Method and apparatus for controlling resource

• US 9,462,598 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Kyung Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): LY, ANH VU H
• Application Number:
  US14/516,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20150103785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/00 Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 ; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS

Abstract

A method for requesting resource allocation includes receiving a target quality of a video transmitted from a server, from the server, determining whether a ratio between a quality of a transmitted video and the target quality is less than a predetermined ratio threshold value, based on a Peak signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) or frame-rate in a predetermined time section, and requesting allocation of additional resources for the video to the server when the ratio of between the quality of the transmitted video and the target quality is less than the ratio threshold value. Other embodiments including an apparatus for requesting resource allocation are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for requesting resource allocation by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a target criteria for a quality of a video from a server;

determining whether a ratio of correspondence between the quality of a video and the target criteria is less than a predetermined ratio threshold value, based on a Peak signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) or frame-rate in a predetermined time section;

requesting allocation of an additional resource for the video to the server, if the ratio of correspondence between the quality of the video and the target criteria is less than the ratio threshold value; and

requesting the allocation of the additional resource to the server, if a time greater than or equal to a predetermined time threshold value elapses while the quality of the video fails to satisfy the target criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target criteria is set by a range formed of at least two coordinates on a PSNR and frame-rate plane.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the ratio threshold value from the server.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a report condition from the server; and

reporting a result of measuring a quality of a video if the report condition is satisfied, to the server.

5. An apparatus for requesting resource allocation by a terminal, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal;

a controller configured to;

receive a target criteria for a quality of a video from a server,

determine whether a ratio of correspondence between the quality of a video and the target criteria is less than a predetermined ratio threshold value, based on a Peak signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) or frame-rate in a predetermined time section,

request allocation of an additional resource for the video to the server if the ratio of correspondence between the quality of the video and the target criteria is less than the ratio threshold value, and

request the allocation of the additional resource to the server if a time greater than or equal to a predetermined time threshold value elapses while the quality of the video fails to satisfy the target criteria.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the target criteria is set by a range formed of at least two coordinates on a PSNR and frame-rate plane.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to receive the ratio threshold value from the server.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to receive a report condition from the server, and

to reports, to the server, a result of measuring a quality of a video if the report condition is satisfied.

9. A method for allocating resources by a server, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a target criteria for quality of a video based on a Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) or a frame-rate, and a ratio threshold value that is a standard of a ratio of correspondence between the quality of a video and the target criteria;

receiving, from the terminal, a resource request based on the target criteria and the ratio threshold value;

receiving, from the terminal, the resource request, if a time greater than or equal to a predetermined time threshold value elapses while the quality of the video fails to satisfy the target criteria; and

allocating a resource to the terminal in response to the resource request.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the target criteria is set by a range formed of at least two coordinates on a PSNR and frame-rate plane.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, a time threshold value indicating a maximum time in which the quality of video is allowed to be out of the target criteria.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting a report condition to the terminal; and

receiving a result of measuring a quality of a video if the report condition is satisfied, from the terminal.

13. An apparatus for allocating resources, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal;

a controller configured to;

determine a target criteria for a quality of a video based on a Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) or a frame-rate, and a ratio threshold value that is a standard of a ratio of correspondence between the quality of a video and the target criteria; and

transmit the target criteria and the ratio threshold value to a terminal,

receive a resource request, based on the target criteria and the ratio threshold value from the terminal,

receive the resource request from the terminal, if a time greater than or equal to a predetermined time threshold value elapses while the quality of the video fails to satisfy the target criteria, and

allocate a resource to the terminal in response to the resource request.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the target criteria is set by a range formed of at least two coordinates on a PSNR and frame-rate plane.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the terminal, a time threshold value indicating a maximum time in which the quality of video is allowed to be out of the target criteria.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a report condition to the terminal, and to receive a result of measuring a quality of a video if the report condition is satisfied, from the terminal.