JP4699187B2 - Receiving device, communication system, and control program for receiving device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention, when a loss of a packet during the transmission of packetized data is generated to request retransmission of the lost packet to the transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus for recovering lost packets, communication systems, and receive about the control program of the device. In particular, the transmission interval of the optimal retransmission request and the receiving apparatus having a mechanism for determining the number of retransmissions, relates to the control program of the communication system, and the receiving device.

  In recent years, with the widespread use of the Internet or intranet, opportunities to transmit or receive data in packets have increased.

  By the way, in a network such as the Internet, a delay occurs in data transmission performed through the network or a packet of data to be transmitted is lost due to the communication performance of the line. Furthermore, even in the delay caused in data transmission, the delay time may vary (jitter).

  In this way, when data transmission is delayed or packets are lost during data transmission, it is difficult for the continuous media such as video and audio information to smoothly reproduce on the receiving side of the continuous media. .

  For example, the network can be considered as a chain of finite length queues and finite bandwidth lines. Here, if data exceeding the bandwidth of the line is attempted to flow, the amount of data stored in the queue on the transmission side increases, and the delay in data transmission increases. If data exceeding the bandwidth of the line continues to flow in this state, the queue will eventually overflow and packets will be lost.

  On a line with poor transmission efficiency, a packet may be lost during data transmission regardless of the amount of data to be transmitted.

  Therefore, in order to recover such packet loss, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a multimedia content transmission apparatus that transmits packetized content data and data obtained by copying the content data.

  Since this multimedia content device can transmit content data and data obtained by copying the content data, even if some packets are lost in the transmitted content data, The loss can be supplemented by the packet.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a data transmission / transmission apparatus with a retransmission request, which allows an error in units of blocks in data and can discard a block having a set delay amount or more. In this data transmission / transmission apparatus, since a block whose delay amount is equal to or larger than a set value is discarded, the transmission delay can be reduced.

In addition, in order to recover lost packets, a loss control is notified from the reception side to the transmission side, and retransmission of the lost packets is requested on the transmission side. is there. This Patent Document 3 discloses a multimedia content receiving apparatus that restores data using a retransmitted packet with respect to a lost packet. The multimedia content receiving apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 3 retransmits a retransmission response a plurality of times so that it can be handled even when a retransmission request or retransmission response packet is lost.
JP 2004-120148 A (published on April 15, 2004) JP 11-88466 A (published March 30, 1999) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-45469 (published February 17, 2005)

  However, since the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is configured to transmit a copy of the data together with the data to be transmitted, there is a problem that the amount of data to be transmitted at the time of data transmission increases and the delay in data transmission increases.

  The configuration of Patent Document 2 is a configuration in which a delay in data transmission is reduced by discarding a block having a set delay amount or more. For this reason, the transmitted data cannot be reproduced with high quality on the receiving side.

  In the configuration of Patent Document 3, the number of retransmission request transmissions or the retransmission request retransmission interval is determined based on a predetermined jitter buffer length. For this reason, there is a problem that it is not possible to obtain an appropriate number of retransmission request transmissions and retransmission request retransmission time intervals in consideration of the type of data to be transmitted, the reproduction rate (recovery rate) of transmission data obtained on the receiving side, and the like. Arise.

  For example, when a large number of retransmission request transmissions are set to accurately reproduce received data, the jitter with a large jitter buffer length that can sufficiently delay the timing of outputting the received data to a display device or the like It is necessary to provide a buffer.

  However, if the jitter buffer length is too large, in applications such as videophones that require real-time performance, the voice response to the utterance will be delayed, and the gap between the video and the voice will increase unnaturally. Occurs. For this reason, in videophones, it is preferable to allow a slight packet loss and reduce the playback delay rather than increasing the playback delay in order to increase the number of retransmission requests.

  In other words, the balance between the rate recovered by packets retransmitted in response to a retransmission request (the recovery value of the packet loss rate) and the amount of playback delay depends on the application to which the transmitted data is applied or the user's request It is preferable to be determined appropriately.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that optimum values for the number of retransmission request transmissions and the retransmission request transmission time interval, which can realize the desired relationship between the recovery value of the packet loss rate and the magnitude of the reproduction delay, can be obtained. is there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to appropriately set an allowable packet loss rate and a time range in which the output of the packet can be delayed, The number of retransmission request information transmissions that can realize the set packet loss rate, and the retransmission request information of the retransmission request information that can be received within the set time range in accordance with the retransmission request information. receiver can determine the transmission interval, there is provided a control program of the communication system, and the receiving device.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving apparatus that receives and outputs data from a transmitting apparatus that packetizes and transmits data, and is lost in the data received from the transmitting apparatus. detecting means for detecting a packet, a retransmission request for requesting retransmission of packet loss detected by the detection means, a retransmission request means for transmitting to the transmission device, normally a packet received from the transmitting device as it can be output, and the time range input means for inputting a time range for delaying the output of the packet, and the allowable loss ratio input means for inputting the loss rate of packets allowable, entered by the allowable loss rate input means depending on the loss rate of acceptable packets, and the number determining means for determining the number of times of the retransmission request information by the above SL retransmission request means, the number of The retransmission request information transmission interval is determined so that each packet retransmitted in accordance with the number of retransmission request information transmission times determined by the determining means is received within the time range input by the time range setting input means. Transmission interval determination means.

  By the way, the above-described time range for delaying the output of the packet and the allowable loss rate of the packet are determined according to the type of output destination application from which data is output from the receiving apparatus.

  For example, when the application requires high reproducibility in data before transmission in the transmission device and data after reception in the reception device, the allowable packet loss rate is small. For example, when the data received from the transmission device is continuous data such as moving image data, the reception device cannot take a large time range in which the packet to be output can be delayed.

  As described above, it is very advantageous to be able to appropriately change the time range for delaying packet output and / or the allowable packet loss rate according to the type of application that is the output destination of data received by the receiving device. is there.

  According to the above configuration, since the time range input unit is provided, the time range for delaying the output of the packet can be suitably set, for example, by the operator of the receiving device so that the received packet can be normally output. In addition, since an allowable loss rate input unit is provided, an allowable packet loss rate in the data received from the transmission device can be suitably set, for example, by an operator of the reception device.

  In addition, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a number-of-times determining unit and a transmission interval determining unit. For this reason, the number of retransmission request requests and the request interval are set so that the packet loss rate is within an allowable range and packets retransmitted in response to the retransmission request can be received within the time range input by the time range input means. Can be determined.

  Therefore, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can appropriately set the allowable packet loss rate and the time range in which the packet output can be delayed, and can perform the set packet loss rate. It is possible to determine the number of transmissions of request information and the transmission interval of retransmission request information that can be received within a set time range of a packet of data to be retransmitted from a transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information There is an effect.

The receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, has a round-trip propagation delay time which is a time from when retransmission request information is transmitted by the retransmission request means until reception of a packet retransmitted according to the retransmission request information. further comprising a measuring means for measuring, on Symbol transmission interval determining means, within a time range obtained by subtracting the round trip propagation delay time measured by said measuring means from the time range inputted by the time range input means, the number of to receive each packet to be retransmitted in accordance with the number of times of the retransmission request information set by the determination means, which is preferably configured to determine the transmission interval of the retransmission request.

The reception apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, when the maximum round trip propagation delay time what the maximum value among the measurement results of the round-trip propagation delay time measured by said measuring means, the transmission interval determination Means for retransmitting a packet within a time range obtained by subtracting the maximum round-trip propagation delay time from the time range input by the time range input means in accordance with the number of retransmission request information transmissions set by the number determination means; to receive respectively, it may be configured to determine the transmission interval of the retransmission request.

The reception apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, the measurement result and the transmission device round-trip propagation delay time by the measuring means, based on the variation information caused by the processing for data to be transmitted, the Deviation calculating means for calculating a deviation in the direction in which the time becomes larger than the average value of the round-trip propagation delay time as a round-trip propagation delay deviation , and the transmission interval determining means is the time range input by the time range input means. In order to receive each packet retransmitted in accordance with the number of transmissions of retransmission request information set by the number-of-times determining means within a time range obtained by subtracting the round-trip propagation delay time and the round-trip propagation delay deviation from The transmission request information transmission interval may be determined.

The reception apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, the detection means keeps track of the loss rate of packets of data received from the transmitting apparatus, the retransmission request means packetizes the retransmission request A loss rate information receiving means for receiving loss rate information, which is information indicating the loss rate of packets of retransmission request information transmitted to the transmission device, from the transmission device. number determining means receives the loss rate of packets of data recorded by the detection means, based on the received by loss rate information reception unit loss rate information, the number of transmissions of the retransmission request information and from said transmitting device data The packet loss rate is calculated in accordance with the calculated relationship, and the packet loss rate of the data is input by the allowable loss rate input means. The, so that following the loss rate of packets allowed, it is preferable to determine the number of transmissions of the retransmission request.

  According to the above configuration, since the detecting unit and the loss rate information receiving unit are provided, the loss rate of packets transmitted from the receiving device to the transmitting device and the loss of packets of retransmission request information transmitted from the transmitting device to the receiving device The rate can be calculated.

  That is, the number determining means considers the packet lost when transmitting the retransmission request information packet from the receiving device to the transmitting device and the packet lost when transmitting the data packet from the transmitting device to the receiving device. It is possible to calculate the relationship between the number of transmissions of request information and the packet loss rate in the received data.

  Then, according to the relationship between the calculated number of transmissions of the transmission request information and the loss rate of the packet in the received data, the number of times determination unit has the data packet loss rate input by the allowable loss rate input unit. The number of retransmission request information transmissions can be determined so as to be equal to or less than the allowable packet loss rate.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving apparatus that receives and outputs data from a transmitting apparatus that packetizes and transmits data, and is lost in the data received from the transmitting apparatus. Detecting means for detecting the transmitted packet; retransmission request means for transmitting retransmission request information for requesting retransmission of the lost packet detected by the detecting means; and normally outputting the packet received from the transmitting apparatus as can, and the time range input means for inputting a time range for delaying the output of the packet, and interval time input means for inputting a time transmission interval of the retransmission request information to the transmitting apparatus, the time interval input means entered by, in accordance with the transmission interval of the retransmission request, the transmission interval determining means for determining a transmission interval of the retransmission request, between the The number of retransmission request information transmissions is determined so that a retransmission packet corresponding to the retransmission request information transmitted at the transmission interval input by the time input means is received within the time range input by the time range input means. And a number-of-times determining means.

  According to the above configuration, since the time range input means is provided, for example, the operator of the receiving apparatus can appropriately set the time range for delaying the output of the packet so that the received packet can be normally output. For this reason, the time range for delaying the output of the packet can be suitably set according to the type of application that is the output destination of the data received by the receiving apparatus.

  Moreover, since the interval time input means is provided, it is possible to appropriately set the transmission interval time of the retransmission request information to be transmitted to the transmission apparatus. For this reason, according to the transmission processing capability of the retransmission request information in the receiving apparatus, it is possible to appropriately set the transmission interval time of the retransmission request information.

  For example, the larger the processing capability of the CPU or the like that realizes this retransmission request means, the shorter the transmission interval time of this retransmission request information can be, but there is a limit to the transmission interval time that can be reduced. Therefore, since the receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes the interval time input means, it is possible to input a suitable transmission interval time of retransmission request information according to the processing capability of the retransmission request means.

  In addition, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a number-of-times determining unit and a transmission interval determining unit. For this reason, a retransmission request is transmitted so that a packet retransmitted in response to a retransmission request can be received within a time range input by the time range input unit at a transmission interval of retransmission request information according to the processing capability of the retransmission request unit. There is an effect that the number of requests can be determined.

In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, round-trip propagation is a time from when retransmission request information is transmitted by the retransmission requesting unit until reception of a retransmitted packet according to the retransmission request information. further comprising a measuring means for measuring the delay time, the upper Symbol number determination means, the above time range input means within a time range obtained by subtracting the round trip propagation delay time measured from the time range inputted by said measuring means by the to receive a retransmission packet corresponding to the retransmission request information transmitted by the input transmission interval by interval time input means, which is preferably configured to determine the transmission times of the retransmission request.

The reception apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, when the one having a maximum value among the measurement results of the round-trip propagation delay time measured by said measuring means and the maximum round-trip propagation delay time, the number determination The means is transmitted at a transmission interval input by the interval time input means within a time range obtained by subtracting the maximum round-trip propagation delay time measured by the measurement means from the time range input by the time range input means. to receive a retransmission packet corresponding to the retransmission request information, it may be configured to determine the transmission times of the retransmission request.

