System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video having fixed size MAC header with an extension

• US 8,102,853 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2007
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Information Systems America Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ngo, Chiu, Singh, Harkirat, Shao, Huai-Rong
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAVLESKI, RYAN C
• Application Number:
  US11/690,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20080037540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,768 Days
• Field of Search: 370/392, 370/471, 714/758, 714/776
• US Class Current: 370/392
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• 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 12/40052 High-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus bus transfer protocol on a daisy chain bus using an embedded synchronisation G06F13/426
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40071 Packet processing; Packet format adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific network H04N21/2381, H04N21/4363, H04N21/4381; packet switches H04L49/00; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40117 Interconnection of audio or video/imaging devices home automation networks H04L12/2803; bitstream network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/324 in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/02 Data link layer protocols

Abstract

A data structure of a MAC header for a WirelessHD communication system including an application layer, a media access controller (MAC) layer, and a physical (PHY) layer, includes, a payload data packet from the application layer; a MAC header of a fixed length; a MAC header extension of a variable length; a MAC header extension control field which signals if a particular field needs to be included or excluded; a PHY header for synchronizing the behavior of the PHY layer; a first CRC segment for a cyclic redundancy checksum for checking transmission of the MAC header and the PHY header; and a second CRC segment for a cyclic redundancy checksum for checking transmission of the MAC header extension. Either the MAC header or the MAC header extension includes a size indication of the MAC header extension for facilitating checking of the second CRC segment.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a data structure of a MAC header for a High Definition communication system, using a open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model including an application layer, a media access controller (MAC) layer, and a physical (PHY) layer, comprising:

a payload data packet received from the application layer;

a fixed length MAC header for controlling a plurality of first type of functions of the MAC layer;

a MAC header extension of a variable length for controlling a plurality of second type of functions of the MAC layer, wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header;

a PHY header for synchronizing the behavior of the PHY layer;

a first CRC segment for a cyclic redundancy checksum for checking transmission of the MAC header and the PHY header; and

a second CRC segment for a cyclic redundancy checksum for separately checking the transmission of the MAC header extension,

wherein the MAC header comprises a size indication of the MAC header extension, the size indication referred in facilitating checking of the second CRC segment,

wherein the MAC header extension further comprises a ReBoM header, a Link adaptation extension header, and a composite frame header, and wherein presence or absence of the ReBoM header, the Link adaptation extension header, and the composite frame header are determined by values of the corresponding MAC header extension control bits.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first type of functions perform processes comprising:

controlling the MAC layer;

controlling the MAC header extension;

indicating a destination device of the payload data packet;

indicating a source device of the payload data packet;

identifying a wireless video audio net work to which the destination and source devices belong;

identifying the type of the data packet; and

indexing the data packet.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the MAC header comprises:

a MAC control field for controlling the MAC layer;

a MAC header extension control field for controlling the MAC header extension;

a destination ID field for indicating the destination device which provided the payload data packet;

a source ID field for indicating the source device which provided the payload data packet;

a wireless video audio network ID field for identifying the wireless video audio network to which the destination and source devices belong;

a stream index field for identifying the type of the data packet; and

a sequence number field provided by a modulo-counter for indexing the data packet.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 3, wherein the MAC control field comprises:

a protocol version field for indicating a version of a protocol used for the data packet;

a packet type field for indicating a type of the data packet;

a security bit for indicating secure data packets;

a retry bit for indicating if the packet is either a data packet or MAC command and if the packet is retransmitted;

a more-data bit for indicating whether the device will be sending any more packets in the reserved time block; and

a transport priority field for indicating the priority of the packet.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 3, wherein the MAC header extension control field comprises:

an MAC header extension length field for indicating the length of the MAC header extension;

a link adaptation extension bit;

a ReBoM (reliable broadcast or multicast) control bit; and

a composite frame control bit.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 3, wherein the modulo counter comprises a modulo 256 counter, and wherein the sequence number is incremented for each packet sent.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first CRC segment is set by CRC-16 or CRC-32.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second type of function comprises device-dependent functions and application-dependent functions.

