CN102244604A - Quality of service control method for home gateway, home gateway and system - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a quality of service control method for a home gateway, the home gateway and a quality of service control system for the home gateway, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The embodiment of the invention detects the occurrence of congestion by a home network infrastructure device and transmits a congestion message to a home network control device by the home gateway in the congestion, so that a user learns the congestion of a home network. The home network control device generates quality of service regulation information according to the congestion message, and transmits the quality of service regulation information to the home gateway; and the home gateway regulates a quality of service policy of the home network infrastructure device according to the received quality of service regulation information. The embodiment of the invention can detect the congestion by the home network infrastructure device and inform the home network control device of the congestion, so that the user can learn the network congestion, and the user experiences are improved. Moreover, the quality of service policy is regulated according to the setting input of the home network control device in the congestion to ensure the quality of service of terminal devices with high priorities and improve the experiences of the user.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technique field, particularly a kind of method for controlling quality of service of home gateway and home gateway and system.
Background technology
Along with the development of technology, housed device begins networking.From computer internet voip phone till now the earliest, IPTV, game machine, even comprise various air-conditionings, washing machine, refrigerator has formed and has comprised home entertainment network, the home network of family data network and home automation network.Simultaneously, the networking technology of home network is variation more also, from cable technologys such as Ethernet, power lines to wireless technologys such as WiFi, bluetooths, wherein HNID (Home Network Infrastructure Device, home network framework equipment) has realized the connection between home network different segment and the different home network architecture equipment.For example WiFiExtender can be so that more space in the WiFi wireless coverage family, and powerline adapters can be realized the connection of power line to network segments such as Ethernets.Therefore, home network can comprise HG (Home Gateway, home gateway), the HNID that is used to connect various terminal equipments, the various End Device (terminal equipment) that is used to connect network in the prior art.Wherein, home network framework equipment HNID can be WiFi Extender, or power line changes the adapter of Ethernet.Home gateway can be for having multiple downstream interface, and the connection device of upstream Interface is arranged, with home-network linkups to external network.
In existing home network,, make video flowing may surpass the bandwidth that existing home network technologies can provide, thereby cause the congested of home network the requirements at the higher level of video quality.For example: as shown in Figure 1: STB1 is connected HNID respectively with STB2, and HNID connects HG.Two STB (Set Top Box, set-top box) equipment that has in the home network is play HD video and SD video respectively by HNID at this moment, and promptly HNID receives two data flow flow1 and flow2.If under situation as shown in Figure 1, the user opens the 3rd STB equipment STB3 again, and when wishing to play the data flow flow3 of HD video again by HNID, HNID can be because of the congested packet loss that takes place, and HNID can detect packet loss has taken place.Taking place when congested, can may cause STB1, STB2, the STB3 all can't operate as normal, or STB3 can't operate as normal.
In realizing process of the present invention, the inventor finds that prior art has following shortcoming at least:
If when offered load is very high, the business that terminal equipment please be looked for novelty will produce network congestion like this.When producing network congestion, not only the business of latest requests can't be worked, and existing professional normal operation is caused interference.Simultaneously, user terminal can't know that terminal equipment can't operate as normal be caused by network congestion, causes the user experience sense very poor like this.
Summary of the invention
Occur when congested in order to solve in the prior art at home network, terminal equipment can't operate as normal and the user can't know the problem of the user experience sense difference that network blockage causes, the embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of method for controlling quality of service and home gateway and system of home gateway.Described technical scheme is as follows:
The embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of method for controlling quality of service of home gateway, comprising:
After home gateway receives the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, send congestion messages to the home network control appliance;
Home gateway receives the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance is provided with according to described congestion messages;
Home gateway is adjusted the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment according to described service quality adjustment information.
The embodiment of the invention has also proposed a kind of home gateway, comprising:
The congestion messages sending module after being used to receive the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance;
The quality of service policy adjusting module, be used to receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance is provided with according to described congestion messages, and the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment adjusted according to described service quality adjustment information.
The embodiment of the invention has also proposed a kind of network service quality control system of home network, comprising:
Home network framework equipment is used to detect the congestion situation of home network, and takes place to send congestion notification when congested detecting home network;
Home gateway is used to receive the congestion notification of described home network framework equipment, sends congestion messages according to described congestion notification to the home network control appliance; Receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance generates according to described congestion messages, and adjust the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment according to described service quality adjustment information.