The reception apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, the measurement result and the transmission device round-trip propagation delay time by the measuring means, based on the variation information caused by the processing for data to be transmitted, the Deviation calculation means for calculating a deviation in a direction in which the time becomes larger than the average value of the round-trip propagation delay time as a round-trip propagation delay deviation , and the number-of-times determination means is based on the time range input by the time range input means. within time range obtained by subtracting the round trip propagation delay offset calculated by the round-trip propagation delay time and the deviation calculating means which is measured by said measuring means, retransmissions are sent in input transmission interval by the interval time input means to receive a retransmission packet corresponding to the use request information, it is configured to determine the transmission times of the retransmission request There.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a transmission apparatus according to the present invention is a transmission apparatus that packetizes data and transmits the packet to a reception apparatus, and requests retransmission of a lost packet in data transmitted to the reception apparatus. Loss of receiving a packet including request information from the receiving apparatus, retransmitting a packet of data corresponding to the retransmission request information to the receiving apparatus, and detecting a packet loss rate of the retransmission request information received from the receiving apparatus And a loss rate information transmitting unit configured to transmit loss rate information, which is information on the loss rate of the packet of the retransmission request information detected by the loss rate detecting unit, to the receiving device.

  According to the configuration described above, since the transmission apparatus according to the present invention includes the loss rate detection unit, it is possible to detect the packet loss rate of retransmission request information received from the reception apparatus. Further, since the loss rate information transmitting means is provided, it is possible to notify the receiving device of the detected packet loss rate of the retransmission request information.

  For this reason, a receiving apparatus that receives data from the transmitting apparatus and transmits retransmission request information that requests retransmission of a lost packet in the received data may request a retransmission request in consideration of the packet loss rate of the retransmission request information. The number of information transmissions can be determined.

  In addition, a communication system according to the present invention includes the above-described receiving device and the above-described transmitting device in order to solve the above-described problem.

Therefore, the communication system according to the present invention can appropriately set the allowable packet loss rate and the time range in which the output of the packet can be delayed, and can perform the set packet loss rate. It is possible to determine the number of transmissions of request information and the transmission interval of retransmission request information that can be received within a set time range of a packet of data to be retransmitted from a transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information that Sosu the effect.

As described above, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving apparatus that receives and outputs data from the transmitting apparatus that packetizes and transmits the data, and detects lost packets in the data received from the transmitting apparatus. detection means for the retransmission request for requesting retransmission of packet loss detected by the detection means, a retransmission request means for transmitting to the transmission device, so that it can output a packet received from the transmitting device successfully , and the time range input means for inputting a time range for delaying the output of the packet, and the allowable loss ratio input means for inputting the loss rate of packets permissible, acceptable input by the allowable loss rate input means depending on the loss rate of packets, and the number determining means for determining the number of times of the retransmission request information by the retransmission request means, determined by the number determining means A transmission interval determining unit that determines a transmission interval of the retransmission request information so that each packet retransmitted according to the number of times of transmission of the retransmitted retransmission request information is received within the time range input by the time range setting input unit. It is characterized by providing.

  Therefore, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can appropriately set the allowable packet loss rate and the time range in which the packet output can be delayed, and can perform the set packet loss rate. It is possible to determine the number of transmissions of request information and the transmission interval of retransmission request information that can be received within a set time range of a packet of data to be retransmitted from a transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information There is an effect.

As described above, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving apparatus that receives and outputs data from the transmitting apparatus that packetizes and transmits the data, and detects lost packets in the data received from the transmitting apparatus. So as to be able to normally output the packet received from the transmission apparatus, the retransmission request means for transmitting retransmission request information for requesting the transmission apparatus to retransmit the lost packet detected by the detection means, and the time range input means for inputting a time range for delaying the output of the packet, and interval time input means for inputting a time transmission interval of the retransmission request to the transmitting device, input by the interval time input means , depending on the time of the transmission interval of the retransmission request, the transmission interval determining means for determining a transmission interval of the retransmission request, to the interval time input means Frequency determination means for determining the number of retransmission request transmissions so that a retransmission packet corresponding to the retransmission request information transmitted at the input transmission interval is received within the time range input by the time range input means; It is characterized by providing.

  For this reason, a retransmission request is transmitted so that a packet retransmitted in response to a retransmission request can be received within a time range input by the time range input unit at a transmission interval of retransmission request information according to the processing capability of the retransmission request unit. There is an effect that the number of requests can be determined.

  As described above, the communication system according to the present invention includes the above receiving device and the above transmitting device.

  Therefore, the communication system according to the present invention can appropriately set the allowable packet loss rate and the time range in which the output of the packet can be delayed, and can perform the set packet loss rate. It is possible to determine the number of transmissions of request information and the transmission interval of retransmission request information that can be received within a set time range of a packet of data to be retransmitted from a transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information There is an effect.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  First, a communication system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a sink device (reception device) 1 provided in the communication system 100. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the communication system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a source device (transmitting device) 20 included in the communication system 100.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a source device (transmitting device) 20 that transmits stream data (data) 21 to a sink device (receiving device) 1 through a communication network 50, and the stream. The configuration includes a sink device 1 that receives the data 21 and outputs the data 21 to the display device 51, and a display device 51 that performs display based on the stream data 21 output from the sink device 1.

(Configuration of source device)
First, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the configuration of the source device 20 included in the communication device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. Note that arrows indicated by dotted lines in FIG. 3 indicate the flow of the stream data 21 transmitted from the source device 20 to the sink device 1. On the other hand, arrows indicated by solid lines indicate the flow of control information in each unit.

  The source device 20 includes a storage unit 602 that stores stream data 21 to be transmitted to the sink device 1, a packet buffer 603, a transmission control unit 30, a network interface 605, and a reception control unit 31.

  The storage unit 602 is a readable / writable recording medium, and stores the stream data 21 as described above. The stream data 21 stored in the storage unit 602 is, for example, data such as moving images or music, and is compressed by a compression format such as MPEG2 or MPEG4.

  At the time of transmission to the sink device 1, the stream data 21 is divided into packets of an appropriate size so as to be easily transmitted through the communication network 50 and input to the packet buffer 603. Further, when the stream data 21 is packetized, a serial number is assigned to each packet so that the transmission side and the reproduction timing of each packet can be recognized on the receiving side (sink device 1). Each packet is also given a time stamp indicating the reproduction timing of moving image data, for example.

  If the stream data 21 to be transmitted is moving image data and the data size for one frame becomes large, the data for one frame is divided into a plurality of packets for transmission. For this reason, a plurality of packets having the same time stamp are generated.

  The source device 20 uses RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) as a format for packetizing the stream data 21, and uses RTCP (RTP Control Protocol) to control transmission using RTP. However, it is not limited to this.

  The packet buffer 603 is for compensating for the difference between the reading speed of the packet of the stream data 21 to be transmitted and the transmission processing speed at which the read packet is transmitted to the sink device 1. That is, when the packets of the stream data 21 are sequentially read from the storage unit 602 in accordance with an instruction from the transmission control unit 30, the packet buffer 603 temporarily stores the read packets. The packet buffer 603 synchronizes the read timing of the packet from the storage unit 602 and the timing of the packet transmission processing by the transmission control unit 30.

  The transmission control unit 30 performs various controls related to transmission processing of data and control information transmitted from the source device 20 to the sink device 1. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the transmission control unit 30 includes, as functional blocks, an uplink loss rate detection packet generation unit (loss rate information transmission unit) 24, an RTT measurement packet generation unit (loss rate information transmission unit). 25, and a packet reading unit 26. The RTT measurement packet generator 25 and the packet transmitter 28 included in the network interface 605 implement a loss rate information transmitter.

  The packet reading unit 26 instructs to read the stream data 21 stored in the storage unit 21. The packet reading unit 26 temporarily stores each packet of the stream data 21 in the packet buffer 603, and sequentially extracts the packets to be transmitted from the packet buffer 603 according to the serial number of each packet. Then, the packet reading unit 26 controls to send the packet of the stream data 21 to the communication network 50 through the network interface 605.

  The packet reading unit 26 extracts a packet having a serial number corresponding to a lost packet from the packet buffer 603 and transmits it to the sink device 1 in response to an instruction from a retransmission packet number detection unit 23 described later. But there is.

  The RTT measurement packet generator 25 generates an RR (Receiver Report) packet corresponding to an SR (Sender Report) packet periodically transmitted from the sink device 1.

  That is, the RTT measurement packet generator 25 receives the SR packet transmitted from the sink device 1 from the packet transfer unit 29 included in the reception controller 31 described later. Then, the RTT measurement packet generator 25 refers to the received SR packet, receives the transmission time stamp information included in the SR packet, and the RR corresponding to the SR packet after receiving the SR packet. An RR packet is generated as a packet including processing time information until the packet is generated and transmitted. The SR packet and the RR packet are control information for determining the congestion state of the communication network 50.

  The RTT measurement packet generator 25 transmits the generated RR packet to the sink device 1 via the network interface 605 described later.

  The uplink loss rate detection packet generator 24 generates a packet including information indicating the loss rate (packet loss rate) of the retransmission request packet transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20 and notifies the sink device 1 of the packet. To do. In communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, the loss rate of retransmission request packets transmitted from sink device 1 to source device 20 is referred to as an uplink loss rate.

  That is, when the uplink loss rate detection packet generation unit 24 receives packet loss rate information from a packet loss rate detection unit (loss rate detection means) 22 to be described later, this information is used, for example, as an RTCP APP (application-defined). It is packetized and transmitted to the sink device 1 via the packet transmitter 28. The uplink loss rate detection packet generator 24 and the packet transmitter 28 implement a loss rate information transmission unit.

  The network interface 605 mediates exchange of information so as to establish communication with the sink device 1 through the communication network 50. The network interface 605 includes a packet transmitting unit 28 for transmitting a packet from the source device 20 to the sink device 1 and a packet receiving unit 27 for receiving a packet from the sink device 1.

  For example, in this network interface 605, the packet transmission unit 28 outputs the packet of the stream data 21 or the RR packet to the sink device 1 in accordance with an instruction from the transmission control unit 30. In the network interface 605, the packet receiving unit 27 accepts a lost packet retransmission request (described later) or an SR packet input from the sink device 1 through the communication network 50.

  The reception control unit 31 executes various processes based on information received from the sink device 1 via the network interface 605. The reception control unit 31 includes a packet transfer unit 29, a packet loss rate detection unit 22, and a retransmission packet number detection unit 23 as functional blocks.

  The packet loss rate detection unit 22 calculates a packet loss rate of a retransmission request packet transmitted from the sink device 1 toward the source device 20. In the source device 20 according to the present embodiment, the packet loss rate detection unit calculates the loss rate of the retransmission request packet received from the sink device 1, but the target for calculating the loss rate is limited to this. Is not to be done. For example, instead of the loss rate of the retransmission request packet, the loss rate of the SR packet periodically transmitted from the sink device 1 may be calculated.

  The retransmission packet number detection unit 23 checks the packet of the stream data 21 for which retransmission is requested based on the retransmission request packet received via the network interface 605. The retransmission packet number detection unit 23 extracts the serial number of the packet of the stream data 21 requested to be retransmitted from the retransmission request packet, and notifies the transmission control unit 30 of the serial number.

  The packet transfer unit 29 transfers the SR packet received from the sink device 1 to the RTT measurement packet generation unit 25.

(Configuration of sink device)
Next, the configuration of the sink device 1 included in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Note that arrows shown by dotted lines in FIG. 1 indicate the flow of the stream data 21. On the other hand, arrows indicated by solid lines indicate the flow of control information in each unit.

  The sink device 1 includes a retransmission request number setting unit (number of times determination unit) 9, a retransmission request interval setting unit (transmission interval determination unit) 10, a loss rate recovery value setting unit (allowable loss rate input unit) 11, and a reproduction delay allowable time setting. Unit (time range input means) 12, RTT measurement result recording unit 19, network interface 610, transmission control unit 15, reception control unit 16, jitter buffer 612, decoder 613, and display control unit 614.

  The retransmission request number setting unit 9 sets the number of times a retransmission request for a packet whose loss has been detected is transmitted to the source device 20. The number of times is set according to the packet loss recovery target value input from the user, which is received by the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11. The retransmission request number setting unit 9 notifies the transmission control unit 15 and the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 of information indicating the set number of transmissions of the retransmission request packet.

