Transmission of multimedia streams to mobile devices with uncoded transport tunneling

• US 8,358,705 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
• Inventors: Shelby, Kevin A., Nysen, Peter J., Doerr, Michael B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Czekaj, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Beck, Leron
• Application Number:
  US12/474,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20090262839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 370/466, 370/389, 370/401, 375/141, 714/699
• US Class Current: 375/240.27
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/05 using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits H03M13/2906 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/1102 Codes on graphs and decoding on graphs, e.g. low-density parity check [LDPC] codes
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/2732 Convolutional interleaver; Interleavers using shift-registers or delay lines like, e.g. Ramsey type interleaver
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/29 combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/2906 using block codes H03M13/2957 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/2909 Product codes
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/2936 comprising an outer Reed-Solomon code and an inner convolutional code
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/2957 Turbo codes and decoding
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/6583 Normalization other than scaling, e.g. by subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/95 characterised by a specific format, e.g. an encoded audio stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2381 Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• 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 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4381 Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]

Abstract

A system and method for wirelessly transmitting audiovisual information. First audiovisual information may be encoded using a first error correction coding method. A plurality of packets may be generated, including the first audiovisual information, second audiovisual information, and control information. The second audiovisual information may not be encoded using the first error correction coding method, and the control information may indicate this. The plurality of packets may be wirelessly transmitted. The control information may be usable by a receiver to determine that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first error correction coding method, and may thereby determine that the second audiovisual information is a different service version than the first audiovisual information.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting audiovisual information to a mobile device in a wireless manner, wherein the mobile device comprises a receiver, the method comprising:

encoding first audiovisual information using a first type of error correction coding;

generating a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets comprise the encoded first audiovisual information, second audiovisual information, and control information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

transmitting the plurality of packets in a wireless manner;

wherein the control information is usable by the receiver to determine that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information not being encoded using the first type of error correction coding indicates to the receiver that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first type of error correction coding comprises convolutional encoding.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encoding the second audiovisual information using a second type of error correction coding, wherein the second type of error correction coding is different than the first type of error correction coding.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the second type of error correction coding comprises systematic block coding.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the control information is located in a different one or more packets of the plurality of packets than the first and second audiovisual information.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein at least part of the first audiovisual information and at least part of the second audiovisual information are co-located in at least one packet of the plurality of packets.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

broadcasting the plurality of packets to a plurality of mobile devices in a wireless manner;

wherein a first portion of the plurality of mobile devices are legacy devices not configured to use the later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the control information is usable by the first portion of the plurality of devices to ignore the second audiovisual information.

30. The method of claim 1,

wherein the audiovisual communication standard is a mobile television standard.

7. A system for transmitting audiovisual information to a mobile device in a wireless manner, the system comprising:

memory for storing audiovisual information;

transmit logic coupled to the memory and configured to;

encode first audiovisual information using a first type of error correction coding;

generate a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets comprise the encoded first audiovisual information, second audiovisual information, and control information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

a transmitter coupled to the transmit logic for transmitting the plurality of packets to the mobile device in a wireless manner;

wherein the control information is usable by the mobile device to determine that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information not being encoded using the first type of error correction coding indicates to the mobile device that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information.

8. A system for generating packetized audiovisual information for transmission to a mobile device in a wireless manner, the system comprising:

transmit logic configured to;

encode first audiovisual information using a first type of error correction coding;

generate a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets comprise the encoded first audiovisual information, second audiovisual information, and control information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

wherein the plurality of packets are configured to be transmitted to the mobile device in a wireless manner;

wherein the control information is usable by the mobile device to determine that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information not being encoded using the first type of error correction coding indicates to the mobile device that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information.

9. The system of claim 8,

wherein the first type of error correction coding comprises convolutional encoding.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the transmit logic is also configured to:

encode the second audiovisual information using a second type of error correction coding, wherein the second type of error correction coding is different than the first type of error correction coding.

11. The system of claim 10,

wherein the second type of error correction coding comprises systematic block coding.

12. The system of claim 8,

wherein the control information is located in a different one or more packets of the plurality of packets than the first and second audiovisual information.

13. The system of claim 8,

wherein at least part of the first audiovisual information and at least part of the second audiovisual information are co-located in at least one packet of the plurality of packets.

31. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of packets are configured to be broadcast to a plurality of mobile devices in a wireless manner;

wherein a first portion of the plurality of mobile devices are legacy devices not configured to use the later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the control information is usable by the first portion of the plurality of devices to ignore the second audiovisual information.

32. The system of claim 8,

wherein the audiovisual communication standard is a mobile television standard.