The beneficial effect of the embodiment of the invention is: the embodiment of the invention is congested to taking place by the Equipment Inspection of home network framework, and taking place to send congestion messages by home gateway to the home network control appliance when congested, so that the user knows that home network has taken place is congested.The home network control appliance generates the service quality adjustment information according to congestion messages, and sends to home gateway; The service quality adjustment information that home gateway receives is adjusted the quality of service policy of home network framework equipment.The embodiment of the invention can detect congested by home network framework equipment, and can notify the home network control appliance when generation is congested, the user is known network congestion has been taken place, and improves user's experience sense.And quality of service policy is adjusted in the input according to the home network control appliance when generation is congested, can guarantee the service quality of the terminal equipment that priority is high like this, improves sense of experience of users.
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Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic flow sheet of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of third embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of fourth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the schematic flow sheet of fifth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is the schematic flow sheet of sixth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 8 is the schematic flow sheet of an instantiation of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is home network framework equipment sends data flow according to qos policy a schematic diagram;
Figure 10 is the structural representation of seventh embodiment of the invention;
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For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, embodiment of the present invention is described further in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Embodiment 1
First embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of method for controlling quality of service of home gateway, and its flow process comprises as shown in Figure 2:
After step 101, home gateway receive the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, send congestion messages to the home network control appliance;
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
The embodiment of the invention is congested to taking place by the Equipment Inspection of home network framework, and is taking place to send congestion messages by home gateway to the home network control appliance when congested, so that the user knows that by described home network control appliance home network has taken place is congested.The home network control appliance generates the service quality adjustment information according to congestion messages, and sends to home gateway; The service quality adjustment information that home gateway receives is adjusted the service quality of home network framework equipment.The embodiment of the invention can detect congested by home network framework equipment, and can when generation is congested, notify the home network control appliance, so that the home network control appliance is known current home network network congestion having taken place, thereby has improved user's experience sense.Simultaneously, can when generation is congested, the input according to the home network control appliance adjust quality of service policy, can guarantee the service quality of the terminal equipment that priority is high like this, improve sense of experience of users.
Embodiment 2
Second embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of method for controlling quality of service of home gateway, and its flow process comprises as shown in Figure 3:
After step 201, home gateway receive the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, send congestion messages to the home network control appliance.Wherein, this congestion notification can send by the universal plug and play equipment management agreement.Certainly this just illustrates, and can also send the congestion notification embodiment of the invention not as limit by other agreements.At least the information that comprises the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives in this congestion messages; That is: in the network architecture as shown in Figure 1, the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives is flow1, flow2 and flow3.Can make home gateway know the terminal equipment that is currently connected to home network framework equipment like this.
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
Wherein, in the step 202, the home network control appliance obtains the mode of service quality adjustment information can be for multiple, for example:
Step 2021, home gateway send to the home network control appliance with a plurality of quality of service policys of pre-stored;
Step 2022, home network control appliance are selected a quality of service policy from aforesaid a plurality of quality of service policys, and generate the service quality adjustment information, and the service quality adjustment information is sent to home gateway.
This mode can make the user select one according in a plurality of quality of service policys that pre-set fast when generation is congested, apace quality of service policy is adjusted, improves sense of experience of users.
Certainly, this just illustrates a kind of of the embodiment of the invention, and the embodiment of the invention can also obtain the service quality adjustment information by other modes, for example:
It is congested that step 202a, home network control appliance know that described home network takes place, and sends the service quality adjustment information to described home gateway.
Among the step 202a, the service quality adjustment information that sends can be the information of user's input, for example: when adopting as shown in Figure 1 situation equally, the user can send acknowledge message by terminal equipment, comprises preferential or flow2 preferential or flow1 preferential or stop flow3 or stop flow2 or stop flow1 etc. as flow3 in the acknowledge message.At this moment, after the service quality adjustment information sent to home gateway, home gateway need be revised as it quality of service policy that home network framework equipment can be discerned.If the service quality adjustment information can be by home network framework recognition of devices, then quality of service policy is identical with the service quality adjustment information, and home gateway need not to make amendment.Whether the present invention does not limit needs the service quality adjustment information is made amendment.
This mode has good flexibility, and the user can freely set the priority of each terminal equipment according to the operating position of current terminal equipment, to improve sense of experience of users.For example: when the user watched HDTV (High-Definition Television) in the parlor, the terminal device prioritizes level that can set the parlor when generation is congested was the highest.And as user during in the bedroom, the terminal device prioritizes level that the bedroom can be set again is higher.
