Multi-Stream Media Packet Merging for Low-Latency Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices face challenges in efficiently transmitting multiple media streams in real time due to delays and inefficiencies in packetizing and transmitting frames from various media sources.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is equipped with an encoder and communication module, controlled by a processor, which sequentially encodes frames from multiple media sources and configures them into a unified packet based on attributes, reducing transmission delays and enhancing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If frames from multiple media sources are transmitted separately as individual packets, then each media stream can be transmitted independently, but transmission delay increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines frames from multiple media sources (video, audio, sensor data) into a single unified packet for transmission. This merging approach reduces the total number of packets that need to be processed and transmitted, thereby improving transmission efficiency and reducing overall transmission delay compared to sending each media stream as separate packets.
2Productivity
If frames from different media sources are configured into one unified packet, then transmission efficiency improves and delay reduces, but packet complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified packet is segmented into distinct sections, each dedicated to a specific media type (video frames, audio frames, sensor data). This segmentation allows the receiver to efficiently parse and process different media types independently while maintaining the benefits of unified transmission, thus managing packet complexity through structured organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a packet configuration module that acts as an intermediary between the multiple media sources and the transmission channel. This module standardizes the packet structure, manages the integration of different media types, and handles the complexity of unified packet creation, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple media streams are transmitted in real time, then communication functionality is enhanced, but system resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple media streams into a single unified packet structure, the system reduces the overhead associated with handling multiple separate transmission channels. This consolidation decreases processor usage, memory access operations, and energy consumption while maintaining the ability to transmit diverse media types in real time.
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AI summary
An electronic device may include: at least one encoder, a communication module and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one encoder and the communication module, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to encode each media stream inputted from a plurality of media sources, so as to sequentially generate frames via at least the encoder, and form, into one integrated packet, frames designated on the basis of attributes of frames generated from different media sources of the plurality of media sources, so as to transmit the integrated packet to an external electronic device through the communication module.