  In this embodiment, the number of retransmission request packet transmissions is referred to as retransmission request number (transmission number) n.

  The retransmission request interval setting unit 10 sets how many time intervals a retransmission request for a packet whose loss has been detected is transmitted to the source device 20. This time interval is set to the retransmission request number n set by the retransmission request number setting unit 9 and the reproduction delay allowable value (time range) L input by the user, which is received by the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12. Set based on. The retransmission request interval setting unit 10 notifies the transmission control unit 15 of information indicating the time of the set retransmission request transmission interval.

  In this embodiment, the retransmission request transmission time interval is referred to as a retransmission request interval.

  The loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 receives a packet loss recovery target value input from the user, that is, information on the number of packets that can be tolerated. The loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 notifies the information received from the user to the retransmission request number setting unit 9.

  The reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12 receives an allowable reproduction delay value L input from the user. The reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12 notifies the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 of information indicating the reproduction delay allowable value L.

  The RTT measurement result recording unit 19 is a readable / writable recording medium, and records the measurement result by the RTT measurement unit (measuring means) 8 described later.

  The network interface 610 mediates exchange of information so as to establish communication with the source device 20 through the communication network 50. For example, the network interface 610 outputs a packet retransmission request to the source device 20 in response to an instruction from the transmission control unit 15. Further, it receives an input of a packet from the source device 20 and passes the packet to the reception control unit 16.

  The reception control unit 16 executes various processes based on a packet received from the source device 20 via the network interface 610. For example, the reception control unit 16 receives a packet of the stream data 21 from the source device 20 through the network interface 610, receives a retransmitted packet in response to a retransmission request, or receives an RR packet.

  The reception control unit 16 includes, as functional blocks, an analysis / transfer unit 4, a packet loss detection unit (detection unit) 5, a jitter detection unit (deviation calculation unit) 6, an uplink loss rate detection unit (loss rate information reception unit) 7, And an RTT measuring unit (measuring means) 8.

  The analysis / transfer unit 4 analyzes a packet received via the network interface 610 and executes a transfer control process for the received packet.

  Specifically, when receiving the packet of the stream data 21 from the source device 20, the analysis / transfer unit 4 extracts a time stamp from the received packet. Then, the analysis / transfer unit 4 refers to the extracted time stamp and determines the reproduction time of each received packet.

  In other words, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to temporarily store each packet received from the source device 20 in the jitter buffer 612 after being analyzed by the analysis / transfer unit 4. That is, as a result of the analysis, the analysis / transfer unit 4 extracts, for example, moving image data stored in the payload from the packet determined to be in time for output to the display device 51 and reproduction. On the other hand, the analysis / transfer unit 4 is set to discard packets that are not in time for the playback time.

  When the analysis / transfer unit 4 refers to the extracted time stamp and confirms that the playback time has come, the analysis / transfer unit 4 reads the moving image data of the packet temporarily stored in the jitter buffer 612. Then, the analysis / transfer unit 4 controls to transmit the information of the time stamp attached to each packet of the moving image data to the decoder 613 together with the read moving image data.

  The analysis / transfer unit 4 sets the time (timing) at which moving image data is read from the jitter buffer 612, that is, the period during which the moving image data is temporarily stored in the jitter buffer 612 from the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12 described later. It can be changed according to the input.

  The analysis / transfer unit 4 extracts the serial number embedded in the header of the packet from the packet, notifies the packet loss detection unit 5 of the extracted information, and detects the presence or absence of the lost packet. It is also an instruction.

  The packet loss detection unit 5 refers to the serial number of each packet received from the analysis / transfer unit 4, confirms the continuity of the serial number, and detects a packet lost during transmission.

  When detecting the lost packet, the packet loss detection unit 5 notifies the retransmission request packet generation unit (retransmission request unit) 3 of the transmission control unit 15 (to be described later) of the serial number of the packet and sends a retransmission request for the packet. Instruct to create and send to source device 20. A detailed description of this packet loss detection method will be described later.

  The packet detection unit 5 also calculates a loss rate of packets of the stream data 21 transmitted from the source device 20 toward the sink device 1.

  The upstream loss rate detection unit 7 detects the loss rate (packet loss rate) of packets transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20. The loss rate of packets transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20 is referred to as an uplink loss rate. The uplink loss rate detecting unit 7 and the packet receiving unit 18 realize a loss rate information receiving unit.

  That is, as described above, the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is configured to measure the uplink loss rate of this packet on the source device 20 side and transmit the measurement result to the sink device 1. . In the sink device 1, when the packet receiving unit 18 receives this packet and passes it to the analysis / transfer unit 4, the analysis / transfer unit 4 extracts the information (upstream loss rate information) of this packet and detects the upstream loss rate. Send to part 7.

  Thus, based on the information on the uplink loss rate received from the source device 20, the uplink loss rate detection unit 7 detects the packet loss rate in the direction from the sink device 1 to the source device 20.

  The RTT measurement unit 8 also includes time information included in the SR packet periodically received from the source device 20 and reception time information of the RR packet transmitted to the source device 20 according to the SR packet. The round-trip propagation delay R (Round Trip Time) is obtained from the difference.

  The communication device 100 according to the present embodiment is configured to receive an RR packet from the source device 20 in accordance with an SR packet transmitted from an RTT measurement packet generator 2 described later. Then, a round-trip propagation delay R is calculated based on the received RR packet. The RR packet notifies the reception status of information from the source device 20.

  More specifically, in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, SR packets are periodically transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20 in order to check the congestion information of the communication network 50. The SR packet includes a transmission time stamp at the time of transmission in the sink device 1.

  On the other hand, the source device 20 is configured to send an RR packet that conveys the reception status to the sink device 1 in accordance with the SR packet received from the sink device 1. The RR packet includes the following information as information for notifying the reception status. That is, the most recent SR packet transmission time stamp information among the SR packets received at the time of transmitting the RR packet, and the processing time information from when the SR packet is received until the RR packet is generated and transmitted And are included.

  Therefore, the round-trip propagation delay R is the time when the sink device 1 receives the RR packet transmitted from the source device 20 in response to the SR packet from the time when the SR packet is transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20. Indicates the time between.

When the RTT measurement unit 8 receives the above-described RR packet from the sink device 1, the RTT measurement unit 8 calculates the round-trip propagation delay R by the calculation represented by the following formula (1) based on the information for notifying the reception status included in the RR packet. Can do.
Trnd = (Trcv-Tsnd) -Tstay (1)
In the above formula (1), Trnd represents the round trip propagation delay R. Trcv indicates the time when the RRT measurement unit 8 receives the RR packet. Tsnd indicates the transmission time (SR packet transmission time stamp information stored in the RR packet) of the SR packet corresponding to the RR packet received by the RTT measurement unit 8 from the sink device 1. Tstay indicates the time from when the source device 20 receives the SR packet until the RR packet is transmitted to the sink device 1 (processing time information stored in the RR packet).

  The RTT measurement unit 8 records the measured round-trip propagation delay R in the RTT measurement information recording unit 19.

  The jitter detection unit 6 refers to the RTT measurement result recording unit 19 that records the measurement result of the RTT measurement unit 8 and calculates a deviation from the average value of the round-trip propagation delay R as network jitter. The network jitter is a value by which the round trip propagation delay R deviates depending on the congestion status of the communication network 50.

  Further, the source device 20 calculates a delay in the output timing of the stream data 21 in the source device 20 and transmits the calculated result to the sink device 1. Based on the calculated result, the jitter detector 6 also calculates a deviation (encode jitter) of the round-trip propagation delay R caused by a delay in the output timing of the stream data 21 in the source device 20.

  The transmission control unit 15 controls to transmit, for example, a retransmission request packet (retransmission request information) and an SR packet to the source device 20 via the network interface 610.

  The transmission control unit 15 includes a retransmission request packet generation unit 3 and an RTT measurement packet generation unit 2 as functional blocks. The retransmission request packet generator 3 and the packet transmitter 17 implement a retransmission request unit.

  The retransmission request packet generation unit 3 generates information on a packet requesting retransmission in response to an instruction from the packet loss detection unit 5 of the reception control unit 16. That is, the retransmission request packet generator 3 generates a retransmission request packet that stores the serial number of the lost packet in the RTCP packet format. The retransmission request packet generation unit 3 transmits a retransmission request packet of the lost packet to the source device 20 (the RTCP reception port of the source device 20) via the network interface 610.

  Also, the retransmission request packet generation unit 3 performs the retransmission according to the information indicating the retransmission request number n received from the retransmission request number setting unit 9 and the information indicating the retransmission request interval I received from the retransmission request interval setting unit 10. Send a request packet.

  The RTT measurement packet generator 2 generates an SR packet that is control information for determining the congestion state of the communication network 50. The RTT measurement packet generator 2 periodically transmits the generated SR packet to the source device 20. The SR packet includes time information (transmission time stamp) at the time of transmission from the sink device 1 to the source device 20.

  The jitter buffer 612 is for absorbing fluctuations (variations) that occur in propagation delay, which is the time required to reach the sink device 1 from the source device 20 through the communication network 50.

  That is, even if packets are sent from the source device 20 to the sink device 1 at regular intervals, fluctuations occur in the time (propagation delay) required to reach the sink device 1 via the communication network 50. For this reason, it is not always possible to receive packets at regular intervals on the sink device 1 side that is the packet receiving side.

  Therefore, in order to output the video data so that it can be smoothly reproduced in the sink device 1, the fluctuation of the propagation delay is absorbed (compensated), and the decoder 613 is spaced at intervals along the time stamp defined by RTP. Video data must be supplied.

  Therefore, the sink device 1 includes a jitter buffer 612 as a buffer for absorbing this fluctuation. Then, the reception control unit 16 buffers the received packet by the jitter buffer 612 for the time necessary to absorb this fluctuation, and then extracts the moving image data frame by frame, and sends it to the decoder 613. Control to pass.

  The decoder 613 sequentially decodes, for example, moving image data extracted from the packet received from the reception control unit 16. For example, when the stream data 21 is compressed by MPEG4, it is decoded in the MPEG4 format. The decoder 613 transmits the decoded moving image data to the display control unit 614 together with information on the time stamp of the packet in which the moving image data is stored.

  The display control unit 614 controls the moving image data received from the decoder 613 to be converted into a data format that can be displayed on the display device 51 and displayed. When receiving the moving image data from the decoder 613, the display control unit 614 controls to display and reproduce the moving image data in the order according to the time stamp information stored in each packet of the moving image data.

(Packet loss detection processing and retransmission request transmission processing)
Here, a description will be given of a process for detecting a packet of the stream data 21 and a process for transmitting a retransmission request for the detected packet, which are lost during transmission from the source apparatus 20, which are executed in the sink apparatus 1.

  When the packet receiving unit 18 receives the packet of the stream data 21 from the source device 20, it passes the received packet to the analysis / transfer unit 4. The analysis / transfer unit 4 analyzes the received packet and extracts the serial number of the packet. Then, the analysis / transfer unit 4 notifies the packet loss detection unit 5 of the extracted serial number.

  When the serial number of the packet received from the source device 20 is received from the analysis / transfer unit 4, the packet loss detection unit 5 detects the loss of the packet during transmission by examining the continuity of the serial number.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, it is assumed that a packet with a serial number 1 is first received from the source device 20 and then a packet with a serial number 3 is received. In this case, since the serial numbers of the packets received on the sink device 1 side are in the order of “1” and “3”, the packet loss detection unit 5 may determine that the serial number “2” is missing. it can.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between a lost packet retransmission request and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request in communication system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  However, depending on the network environment, the packet arrival order may be changed. For this reason, the detection of the serial number continuity may be performed at the following timing, not immediately after reception of a packet. That is, the received packet is temporarily stored in the buffer within a time range in which the change of the arrival order of the packets can be confirmed. The packet loss detection unit 5 may rearrange the serial numbers in the buffer and then determine whether there is a missing serial number.

  As described above, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment can detect the presence or absence of a packet lost during transmission with reference to the serial number of the received packet.

  Next, when the packet loss detection unit 5 detects a lost packet, a retransmission request transmission process for requesting retransmission of the lost packet will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of retransmission request transmission processing in the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  First, as described above, the packet of the stream data 21 is received from the source device 20, and the packet is acquired (S301). That is, when a packet is received by the packet receiving unit 18, the packet is taken out from the packet receiving unit 18, and the serial number of each packet is extracted in the analysis / transfer unit 4.