Wherein, for each terminal is provided with priority, as shown in Figure 9, in family's network architecture equipment, has different priority queries simultaneously in the quality of service policy.When the data of the service of receiving, can put it into the formation of different priorities according to the address of bag.For example: the bag of Flow3 and flow2 is put into team's class of high priority and high medium priority respectively, and the bag of flow1 is put into Low Priority Queuing.And when data are sent to terminal equipment, then preferentially sending the bag of high-priority queue flow3, next sends the bag of medium priority formation flow2, sends the bag of Low Priority Queuing flow1 at last.By setting to quality of service policy, can realize the scheduling of the difference that flows in the home network framework equipment, realize the preferential transmission of various flows or stop.
At this home network framework equipment, when the content that can not finish all formations when dequeue sends and to cause beginning packet loss, just think to take place congestion events.
In the present invention first and second embodiment, be the network configuration shown in Figure 1 that has adopted as in the background technology, comprising: home network control appliance, home gateway and home network framework equipment.A plurality of home network control appliances (for example terminal equipment) connect home network framework equipment by network, and home network framework equipment connects home gateway, and home gateway connects local side apparatus.In the present embodiment, be that example describes with terminal equipment, home network framework equipment HNID and home gateway HG.Certainly, HNID equipment also can be other home network device that can dispose QoS, and home gateway can be other a home network control centre in the home network, realizes administering and maintaining home network QoS.The home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment (End Device), also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.Because some terminal equipment in the home network does not have Presentation Function, then can directly send this message to the terminal equipment that pre-sets (for example equipment such as the total control terminal of home network, master control remote controller), thereby home network is taken place by the congested user of being shown to.Therefore, can increase a step in the above embodiments:
Home gateway judges whether the terminal equipment of current access is supported to show, if then send message to terminal equipment, takes place congested with the described home network of notice terminal equipment; Otherwise send message to default terminal equipment, take place congested to notify the described home network of this default terminal equipment.
Embodiment 3
Third embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of home gateway, and its structure comprises as shown in Figure 4:
Congestion messages sending module 100 after being used to receive the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance.
Quality of service policy adjusting module 101, be used to receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance is provided with according to described congestion messages, and the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment adjusted according to described service quality adjustment information.
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
The embodiment of the invention is congested to taking place by the Equipment Inspection of home network framework, and is taking place to send congestion messages by home gateway to the home network control appliance when congested, so that the user knows that home network has taken place is congested.The home network control appliance generates the service quality adjustment information according to congestion messages, and sends to home gateway; The service quality adjustment information that home gateway receives is adjusted the service quality of home network framework equipment.The embodiment of the invention can detect congested by home network framework equipment, and can when generation is congested, notify the home network control appliance, so that the home network control appliance is known current home network network congestion having taken place, thereby has improved user's experience sense.Simultaneously, can when generation is congested, the input according to the home network control appliance adjust quality of service policy, can guarantee the service quality of the terminal equipment that priority is high like this, improve sense of experience of users.
Embodiment 4
Fourth embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of home gateway, and its structure comprises as shown in Figure 5:
Congestion messages sending module 100 after being used to receive the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance.Wherein, this congestion notification can send by the universal plug and play equipment management agreement.Certainly this just illustrates, and can also send the congestion notification embodiment of the invention not as limit by other agreements.At least the information that comprises the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives in this congestion messages; That is: in the network architecture as shown in Figure 1, the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives is flow1, flow2 and flow3.Can make home gateway know the terminal equipment that is currently connected to home network framework equipment like this.
Quality of service policy adjusting module 101, be used to receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance is provided with according to described congestion messages, and the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment adjusted according to described service quality adjustment information.
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
Wherein, the quality of service policy adjusting module obtain the mode of service quality adjustment information can be for multiple, for example:
The home network control appliance is selected a quality of service policy from aforesaid a plurality of quality of service policys, and generates the service quality adjustment information.The home network control appliance sends to the quality of service policy adjusting module 101 of home gateway with the service quality adjustment information then, so that quality of service policy adjusting module 101 is adjusted the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment according to described service quality adjustment information.
This mode can make the user select one according in a plurality of quality of service policys that pre-set fast when generation is congested, apace quality of service policy is adjusted, improves sense of experience of users.
