Voice Data Clause Segmentation for Packet Loss Resilience

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Solution Overview

Problem

Voice data transmission over IP networks, such as the Internet, faces challenges in maintaining voice quality due to packet loss and communication path deterioration, leading to interruptions and failure in recognizing speech, especially in non-guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) environments.

Innovation Solution

A voice data transmitting and receiving system that divides voice data into clause units for transmission and reassembles them on the receiving end, using real-time communication packets (RTPs) to ensure reliable data transfer and interpolation processes to handle packet loss, allowing for continuous and intelligible voice communication even in deteriorated environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If RTP packets are used for voice data transmission to ensure real-time communication, then communication speed is improved, but packet loss occurs on communication paths leading to voice quality deterioration

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication speedVSAvoidvoice quality
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments voice data into smaller clause units before packetization. This segmentation allows for more granular control over data transmission, enabling selective retransmission of only the lost clause units rather than entire packets, thereby maintaining real-time communication speed while improving voice quality reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary actions by dividing voice data into clause units and preparing them for selective retransmission before actual transmission occurs. This preliminary organization of data allows the receiving end to quickly reconstruct voice data even when some packets are lost, maintaining communication speed without sacrificing voice quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If packet loss occurs in deteriorated communication environments, then communication adaptability is improved, but speech meaning recognition fails

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication adaptabilityVSAvoidspeech meaning
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting voice data into clause units, the patent enables selective retransmission of only the lost segments. This allows the communication system to adapt to packet loss conditions while preserving the integrity of speech meaning, as only the necessary portions are retransmitted and the overall speech structure remains intact.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the receiving end detects packet loss and requests retransmission of specific clause units. This feedback loop allows the system to adapt to communication conditions dynamically while ensuring that speech meaning is preserved through targeted retransmission of only the lost information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If voice data is transmitted as continuous packets, then transmission efficiency is improved, but packet loss causes interruptions in voice output

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission efficiencyVSAvoidvoice continuity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments continuous voice data into discrete clause units, which are then transmitted as packets. This segmentation allows for more flexible handling of packet loss, as individual clause units can be retransmitted without interrupting the overall voice stream, thereby maintaining both transmission efficiency and voice continuity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary division of voice data into clause units before transmission. This preliminary action enables the system to maintain transmission efficiency by sending data in optimized units while also preparing for continuous voice output by ensuring that lost units can be quickly reconstructed without breaking voice continuity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS7839893B2Voice data transmitting and receiving system
Publication Date: 2010.11.23 NEC CORP
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AI summary

Voice clauses are divided and transmitted as packet data in divided clause units in a transmission side. The voice data is outputted as voice based on the received packet data in clause units in a receipt side. Thus, the meaning of speech is even able to be recognized in a deteriorated communication path environment.