Multi-stream service concurrent transmission method, subsystem, system and multi-interface terminal

• US 9,813,933 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Inventors: Sun, Aifang, Gao, Chong, Ling, Zhihao, Yuan, Yifeng, Cao, Jianfu, Zhang, Zhifei, Qi, Xuewen
• Primary Examiner(s): Eskandarnia, Arvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOREAU, AUSTIN J
• Application Number:
  US14/412,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20160007223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0205 at the air interface dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A multi-stream service concurrent transmission method includes: a multi-interface terminal initiating a service transmission request to a network side; the multi-interface terminal receiving information of database servers capable of providing the requested service resources and service information of the requested service; the multi-interface terminal establishing a plurality of concurrent links with the database servers, dividing service data packets of the requested service, and notifying the network side of the division result; the multi-interface terminal receiving the service data packets of the requested service via the plurality of established concurrent links. The embodiment of the present document further correspondingly discloses a multi-stream service concurrent transmission subsystem, system and a multi-interface terminal.

Claims

1. A multi-stream service concurrent transmission method, comprising:

a multi-interface terminal initiating a service transmission request to a network side, wherein the service transmission request carries at least a service ID of requested service and a terminal ID of the multi-interface terminal;

the multi-interface terminal receiving information of database servers capable of providing requested service resources and service information of the requested service from the network side;

the multi-interface terminal establishing a plurality of concurrent links with all or some of database servers corresponding to the information of the database servers capable of providing the requested service resources according to the information of the database servers capable of providing the requested service resources, and dividing service data packets of the requested service according to the service information of the requested service, and notifying the network side of a division result;

the multi-interface terminal receiving the service data packets of the requested service over the plurality of established concurrent links;

the multi-interface terminal evaluating links which transmit the service data packets;

the multi-interface terminal determining a link rate adjustment strategy according to a evaluation result, and notifying the network side of the link transmission rate adjustment strategy for the network side of the adjust transmission rates of various links;

wherein the step of the multi-interface terminal evaluating the links transmitting the service data packets comprises;

when the multi-interface terminal evaluating a link transmitting the service data packets at time t, calculating path weight of the link according to criteria comprising a bandwidth estimation value of the link at the time t, an average round-trip time delay of the link at the time t, and a retransmission statistical value of the link at the time t, wherein each of these criteria are further weighted by factors representing service grade information and the preference of transmitted service to various performance parameters of the link.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the multi-interface terminal receives the service data packets of the requested service over the plurality of established concurrent links, the method further comprises:

the multi-interface terminal buffering the received service data packets in a buffer, wherein the service data packets carry service sequence numbers;

the multi-interface terminal combining various service data packets according to the service serial numbers of the various service data packets in the buffer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of the multi-interface terminal dividing the service data packets of the requested service according to the service information of the requested service comprises:

the multi-interface terminal dividing the service data packets according to one or more of following items;

service size, service type, the number of concurrent links and buffer size.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of the multi-interface terminal evaluating the links transmitting the service data packets comprises:

calculating path weights of various links which transmits the service data packets according to

5. A multi-stream service concurrent transmission method, comprising:

a service platform receiving a service transmission request from a multi-interface terminal, and inquiring a Tracker server for information of database servers capable of providing service resources requested by the multi-interface terminal and service information of service requested by the multi-interface terminal according to a service ID, carried in the service transmission request, of the service requested by the multi-interface terminal;

the service platform returning the information of the database servers capable of providing the service resources requested by the multi-interface terminal as well as the service information of the service requested by the multi-interface terminal to a corresponding multi-interface terminal according to a terminal ID carried in the service transmission request;

the service platform receiving a division result which comes from the multi-interface terminal by dividing service data packets of the requested service;

the service platform controlling various database servers which establish concurrent links with the multi-interface terminal to send service data packets of the service resources requested by the multi-interface terminal to the multi-interface terminal according to the division result;

the service platform receiving a link transmission rate adjustment strategy from the multi-interface terminal;

the service platform controlling related database servers to adjust transmission rates of corresponding links according to the link transmission rate adjustment strategy;

wherein the receiving a link transmission rate adjustment strategy from the multi-interface terminal further comprises;

the multi-interface terminal evaluating a link transmitting the service data packets at time t, calculating path weight of the link according to criteria comprising a bandwidth estimation value of the link at the time t, and average round-trip time delay of the link at the time t, and a retransmission statistical value of the link at the time t, wherein each of these criteria are further weighted by factors representing service grade information and the preference of transmitted service to various performance parameters of the link.