Certainly, this just illustrates a kind of of the embodiment of the invention, and the embodiment of the invention can also obtain the mode of service quality adjustment information by other modes.For example:
It is congested that the home network control appliance knows that described home network takes place, and sends the service quality adjustment information to described home gateway; Home gateway is adjusted the quality of service policy of home network framework equipment according to the service quality adjustment information.
Wherein, send the service quality adjustment information and can be the information of user's input, for example: when adopting as shown in Figure 1 situation equally, the user can send acknowledge message by terminal equipment, comprises preferential or flow2 preferential or flow1 preferential or stop flow3 or stop flow2 or stop flow1 etc. as flow3 in the acknowledge message.At this moment, after the service quality adjustment information sent to home gateway, home gateway need be revised as it quality of service policy that home network framework equipment can be discerned.If the service quality adjustment information can be by home network framework recognition of devices, then quality of service policy is identical with the service quality adjustment information, and home gateway need not to make amendment.Whether the present invention does not limit needs the service quality adjustment information is made amendment.
This mode has good flexibility, and the user can freely set the priority of each terminal equipment according to the operating position of current terminal equipment, to improve sense of experience of users.For example: when the user watched HDTV (High-Definition Television) in the parlor, the terminal device prioritizes level that can set the parlor when generation is congested was the highest.And as user during in the bedroom, the terminal device prioritizes level that the bedroom can be set again is higher.
Wherein, for each terminal is provided with priority, as shown in Figure 9, in family's network architecture equipment, has different priority queries simultaneously in the quality of service policy.When the data of the service of receiving, can put it into the formation of different priorities according to the address of bag.For example: the bag of Flow3 and flow2 is put into team's class of high priority and high medium priority respectively, and the bag of flow1 is put into Low Priority Queuing.And when data are sent to terminal equipment, then preferentially sending the bag of high-priority queue flow3, next sends the bag of medium priority formation flow2, sends the bag of Low Priority Queuing flow1 at last.By setting to quality of service policy, can realize the scheduling of the difference that flows in the home network framework equipment, realize the preferential transmission of various flows or stop.
At this home network framework equipment, when the content that can not finish all formations when dequeue sends and to cause beginning packet loss, just think to take place congestion events.
In the present invention third and fourth embodiment, be the network configuration shown in Figure 1 that has adopted as in the background technology, comprising: home network control appliance, home gateway and home network framework equipment.A plurality of home network control appliances (for example terminal equipment) connect home network framework equipment by network, and home network framework equipment connects home gateway, and home gateway connects local side apparatus.In the present embodiment, be that example describes with terminal equipment, home network framework equipment HNID and home gateway HG.Certainly, HNID equipment also can be other home network device that can dispose QoS, and home gateway can be other a home network control centre in the home network, realizes administering and maintaining home network QoS.The home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment (End Device), also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.Because some terminal equipment in the home network does not have Presentation Function, then can directly send this message to the terminal equipment that pre-sets (for example equipment such as the total control terminal of home network, master control remote controller), thereby home network is taken place by the congested user of being shown to.Therefore, can in home gateway, increase a terminal type judge module, be used to judge whether the terminal equipment that is linked into described home network framework equipment has Presentation Function, show that generation is congested if then control described terminal equipment; If otherwise the default terminal equipment of control shows that generation is congested.
Embodiment 5
Fifth embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of network service quality control method of home network, and its flow process comprises as shown in Figure 6:
After step 304, described home gateway receive described service quality adjustment information, the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment is adjusted;
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
The embodiment of the invention is congested to taking place by the Equipment Inspection of home network framework, and is taking place to send congestion messages by home gateway to the home network control appliance when congested, so that the user knows that home network has taken place is congested.The home network control appliance generates the service quality adjustment information according to congestion messages, and sends to home gateway; The service quality adjustment information that home gateway receives is adjusted the service quality of home network framework equipment.The embodiment of the invention can detect congested by home network framework equipment, and can when generation is congested, notify the home network control appliance, so that the home network control appliance is known current home network network congestion having taken place, thereby has improved user's experience sense.Simultaneously, can when generation is congested, the input according to the home network control appliance adjust quality of service policy, can guarantee the service quality of the terminal equipment that priority is high like this, improve sense of experience of users.
Embodiment 6
Sixth embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of network service quality control method of home network, and its flow process comprises as shown in Figure 7:
After step 404, described home gateway receive described service quality adjustment information, the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment is adjusted.
