Systems and methods for electronic news gathering
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment configured to transmit video to at least one base station of an ENG network, the 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 configured to communicate with the at least one base station using a radio frame comprising a series of subframes which divide the radio frame in time;
the at least one network modem is configured to use one or more first subframes in the series of subframes for a downlink from the at least one base station; and
the at least one network modem is configured to use one or more second subframes in the series of subframes for an uplink to the at least one base station; and
a network manager configured to;
monitor usage of the uplink;
determine, based at least in part on the usage of the uplink, whether to change from a current allocation pattern to a new allocation pattern, wherein at least some of the one or more first subframes is switched from the downlink to the uplink; and
in response to determining to change from the current allocation pattern to the new allocation pattern, broadcast the new allocation pattern via the ENG network, wherein the network manager is configured to effect a change in allocation pattern at most once per a selected time interval.
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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, wherein: the at least one network modem is configured to communicate with the at least one base station using a radio frame comprising a series of subframes which divide the radio frame in time; the at least one network modem is configured to use one or more first subframes in the series of subframes for a downlink from the at least one base station; and the at least one network modem is configured to use one or more second subframes in the series of subframes for an uplink to the at least one base station.
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25 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment configured to transmit video to at least one base station of an ENG network, the 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 configured to communicate with the at least one base station using a radio frame comprising a series of subframes which divide the radio frame in time; the at least one network modem is configured to use one or more first subframes in the series of subframes for a downlink from the at least one base station; and the at least one network modem is configured to use one or more second subframes in the series of subframes for an uplink to the at least one base station; and a network manager configured to; monitor usage of the uplink; determine, based at least in part on the usage of the uplink, whether to change from a current allocation pattern to a new allocation pattern, wherein at least some of the one or more first subframes is switched from the downlink to the uplink; and in response to determining to change from the current allocation pattern to the new allocation pattern, broadcast the new allocation pattern via the ENG network, wherein the network manager is configured to effect a change in allocation pattern at most once per a selected time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising acts of:
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receiving video from electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment, wherein; the video is transmitted wirelessly by at least one network modem of the ENG equipment to at least one base station of an ENG network using a Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) frequency band; at least some data packets transmitted wirelessly by the at least one network modem to the at least one base station are provided by at least one video encoder based on at least one input video signal; communication between the at least one network modem and the at least one base station use a radio frame comprising a series of subframes which divide the radio frame in time; one or more first subframes in the series of subframes are used for a downlink from the at least one base station; and one or more second subframes in the series of subframes are used for an uplink to the at least one base station; and monitoring usage of the uplink; and determining based at least in part on the usage of the uplink, whether to change from a current allocation pattern to a new allocation pattern, wherein at least some of the one or more first subframes is switched from the downlink to the uplink; and in response to determining to change from the current allocation pattern to the new allocation pattern, broadcasting the new allocation pattern via the ENG network, wherein a change in allocation pattern is effected at most once per a selected time interval. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. At least one 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:
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receiving video from electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment, wherein; the video is transmitted wirelessly by at least one network modem of the ENG equipment to at least one base station of an ENG network using a Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) frequency band; at least some data packets transmitted wirelessly by the at least one network modem to the at least one base station are provided by at least one video encoder based on at least one input video signal; communication between the at least one network modem and the at least one base station uses a radio frame comprising a series of subframes which divide the radio frame in time; one or more first subframes in the series of subframes are used for a downlink from the at least one base station; and one or more second subframes in the series of subframes are used for an uplink to the at least one base station; and monitoring usage of the uplink; and determining based at least in part on the usage of the uplink, whether to change from a current allocation pattern to a new allocation pattern, wherein at least some of the one or more first subframes is switched from the downlink to the uplink; and in response to determining to change from the current allocation pattern to the new allocation pattern, broadcasting the new allocation pattern via the ENG network, wherein a change in allocation pattern is effected at most once per a selected time interval. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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