

the composite ACK packet further includes multiple ACK sub-packets, each ACK sub-packet includes an acknowledgment for a sub-packet of the composite information packet.

30. The system of claim 26 wherein the composite aggregation is transmitted over a high-rate channel.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein the aggregated acknowledgment is transmitted over a low-rate channel.

32. The system of claim 31 further comprising the transmitter and the receiver are configured to perform TDD for coordinating the usage of the high-rate and low-rate channels.

33. The system of claim 19 wherein the composite aggregator is further configured to provide UEP for one or more information types in the composite aggregation.

34. The system of claim 19 wherein the composite aggregator is further configured to provide EEP for a plurality of different information types in the composite aggregation.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein the composite aggregator is further configured to provide UEP for same information types in the composite aggregation.

36. A transmitter for wireless communication of different information types, comprising:

a composite aggregator configured to form a composite aggregation of information comprising a composite information packet including multiple sub-packets, wherein at least one of the sub-packets contains different information types, and each sub-packet including a sub-header that comprises an information mask that indicates the different information types in the sub-packet; and

a communication module configured to transmit the composite aggregation over a wireless channel.

37. The transmitter of claim 36 wherein the different information types include audio, video, control and data.

38. The transmitter of claim 36 wherein the composite aggregation further comprises location information for each sub-packet composite information packet.

39. The transmitter of claim 38 wherein each sub-packet comprises:

payload fields for different information types; and

the sub-header that indicates;

(a) the information types in that sub-packet, and (b) the length of the payload fields for different information types in the sub-packet.

40. The transmitter of claim 39 wherein the sub-header comprises a sub-packet index that indicates a sequence number of that sub-packet within the composite information packet.

41. The transmitter of claim 39 wherein each sub-packet further includes a CRC value for the information types in the packet.

42. The transmitter of claim 36 further including a re-transmitter configured to receive an acknowledgment for the composite packet from a receiver, and retransmit information based on the acknowledgment.

43. The transmitter of claim 36 wherein the composite aggregation is transmitted over a high-rate channel.

44. The transmitter of claim 36 wherein the composite aggregator is further configured to provide UEP for one or more information types in the composite aggregation.

45. The transmitter of claim 36 wherein the composite aggregator is further configured to provide EEP for a plurality of different information types in the composite aggregation.

46. The transmitter of claim 45 wherein the composite aggregator is further configured to provide UEP for same information types in the composite aggregation.

47. A receiver for wireless communication of different information types, comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a composite aggregation over a wireless channel, the composite aggregation comprising a composite information packet including multiple sub-packets comprising a sub-header that comprises an information mask that indicates the different information types in the sub-packet, wherein at least one of the sub-packets contains different information types; and

an acknowledgment generator configured to form an aggregated acknowledgment;

wherein the communication module of the receiver is further configured to transmit the aggregated acknowledgment to the transmitter over a wireless channel.

48. The receiver of claim 47 wherein the aggregated acknowledgment comprises an acknowledgment for the different information types in the received composite aggregation.

49. The receiver of claim 48 wherein:

the aggregated ACK comprises a composite ACK packet including an acknowledgment for the different information types in the composite information packet.

50. The receiver of claim 47 wherein:

the composite aggregation further comprises location information for each sub-packet composite information packet,

each sub-packet comprises;

payload fields for different information types; and

the sub-header that indicates;

(a) the information types in that sub-packet, (b) the length of the payload fields for different information types in the sub-packet, and (c) the location of the information types in the composite aggregation; and

the receiver is further configured to receive the composite aggregation and use the location information therein to locate and retrieve the different information types in the sub-packets within the composite packet.

51. The receiver of claim 47 wherein:

the composite ACK packet further includes multiple ACK sub-packets, each ACK sub-packet includes an acknowledgment for a sub-packet of the composite information packet.

52. The receiver of claim 51 wherein the aggregated acknowledgment is transmitted over a low-rate channel.

53. A transmitter for wireless communication of different information types, comprising:

a wireless communication device including a composite aggregator configured to form a composite aggregation of information comprising a composite information Media Access Control (MAC) packet including multiple sub-packets including a sub-header that comprises an information mask that indicates different information types in each sub-packet.