  The packet loss detection unit 5 refers to the serial number of the packet extracted by the analysis / transfer unit 4 and determines whether or not a packet loss has occurred (S302). In step S302, when the packet loss detection unit 5 determines that no packet loss has occurred ("NO" in S302), the next packet is acquired (S306).

  On the other hand, when the packet loss detection unit 5 determines that a packet loss has occurred (“YES” in S302), information on the lost packet (the serial number of the packet in which the loss was detected) is sent as a retransmission request packet generation unit. 3 to send. When the retransmission request packet generator 3 receives the serial number of the packet whose loss is detected from the packet loss detector 5, the retransmission request packet generator 3 generates a retransmission request packet for requesting retransmission of the packet embedded with the serial number.

  When the retransmission request packet generation unit 3 generates the retransmission request packet, the retransmission request packet generation unit 3 transmits the retransmission request packet to the source device 20 via the packet transmission unit 17. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the packet with the serial number 2 is missing. For this reason, the retransmission request packet generator 3 embeds the serial number 2 in the retransmission request packet and transmits it to the source device 20. The retransmission request packet generator 3 and the packet transmitter 17 implement a retransmission request unit.

  As described above, when the retransmission request packet is transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20, on the source device 2 side, the packet receiving unit 27 receives the retransmission request packet. Then, the retransmission packet number detection unit 23 detects the serial number of the lost packet stored in the received retransmission request packet.

  The retransmission packet number detection unit 23 notifies the detected serial number to the packet reading unit 26 of the transmission control unit 30 and instructs to retransmit the packet corresponding to the serial number.

  The packet reading unit 26 refers to the serial number received from the retransmission packet number detection unit 23, reads a packet corresponding to the serial number from the packet buffer 603, and directs the packet to the sink device 1 via the packet transmission unit 28. Send.

  In addition, when transmitting a retransmission request packet, the retransmission request packet generator 3 increments the transmission count i by 1 and simultaneously acquires the transmission time t0. Then, the retransmission request packet generator 3 determines whether or not the retransmission request packet transmission count i has reached the retransmission request count setting value n (S304). If the retransmission request packet transmission count i has reached the set value n of the retransmission request count (“NO” in S304), the generation of the retransmission packet is terminated, and the packet reception unit 18 obtains the next packet. To instruct. In response to this instruction, the packet receiver 18 acquires the next packet (S306).

  On the other hand, if the retransmission request packet transmission count i has not reached the retransmission request count setting value n (“YES” in S304), the transmission time at which the retransmission request packet is generated and transmitted to the source device 20 in step S303. Measure the elapsed time from The retransmission request packet generator 3 stands by until it determines that the elapsed time exceeds the retransmission request interval (transmission interval) I, that is, during “NO” in step S305.

  Here, if the retransmission request packet generator 3 determines that the elapsed time has exceeded the retransmission request interval I (“YES” in S305), the process returns to step S303 to transmit a retransmission request for the same packet again and perform the above steps. The processes of S303 to S305 are repeated for the number of retransmission requests (n times).

  As described above, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to transmit a retransmission request packet a predetermined number of times at a predetermined time interval. This is because the retransmission request packet generator 3 considers a case where the retransmission request packet or the retransmitted packet is lost again along the route of the communication network 50, and the retransmission request packet generator 3 sends the retransmission request packet a predetermined number of times at a predetermined time interval. Send.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the retransmission request count n is set to 2 and the packet retransmitted from the source device 2 is lost in response to the first retransmission request packet. The packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request packet is successfully received.

  Further, in the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the packet that cannot be received by the reproduction time is set to be discarded. In FIG. 4, the packet retransmitted in response to the second retransmission request arrives within the time when the packet is temporarily stored in the jitter buffer 612. Therefore, the retransmitted serial number 2 packet is decoded by the decoder 613 and controlled to be displayed on the display device 51 by the display control unit 614.

(Method for determining retransmission request count n and retransmission request interval I)
Here, details of a method for determining the number n of retransmission requests and the retransmission request interval I in the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  First, a method for determining the number n of retransmission requests will be described.

  The number n of retransmission requests for lost packets is determined by the allowable value of the packet loss rate. The allowable value of the packet loss rate is determined by subjective evaluation of the application and the user together with the allowable value L of the reproduction delay.

  In the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment, the packet loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 sets the recovery target value of the packet loss rate by the user. In addition, the reproduction delay allowable value L is set by the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12.

  By the way, even if the packet loss rate generated in packet transmission is the same, the higher the bit rate of the stream data 21, the larger the number of packets transmitted per unit time, so the interval at which packet loss occurs becomes shorter. For this reason, as the bit rate of the stream data 21 increases, the frequency of block noise or image stoppage increases in the case of moving images, and the frequency of sound interruption increases in the case of audio.

  Therefore, the user determines the allowable value of the time interval at which the packet loss occurs based on a phenomenon that is easy to be subjectively evaluated such as the frequency of image stop or the frequency at which sound is interrupted as described above. Thus, when the allowable value of the time interval at which packet loss occurs is determined by the user, the allowable value of the packet loss rate can be obtained according to the determined allowable value.

  For example, the allowable value r of the packet loss rate can be obtained by calculating the following formula (2). In Equation (2), the size of one packet is l, the bit rate is b, and the time interval at which packet loss occurs is m.

r = 1 / m · b (2)
For example, if the size of one packet is 1 = 1400 bytes, the bit rate is b = 500 kbytes / sec, and the packet loss occurrence interval is m = 300 sec, then r = 0.00093%. If the bit rate is halved, the allowable value is doubled to 0.0019%.

  In this way, when the allowable value of the packet loss rate is obtained based on the time interval at which the packet loss occurs, the user inputs the allowable value of the time interval at which the packet loss occurs by the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11. To do.

As described above, when obtaining the allowable value of the packet loss rate from the time interval when the packet loss occurs, once the user inputs the allowable value of the time interval when the packet loss occurs, the bit rate is changed, Alternatively, when stream data 21 encoded at a variable bit rate is used, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to reset the allowable value of the packet loss rate in accordance with the change of the bit rate.

  Next, a method for obtaining the number n of retransmission requests from this value when the allowable value of the packet loss rate is determined as described above will be described.

  By the way, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to measure the packet loss rate and determine the number n of retransmission requests while referring to the measurement result.

  Here, regarding the measurement of the packet loss rate, it is necessary to consider the following two cases. That is, the case where the packet of the stream data 21 transmitted from the source device 20 toward the sink device 1 is lost and the case where the retransmission request packet transmitted from the sink device 1 toward the source device 20 is lost are considered. There is a need to. The former case is assumed to be a packet loss in the downlink direction, and the latter case is assumed to be a packet loss in the uplink direction.

  The packet loss rate in the downstream direction can be measured by the packet loss detection unit 5 of the sink device 1 described above. However, with respect to the packet loss rate in the upstream direction, the result measured by the source device 20 needs to be transmitted to the sink device 1.

  Therefore, in the source device 20 according to the present embodiment, the packet loss rate detection unit 22 detects the loss rate of RTCP packets such as SR packets transmitted from the sink device 1 and retransmission request packets. For example, since a serial number is not assigned to an RTCP standard packet such as an SR packet, for example, by adding a serial number to an APP packet, it is possible to detect a missing packet by referring to the serial number. Alternatively, it is possible to similarly include a serial number in the retransmission request packet and detect the packet loss by referring to the serial number.

  Then, information on the packet loss rate detected and measured by the packet loss rate detection unit 22 included in the source device 20 is transmitted to the uplink loss rate detection packet generation unit 24. Then, the uplink loss rate detection packet generator 24 converts the received packet loss rate information into, for example, an RTCP APP packet as an uplink loss rate detection packet, and transmits the packet to the sink device 1 via the packet transmitter 28.

  On the other hand, in the sink device 1, the upstream loss rate detection unit 7 detects the upstream loss rate based on the upstream loss rate detection packet received from the source device 20.

  Here, assuming that the downstream packet loss rate calculated as described above is rd and the upstream packet loss rate is ru, the first retransmission request packet is lost as shown in FIG. The probability that the retransmission packet corresponding to the retransmission request packet is received without being lost and received by the sink device 1 can be obtained by the following equation (3).

s (1) = (1-ru) · (1-rd) (3)
Therefore, the loss rate r (1) after one retransmission is
r (1) = rd · (1-s (1)) (4)
It becomes.

  Next, consider a case where retransmission is performed twice. As shown in FIG. 6 (b), there are two cases: when the first retransmission request is lost, and when the retransmission packet is lost as shown in FIG. 6 (c). The probability that the second retransmission is successful is as shown in the following formula (5).

s (2) = ru ・ (1-ru) ・ (1-rd) + (1-ru) ・ rd ・ (1-ru) ・ (1-rd)
= (1-ru) ・ (1-rd) ・ (ru + (1-ru) ・ rd) ・ ・ ・ （5）
Similarly, the probability of successful retransmission request processing for the third time and the fourth time and the probability of successful retransmission control for the nth time can be formulated as shown in Equation (6) below.

Therefore, the packet loss rate r (n) after n retransmissions is as shown in the following formula (7).

  For this reason, the packet loss rate in the uplink direction and the packet loss rate in the downlink direction are measured, and the recovery value of the packet loss rate with respect to the number of retransmission requests n is sequentially calculated from the above equation (7), and the packet loss rate is allowed. The number of retransmission requests n satisfying the value can be obtained.

  FIG. 6 described above is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a retransmission request between the sink device 1 and the source device 20 according to the present embodiment and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request. FIG. 4A shows an example of a case where a retransmission request is performed once and a packet is retransmitted in response to the retransmission request. FIGS. 5B and 5C show a case where the retransmission request is performed twice. An example in which a packet is retransmitted in response to a retransmission request is shown.

  Next, a method for determining the retransmission request interval I will be described.

  In the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment, when the received packet is not output in time for the original time when the packet is output to the display device 51 and reproduced, the packet is discarded. Further, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the packet received from the source device 20 is delayed by the jitter buffer 612 and output to the display device 51.

  Therefore, the sink device 1 needs to transmit the number of retransmission requests determined above so that the packet can be received within the time delayed by the jitter buffer 612. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, it is assumed that the allowable value L of the reproduction delay matches the jitter buffer length (jitter buffer length = L), the round trip propagation delay (RTT) is R, and the retransmission. When the number of requests is n, the retransmission request interval I may satisfy the following inequality.

I <(LR) / (n-1) (8)
Here, the round-trip propagation delay R can be obtained as follows. That is, in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the SR packet generated by the RTT measurement packet generator 2 of the sink device 1 is received on the source device 20 side. The RTT measurement packet generator 25 generates an RR packet corresponding to the packet and transmits the packet to the sink device 1.

  Therefore, the RTT measurement unit 8 of the sink device 1 refers to the information included in the RR packet received from the source device 20, and calculates the round-trip propagation delay R from the difference between the transmission time of the SR packet and the reception time of the RR packet. Can be sought.

  By the way, the round-trip propagation delay R varies depending on the congestion state of the communication network 50, and network jitter occurs. Therefore, when the round-trip propagation delay R is set to the maximum value in the possible time range, even if the round-trip propagation delay R fluctuates, the retransmission request interval I that always satisfies the condition can be obtained.

  That is, if the maximum value of the round trip propagation delay R is R1, the retransmission request interval I may satisfy the following inequality.

I ≦ (L-R1) / (n-1) (9)
Here, the stream data 21 transmitted in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is moving image data. In the source device 20, the stream data 21 is generated in real time by the encoder, and there is a delay in the timing of outputting the packet to the sink device 1 due to the encoding time and / or the load generated in the CPU. Arise. In this embodiment, such a delay in the arrival of a retransmission packet caused by a delay in packet output timing is referred to as encoder jitter.

  Therefore, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to calculate an appropriate retransmission request interval I in consideration of network jitter and encoder jitter.

  Specifically, the jitter detector 6 refers to the information recorded in the RTT measurement result recording unit 19 to calculate network jitter. In addition, the jitter detector 6 calculates encoder jitter based on information indicating a delay in output timing of the stream data 21 received from the source device 1. Then, using the deviation value (round-trip propagation delay deviation) J (J = network jitter + encoding jitter (variation information)) calculated by the jitter detector 6, as shown in FIG. What is necessary is just to make it the space | interval I satisfy | fill the inequality shown by Numerical formula (10) below. Here, as the round-trip propagation delay R in the following formula (10), the average value of the measured round-trip propagation delay R is used here.