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
In aforesaid step 403, the mode that generates the service quality adjustment information can be for multiple, for example:
Step 4031, home gateway send to the home network control appliance with a plurality of quality of service policys of pre-stored;
Step 4032, home network control appliance are selected a quality of service policy from aforesaid a plurality of quality of service policys, and generate the service quality adjustment information, and the service quality adjustment information is sent to home gateway.
This mode can make the user select one according in a plurality of quality of service policys that pre-set fast when generation is congested, apace quality of service policy is adjusted, improves sense of experience of users.
Certainly, this just illustrates a kind of of the embodiment of the invention, and the embodiment of the invention can also obtain the service quality adjustment information by other modes, for example:
It is congested that step 403a, home network control appliance know that described home network takes place, and sends the service quality adjustment information to described home gateway.
Among the step 403a, the service quality adjustment information that sends can be the information of user's input, for example: when adopting as shown in Figure 1 situation equally, the user can send acknowledge message by terminal equipment, comprises preferential or flow2 preferential or flow1 preferential or stop flow3 or stop flow2 or stop flow1 etc. as flow3 in the acknowledge message.At this moment, after the service quality adjustment information sent to home gateway, home gateway need be revised as it quality of service policy that home network framework equipment can be discerned.If the service quality adjustment information can be by home network framework recognition of devices, then quality of service policy is identical with the service quality adjustment information, and home gateway need not to make amendment.Whether the present invention does not limit needs the service quality adjustment information is made amendment.
This mode has good flexibility, and the user can freely set the priority of each terminal equipment according to the operating position of current terminal equipment, to improve sense of experience of users.For example: when the user watched HDTV (High-Definition Television) in the parlor, the terminal device prioritizes level that can set the parlor when generation is congested was the highest.And as user during in the bedroom, the terminal device prioritizes level that the bedroom can be set again is higher.
Wherein, for each terminal is provided with priority, as shown in Figure 9, in family's network architecture equipment, has different priority queries simultaneously in the quality of service policy.When the data of the service of receiving, can put it into the formation of different priorities according to the address of bag.For example: the bag of Flow3 and flow2 is put into team's class of high priority and high medium priority respectively, and the bag of flow1 is put into Low Priority Queuing.And when data are sent to terminal equipment, then preferentially sending the bag of high-priority queue flow3, next sends the bag of medium priority formation flow2, sends the bag of Low Priority Queuing flow1 at last.By setting to quality of service policy, can realize the scheduling of the difference that flows in the home network framework equipment, realize the preferential transmission of various flows or stop.
At this home network framework equipment, when the content that can not finish all formations when dequeue sends and to cause beginning packet loss, just think to take place congestion events.
In the present invention the 5th and the 6th embodiment, be the network configuration shown in Figure 1 that has adopted as in the background technology, comprising: home network control appliance, home gateway and home network framework equipment.A plurality of home network control appliances (for example terminal equipment) connect home network framework equipment by network, and home network framework equipment connects home gateway, and home gateway connects local side apparatus.In the present embodiment, be that example describes with terminal equipment, home network framework equipment HNID and home gateway HG.Certainly, HNID equipment also can be other home network device that can dispose QoS, and home gateway can be other a home network control centre in the home network, realizes administering and maintaining home network QoS.The home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment (End Device), also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.Because some terminal equipment in the home network does not have Presentation Function, then can directly send this message to the terminal equipment that pre-sets (for example equipment such as the total control terminal of home network, master control remote controller), thereby home network is taken place by the congested user of being shown to.Therefore, can increase a step in the above embodiments:
Home gateway judges whether the terminal equipment of current access is supported to show, if then send message to terminal equipment, takes place congested with the described home network of notice terminal equipment; Otherwise send message to default terminal equipment, take place congested to notify the described home network of this default terminal equipment.