14. A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing program instructions for generating packets for transmission of audiovisual information to a mobile device in a wireless manner, wherein the program instructions are executable to:

encode first audiovisual information using a first type of error correction coding;

generate a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets comprise the encoded first audiovisual information, second audiovisual information, and control information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

wherein the plurality of packets are configured to be transmitted to the mobile device in a wireless manner;

wherein the control information is usable by the mobile device to determine that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information not being encoded using the first type of error correction coding indicates to the mobile device that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information.

15. A method for receiving and presenting audiovisual information at a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of packets in a wireless manner;

wherein the plurality of packets comprises first audiovisual information and second audiovisual information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the first audiovisual information is encoded using a first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

wherein the plurality of packets further comprise control information, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

determining, based on the control information, that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

determining that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information because the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

presenting at least a portion of the audiovisual information on the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the first type of error correction coding comprises convolutional encoding.

17. The method of claim 15,

wherein the second audiovisual information is encoded using a second type of error correction coding, wherein the second type of error correction coding is different than the first type of error correction coding.

18. The method of claim 17,

wherein the second type of error correction coding comprises systematic block coding.

19. The method of claim 15,

wherein the control information is located in a different one or more packets of the plurality of packets than the first and second audiovisual information.

20. The method of claim 15,

wherein at least part of the first audiovisual information and at least part of the second audiovisual information are co-located in at least one packet of the plurality of packets.

33. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising:

determining that the mobile device is not configured to use the later version of the audiovisual communication standard;

discarding the second audiovisual information based on determining that the second audiovisual information comprises the later version of the audiovisual communication standard and based on determining that the mobile device is not configured to use the later version of the audiovisual communication standard.

34. The method of claim 33,

wherein presenting at least a portion of the audiovisual information on the mobile device comprises presenting the first audiovisual information on the mobile device.

35. The method of claim 15,

wherein the audiovisual communication standard is a mobile television standard.

21. A mobile device for receiving and presenting audiovisual information, the mobile device comprising:

an antenna for receiving a plurality of packets in a wireless manner, wherein the plurality of packets comprises first audiovisual information and second audiovisual information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the first audiovisual information is encoded using a first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

wherein the plurality of packets further comprise control information, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

a display and one or more speakers; and

receiver logic coupled to the antenna, the display, and the one or more speakers, wherein the receiver logic is configured to;

determine, based on the control information, that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

determine that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information because the audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding; and

present at least a portion of the audiovisual information on one or more of the display or the one or more speakers.

22. A system for receiving and processing audiovisual information, the system comprising:

an input for receiving a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets were transmitted in a wireless manner, wherein the plurality of packets comprises first audiovisual information and second audiovisual information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the first audiovisual information is encoded using a first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the plurality of packets further comprise control information, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

receiver logic coupled to the input, wherein the receiver logic is configured to;

determine, based on the control information, that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding; and

determine that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information because the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

wherein the audiovisual information is configured to be presented on a display and one or more speakers.

23. The system of claim 22,

wherein the first type of error correction coding comprises convolutional encoding.

24. The system of claim 22,

wherein the second audiovisual information is encoded using a second type of error correction coding, wherein the second type of error correction coding is different than the first type of error correction coding.

25. The system of claim 24,

wherein the second type of error correction coding comprises systematic block coding.

26. The system of claim 22,

wherein the control information is located in a different one or more packets of the plurality of packets than the first and second portions of the plurality of packets.

27. The system of claim 22,

wherein at least part of the first audiovisual information and at least part of the second audiovisual information are co-located in at least one packet of the plurality of packets.

36. The system of claim 22, the wherein the receiver logic is further configured to:

determine that the system is not configured to use the later version of the audiovisual communication standard;

discard the second audiovisual information based on determining that the second audiovisual information comprises the later version of the audiovisual communication standard and based on determining that the system is not configured to use the later version of the audiovisual communication standard.

37. The system of claim 22, wherein the audiovisual communication standard is a mobile television standard.

28. A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing program instructions for receiving and processing audiovisual information, wherein the program instructions are executable to:

receive a plurality of packets in a wireless manner,

wherein the plurality of packets comprises first audiovisual information and second audiovisual information, wherein the first audiovisual information is generated according to a first version of an audiovisual communication standard, wherein the second audiovisual information is generated according to a later version of the audiovisual communication standard, wherein the first audiovisual information is encoded using a first type of error correction coding, wherein the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding, wherein the plurality of packets further comprise control information, wherein the control information indicates that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

determine, based on the control information, that the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding; and

determine that the second audiovisual information comprises a later version of the audiovisual communication standard than the first audiovisual information because the second audiovisual information is not encoded using the first type of error correction coding;

present at least a portion of the audiovisual information on one or more of a display or one or more speakers.