I ≦ (LRJ) / (n-1) (10)
Note that FIG. 7 described above is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the retransmission request and the packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request between the sink device 1 and the source device 20 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a transmission interval I, a round-trip propagation delay R, and a reproduction delay L in a relationship between a retransmission request between the sink device 1 and the source device 20 and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request. (B) shows a transmission interval I, a round-trip propagation delay R, a reproduction delay allowable value L, and a deviation value in a relationship between a retransmission request between the sink device 1 and the source device 20 and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request. FIG.

  Here, an experimental result for proving the validity of Equation (10) is shown below.

  First, the source device 1, the sink device 20, and the display device 51 according to the present embodiment were prepared, and both were connected to the communication network 50 to construct the communication system 100.

  In addition, in consideration of the display state of the stream data 21 to be displayed here, the target of the recovery value of the packet loss rate is set to 0.0005%. In this communication system 100, it is assumed that the packet loss rate is 1% in both the upstream and downstream directions.

  Under such a premise, when the recovery value of the packet loss rate is calculated using the above-described equation (7), it is 0.020% in the case where the setting for performing the retransmission request once is 0.02% in the case of two times. 0004%.

  Therefore, it can be seen that the number of retransmission requests n required to satisfy the recovery value of 0.0005% is two.

  Further, the allowable value L of the reproduction delay allowed in the communication system 100 is set to 333 msec, and the round trip propagation delay R between the sink device 1 and the source device 20 is measured using RTCP. As a result, the average value is 100 msec and the maximum The deviation is assumed to be 40 msec.

  Further, it is assumed that the source device 20 generates the stream data 21 by real-time encoding, and the encoding jitter is 80 msec at the maximum. That is, in this case, the round-trip propagation delay R is 100 msec, and the deviation value J is 40 + 80, which is 120 msec. Substituting the above numerical values into the equation (10) results in the calculation result shown in the following equation (11), and the retransmission request interval I may be set to 113 msec or less.

(LRJ) / (n-1) = (333-100-120) / (2-1) = 113 (11)
Here, a network environment in which the packet loss rate is 1%, 2%, and 3% is artificially constructed, and the retransmission request interval I is changed to 20 msec, 50 msec, 100 msec, 120 msec, and 150 msec, respectively. The result of measuring the recovery value of the loss rate is shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a graph showing the results of FIG. FIG. 9 is a table showing an example of the result of measuring the recovery value of the packet loss rate due to retransmission. FIG. 10 is a graph of the results shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 10A shows the relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 1%. FIG. 5B shows the relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 2%, and FIG. 4C shows the loss rate recovery when the packet loss rate is 3%. The relationship between the value and the retransmission request interval I is shown.

  Also in this case, the target of the recovery value of the packet loss rate is set to 0.0005% as described above.

  Here, referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 (a), focusing on the result of the packet loss rate of 1%, the recovery value is the same and the target value 0 when the retransmission request interval I is from 20 msec to 100 msec. .0005% or less. However, when the retransmission request interval I is set to 120 msec or more, the recovery value deteriorates rapidly.

  Similarly, in an environment with a loss rate of 2% and 3%, the recovery value deteriorates when the retransmission request interval I is 120 msec or more.

  Here, when the theoretical value of the recovery value of the packet loss rate when the number of retransmission requests n is set to 2 is obtained from Equation (7), both the upward packet loss rate and the downward packet loss rate are 2 %, It was 0.00314%, and when the loss rate in each of the two directions was 3%, it was 0.0105%.

  As described above, the experimental results shown in FIG. 9 satisfy the above theoretical values when the retransmission request interval I is 20 msec to 100 msec. That is, from the experimental results, it is proved that the recovery target value of the packet loss rate can be achieved by setting the retransmission request interval I to 113 msec or less in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment.

Next, the setting of the retransmission request interval I when the reproduction delay allowable value L is changed will be considered. First, assuming that the allowable value L of the reproduction delay is 270 msec and the number of retransmission requests n is two, the retransmission request interval I is given by Equation (10) as follows:
(LRJ) / (n-1) = (270-100-120) / (2-1) = 50 (12)
It becomes. In addition, about the round-trip propagation delay R and the deviation value J, when using the same value as Formula (11), this experimental result becomes as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. FIG. 11 is a table showing an example of the result of measuring the recovery value of the packet loss rate due to retransmission. FIG. 12 is a graph of the results shown in FIG. 11. FIG. 12A shows the relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 1%. FIG. 4B shows the relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 3%.

  Here, referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 12 (a), and FIG. 12 (b), when the retransmission request interval I is made larger than the upper limit value (retransmission request interval I = 50) obtained by the above equation (12), recovery is performed. It can be seen that the value deteriorates. As a result of this experiment, even when the reproduction delay allowable value L is changed, the effect obtained from the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is proved.

  In the above experiment, when the retransmission request interval I is less than or equal to the upper limit value, there is almost no difference in the recovery value of the packet loss rate. However, as the retransmission request interval I becomes smaller than the round-trip propagation delay R, the second and subsequent times are obtained. After the retransmission request is transmitted, the probability that a retransmission packet for the previous retransmission request arrives increases, and wasteful bandwidth is consumed.

  For this reason, it is most effective to set the retransmission request interval I to the maximum value that satisfies the condition of Equation (10). Further, in view of the characteristics of the communication network 50, it is desirable to set the packet transmission interval to the maximum value from the viewpoint that it is less likely to cause a network congestion state when the packet transmission interval is as large as possible.

  Note that in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, since the content data 21 is moving image data, the retransmission request interval I that satisfies the relationship of Expression (10) in consideration of the encoding jitter is calculated.

  However, if this encoding jitter does not occur in transmission of the content data 21 or occurs only to a negligible level, only network jitter needs to be considered. Therefore, in this case, the jitter detection unit 6 refers to the measurement result of the RTT measurement information recording unit 19 and calculates only the network jitter, which is set as the deviation value J.

  Further, in the communication system 100, when it is only necessary to always consider only the network jitter, it is not particularly necessary to provide the jitter detection unit 6, and the RTT measurement unit 8 determines the round-trip propagation delay R from the measurement result of the round-trip propagation delay R. Find the maximum value of. Then, the retransmission request interval I is obtained using the relationship shown in the above formula (9), and the reproduction request packet generation unit so that the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 transmits the retransmission request packet at the obtained retransmission request interval I. 3 may be used.

  If network jitter and / or encoding jitter does not occur in the communication system 100 or occurs only to a negligible level, the jitter detector 6 does not need to be provided, and the RTT measuring unit 8 has a maximum round-trip propagation delay R. There is no need to find a value. In this case, the retransmission request interval I is obtained using the relationship shown in the above equation (8), and the reproduction request packet is transmitted so that the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 transmits the retransmission request packet at the obtained retransmission request interval I. The configuration may be such that the generation unit 3 is instructed.

  As described above, in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, the sink device 1 receives the input by the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 and the retransmission request frequency setting unit 9 has received the recovery target of the packet loss rate. In this configuration, the number n of retransmission requests transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 2 is set.

  Therefore, the sink device 1 can set an appropriate number n of retransmission requests in accordance with the packet loss rate recovery target.

  In addition, as described above, the allowable value L of the reproduction delay, the round trip propagation delay R measured by the RTT measuring unit 8, and the deviation value detected by the jitter detecting unit 6, which are accepted by the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12. The retransmission request interval setting unit 10 sets the retransmission request interval I based on J and the retransmission request number n set by the retransmission request number setting unit 9.

  For this reason, the sink device 1 can determine the retransmission request interval I that can appropriately perform the retransmission request for the number of retransmission requests n set by the retransmission request number setting unit 9 within the reproduction delay allowable value L. .

  For example, a communication system 600 shown in FIG. 14 can be shown as a comparative example of the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an example of a comparative example of the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  The communication system 600 shown in FIG. 14 as a comparative example is different from the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment in the following points. In the communication system 600 shown as a comparative example, the same members as those in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  That is, the sink device 609 included in the communication system 600 is different in that the retransmission request count setting unit 9, the retransmission request interval setting unit 10, the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11, and the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12 are not provided.

  In addition, the reception control unit 611 included in the sink device 609 does not include the jitter detection unit 6, the upper loss rate detection unit 7, and the RTT measurement unit 8 as functional blocks, and the transmission control unit 615 includes functional blocks. As described above, it differs from the above-described sink device 1 in that an RTT measurement packet generator 25 is provided instead of the RTT measurement packet generator 2.

  On the other hand, in the source device 601 included in the communication system 600, the transmission control unit 604 functions as a function block, and the uplink loss rate detection packet generation unit 24, and the RTT measurement packet generation unit 2 instead of the RTT measurement packet generation unit 25. It is different in having.

  Further, the reception control unit 606 is different in that the reception control unit 606 further includes an RTT measurement unit 8 instead of the packet loss rate detection unit 22 as a functional block.

  That is, in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, the SR packet is transmitted from the sink device 1 to the source device 20, and the RR packet is transmitted from the source device 20 to the sink device 1. In the communication system 100, the sink device 1 calculates the round trip propagation delay R.

  On the other hand, in the communication system 600 of the comparative example, the SR packet is transmitted from the source device 601 to the sink device 609, and the RR packet is transmitted from the sink device 609 to the source device 601. The source device 601 is different in that the round-trip propagation delay R is calculated.

  Here, the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is compared with the communication system 600 of the comparative example, and the biggest difference is as follows. That is, the sink device 609 does not include the retransmission request number setting unit 9, the retransmission request interval setting unit 10, the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11, and the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12, and the retransmission request number setting unit. 9 and the retransmission request interval setting unit 10, for example, are not provided with the jitter detection unit 6 and the upper loss rate detection unit 7 for acquiring information required.

  Therefore, the sink device 609 of the communication system 600 shown as the comparative example cannot set an appropriate number of retransmission requests n in accordance with the packet loss rate recovery target. In addition, the sink device 609 cannot obtain the retransmission request interval I that can appropriately make a retransmission request for the set number of retransmission requests n within the reproduction delay allowable value L.

  That is, in the configuration of the sink device 609 shown in the comparative example, the retransmission request count n and the retransmission request interval I cannot be set appropriately. For this reason, for example, as shown in FIG. 8A, even if a packet is successfully retransmitted from the source device 601 in response to a retransmission request, the packet is discarded because it has been received beyond the reproduction time. Problem arises.

  More specifically, it is assumed that the packet with the serial number “2” is lost during transmission of the communication network 50 as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the lost packet is retransmitted twice and the sink device 609 can acquire the retransmitted packet in response to the second retransmission request.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 8A, if the time when the retransmitted packet is received is not in time for the reproduction time of the packet, the sink device 609 discards the packet.

  On the other hand, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment can appropriately set the retransmission request count n and the retransmission request interval I as described above. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8B, a retransmission request can be made so that the retransmitted packet can be received within the reproduction delay tolerance L.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a retransmission request for a lost packet and transmission / reception of a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request between the source device and the sink device. An example of a relationship between a retransmission request in a communication system 600, which is a comparative example of the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request is shown. FIG. 5B shows an example of a relationship between a retransmission request in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request.

  In the comparison between the communication system 600 of the comparative example and the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, as in the sink device 1 of the communication system 100, the retransmission request number setting unit 9, the retransmission request interval setting unit 10, The configuration including the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 and the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12 can appropriately set the retransmission request number n and the retransmission request interval I, and discards the received packet. This is advantageous in that it can be prevented.

  Note that the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to transmit a retransmission request packet for requesting retransmission of the packet to the source device 20 when detecting the loss of the packet. Further, although one serial number (serial number of one packet in which loss is detected) is assigned to one retransmission request packet to be transmitted, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the sink device 1 considers the case where packets are lost continuously, and detects a plurality of lost packets, and then embeds and transmits the serial numbers of the plurality of packets in one retransmission request packet. It may be a configuration.

  Further, the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the number n of retransmission requests is determined while measuring the packet loss rate. However, when the network environment of the communication network 50 used in the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is determined in advance, the packet loss rate is measured while sequentially increasing the number of retransmission requests n, and the packet loss rate and the retransmission A configuration may be adopted in which a correspondence table for the number of requests n is created and held in advance.

