Method and terminal for transmitting and receiving data according to a transmission speed of data

• US 9,924,383 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Hyeon-mok, Kim, Kill-yeon, Choi, Mun-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hampton, Tarell
• Application Number:
  US14/821,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20160044670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

A method of and an apparatus for transmitting first data to a plurality of receiver terminals connected to a transmitter terminal through the transmitter terminal and transmitting second data to the plurality of receiver terminals through the transmitter terminal is performed according to a transmission speed determined based on at least one selected from feedback information of a receiver terminal selected based on a data loss rate of the first data and variation information of data stored in a buffer of the transmitter terminal.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting and receiving data by a transmitter terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting first data to a plurality of receiver terminals connected to a transmitter terminal;

receiving a plurality of feedback information from the plurality of receiver terminals;

determining first data loss rates based on the plurality of feedback information;

selecting a maximum data loss rate and a minimum data loss rate among the first data loss rates;

determining a second data loss rate based on a difference between the maximum data loss rate and the minimum data loss rate;

determining a transmission speed of second data based on the second data loss rate; and

transmitting the second data to the plurality of receiver terminals according to the determined transmission speed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the transmission speed comprises:

determining a transmission speed of the first data based on an amount of data transmitted to at least one of the plurality of receiver terminals for a preset time; and

determining the transmission speed of the second data based on the transmission speed of the first data and an amount of data capable of being stored in a buffer.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, based on a data loss rate of the first data, parity data, wherein the parity data comprises restoration information about the first data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the transmission speed comprises:

determining a cause of the minimum data loss rate is an excess of a buffer capacity.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining of the transmission speed comprises determining the transmission speed of the second data based on a round trip time (RTT) between the transmitter terminal and a first receiver terminal among the plurality of receiver terminals and the data loss rate caused by the excess of the buffer capacity.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, from the plurality of receiver terminals, a first receiver terminal having the minimum data loss rate of the first data and a second receiver terminal having the maximum data loss rate of the first data; and

determining a data loss rate caused by a channel error according to a difference between the data loss rate of the first receiver terminal and the data loss rate of the second receiver terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining, based on the determined data loss rate caused by the channel error, parity data, wherein the parity data comprises restoration information of the first data.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer.

8. A method of transmitting and receiving data, by a receiver terminal, the method comprising:

receiving first data from a transmitter terminal through one of a plurality of receiver terminals connected to the transmitter terminal;

transmitting feedback information about the first data to the transmitter terminal; and

receiving second data from the transmitter terminal according to a transmission speed determined based on a difference between a maximum data loss rate and a minimum data loss rate among first data loss rates acquired from a plurality of feedback information transmitted from the plurality of receiver terminals to the transmitter terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein if a data loss rate of at least one receiver terminal among the plurality of receiver terminals is the minimum data loss rate, the transmission speed is determined based on the data loss rate of the receiver terminal and a round trip time (RTT) between the transmitter terminal and the receiver terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving first parity data that comprises restoration information of the first data and is determined based on a data loss rate caused by a channel error between the plurality of receiver terminals and the transmitter terminal,

wherein the data loss rate caused by the channel error is determined according to a difference between the data loss rate of the at least one receiver terminal and a data loss rate of another receiver terminal having the maximum data loss rate of the first data among the plurality of receiver terminals.

11. A transmitter terminal comprising:

a communicator;

a receiver configured to receive feedback information from a plurality of receiver terminals;

a buffer; and

at least one processor configured to control the buffer to store first data, to control the communicator to transmit the first data to the plurality of receiver terminals, to receive a plurality of feedback information from the plurality of receiver terminals, to determine first data loss rates based on the plurality of feedback information, to select a maximum data loss rate and a minimum data loss rate among the first data loss rates, to determine a second data loss rate based on a difference between the maximum data loss rate and the minimum data loss rate, to determine a transmission speed of second data based on the second data loss rate and to control the communicator

to transmit the second data to the plurality of receiver terminals according to the determined transmission speed.

12. The transmitter terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a transmission speed of the first data based on an amount of data transmitted to at least one of the plurality of receiver terminals for a preset time and determine the transmission speed of the second data based on the transmission speed of the first data and an amount of data capable of being stored in the buffer.

13. The transmitter terminal of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine parity data, wherein the parity data comprises restoration information about the first data based on a data loss rate of the first data.

14. The transmitter terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a cause of the minimum data loss rate is an excess of a buffer capacity.

15. The transmitter terminal of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the transmission speed of the second data based on a round trip time (RTT) between the transmitter terminal and a first receiver terminal among the plurality of receiver terminals and the data loss rate occurring due to the excess of the buffer capacity.

16. The transmitter terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select a first receiver terminal having the minimum data loss rate of the first data and a second receiver terminal having the maximum data loss rate of the first data from the plurality of receiver terminals and determine a data loss rate caused by a channel error according to a difference between a data loss rate of the first receiver terminal and a data loss rate of the second receiver terminal.

17. The transmitter terminal of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine parity data comprising restoration information of the first data based on the determined data loss rate caused by the channel error.

18. A receiver terminal comprising:

a communicator;

a buffer configured to receive first data from a transmitter terminal;

at least one processor configured to control the buffer to store the received first data, to generate feedback information about the first data, to control the communicator

to transmit the feedback information about the first data to the transmitter terminal and to receive second data

from the transmitter terminal according to a transmission speed determined based on a difference between a maximum data loss rate and a minimum data loss rate among first data loss rates acquired from a plurality of feedback information transmitted from a plurality of receiver terminals to the transmitter terminal.

19. The receiver terminal of claim 18, wherein if a data loss rate of the receiver terminal is the minimum data loss rate among the plurality of receiver terminals, the transmission speed is determined based on the data loss rate of the receiver terminal and a round trip time (RTT) between the receiver terminal and the transmitter terminal.

20. The receiver terminal of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the communicator to receive first parity data that comprises restoration information of the first data and is determined based on a data loss rate occurring due to a channel error between the plurality of receiver terminals and the transmitter terminal,

wherein the data loss rate caused by the channel error is determined according to a difference between the data loss rate of the receiver terminal and a data loss rate of a receiver terminal having a highest data loss rate of the first data among the plurality of receiver terminals.