In existing home network, because video flowing can take massive band width, therefore same employing is that example further describes the embodiment of the invention as the framework and the employing high definition video steaming of this home network shown in Figure 1 of background technology.Certainly, this just illustrates, and the data flow in the embodiment of the invention can be for multiple, not as limit.Same, the terminal equipment in the embodiment of the invention can be STB, also can for the another kind of subscriber equipment of STB coexistence, the embodiment of the invention is not as limit.Suppose to have existed in the HNID equipment video program stream flow2 of a high definition video steaming flow1 and a single-definition.When the user opens STB equipment and wishes to play HD video, can cause the congested of HNID equipment upper reaches.At this moment, the flow process of the embodiment of the invention comprises as shown in Figure 8:
Step 1: the user opens STB equipment, wishes to play the HD video program, and wherein this high definition program stream need pass through home gateway framework equipment HNID;
Step 2: owing to had flow1 and flow2 in the HNID equipment, the HD video program stream flow3 that does not have enough bandwidth supports to increase newly cause HNID packet loss when sending data, and HNID equipment can detect this packet loss incident;
Step 3:HNID equipment reports the QoS incident that packet loss takes place by the event message of UPnP DM (universal plug and play equipment management) to home gateway HG, and the stream information that exists among the HNID, flow1, flow2 and flow3.Wherein the stream information in the HNID equipment can be included in the packet loss QoS incident and send, and reports to home gateway in the time of also can being the querying command of the follow-up HG of receiving;
Step 4: when the gateway HG of family received that QoS takes place in the HNID equipment flows congestion events, HG sent message by the UPnP agreement to terminal equipment (End Device), shows to the user to have occurred the QoS congestion problems in the HNID equipment; And can further provide several options that dynamically arrange quality of service policy to the user, preferential as flow3, or flow2 is preferential, or flow1 is preferential, or stop flow3, or stop flow2, or stop flow1 etc. and (specifically when providing the user to select, flow3 can be revised as concrete equipment, preferential as the parlor TV, the bedroom TV is preferential, or the study TV is preferential, depends on user's name to each equipment when configuration UPnP network).Wherein, this End Device can be the STB equipment of initiating high definition video steaming flow3, also can be that other is convenient to other terminal equipment that the user checks or uses;
Step 5: home gateway receives the QoS Provisioning Policy that the user selects by End Device, and for example preferential flow3 can be provided with default option here, as can adopt default option when waiting for 15 seconds and not having the user to select, as stops flow3 or preferential flow3 etc.;
Step 6: home gateway is selected according to user's QoS Provisioning Policy or acquiescence, and the quality of service policy in the HNID equipment is set, and as preferential flow3, can realize that the video flowing among the STB3 is preferentially play.
By above step, can realize the user prompt of QoS problem in the home network, and to the dynamic-configuration of quality of service policy in the HNID equipment in the home network.Such scheme is adapted to the dynamic management of the QoS of miscellaneous equipment in the home network equally, thereby realizes Dynamic Maintenance and management to QoS in the whole home network.
Wherein the policy configurations to QoS in the HNID equipment can adopt following mode: HNID equipment can be accepted the quality of service policy setting of HG, strategy wherein is provided with module and dynamically arranges classification link or dequeue scheduling link then, the classification link can put it into the formation of different priorities according to the address of bag, as among Fig. 9 the bag of Flow3 and flow2 being put into team's class of high priority and high medium priority respectively, and the bag of flow1 is put into Low Priority Queuing, preferentially send the bag of high-priority queue flow3 in dequeue scheduling link, the bag of next high medium priority formation flow2, send the bag of Low Priority Queuing flow1 at last, thereby realize priority scheduling high-priority queue.By setting to quality of service policy, can realize the scheduling of the difference that flows in the HNID equipment, realize the preferential transmission of various flows or stop.
At this HNID equipment, the content that can not finish all formations when dequeue sends, and the QoS congestion events takes place during the beginning packet loss, when HNID detects this incident generation, promptly reports this incident to HG.
Embodiment 7
Seventh embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of network service quality control system of home network, and its structure comprises as shown in figure 10: home network framework equipment 201, home gateway 202.As shown in figure 10, home network framework equipment 201 is connected to external network by home gateway 202.
Home network framework equipment 201 is used to detect the congestion situation of home network, and takes place to send congestion notifications to described home gateway 3 when congested detecting home network; And, adjust the priority of terminal equipment according to the quality of service policy that described home gateway 3 is adjusted;
Described home gateway 202 is used for sending congestion messages to home network control appliance 200, takes place congested to notify the described home network of user; And be used to receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance 200 generates according to described congestion messages, and adjust the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment 201 according to described service quality adjustment information.