As described above, when the sink device 1 is configured to hold the correspondence table, a retransmission request is made based on the recovery target value of the packet loss rate input from the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 with reference to the correspondence table. The number setting unit 9 can set the number n of retransmission requests.

  In the case of the configuration in which the correspondence table is held and the retransmission request count n is set based on the input recovery target value of the packet loss rate, the retransmission request count setting unit 9 facilitates the calculation to calculate the retransmission request count n. be able to.

  Further, the communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is configured to transmit the stream data 21 from the source device 20 to the sink device 1 as described above. However, for example, when the communication system 100 is configured by a device that performs bidirectional data transmission / reception such as a videophone, each of the members is provided in each of the source device 20 and the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment. Will be provided.

  Further, in the communication system 100, when bidirectional data transmission / reception is performed between devices including the respective members included in both the source device 20 and the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment, the packet loss rate detection unit 22 detects the data. The loss rate of the received SR packet may be used as the loss rate of the RR packet returned in response to the SR packet.

  Further, the network interface 610 provided in the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment includes the packet transmission unit 17 and the packet reception unit 18, but both of them may be configured integrally or separately. It may be provided.

  Similarly, the network interface 605 included in the source device 20 includes the packet receiving unit 27 and the packet transmitting unit 28. However, these may be configured integrally or may be provided separately. May be.

  In addition, the method for determining the retransmission request interval I that satisfies the input reproduction delay allowable value L and the packet loss rate allowable value in the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment has been described above. Formulas (8) to (10) are shown as relational expressions for obtaining the retransmission request interval I.

  Here, in the above formulas (8) to (10), conversely, the retransmission request interval I can be fixed and the packet loss rate can be utilized as much as possible. That is, in the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment, when the reception control unit 15 including the retransmission request packet generation unit 3 that transmits a retransmission request to the source device 20 is realized by the CPU, the processing capacity of the CPU is limited. Therefore, there is a limit on the transmission interval of retransmission requests.

  That is, there is a lower limit for the packet transmission interval according to the processing capability of the CPU. Therefore, when the retransmission request interval I is considered as the lower limit value of the packet transmission interval, the equations (13) and (14) are modified by modifying the equations (8), (9), and (10), respectively. Equation (15) is derived, and the upper limit of the number n of retransmission requests can be obtained.

n <((LR) / I) +1 (13)
n ≦ ((L-R1) / I) +1 (14)
n ≦ ((LRJ) / I) +1 (15)
Therefore, by configuring the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment as the sink device 40 (reception device) shown in FIG. 13, the upper limit of the number of retransmission requests n based on the lower limit value of the retransmission request interval I as described above. Thus, the number n of retransmission requests and the retransmission request interval I can be determined. FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a sink device 40 as another configuration of the sink device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The sink device 40 according to the present embodiment differs from the sink device 1 in the following points as shown in FIG. That is, the sink device 40 is different from the sink device 1 in that it further includes a retransmission request interval input unit (transmission interval determination means) 13 but does not include the uplink loss rate detection unit 7 and the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11.

  The retransmission request interval input unit 13 receives an input of the retransmission request interval I set by the user. The retransmission request interval input unit 13 notifies the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 of information on the retransmission request interval I received from the user.

  Further, although the calculation result by the jitter detection unit 6, the measurement result by the RTT measurement unit 8, and the set value by the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12 are input to the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 in the sink device 1. On the other hand, the sink device 40 is different in that it is input to the retransmission request count setting unit 9.

  The sink device 40 is different from the sink device 1 in that the reproduction request interval setting unit 10 can set the retransmission request interval I according to the input from the retransmission request interval input unit 13.

  In the sink device 40, the retransmission request count setting unit 9 measures the retransmission request interval I set by the retransmission request interval setting unit 10, the deviation value J calculated by the jitter detection unit 6, and the RTT measurement unit 8. Based on the average value of the retransmitted propagation delays R and the allowable reproduction delay value L set by the allowable reproduction delay time setting unit 12, the upper limit value of the number of retransmission requests n using the relationship of the above equation (15) Can be requested.

  When only network jitter needs to be considered, the retransmission request count setting unit 9 records the RTT measurement information that is the RTT measurement result by the RTT measurement unit 8 instead of the deviation value J calculated by the jitter detection unit 6. Referring to unit 19, maximum value R1 of retransmission propagation delay R is used.

  That is, the retransmission request count setting unit 9 is set by the retransmission request interval I set by the retransmission request interval setting unit 10, the RTT maximum value R 1 measured by the RTT measurement unit 8, and the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12. Based on the reproduction delay allowance L, the upper limit value of the number n of retransmission requests can be obtained using the relationship of the above equation (14). In this case, the sink device 40 does not need to include the jitter detector 6 in particular.

  When it is not necessary to consider the encoding jitter and the network jitter, the retransmission request number setting unit 9 transmits the retransmission request interval I set by the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 and the retransmission propagation measured by the RTT measuring unit 8. Based on the delay R and the reproduction delay allowable value L set by the reproduction delay allowable time setting unit 12, the upper limit value of the number of retransmission requests n can be obtained using the relationship of the equation (13). Also in this case, the sink device 40 does not need to include the jitter detector 6 in particular.

  Note that the sink device 40 described above does not include the uplink loss rate detection unit 7 and the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 as shown in FIG. This is because, unlike the sink device 1, the sink device 40 is not configured to set the number of retransmission requests and the retransmission request interval so that the packet loss rate of the stream data 21 is within a desired range.

  That is, the sink device 40 is configured to determine the number of retransmission requests based on the retransmission request interval I determined according to the transmission processing capability of the retransmission request packet by the transmission control unit 15 (retransmission request packet generation unit 3). For this reason, it is not necessary to provide the uplink loss rate detection unit 7 and the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11.

  However, when the retransmission request packet number n and the retransmission request interval I are determined in consideration of the transmission processing capability of the retransmission request packet by the transmission control unit 15 and the packet loss rate of the desired stream data 21, the sink device 40 As with the sink device 1, the uplink loss rate detection unit 7 and the loss rate recovery value setting unit 11 are further provided. Then, similarly to the sink device 1, the sink device 40 may be configured to receive from the source device 20 the loss rate (packet loss rate) of the retransmission request packet transmitted to the source device 20.

  Finally, each block of the sink devices 1 and 40 according to the present embodiment, in particular, the analysis / transfer unit 4, the packet loss detection unit 5, the jitter detection unit 6, the uplink loss rate, which the reception control unit 16 has as functional blocks. The detection unit 7, the RTT measurement unit 8, and the transmission control unit 15 have the RTT measurement packet generation unit 2 and the reproduction request packet generation unit 3, the retransmission request number setting unit, and the retransmission request interval setting unit 10 as functional blocks. May be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

  Also, each block of the source device 20 according to the present embodiment, in particular, the packet loss rate detection unit 22 and the retransmission packet number detection unit 23 that the reception control unit 31 has as functional blocks, and the transmission control unit 30 as functional blocks. The upstream loss rate detection packet generation unit 24, the RTT measurement packet generation unit 25, and the packet reading unit 26 may be configured by hardware logic or realized by software using a CPU as follows. May be.

  That is, the sink devices 1 and 40 and the source device 20 include a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program for realizing each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM that expands the program. (Random access memory), a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. The object of the present invention is to record the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the control program of the sink device 1 and the source device 20 which are software for realizing the above-described functions so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying a recording medium to the sink device 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, since the sink device 1 and the source device 20 are configured to be connectable to the communication network 50, the program code may be supplied via the communication network 50. Further, a communication network different from the communication network 50 can be connected to the sink device 1 and the source device 20, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network.

  The communication network (communication network 50) is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a LAN, an ISDN, a VAN, a CATV communication network, a virtual private network, a telephone line network, and a mobile body Communication networks, satellite communication networks, etc. can be used. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  In addition, it can be said that the reception device, the transmission device, and the communication system according to the present embodiment have the following configurations.

  That is, the receiving device includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting device, a packet loss detecting unit that detects a packet loss of the stream data, and a transmitting unit that transmits a retransmission request of the lost packet to the transmitting device. A round-trip propagation delay measuring unit that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is transmitted until a retransmission packet is returned, and a jitter allowable time that is an allowable time of fluctuation of arrival time of received stream data. A jitter allowable time setting unit for setting, and a retransmission request frequency setting unit for setting a maximum number of times of retransmission request transmission to the transmission device within the jitter allowable time to a value of 2 or more, and transmitting the retransmission request to the transmission device In this case, the retransmission request interval I is set so that a retransmission packet corresponding to the set number of retransmission requests can be received within the jitter allowable time. It may be.

  Also, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, a packet loss detecting unit that detects packet loss of stream data, and a retransmission request for lost packets to the transmitting apparatus. A round-trip propagation delay measurement unit that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is sent until a retransmission packet is returned, and an allowable time of fluctuation of arrival time of received stream data A jitter allowable time setting unit that sets a certain jitter allowable time L, and a retransmission request frequency setting unit that sets a maximum number n of retransmission requests to the transmitter within the jitter allowable time to a value of 2 or more, When a retransmission request is transmitted to the apparatus, the retransmission request transmission interval time I is preferably set to I <(LR) / (n-1).

Also, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, a packet loss detecting unit that detects packet loss of stream data, and a retransmission request for lost packets to the transmitting apparatus. A round-trip propagation delay measuring unit that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is sent until a retransmission packet is returned, and a maximum round-trip propagation that is the maximum value of the round-trip propagation delay R A maximum round-trip propagation delay acquisition unit for obtaining the delay R1, a jitter allowable time setting unit for setting a jitter allowable time L that is an allowable time of fluctuation of arrival time of received stream data, and retransmission to the transmitter within the jitter allowable time A retransmission request number setting unit for setting the maximum number n of request transmissions to a value of 2 or more, and transmitting a retransmission request when transmitting a retransmission request to a transmission device The 隔時 between I may be configured to set the I ≦ (L-R1) / (n-1).

  Also, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, a packet loss detecting unit that detects packet loss of stream data, and a retransmission request for lost packets to the transmitting apparatus. A round-trip propagation delay measuring section that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is sent until a retransmission packet is returned, and a response may be delayed from the round-trip propagation delay R. A round-trip propagation delay deviation setting unit that sets a round-trip propagation delay deviation J that is a certain time; a jitter allowable time setting unit that sets a jitter allowable time L that is an allowable time of fluctuation of arrival time of received stream data; A retransmission request number setting unit for setting a maximum number n of retransmission requests to the transmission device within an allowable time to a value of 2 or more, and sending the retransmission request to the transmission device To case, the transmission interval time I repeat request may be configured to set the I ≦ (L-R-J) / (n-1).

  Further, in the configuration described above, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment employs the maximum value satisfying the above-described formula, where I is the transmission interval of the retransmission request, when transmitting a retransmission request to the transmitting apparatus. There may be.

  Also, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, a packet loss detecting unit that detects packet loss of stream data, and a retransmission request for lost packets to the transmitting apparatus. A round-trip propagation delay measuring unit that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is sent until a retransmission packet is returned, and fluctuation in arrival time of stream data received from the transmission device A jitter tolerance time setting section for setting a jitter tolerance time that is an allowable time; and a retransmission request interval setting section for setting a retransmission request transmission interval time when a retransmission request is transmitted to the transmitter within the jitter tolerance time. When a retransmission request is transmitted to the transmission device, the maximum number of times within a range that falls within the allowable jitter time using the set retransmission request transmission time interval. Of, so as to receive the retransmission packet for retransmission request may be configured to set the number of retransmission requests n.

  Also, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, a packet loss detecting unit that detects packet loss of stream data, and a retransmission request for lost packets to the transmitting apparatus. A round-trip propagation delay measuring unit that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is sent until a retransmission packet is returned, and fluctuation in arrival time of stream data received from the transmission device A jitter allowable time setting unit that sets a jitter allowable time L that is an allowable time, and a retransmission request interval setting unit that sets a retransmission request transmission interval time I when a retransmission request is transmitted to the transmission device within the jitter allowable time; When the retransmission request is transmitted to the transmission apparatus, the number n of retransmission requests is configured to be an integer satisfying n <((LR) / I) +1. It may be.

