Patent Grant
9503964
This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No.201310536507.4, filed on Nov. 4, 2013 in the SIPO (State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C). Further, this application is the National Phase application of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/075907 filed Apr. 22, 2014, which designates the United States and was published in Chinese. The entire disclosure of each of the above applications is incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a field of high-speed data transmission, and more particularly to a method and a system for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links.
2. Description of Prior Art
Currently, modern communication technologies change rapidly, and the transmission rate of data is becoming faster and faster. A transmission rate of wireless communication is increasing step by step. Wireless communication entered the 4G era after the 2G and the 3G eras. Download speed of the 4G long term evolution (LTE) reaches 150 megabits per second (Mbps). Although the transmission rate of a wireless link is increasing, one user cannot utilize various types of wireless links to transmit data at the same time as the data is being transmitted. Accordingly, the wireless links are not sufficiently utilized, and the transmission rate of the data is not high.
Based on the deficiencies in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links aiming to solve the problems that the transmission rate of data is low, and the wireless links cannot be sufficiently utilized in the prior art.
A technical scheme of the present invention is as follows.
The present invention provides a method for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links, comprising:
Activating at least two different types of wireless links in advance;
Allocating transmission data to the wireless links at a signal source end according to transmission rates of the wireless links; and
Transmitting the allocated transmission data to the wireless links in parallel via the wireless links, so as to transmit the transmission data to a receiving end.
When a fault occurs in one of the wireless links, the allocated transmission data corresponding to the one of the wireless links is re-allocated to another one of the wireless links with a highest transmission rate.
The transmission rates of the wireless links are acquired by the following steps of:
Transmitting identical detecting signals to the receiving end via the wireless links from the signal source end;
Transmitting the detecting signals to the signal source end via the wireless links after the receiving end receives the detecting signals;
Calculating durations for the detecting signals to be transmitted and received via the wireless links; and
Calculating the transmission rates of the wireless links according to the durations and a size of the detecting signals.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the step of allocating the transmission data to the wireless links at the signal source end according to the transmission rates of the wireless links comprises:
Acquiring a data size of each task of the transmission data when the transmission data is a multi-task data; and
Allocating one of the tasks with a large data size to one of the wireless links with a high transmission rate, and allocating one of the tasks with a small data size to one of the wireless links with a low transmission rate.
The method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention further comprises:
Splitting the task with the large data size, and the data size of each of the wireless links being proportional to the transmission rate of the said wireless link.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the step of allocating the transmission data at the signal source end to the wireless links according to the transmission rates of the wireless links comprises:
Acquiring the transmission rates of the wireless links when the transmission data is a single-task data; and
Splitting the transmission data to acquire a plurality of transmission data blocks according to a number of the wireless links and the transmission rates of the wireless links, wherein a number of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the number of the wireless links, and a size of each of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link.
The method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention further comprises:
Setting identifiers for the transmission data blocks for restoring the transmission data blocks into the transmission data.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the wireless links are wireless links of fourth generation (4G) mobile communication technology, wireless links of third generation (3G) mobile communication technology, wireless link of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), or wireless links of Bluetooth.
The present invention further provides a method for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links, comprising:
Activating at least two different types of wireless links in advance;
Allocating transmission data to the wireless links at a signal source end according to transmission rates of the wireless links, wherein the data which is allocated to each of the wireless links at the signal source end is encrypted; and
Transmitting the allocated transmission data to the wireless links in parallel via the wireless links, so as to transmit the transmission data to a receiving end.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the step of allocating the transmission data to the wireless links at the signal source end according to the transmission rates of the wireless links comprises:
Acquiring a data size of each task of the transmission data when the transmission data is a multi-task data; and
Allocating one of the tasks with a large data size to one of the wireless links with a high transmission rate, and allocating one of the tasks with a small data size to one of the wireless links with a low transmission rate.
The method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention further comprises:
Splitting the task with the large data size, and the data size of each of the wireless links being proportional to the transmission rate of the said wireless link.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the step of allocating the transmission data to the wireless links at the signal source end according to the transmission rates of the wireless links comprises:
Acquiring the transmission rates of the wireless links when the transmission data is a single-task data; and
Splitting the transmission data to acquire a plurality of transmission data blocks according to a number of the wireless links and the transmission rates of the wireless links, wherein a number of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the number of the wireless links, and a size of each of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link.
The method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention further comprises:
Setting identifiers for the transmission data blocks for restoring the transmission data into the transmission data.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the step of transmitting the allocated transmission data to the wireless links in parallel via the wireless links so as to transmit the transmission data to the receiving end comprises:
When a fault occurs in one of the wireless links, the allocated transmission data corresponding to the one of the wireless links is re-allocated to another one of the wireless links with a highest transmission rate.
In the method for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the transmission rates of the wireless links are acquired by the following steps of:
Transmitting identical detecting signals to the receiving end via the wireless links from the signal source end;
Transmitting the detecting signals to the signal source end via the wireless links after the receiving end receives the detecting signals;
Calculating durations for the detecting signals to be transmitted and received via the wireless links; and
Calculating the transmission rates of the wireless links according to the durations and a size of the detecting signals.