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
The embodiment of the invention is congested to taking place by the Equipment Inspection of home network framework, and is taking place to send congestion messages by home gateway to the home network control appliance when congested, so that the user knows that home network has taken place is congested.The home network control appliance generates the service quality adjustment information according to congestion messages, and sends to home gateway; The service quality adjustment information that home gateway receives is adjusted the service quality of home network framework equipment.The embodiment of the invention can detect congested by home network framework equipment, and can when generation is congested, notify the home network control appliance, so that the home network control appliance is known current home network network congestion having taken place, thereby has improved user's experience sense.Simultaneously, can when generation is congested, the input according to the home network control appliance adjust quality of service policy, can guarantee the service quality of the terminal equipment that priority is high like this, improve sense of experience of users.
Embodiment 8
Eighth embodiment of the invention has proposed a kind of network service quality control system of home network, and its structure comprises as shown in figure 11: home network framework equipment 201, home gateway 202.As shown in figure 10, home network framework equipment 201 is connected to external network by home gateway 202.
Home network framework equipment 201 is used to detect the congestion situation of home network, and takes place to send congestion notifications to described home gateway 202 when congested detecting home network;
Wherein, this congestion notification can send by the universal plug and play equipment management agreement.Certainly this just illustrates, and can also send the congestion notification embodiment of the invention not as limit by other agreements.At least the information that comprises the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives in this congestion messages; That is: in the network architecture as shown in Figure 1, the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives is flow1, flow2 and flow3.Can make home gateway know the terminal equipment that is currently connected to home network framework equipment like this.
Described home gateway 202 is used for sending congestion messages to home network control appliance 200, takes place congested to notify the described home network of user; And be used to receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance 200 generates according to described congestion messages, and adjust the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment 201 according to described service quality adjustment information.
Wherein, the home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment, also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.
Wherein, the quality of service policy adjusting module obtain the mode of service quality adjustment information can be for multiple, for example:
Communication module 2021 is used for a plurality of quality of service policys of pre-stored are sent to home network control appliance 200.
The home network control appliance is selected a quality of service policy from aforesaid a plurality of quality of service policys, and generates the service quality adjustment information, and the service quality adjustment information is sent to home gateway; Home gateway is adjusted the quality of service policy of home network framework equipment according to the service quality adjustment information.
This mode can make the user select one according in a plurality of quality of service policys that pre-set fast when generation is congested, apace quality of service policy is adjusted, improves sense of experience of users.
Certainly, this just illustrates a kind of of the embodiment of the invention, and the embodiment of the invention can also obtain the mode of service quality adjustment information by other modes.For example:
It is congested that the home network control appliance knows that described home network takes place, and sends the service quality adjustment information to described home gateway; Home gateway is adjusted the quality of service policy of home network framework equipment according to the service quality adjustment information.
Wherein, send the service quality adjustment information and can be the information of user's input, for example: when adopting as shown in Figure 1 situation equally, the user can send acknowledge message by terminal equipment, comprises preferential or flow2 preferential or flow1 preferential or stop flow3 or stop flow2 or stop flow1 etc. as flow3 in the acknowledge message.At this moment, after the service quality adjustment information sent to home gateway, home gateway need be revised as it quality of service policy that home network framework equipment can be discerned.If the service quality adjustment information can be by home network framework recognition of devices, then quality of service policy is identical with the service quality adjustment information, and home gateway need not to make amendment.Whether the present invention does not limit needs the service quality adjustment information is made amendment.
This mode has good flexibility, and the user can freely set the priority of each terminal equipment according to the operating position of current terminal equipment, to improve sense of experience of users.For example: when the user watched HDTV (High-Definition Television) in the parlor, the terminal device prioritizes level that can set the parlor when generation is congested was the highest.And as user during in the bedroom, the terminal device prioritizes level that the bedroom can be set again is higher.
Wherein, for each terminal is provided with priority, as shown in Figure 9, in family's network architecture equipment, has different priority queries simultaneously in the quality of service policy.When the data of the service of receiving, can put it into the formation of different priorities according to the address of bag.For example: the bag of Flow3 and flow2 is put into team's class of high priority and high medium priority respectively, and the bag of flow1 is put into Low Priority Queuing.And when data are sent to terminal equipment, then preferentially sending the bag of high-priority queue flow3, next sends the bag of medium priority formation flow2, sends the bag of Low Priority Queuing flow1 at last.By setting to quality of service policy, can realize the scheduling of the difference that flows in the home network framework equipment, realize the preferential transmission of various flows or stop.
At this home network framework equipment, when the content that can not finish all formations when dequeue sends and to cause beginning packet loss, just think to take place congestion events.