  A receiver that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitter, a packet loss detector that detects a packet loss of the stream data, a transmitter that transmits a retransmission request of the lost packet to the transmitter, and a retransmission request. A round-trip propagation delay measurement unit that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when the retransmission packet is returned, and a maximum round-trip propagation delay acquisition unit that obtains a maximum round-trip propagation delay R1 that is the maximum value of the round-trip propagation delay R; A jitter allowable time setting unit for setting a jitter allowable time L that is an allowable time of fluctuation of arrival time of stream data received from the transmission device; and a retransmission request when transmitting a retransmission request to the transmission device within the jitter allowable time. A retransmission request interval setting unit that sets a transmission interval time I, and when transmitting a retransmission request to the transmission device, the number n of retransmission requests is set to n ≦ ((L R1) / I) +1 may be configured to set to an integer satisfying.

Also, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives stream data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, a packet loss detecting unit that detects packet loss of stream data, and a retransmission request for lost packets to the transmitting apparatus. A round-trip propagation delay measuring section that measures a round-trip propagation delay R that is a time from when a retransmission request is sent until a retransmission packet is returned, and a response may be delayed from the round-trip propagation delay R. A round-trip propagation delay deviation setting unit that sets a round-trip propagation delay deviation J that is a certain time, and a jitter tolerance time setting unit that sets a jitter tolerance time L that is an allowable time of fluctuation of arrival time of stream data received from the transmission device; A retransmission request interval setting unit that sets a retransmission request transmission interval time I when a retransmission request is transmitted to the transmission device within the jitter allowable time, and When sending a retransmission request to the communication apparatus, the number n of the retransmission request n ≦ ((L-R-J) /) satisfy +1 may be configured to set to an integer.

  In addition, in the above configuration, the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment adopts the maximum integer value satisfying the above-described formula, where n is the number of times of retransmission request transmission, when transmitting a retransmission request to the transmitting apparatus. Is preferred.

  Further, in the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment, in the configuration described above, the maximum number of retransmission requests transmitted in the previous period is the number of retransmission requests necessary to achieve the allowable value of the packet loss rate, and the maximum number of retransmissions is determined. For all the patterns that the resending request packet or resending packet loses, calculate the occurrence rate of each pattern from the measured value of the packet loss rate, and add them up to recover the packet loss rate It is preferable that the maximum number of times the previous retransmission request is transmitted is set so that the theoretical value is obtained and the value is equal to or less than the allowable value of the packet loss rate.

  Further, in the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment, the measured value of the packet loss rate is measured separately for the loss rate of the stream data and the loss rate of the retransmission request, and for all patterns in which the retransmission packet is lost, The occurrence rate of each pattern may be calculated from the measured value of the packet loss rate.

  Further, the transmission apparatus according to the present embodiment packetizes the detected loss rate by a transmission unit that transmits stream data, a loss rate detection unit that detects a packet loss rate of a retransmission request transmitted from the reception device, and A transmitting apparatus, characterized by transmitting to a receiving apparatus.

  In addition, the communication system according to the present embodiment preferably has a configuration including the above-described receiving device and the above-described transmitting device.

  Further, as described above, it can be said that the receiving device, the transmitting device, and the communication system according to the present invention have the following configurations.

  A receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving apparatus that receives and outputs data from a transmitting apparatus that packetizes and transmits data, and detecting means that detects a lost packet in the data received from the transmitting apparatus, The retransmission request information for requesting retransmission of the lost packet detected by the detection means, and the retransmission request means for transmitting the packet received from the transmission apparatus so that the packet can be normally output. A time range input means for inputting a time range for delaying the packet, an allowable loss rate input means for inputting an allowable packet loss rate, and an allowable packet loss rate input by the allowable loss rate input means. The number of times determination means for determining the number of times of transmission of the retransmission request information by the retransmission request means, and the retransmission request determined by the number of times determination means. Each packet to be retransmitted in accordance with the number of transmission of information, and a transmission interval determining means for determining a transmission interval of the retransmission request information to receive within a time range inputted by the time range 設入 force means.

  By the way, the above-described time range for delaying the output of the packet and the allowable loss rate of the packet are determined according to the type of output destination application from which data is output from the receiving apparatus.

  For example, when the application requires high reproducibility in data before transmission in the transmission device and data after reception in the reception device, the allowable packet loss rate is small. For example, when the data received from the transmission device is continuous data such as moving image data, the reception device cannot take a large time range in which the packet to be output can be delayed.

  As described above, it is very advantageous to be able to appropriately change the time range for delaying packet output and / or the allowable packet loss rate according to the type of application that is the output destination of data received by the receiving device. is there.

  According to the above configuration, since the time range input unit is provided, the time range for delaying the output of the packet can be suitably set, for example, by the operator of the receiving device so that the received packet can be normally output. In addition, since an allowable loss rate input unit is provided, an allowable packet loss rate in the data received from the transmission device can be suitably set, for example, by an operator of the reception device.

  In addition, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a number-of-times determining unit and a transmission interval determining unit. For this reason, the number of retransmission request requests and the request interval are set so that the packet loss rate is within an allowable range and packets retransmitted in response to the retransmission request can be received within the time range input by the time range input means. Can be determined.

  Therefore, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can appropriately set the allowable packet loss rate and the time range in which the packet output can be delayed, and can perform the set packet loss rate. It is possible to determine the number of transmissions of request information and the transmission interval of retransmission request information that can be received within a set time range of a packet of data to be retransmitted from a transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information There is an effect.

  In the above-described configuration, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention has a round-trip propagation delay that is a time from when retransmission request information is transmitted by the retransmission requesting unit to when a packet retransmitted according to the retransmission request information is received. Measuring means for measuring the round trip propagation delay measured by the measuring means, L for the time range input by the time range input means, and the number of retransmission request information transmission times determined by the number determining means. n (n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2), where I is the transmission interval determined by the transmission interval determination means, the transmission interval determination means is a time range satisfying I <(LR) / (n-1) Is preferably configured to determine the transmission interval of retransmission request information.

  According to the above configuration, the transmission interval determination unit can determine the transmission interval of the retransmission request information within a time range satisfying I <(LR) / (n-1). For this reason, the packet retransmitted from the transmission apparatus can be received within the time range input by the time range input means in accordance with the retransmission request information for the number of transmissions determined by the number determination means.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the above configuration, when the maximum round-trip propagation delay that is the maximum value among the round-trip propagation delay measurement results measured by the measuring unit is R1, the transmission interval determining unit is , The transmission interval of the retransmission request information may be determined in a time range satisfying I ≦ (L−R1) / (n−1).

  By the way, for example, the round-trip propagation delay may vary depending on the transmission efficiency of a communication network that connects the transmitting device and the receiving device. Therefore, in consideration of this variation, it is preferable that the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can receive a retransmitted packet in the time range input by the time range input means.

  According to the above configuration, the transmission interval determination unit can determine the transmission interval of the retransmission request information within a time range satisfying I ≦ (LR−1) / (n−1). That is, it is possible to determine the range of the transmission interval of retransmission request information assuming that the largest variation occurs in the round-trip propagation delay of the packet received by the receiving device last in the packet to be retransmitted.

  For this reason, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention is retransmitted from the transmitting apparatus according to the retransmission request information for the number of transmissions determined by the number determining means, even when the round-trip propagation delay varies. Can be received within the time range input by the time range input means.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the above-described configuration, the round-trip propagation delay is based on the measurement result of the round-trip propagation delay by the measuring unit and the variation information caused by the processing for the data transmitted by the transmitting apparatus. Deviation calculating means for calculating a deviation in the direction in which the time is larger than the average value of the two as a round-trip propagation delay deviation, and assuming that the round-trip propagation delay deviation is J, the transmission interval determining means has I ≦ (L− The transmission interval of the retransmission request information may be determined within a time range satisfying RJ) / (n-1).

  By the way, for example, the round-trip propagation delay may vary depending on the transmission efficiency of a communication network that connects the transmitting device and the receiving device. Furthermore, the round-trip propagation delay may vary depending on, for example, the encoder processing on the data transmitted by the transmission device.

  Therefore, in consideration of this variation, it is preferable that the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can receive a retransmitted packet in the time range input by the time range input means.

  According to the above configuration, the transmission interval determination unit can determine the transmission interval of the retransmission request information in a time range satisfying I ≦ (LRJ) / (n−1). For this reason, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention determines the transmission interval of retransmission request information in consideration of variations in round-trip propagation delay caused by processing on transmission data and round-trip propagation delay caused during transmission of transmission data. Can do.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, it is preferable that the transmission interval determining means sets a maximum time among possible values for I as a transmission interval.

  According to the above configuration, the transmission interval determination means sets the maximum time among possible values for I as the transmission interval. Therefore, according to the retransmission request information for the number of times of transmission determined by the number of times determination unit, a packet that is retransmitted from the transmission device can be received within the time range input by the time range input unit. The largest transmission interval can be used.

  That is, since the transmission interval can be set as large as possible, for example, when a retransmission request means for transmitting retransmission request information is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), the load applied to the CPU can be reduced.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, the detecting means records a packet loss rate of data received from the transmitting apparatus, and the retransmission requesting means packetizes the retransmission request information. A loss rate information receiving means for receiving loss rate information, which is information indicating the loss rate of packets of retransmission request information transmitted to the transmission device, from the transmission device. The number-of-times determining means is based on the packet loss rate of the data recorded by the detecting means and the loss rate information received by the loss rate information receiving means, and the number of transmissions of the retransmission request information and the data received from the transmitting device. The packet loss rate is calculated in accordance with the calculated relationship, and the packet loss rate of the data is input by the allowable loss rate input means. The, so that following the loss rate of packets allowed, it is preferable to determine the number of transmissions of the retransmission request.

  According to the above configuration, since the detecting unit and the loss rate information receiving unit are provided, the loss rate of packets transmitted from the receiving device to the transmitting device and the loss of packets of retransmission request information transmitted from the transmitting device to the receiving device The rate can be calculated.

  That is, the number determining means considers the packet lost when transmitting the retransmission request information packet from the receiving device to the transmitting device and the packet lost when transmitting the data packet from the transmitting device to the receiving device. It is possible to calculate the relationship between the number of transmissions of request information and the packet loss rate in the received data.

  Then, according to the relationship between the calculated number of transmissions of the transmission request information and the loss rate of the packet in the received data, the number of times determination unit has the data packet loss rate input by the allowable loss rate input unit. The number of retransmission request information transmissions can be determined so as to be equal to or less than the allowable packet loss rate.

  A receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving apparatus that receives and outputs data from a transmitting apparatus that packetizes and transmits data, and detecting means that detects a lost packet in the data received from the transmitting apparatus, The retransmission request information for requesting retransmission of the lost packet detected by the detection means is transmitted to the transmission apparatus, and the output of the packet is output so that the packet received from the transmission apparatus can be normally output. Time range input means for inputting a time range to be delayed, interval time input means for inputting a transmission interval time of the retransmission request information to the transmission device, and the retransmission request information input by the interval time input means Input by the transmission interval determining means for determining the transmission interval of the retransmission request information and the interval time input means in accordance with the transmission interval of Frequency determination means for determining the number of transmissions of the retransmission request information so as to receive a retransmission packet corresponding to the retransmission request information transmitted at a transmission interval within the time range input by the time range input means. .

  According to the above configuration, since the time range input means is provided, for example, the operator of the receiving apparatus can appropriately set the time range for delaying the output of the packet so that the received packet can be normally output. For this reason, the time range for delaying the output of the packet can be suitably set according to the type of application that is the output destination of the data received by the receiving apparatus.

  Moreover, since the interval time input means is provided, it is possible to appropriately set the transmission interval time of the retransmission request information to be transmitted to the transmission apparatus. For this reason, according to the transmission processing capability of the retransmission request information in the receiving apparatus, it is possible to appropriately set the transmission interval time of the retransmission request information.

  For example, the larger the processing capability of the CPU or the like that realizes this retransmission request means, the shorter the transmission interval time of this retransmission request information can be, but there is a limit to the transmission interval time that can be reduced. Therefore, since the receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes the interval time input means, it is possible to input a suitable transmission interval time of retransmission request information according to the processing capability of the retransmission request means.