9. A method of communicating payload data in a High Definition communication system, the method comprising:

receiving payload data comprising uncompressed video data from the application layer;

encapsulating at least a portion of the payload data with a fixed size media access controller layer (MAC) header, an isolated MAC header extension of a variable size, a first checking data segment, and a second checking data segment to produce a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU), wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header, wherein the first checking data segment comprises a first cyclic redundancy checksum (first CRC) for a physical layer (PHY) header and the MAC header, wherein the second checking data segment comprises a second cyclic redundancy checksum (second CRC) for the MAC header extension;

appending the PHY header for synchronization to the MPDU; and

transmitting the PHY header appended MPDU to a receiver.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the PHY header and the MAC header for which the first CRC is computed is of a fixed size, and wherein the MAC header comprises a size indication of the MAC header extension which facilitates calculating of the second CRC.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the MAC header extension comprises device-dependent fields and application-dependent fields.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating a first cyclic redundancy checksum for the PHY header and the MAC header at the receiver;

generating a second cyclic redundancy checksum for the MAC header extension at the receiver; and

determining whether the act of transmitting is successful by comparing the computed first and second cyclic redundancy checksum with the received first and second cyclic redundancy checksum.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the act of computing the second cyclic redundancy checksum comprises using the size indication of the MAC header extension extracted from the MAC header extension.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the act of determining comprises determining the act of transmitting is successful when the computed first cyclic redundancy checksum is matched with the received first cyclic redundancy checksum.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first CRC segment is computed by using CRC-16 or CRC-32.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the MAC header comprises a size indication of the MAC header extension.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the MAC header extension only comprises MAC header variable length fields and the fixed size MAC header only comprises fixed length fields.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein upon the first CRC passing due to being free of errors in the MAC header and the PHY header, and the second CRC failing due to bit errors in the MAC header extension, processing the MAC header and the PHY header.

19. The method of claim 9, wherein the first CRC is only used for the PHY header and the MAC header, and the second CRC is only used for the MAC header extension.

20. The method of claim 9, wherein the MAC header extension comprises a ReBoM header, a Link adaptation extension header, and a composite frame header, and wherein presence or absence of the ReBoM header, the Link adaptation extension header, and the composite frame header is determined by values of corresponding MAC header extension control bits in the MAC header.

21. The method of claim 9, wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header by the first checking data segment.

22. The method of claim 9, wherein fields of the MAC header and fields of the MAC header extension are distinct and have separate field boundaries.

23. A system for communicating payload data in a High Definition communication system, comprising:

means for receiving payload data comprising uncompressed video data from the application layer;

means for encapsulating at least a portion of the payload with a fixed size media access controller layer (MAC) header, an isolated MAC header extension of a variable size, a first checking data segment, and a second checking data segment to produce a MAC Packet Data Unit (MPDU), wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header, wherein the first checking data segment comprises a first cyclic redundancy checksum (first CRC) for a physical layer (PHY) header and the MAC header, wherein the second checking data segment comprises a second cyclic redundancy checksum (second CRC) for the MAC header extension;

means for appending the PHY header for synchronization to the MPDU; and

means for transmitting the PHY header appended MPDU to a receiver, wherein the transmitting means comprise an antenna,

wherein the MAC header extension comprises a ReBoM header, a Link adaptation extension header, and a composite frame header, and wherein presence or absence of the ReBoM header, the Link adaptation extension header, and the composite frame header is determined by values of corresponding MAC header extension control bits in the MAC header.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the PHY header and the MAC header for which the first CRC is computed is of fixed size, and wherein the MAC header comprises a size indication of the MAC header extension which facilitates calculating of the second CRC.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the MAC header extension comprises device-dependent fields and application-dependent fields.

26. The system of claim 23, further comprising:

means for generating a first cyclic redundancy checksum for the PHY header and the MAC header at the receiver;

means for generating a second cyclic redundancy checksum for the MAC header extension at the receiver; and

means for determining whether the transmission is successful by comparing the computed first and second cyclic redundancy checksum with the received first and second cyclic redundancy checksum.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the means for computing the second cyclic redundancy checksum comprises a means for using the size indication of the MAC header extension extracted from the MAC header.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the first CRC segment is computed by using CRC-16 or CRC-32 defined in IEEE 802.11 standard (1999 (R2003) and its amendments).