6. A multi-interface terminal, comprising:

a service transmission request initiating module, a receiving module, a link establishing module, a service data packet dividing module and a transmitting module;

wherein

the service transmission request initiating module is configured to initiate a service transmission request to a network side, wherein the service transmission request carries at least a service ID of requested service and a terminal ID of the multi-interface terminal;

the receiving module is configured to receive information of database servers capable of providing requested service resources and service information of requested service from a network side; and

receive service data packets of the requested service via a plurality of concurrent links established by the link establishing module;

the link establishing module is configured to establish a plurality of concurrent links with all or some of database servers corresponding to the information of the database servers capable of providing the requested service resources according to the information of the database servers capable of providing the requested service resources;

the service data packet dividing module is configured to divide the service data packets of the requested service according to the service information of the requested service;

the transmitting module is configured to notify the network side of a division result of the service data packet dividing module;

wherein the mulit-interface terminal further comprises an evaluating module and a link transmission rate adjustment strategy determining module;

wherein

the evaluating module is configured to evaluate links transmitting the service data packets;

the link transmission rate adjustment strategy determining module is configured to determine a link transmission rate adjustment strategy according to an evaluation result of the evaluating module;

the transmitting module is further configured to notify the network side of the link transmission rate adjustment strategy determined by the link transmission rate adjustment strategy determining module;

wherein the evaluating module is configured to evaluate the links transmitting the service data packets, comprising;

the multi-interface terminal evaluating a link transmitting the service data packets at time t, calculating path weight of the link according to criteria comprising a bandwidth estimation value of the link at the time t, an average round-trip time delay of the link at the time t, and a retransmission statistical value of the link at the time t, wherein each of these criteria are further weighted by factors representing service grade information and the preference of transmitted service to various performance parameters of the link.

7. The multi-interface terminal of claim 6, wherein the multi-interface terminal further comprises:

a buffer and a service data packet merging module;

wherein

the buffer is configured to buffer service data packets received by the receiving module, wherein the service data packets carry service sequence numbers;

the service data packet merging module is configured to merge various service data packets in accordance with the service sequence numbers of the various service data packets in the buffer.

8. The multi-interface terminal of claim 6, wherein the evaluating module is configured to evaluate the links transmitting the service data packets, comprising:

calculating path weights of various links which transmits the service data packets according to

9. The multi-interface terminal of claim 6, wherein the service data packet dividing module is configured to divide the service data packets of the requested service according to the service information of the requested service, comprising:

dividing the service data packets according to one or more of following items;

service size, service type, the number of concurrent links and buffer size.

10. A service platform, comprising:

a receiving module, which is configured to receive a service transmission request from a multi-interface terminal, and receives a division result which comes from the multi-interface terminal by dividing service data packets of the requested service;

an inquiring module, configured to inquire a Tracker server for information of database servers capable of providing service resources requested by the multi-interface terminal and service information of service requested by the multi-interface terminal according to a service ID, carried in the service transmission request, of the service requested by the multi-interface terminal;

a first transmitting module, configured to, according to a terminal ID carried in the service transmission request, return the information of the database servers capable of providing the service resources requested by the multi-interface terminal and the service information of the service requested by the multi-interface terminal to a corresponding multi-interface terminal;

a second transmitting module, configured to, together with various database servers which establish concurrent links with the multi-interface terminal, send service data packets of the service resources requested by the multi-interface terminal to the multi-interface terminal according to the division result;

a strategy adjusting module, configured to control related database servers to adjust transmission rate of corresponding links according to the link transmission rate adjustment strategy;

the receiving module, further configured to receive the link transmission rate adjustment strategy from the multi-interface terminal;

wherein the evaluating module is configured to evaluate the links transmitting the service data packets, comprising;

the multi-interface terminal evaluating a link transmitting the service data packets at time t, calculating path weight of the link according to criteria comprising a bandwidth estimation value of the link at the time t, an average round-trip time delay of the link at the time t, and a retransmission statistical value of the link at the time t, wherein each of these criteria are further weighted by factors representing service grade information and the preference of transmitted service to various performance parameters of the link.

11. A multi-stream service concurrent transmission subsystem, comprising:

the service platform of claim 10, a Tracker server and at least one database server;

wherein

the Tracker server is configured to provide service information and information of database servers of service resources to the service platform;

the database server is configured to provide the multi-interface terminal with the service resources according to a notification from the service platform.