  In addition, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a number-of-times determining unit and a transmission interval determining unit. For this reason, a retransmission request is transmitted so that a packet retransmitted in response to a retransmission request can be received within a time range input by the time range input unit at a transmission interval of retransmission request information according to the processing capability of the retransmission request unit. There is an effect that the number of requests can be determined.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, round-trip propagation is a time from when retransmission request information is transmitted by the retransmission requesting unit until reception of a retransmitted packet according to the retransmission request information. Measuring means for measuring the delay, R for the round-trip propagation delay measured by the measuring means, L for the time range input by the time range input means, and the time input by the interval time input means. When the transmission interval of the retransmission request information determined by the transmission interval determining means is I, and the transmission frequency of the retransmission request information determined by the number of times determining means is n (n is a natural number of 2 or more), the number of times determining means is , N <((LR) / I) +1 is preferably determined so that the number of retransmission request information transmissions is determined.

  According to the above configuration, the number-of-times determining means performs retransmission within a range satisfying n ≦ ((L−R1) / I) +1 based on the transmission interval of the retransmission request information determined according to the input transmission interval time. The number of transmissions of request information can be determined. For this reason, the packet retransmitted from the transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information transmitted at the input transmission interval can be received within the time range input by the time range input means.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the above configuration, when the maximum round-trip propagation delay that is the maximum value among the assumed round-trip propagation delay results measured by the measuring unit is R1, the number-of-times determining unit is The number of retransmission request information transmissions may be determined within a range satisfying n ≦ ((L−R1) / I) +1.

  By the way, for example, the round-trip propagation delay may vary depending on the transmission efficiency of a communication network that connects the transmitting device and the receiving device. Therefore, in consideration of this variation, it is preferable that the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can receive a retransmitted packet in the time range input by the time range input means.

  According to the above configuration, the transmission interval determining means performs retransmission within a range satisfying n ≦ ((L−R1) / I) +1 based on the transmission interval of the retransmission request information determined according to the input transmission interval time. The number of transmissions of request information can be determined.

  That is, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention assumes that the largest variation occurs in the round-trip propagation delay of the packet received by the receiving apparatus last in the retransmitted packet. Can be determined.

  For this reason, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention transmits a packet to be retransmitted from the transmitting apparatus according to the retransmission request information transmitted at the input transmission interval even when the round-trip propagation delay varies. , And can be received within the time range input by the time range input means.

  Further, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the above-described configuration, has a round-trip propagation delay based on a measurement result of the round-trip propagation delay by the measuring unit and variation information caused by processing on data transmitted by the transmitting apparatus. Deviation calculating means for calculating a deviation in a direction in which the time becomes larger than the average value as a round-trip propagation delay deviation is further provided, where J is the round-trip propagation delay deviation, -J) / I) +1 may be configured to determine the number of retransmission request transmissions within a time range satisfying +1.

  By the way, for example, the round-trip propagation delay may vary depending on the transmission efficiency of a communication network that connects the transmitting device and the receiving device. Furthermore, the round-trip propagation delay may vary depending on, for example, the encoder processing on the data transmitted by the transmission device.

  Therefore, in consideration of this variation, a packet to be retransmitted according to the retransmission request information transmitted at the transmission interval of the retransmission request input by the interval time input unit is converted to the time range input by the time range input unit. It is preferable to be able to receive at

  According to the above configuration, the transmission count determining means can determine the number of transmissions of retransmission request information within a range satisfying n ≦ ((LRJ) / I) +1.

  For this reason, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention takes into account the variation in round-trip propagation delay caused by processing on transmission data and the round-trip propagation delay that occurs during transmission of transmission data, at a desired transmission interval of retransmission request information. The number of transmissions of retransmission request information to be transmitted can be determined.

  In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, in the configuration described above, it is preferable that the transmission number determination means sets the maximum number of possible values among n as the number of transmissions.

  According to the above configuration, the transmission number determination means sets the maximum number of possible values for n as the number of transmissions. For this reason, the transmission frequency determination means can receive the packet retransmitted from the transmission apparatus within the time range input by the time range input means in accordance with the retransmission request information transmitted at the input transmission interval. The largest number of transmissions can be set.

  In addition, since the number of transmissions can be set as large as possible, the receiving apparatus according to the present invention can reduce the loss rate of data packets received from the transmitting apparatus.

  A transmitting apparatus according to the present invention is a transmitting apparatus that packetizes data and transmits the packet to a receiving apparatus, and includes a packet including retransmission request information for requesting retransmission of a lost packet in the data transmitted to the receiving apparatus. A loss rate detection means for retransmitting a packet of data according to the retransmission request information to the receiving device, detecting a loss rate of the packet of the retransmission request information received from the receiving device, and the loss rate detection Loss rate information transmitting means for transmitting loss rate information, which is information on the loss rate of packets in the retransmission request information detected by the means, to the receiving device.

  According to the configuration described above, since the transmission apparatus according to the present invention includes the loss rate detection unit, it is possible to detect the packet loss rate of retransmission request information received from the reception apparatus. Further, since the loss rate information transmitting means is provided, it is possible to notify the receiving device of the detected packet loss rate of the retransmission request information.

  For this reason, a receiving apparatus that receives data from the transmitting apparatus and transmits retransmission request information that requests retransmission of a lost packet in the received data may request a retransmission request in consideration of the packet loss rate of the retransmission request information. The number of information transmissions can be determined.

  The communication system according to the present invention includes the above-described receiving device and the above-described transmitting device.

  Therefore, the communication system according to the present invention can appropriately set the allowable packet loss rate and the time range in which the output of the packet can be delayed, and can perform the set packet loss rate. It is possible to determine the number of transmissions of request information and the transmission interval of retransmission request information that can be received within a set time range of a packet of data to be retransmitted from a transmission apparatus according to the retransmission request information There is an effect.

  Each means included in the receiving device may be realized by a computer. In this case, a control program for the receiving device that causes the receiving device to be realized by the computer by operating the computer as each of the means is recorded. Such computer-readable recording media also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The receiving apparatus according to the present invention can set the number of retransmission request information transmissions and the transmission interval according to the time range in which the output of the packet is delayed and the allowable loss rate of the packet. Therefore, it can be used in data transmission in which a part of the data packet is lost during transmission.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a sink device included in a communication system. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the communication system which shows embodiment of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a source device provided in a communication system. It is a figure which shows an example of the relationship between the resending request | requirement of the lost packet in the communication system which concerns on this Embodiment, and the packet resent according to this resending request | requirement. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the transmission process of the resending request in the sink device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the relationship between the resending request | requirement between the sink device which concerns on this Embodiment, and the packet resent according to this resending request | requirement, The figure (a) is a resending request | requirement once. FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C show an example in which the retransmission request is made twice and the packet is retransmitted in response to the retransmission request. An example is shown. It is a figure which shows the relationship of the packet resent according to the resending request | requirement between the sink device and source device which concerns on this Embodiment, and a resending request | requirement, The figure (a) is between a sink device and a source device. Is a diagram showing a transmission interval I, a round-trip propagation delay R, and a reproduction delay L in the relationship between a retransmission request and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request. FIG. It is a figure which shows the transmission interval I, the round-trip propagation delay R, the reproduction | regeneration delay L, and the deviation value J in the relationship of the packet resent in response to a resending request in between. FIG. 7 shows an example of a retransmission request for a lost packet and transmission / reception of a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request between the source device and the sink device according to the present embodiment. An example of a relationship between a retransmission request in a communication system that is a comparative example of the communication system according to the present embodiment and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request is shown. FIG. 5B shows an example of a relationship between a retransmission request and a packet retransmitted in response to the retransmission request in the communication system according to the present embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows an example of the result of having measured the recovery value of the packet loss rate by resending. FIG. 9 is a graph of the results shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 9A shows the relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 1%, and FIG. The relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 2% is shown, and FIG. 10C shows the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 3%. Shows the relationship. It is a table | surface which shows an example of the result of having measured the recovery value of the packet loss rate by resending. FIG. 11 is a graph of the results shown in FIG. 11. FIG. 11A shows the relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 1%, and FIG. The relationship between the loss rate recovery value and the retransmission request interval I when the packet loss rate is 3% is shown. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the sink device used as another structure of the sink device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the comparative example of the communication system which concerns on this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Sink device (receiving device)
3 Retransmission request packet generator (Retransmission request means)
5 Packet loss detector (detection means)
6 Jitter detector (deviation calculation means)
7 Up loss rate detector (loss rate information receiving means)
8 RTT measuring unit (measuring means)
9 Retransmission request count setting part (Number of times determination means)
10 Retransmission request interval setting unit (transmission interval determining means)
11 Loss rate recovery value setting section (allowable loss rate input means)
12 Reproduction delay allowable time setting part (Time range input means)
13 Retransmission request interval input section (transmission interval determination means)
15 Transmission Control Unit 16 Reception Control Unit 17 Packet Transmission Unit (Retransmission Request Unit)
18 Packet receiver (loss rate information receiving means)
20 Source device (transmitting device)
21 Stream data (data)
22 Packet loss rate detection unit (loss rate detection means)
23 retransmission packet number detection unit 24 uplink loss rate detection packet generation unit (loss rate information transmission means)
27 packet receiver 28 packet transmitter (loss rate information transmission means)
40 Sink device (receiving device)
R Round trip propagation delay L Reproduction delay tolerance (time range)
I Retransmission request interval (transmission interval)
n Number of retransmission requests (number of transmissions)
J Deviation value (round-trip propagation delay deviation)

Claims (6)

A receiving device for receiving and outputting the data from a transmitting device for packetizing and transmitting the data;
Detecting means for detecting lost packets in the data received from the transmitting device, and for recording a loss rate of data packets received from the transmitting device ;
Retransmission request means for requesting retransmission of a lost packet detected by the detection means, packetizing the retransmission request information, and transmitting the packet to the transmission device;
Time range input means for inputting a time range for delaying the output of the packet so that the packet received from the transmission device can be normally output;
An allowable loss rate input means for inputting an allowable packet loss rate;
Loss rate information receiving means for receiving loss rate information, which is information indicating the loss rate of packets of retransmission request information transmitted to the transmission device, from the transmission device;
Based on the loss rate of the packet of data recorded by the detecting means and the loss rate information received by the loss rate information receiving means, the number of transmissions of the retransmission request information and the loss of packets in the data received from the transmitting device Calculating the relationship with the rate, and according to the calculated relationship, the packet loss rate of the data is less than or equal to the allowable packet loss rate input by the allowable loss rate input unit. Number of times determination means for determining the number of times of retransmission request information transmission;
The transmission interval of the retransmission request information is determined so that each packet retransmitted according to the number of transmissions of the retransmission request information set by the number determination means is received within the time range input by the time range input means. And a transmission interval determining means. A measuring means for measuring a round-trip propagation delay time which is a time from when the retransmission request information is transmitted by the retransmission request means to when a packet retransmitted according to the retransmission request information is received;
The transmission interval determination means includes a retransmission request information set by the number-of-times determination means within a time range obtained by subtracting the round-trip propagation delay time measured by the measurement means from the time range input by the time range input means. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a transmission interval of the retransmission request information is determined so as to receive each packet retransmitted according to the number of transmissions. Among the measurement results of the round-trip propagation delay time measured by the measuring means, the maximum round-trip propagation delay time is taken as the maximum round-trip propagation delay time.
The transmission interval determining means is in accordance with the number of retransmission request information transmissions set by the number determining means within a time range obtained by subtracting the maximum round-trip propagation delay time from the time range input by the time range input means. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a transmission interval of the retransmission request information is determined so as to receive each retransmitted packet. Based on the measurement result of the round-trip propagation delay time by the measuring means and the variation information generated due to the processing on the data to be transmitted in the transmitting device, the time becomes larger than the average value of the round-trip propagation delay time. Further comprising a deviation calculating means for calculating the deviation of as a round-trip propagation delay deviation,
The transmission interval determining means is the retransmission request information set by the number-of-times determining means within a time range obtained by subtracting the round trip propagation delay time and the round trip propagation delay deviation from the time range input by the time range input means. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a transmission interval of the retransmission request information is determined so as to receive each packet retransmitted according to the number of times of transmission. The receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
With a transmission device that packetizes data and transmits it to the reception device ,
The transmitter is
Receiving a packet including retransmission request information for requesting retransmission of a lost packet in the data transmitted to the receiving device from the receiving device, and retransmitting a packet of data corresponding to the retransmission request information to the receiving device;
Loss rate detection means for detecting a loss rate of packets of retransmission request information received from the receiving device;
A communication system, comprising: loss rate information transmitting means for transmitting loss rate information, which is information on a loss rate of a packet of retransmission request information detected by the loss rate detecting means, to the receiving device. A control program for operating the receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the control program is for causing a computer to function as each of the means.

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