In the present invention the 7th and the 8th embodiment, be the network configuration shown in Figure 1 that has adopted as in the background technology, comprising: home network control appliance, home gateway and home network framework equipment.A plurality of home network control appliances (for example terminal equipment) connect home network framework equipment by network, and home network framework equipment connects home gateway, and home gateway connects local side apparatus.In the present embodiment, be that example describes with terminal equipment, home network framework equipment HNID and home gateway HG.Certainly, HNID equipment also can be other home network device that can dispose QoS, and home gateway can be other a home network control centre in the home network, realizes administering and maintaining home network QoS.The home network control appliance can show congestion messages to the user; The home network control appliance can be terminal equipment (End Device), also can be the equipment of home network centralized control remote controller one class, also can be the equipment of set-top box one class, and the embodiment of the invention is not made qualification to this.Because some terminal equipment in the home network does not have Presentation Function, then can directly send this message to the terminal equipment that pre-sets (for example equipment such as the total control terminal of home network, master control remote controller), thereby home network is taken place by the congested user of being shown to.Therefore, can in home gateway, increase a terminal type judge module, be used to judge whether the terminal equipment that is linked into described home network framework equipment has Presentation Function, show that generation is congested if then control described terminal equipment; If otherwise the default terminal equipment of control shows that generation is congested.
All or part of content in the technical scheme that above embodiment provides can realize that its software program is stored in the storage medium that can read by software programming, storage medium for example: the hard disk in the computer, CD or floppy disk.
More than this only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, or not within the spirit and principles in the present invention not all in order to restriction the present invention, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. the method for controlling quality of service of a home gateway is characterized in that, comprising:
After home gateway receives the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, send congestion messages to the home network control appliance;
Home gateway receives the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance is provided with according to described congestion messages;
Home gateway is adjusted the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment according to described service quality adjustment information.
2. the method for controlling quality of service of home gateway according to claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises the information of the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives in the described congestion notification.
3. the method for controlling quality of service of home gateway according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described method also comprises:
Described home gateway sends to the home network control appliance with a plurality of quality of service policys of pre-stored; And receive the service quality adjustment information that described front yard net control device generates according to the quality of service policy of selecting from described a plurality of quality of service policys.
4. the method for controlling quality of service of home gateway according to claim 1 is characterized in that, after described home gateway receives the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance and is specially:
Home gateway receives the described congestion notification that home network framework equipment sends by the universal plug and play equipment management agreement, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance.
5. a home gateway is characterized in that, comprising:
The congestion messages sending module after being used to receive the congestion notification of home network framework equipment transmission, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance;
The quality of service policy adjusting module, be used to receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance is provided with according to described congestion messages, and the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment adjusted according to described service quality adjustment information.
6. the network service quality control system of home gateway according to claim 5 is characterized in that, comprises the information of the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives in the described congestion notification.
7. the network service quality control system of home gateway according to claim 5 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Communication module is used for a plurality of quality of service policys of pre-stored are sent to described home network control appliance;
Described quality of service policy adjusting module specifically is used for receiving the service quality adjustment information that described front yard net control device generates according to the quality of service policy of selecting from described a plurality of quality of service policys; And adjust described quality of service policy according to described service quality adjustment information.
8. home gateway according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, described congestion messages sending module specifically is used to receive the described congestion notification that home network framework equipment sends by the universal plug and play equipment management agreement, sends congestion messages to the home network control appliance.
9. the network service quality control system of a home network is characterized in that, comprising:
Home network framework equipment is used to detect the congestion situation of home network, and takes place to send congestion notification when congested detecting home network;
Home gateway is used to receive the congestion notification of described home network framework equipment, sends congestion messages according to described congestion notification to the home network control appliance; Receive the service quality adjustment information that described home network control appliance generates according to described congestion messages, and adjust the quality of service policy of described home network framework equipment according to described service quality adjustment information.
10. the network service quality control system of home network according to claim 9 is characterized in that, comprises the information of the data flow that described home network framework equipment receives in the described congestion notification at least.
11. the network service quality control system of home network according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, described home network framework equipment specifically is used to detect the congestion situation of home network, and take place when congested detecting home network, by the universal plug and play equipment management agreement, send described congestion notification to described home gateway.
12. the network service quality control system of home network according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described home gateway also is used for a plurality of quality of service policys of pre-stored are sent to described home network control appliance; So that described home network control control appliance is according to generate described service quality adjustment information according to the quality of service policy of selecting from described a plurality of quality of service policys.
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