Converged Device Media Control for Poor Network Quality
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia communication technologies, such as converged devices, suffer from reduced user satisfaction due to poor quality of communication connections, which affect the transmission of media streams and hinder large-screen, high-definition, and holographic projection capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A media control method and apparatus that detects poor communication quality and initiates a new media interface using target media description information to ensure continuous multimedia communication by full fallback, partial fallback, or reducing the code rate of media streams.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If converged device is introduced into IMS to provide large-screen, high-definition multimedia communication, then multimedia communication capability is improved, but user satisfaction deteriorates when communication connection quality is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adaptation of media interface parameters based on real-time network quality detection. The communication terminal adjusts media description information including code rate, resolution, and format according to detected network conditions, allowing the system to transition between high-definition and standard-definition modes dynamically. This resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptable to varying network conditions while maintaining reliable user experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes physical parameters of the media stream such as code rate, resolution, and format based on network quality. When network quality deteriorates, the system reduces code rate and resolution to ensure smooth transmission. This parameter adaptation allows the converged device to maintain multimedia communication capability across different network conditions while preserving user satisfaction.
2Manufacturing precision
If media stream transmission uses high definition settings, then multimedia communication quality is improved, but transmission reliability deteriorates under poor network conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts media stream parameters including code rate and resolution based on real-time network quality detection. The communication terminal continuously monitors network conditions and adapts the media interface parameters accordingly, switching between high-definition and standard-definition transmission modes. This dynamic adjustment ensures transmission reliability is maintained while preserving multimedia communication quality as much as possible under current network conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes in the media stream by adjusting code rate, resolution, and format based on network quality thresholds. When network quality falls below certain thresholds, the system reduces code rate and resolution to ensure reliable transmission. This parameter adaptation resolves the contradiction between maintaining high definition quality and ensuring transmission reliability under varying network conditions.
3Ease of operation
If new media interface is established frequently to adapt to network changes, then user experience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining multiple media description information sets with different parameter configurations (high definition, standard definition, low bandwidth modes). The communication terminal detects network quality and selects the appropriate pre-configured media interface without requiring complex real-time parameter optimization. This approach improves user experience through rapid adaptation while reducing system complexity by using pre-prepared configurations rather than complex real-time adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the communication terminal continuously monitors network quality and compares it against predefined thresholds. Based on this feedback, the system automatically selects and switches between different media interface configurations. This feedback-driven approach simplifies the control logic by using threshold-based decision making rather than complex optimization algorithms, thereby improving user experience while managing system complexity.
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AI summary
A media control method and apparatus for a converged device, and a communication terminal, the media control method includes: in a process of transferring a media stream between the converged device and a remote device, acquiring (S101), by a communication terminal, target media description information in response to detecting that a quality parameter of a communication connection for media stream transmission does not match a preset threshold of the quality parameter; and initiating (S102), by the communication terminal and according to the target media description information, establishment of a new media interface for media stream interaction between the communication terminal and the remote device.