公开(公告)号：US07200402B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-03

申请号：US09898572

申请日：2001-07-03

申请人： John G. Apostolopoulos ,  Sujoy Basu ,  Gene Cheung ,  Rajendra Kumar ,  Sumit Roy ,  Wai-tan Tan ,  Susie J. Wee ,  Tina Wong ,  Bo Shen

发明人： John G. Apostolopoulos ,  Sujoy Basu ,  Gene Cheung ,  Rajendra Kumar ,  Sumit Roy ,  Wai-tan Tan ,  Susie J. Wee ,  Tina Wong ,  Bo Shen

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W36/18 ,  H04B7/022 ,  H04L25/4919 ,  H04W36/08

摘要： A method for performing a soft-handoff in a mobile streaming media system, and a method for performing a hard-handoff in a mobile streaming media system are is disclosed. In the soft-handoff embodiment, the present invention detects that a channel quality between a mobile client and a first base station remains above a drop threshold and that a channel quality between the mobile client and a second base station increases from below to above an add threshold. The present embodiment then sends a first multiple description bitstream from the first base station to the mobile client and sends a complementary second multiple description bitstream from the second base station to the mobile client. This method thereby provides improved utilization of wireless bandwidth during soft-handoffs, in contrast to conventional systems where the same bitstream is transmitted from each base station. In both the cases of soft-handoffs and hard-handoffs, when a mobile client enters a cell whose base station has no free capacity, the base station may prevent call dropping by reducing the number of descriptions being served to the existing clients and thereby providing capacity (at least one description) for the new client. These methods provide improved utilization of wireless bandwidth during soft-handoffs, and reduced probability of service disruption during both soft-handoffs and hard-handoffs.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在移动流媒体系统中执行软切换的方法，以及用于在移动流媒体系统中执行硬切换的方法。 在软切换实施例中，本发明检测到移动客户端与第一基站之间的信道质量保持高于丢弃阈值，并且移动客户端与第二基站之间的信道质量从下至上增加 阈。 本实施例然后将第一多个描述比特流从第一基站发送到移动客户端，并将互补的第二多个描述比特流从第二基站发送到移动客户端。 因此，与从每个基站发送相同比特流的常规系统相比，该方法从而提供了在软切换期间无线带宽的改进的利用。 在软切换和硬切换的情况下，当移动客户端进入其基站没有可用容量的小区时，基站可以通过减少向现有客户端提供的描述的数量来防止呼叫丢弃，从而提供 新客户端的容量（至少一个描述）。 这些方法在软切换期间提供了无线带宽的改进的利用，并且在软切换和硬切换期间降低了服务中断的概率。

公开(公告)号：US06996618B2

公开(公告)日：2006-02-07

申请号：US09898807

申请日：2001-07-03

申请人： John G. Apostolopoulos ,  Sujoy Basu ,  Gene Cheung ,  Rajendra Kumar ,  Sumit Roy ,  Wai-tan Tan ,  Susie J. Wee ,  Tina Wong ,  Bo Shen

发明人： John G. Apostolopoulos ,  Sujoy Basu ,  Gene Cheung ,  Rajendra Kumar ,  Sumit Roy ,  Wai-tan Tan ,  Susie J. Wee ,  Tina Wong ,  Bo Shen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04W36/12 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A method for handing off to a second server, in either a fixed or mobile streaming media system, a multiple description streaming session between a first server and either a fixed or mobile client. In one embodiment, the present invention recites selecting a second server to receive a handoff of a multiple description streaming media session between the first server and the client. In this embodiment, the multiple description streaming media session is comprised of a first multiple description bitstream and a second multiple description bitstream. The present embodiment further recites receiving at the second server, the second multiple description bitstream for streaming to the client. This embodiment further recites sending the second multiple description bitstream from the second server to the client.

摘要翻译： 一种在固定或移动流媒体系统中切换到第二服务器的方法，在第一服务器和固定或移动客户端之间的多描述流会话。 在一个实施例中，本发明阐述了选择第二服务器以接收第一服务器和客户端之间的多描述流媒体会话的切换。 在该实施例中，多描述流媒体会话由第一多重描述比特流和第二多个描述比特流组成。 本实施例进一步在第二服务器处接收第二多个描述比特流，以便流式传送到客户端。 该实施例进一步叙述将第二多重描述比特流从第二服务器发送到客户端。

公开(公告)号：US06941378B2

公开(公告)日：2005-09-06

申请号：US09898800

申请日：2001-07-03

申请人： John G. Apostolopoulos ,  Sujoy Basu ,  Gene Cheung ,  Rajendra Kumar ,  Sumit Roy ,  Wai-tan Tan ,  Susie J. Wee ,  Tina Wong ,  Bo Shen

发明人： John G. Apostolopoulos ,  Sujoy Basu ,  Gene Cheung ,  Rajendra Kumar ,  Sumit Roy ,  Wai-tan Tan ,  Susie J. Wee ,  Tina Wong ,  Bo Shen

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/14 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L65/4084 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04L69/40 ,  H04N21/23103 ,  H04N21/234327 ,  H04N21/234381 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W88/08

摘要： A method for assigning servers to provide multiple description bitstreams to a mobile client (in a mobile client environment) or to a fixed client (in a fixed client environment). In one embodiment, the present invention, upon receiving a request from a mobile client to have media data streamed thereto, analyzes a plurality of servers to determine a first candidate server for providing a first multiple description bitstream to the base station along a first path. The present method also determines a second candidate server for providing a second multiple description bitstream to the base station along a second path. The present method then sends a request to the first candidate server to provide the first multiple description bitstream to a mobile client through a base station along the first path, and also sends a request to the second candidate server to provide the second multiple description bitstream to the mobile client through the same base station along a second path. In another embodiment, there are two separate paths from two separate servers to two separate base stations and then from each base station there is a separate path to the mobile client. In still another embodiment, there are two paths from a single server to two separate base stations and then from each base station there is a separate path to the mobile client. In one fixed client embodiment, the present invention is able to assign a plurality of servers to provide a plurality of MD bitstreams to the fixed client.

摘要翻译： 一种用于分配服务器以向移动客户端（在移动客户端环境中）或固定客户端（在固定客户端环境中）提供多个描述比特流的方法。 在一个实施例中，本发明在从移动客户端接收到流媒体数据流的请求时分析多个服务器以确定第一候选服务器，用于沿着第一路径向基站提供第一多个描述比特流。 本方法还确定用于沿着第二路径向基站提供第二多描述比特流的第二候选服务器。 本方法然后向第一候选服务器发送请求，以通过沿着第一路径的基站向移动客户端提供第一多个描述比特流，并且还向第二候选服务器发送请求以将第二多个描述比特流提供给 移动客户端通过相同的基站沿着第二条路径。 在另一个实施例中，存在从两个分离的服务器到两个单独的基站的两个单独的路径，然后从每个基站到达移动客户端的单独的路径。 在另一个实施例中，存在从单个服务器到两个单独基站的两条路径，然后从每个基站到达移动客户端的单独路径。 在一个固定客户端实施例中，本发明能够分配多个服务器以向固定客户端提供多个MD比特流。