Systems and methods for electronic news gathering

• US 9,510,236 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2016
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accelerated Media Technologies, Inc. (ZMG Ruckus Factory)
• Original Assignee: Accelerated Media Technologies, Inc. (ZMG Ruckus Factory)
• Inventors: Freeman, Dudley C., Blanchard, Scott David, Lillie, Andrew George, Noronha, Ciro Aloisio, Slattery, William Anthony, Jennings, Thomas P., DeFala, Steven Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Taha, Shaq
• Application Number:
  US15/013,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 301 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• 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: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0252 per individual bearer or channel dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality

Abstract

A system comprising: at least one network modem configured to communicate wirelessly with at least one base station; and a subsystem configured to provide data packets to the at least one network modem to be transmitted wirelessly to the at least one base station, the subsystem comprising at least one video encoder configured to receive at least one input video signal and provide at least some of the data packets based on the at least one input video signal, wherein the at least one network modem is further configured to: engage in an authentication protocol with the subsystem; and process the data packets received from the subsystem based at least in part on whether the subsystem successfully completes the authentication protocol.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

first electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment configured to share bandwidth in an ENG network, the ENG network comprising the first ENG equipment, second ENG equipment, and at least one base station, the first ENG equipment comprising;

at least one network modem configured to communicate wirelessly with the at least one base station using a Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) frequency band; and

a subsystem configured to provide data packets to the at least one network modem to be transmitted wirelessly to the at least one base station, the subsystem comprising at least one video encoder configured to receive at least one input video signal and provide at least some of the data packets based on the at least one input video signal,

wherein the at least one network modem is further configured to;

engage in an authentication protocol with the subsystem comprising the at least one video encoder;

in response to the subsystem successfully completing the authentication protocol, transmit, at a first service level, the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment to the at least one base station; and

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, discard the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment, or transmit, at a second service level lower than the first service level, the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment to the at least one base station.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one network modem is configured to communicate wirelessly with the at least one base station using at least one communication protocol based on a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first ENG equipment is installed in a mobile ENG unit.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the BAS frequency band comprises a 2 GHz band.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the BAS frequency band comprises a 7 GHz band.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one network modem is configured to:

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, transmit the data packets received from the subsystem at a second service level lower than the first service level.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second service level is a best effort service level.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one network modem is configured to:

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, discard the data packets received from the subsystem.

25. The system of claim 3, wherein the mobile ENG unit comprises a helicopter.

9. A method comprising acts of:

communicating, by at least one network modem of first electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment, wirelessly with at least one base station using a Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) frequency band, wherein the first electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment is configured to share bandwidth in an ENG network, the ENG network comprising the first ENG equipment, second ENG equipment, and at least one base station; and

receiving, from a subsystem, data packets to be transmitted wirelessly to the at least one base station, the subsystem comprising at least one video encoder that receives at least one input video signal and provides at least some of the data packets based on the at least one input video signal,

engaging, by the at least one network modem, in an authentication protocol with the subsystem comprising the at least one video encoder;

in response to the subsystem successfully completing the authentication protocol, transmitting, at a first service level, the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment to the at least one base station; and

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, discarding the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment, or transmitting, at a second service level lower than the first service level, the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment to the at least one base station.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one network modem communicates wirelessly with the at least one base station using at least one communication protocol based on a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first ENG equipment is installed in a mobile ENG unit.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the BAS frequency band comprises a 2 GHz band.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the BAS frequency band comprises a 7 GHz band.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein:

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, the at least one network modem transmits the data packets received from the subsystem at a second service level lower than the first service level.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second service level is a best effort service level.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein:

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, the at least one network modem discards the data packets received from the subsystem.

26. The method of claim 11, wherein the mobile ENG unit comprises a helicopter.

17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising acts of:

communicating, by at least one network modem of first electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment, wirelessly with at least one base station using a Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) frequency band, wherein the first electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment is configured to share bandwidth in an ENG network, the ENG network comprising the first ENG equipment, second ENG equipment, and at least one base station; and

receiving, from a subsystem, data packets to be transmitted wirelessly to the at least one base station, the subsystem comprising at least one video encoder that receives at least one input video signal and provides at least some of the data packets based on the at least one input video signal,

engaging, by the at least one network modem, in an authentication protocol with the subsystem, comprising the at least one video encoder;

in response to the subsystem successfully completing the authentication protocol, transmitting, at a first service level, the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment to the at least one base station; and

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, discarding the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment, or transmitting, at a second service level lower than the first service level, the data packets received from the subsystem of the first ENG equipment to the at least one base station.

18. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one network modem communicates wirelessly with the at least one base station using at least one communication protocol based on a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first ENG equipment is installed in a mobile ENG unit.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the BAS frequency band comprises a 2 GHz band.

21. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the BAS frequency band comprises a 7 GHz band.

22. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein:

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, the at least one network modem transmits the data packets received from the subsystem at a second service level lower than the first service level.

23. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the second service level is a best effort service level.

24. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein:

in response to the subsystem failing to complete the authentication protocol, the at least one network modem discards the data packets received from the subsystem.

27. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the mobile ENG unit comprises a helicopter.