29. The system of claim 23, wherein the MAC header comprises a size indication of the MAC header extension.

30. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a data structure of a MAC header for a High Definition communication system, using an OSI model including an application layer, a MAC layer, and a PHY layer, comprising:

a payload data packet from the application layer;

a fixed length MAC header;

a MAC header extension of a variable length, wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header;

a PHY header for synchronizing the behavior of the PHY layer;

a first CRC segment for a cyclic redundancy checksum for only checking transmission of the MAC header and the PHY header; and

a second CRC segment for a cyclic redundancy checksum for only checking transmission of the MAC header extension,

wherein the MAC header extension comprises a size indication of the MAC header extension for facilitating checking of the second CRC segment,

wherein the MAC header extension further comprises a ReBoM header, a Link adaptation extension header, and a composite frame header, and wherein presence or absence of the ReBoM header, the Link adaptation extension header, and the composite frame header is determined by values of corresponding MAC header extension control bits in the MAC header.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the MAC header comprises:

a MAC control field for controlling the MAC layer;

a MAC header extension control field for controlling the MAC header extension;

a destination ID field for indicating a destination device of the payload data packet

a source ID field for indicating a source device of the payload data packet;

a wireless video audio network ID field for identifying a wireless video audio network to which the destination and source devices belong;

a stream index field for identifying the type of the data packet; and

a sequence number field provided by a modulo-counter for indexing the data packet.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the MAC header extension control field comprises:

an MAC header extension length field for indicating the length of the MAC header extension;

a link adaptation extension bit;

a ReBoM (reliable broadcast or multicast) control bit; and

a composite frame control bit.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the composite frame header is of a variable length, and wherein if the composite frame control bit is set, the composite frame header is included in the MAC header extension and a size indication of the MAC header extension is included in the MAC header extension.

34. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a data structure of a MAC header for a High Definition communication system, the data structure comprising:

a payload data packet received from the application layer;

a fixed length media access controller layer (MAC) header for controlling a plurality of first type of functions of the MAC layer, wherein the fixed size MAC header only comprises fixed length fields;

a MAC header extension of a variable length for controlling a plurality of second type of functions of the MAC layer, wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header and only comprises MAC header variable length fields,

a first checking data segment, and a second checking data segment to produce a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU), wherein the first checking data segment comprises a first cyclic redundancy checksum (first CRC) for a physical layer (PHY) header and the MAC header, wherein the second checking data segment comprises a second cyclic redundancy checksum (second CRC) for the MAC header extension;

the PHY header for synchronizing the behavior of the PHY layer.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 34, wherein the payload data packet comprises a separate CRC segment for cyclic redundancy checksum for checking transmission of the rest of the payload data packet.

36. A receiving device for receiving payload data in a High Definition communication system, comprising:

a receiver for receiving payload data comprising uncompressed video data, wherein at least a portion of the payload is encapsulated with a fixed size media access controller layer (MAC) header, an isolated MAC header extension of a variable size, a first checking data segment, and a second checking data segment to produce a MAC Packet Data Unit (MPDU), wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header, wherein the first checking data segment comprises a first cyclic redundancy checksum (first CRC) for a physical layer (PHY) header and the MAC header, wherein the second checking data segment comprises a second cyclic redundancy checksum (second CRC) for the MAC header extension.

37. A transmitter device for communicating payload data in a High Definition communication system, comprising:

a transmitter including;

an application layer;

a media access controller (MAC) layer;

a physical (PHY) layer, wherein payload data comprising uncompressed video data is communicated from the application layer to the PHY layer,

wherein the MAC layer including means for encapsulating at least a portion of the payload with a fixed size MAC header, an isolated MAC header extension of a variable size, a first checking data segment, and a second checking data segment to produce a MAC Packet Data Unit (MPDU), wherein the MAC header extension is isolated from the MAC header, wherein the first checking data segment comprises a first cyclic redundancy checksum (first CRC) for a PHY header and the MAC header, wherein the second checking data segment comprises a second cyclic redundancy checksum (second CRC) for the MAC header extension;

means for appending the PHY header for synchronization to the MPDU;

and means for transmitting the PHY header appended MPDU in the system, wherein the transmitting means comprising an antenna.