The present invention further provides a system for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links, comprising:
An activating module for activating at least two different types of wireless links in advance;
A data allocating module for allocating transmission data to the wireless links at a signal source end according to transmission rates of the wireless links; and
A transmitting module for transmitting the allocated transmission data to the wireless links in parallel via the wireless links, so as to transmit the transmission data to a receiving end.
In the system for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the data allocating module comprises:
A data amount acquiring unit for acquiring a data size of each task of the transmission data when the transmission data is a multi-task data; and
A multi-task allocating unit for allocating one of the tasks with a large data size to one of the wireless links with a high transmission rate and allocating one of the tasks with a low data size to one of the wireless links with a low transmission rate.
In the system for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the multi-task allocating unit is further utilized for splitting the task with the large data size, and the data size of each of the wireless links is proportional to the transmission rate of the said wireless link.
In the system for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the data allocating module comprises:
A transmission rate acquiring unit for acquiring the transmission rates of the wireless links when the transmission data is a single-task data; and
A single-task allocating unit for splitting the transmission data to acquire a plurality of transmission data blocks according to a number of the wireless links and the transmission rates of the wireless links, wherein a number of the transmission data blocks is the same as the number of the wireless links, and a size of each of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link.
In the system for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the single-task allocating unit is further utilized for setting identifiers for the transmission data blocks for restoring the transmission data blocks into the transmission data.
In the system for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the transmitting module comprises:
A risk control unit for re-allocating the allocated transmission data corresponding to one of the wireless links to another one of the wireless links with a highest transmission rate when a fault occurs in the one of the wireless links.
In the system for the parallel transmission of the plural types of wireless links of the present invention, the data allocating module acquires the transmission rates of the wireless links by:
Transmitting identical detecting signals to the receiving end via the wireless links from the signal source end;
Transmitting the detecting signals to the signal source after the receiving end receives the detecting signals;
Calculating durations for the detecting signals to be transmitted and received via the wireless links; and
Calculating the transmission rates of the wireless links according to the durations and a size of the detecting signals.
The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the data is transmitted via the plural wireless links in parallel, the transmission abilities of the wireless links are sufficiently utilized, and the transmission rate of the data is significantly increased. Since the wireless links are sufficiently utilized, a user's experience is enhanced.
The present invention provides a method and a system for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links. In order to clarify the objectives, the technical schemes, and the advantages of the present invention, the description will be made as to the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that specific embodiments described herein are merely intended to explain the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention.
Please refer to
In step S101, at least two different types of wireless links are activated in advance.
In step S102, transmission data is allocated to the corresponding wireless links at a signal source end according to transmission rates of the wireless links.
In step S103, the wireless links transmit the allocated transmission data in parallel, so as to transmit the transmission data to a receiving end.
As shown in
Specifically, the plural different types of wireless links are activated in step S101. In the present invention, each of the wireless links may be a commonly used wireless link, such as a wireless link of fourth generation (4G) or third generation (3G) mobile communication technology, a wireless link of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), a wireless link of Bluetooth, or other current wireless links. The present invention utilizes these wireless links to transmit the data in parallel, such that the data transmission abilities of the wireless links are sufficiently utilized, and the transmission rate of the data is significantly increased.
In step S102, the data is allocated, such that each of the wireless links acquires data which matches with the transmission ability per se. Specifically, as shown in
In step S201, when the data required to be transmitted (the transmission data) is a multi-task data, a data size of each of plural tasks of the transmission data is acquired firstly.
When the multi-task transmission is implemented, the transmission data may be allocated according to the data size of each of the tasks of the transmission data. Firstly, the data size of each of the tasks of the transmission data is required to be acquired.
In step S202, the task with a large data size is allocated to one of the wireless links with a high transmission rate, while the task with a low data size is allocated to one of the wireless links with a low transmission rate.
In the present step, the wireless link with the high transmission rate is utilized for transmitting the task with the large data size, and the wireless link with the low transmission rate is utilized for transmitting the task with the low data size. Certainly, when the number of the tasks is different from the number of the wireless links, the task with the large data size may be split, so as to properly allocate the data which is required to be transmitted by each of the wireless links. Accordingly, each of the wireless links can transmit the data, and the transmitted data size is proportional to the transmission rate per se.
For example, as shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
In step S301, when the data required to be transmitted is a single-task data, a transmission rate of each of the wireless links is acquired. In the present step, the transmission rate of each of the wireless links is required to be acquired, so as to split the task in the following step.
In step S302, the transmission data is split to acquire a plurality of transmission data blocks according to the number of the wireless links and the transmission rates of the wireless links. The number of the transmission data blocks is the same as the number of the wireless links, and the size of each of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link.
In the present step, the transmission data can be split according to the number and the transmission rates of the wireless links, such that the number of split transmission data blocks is the same as the number of the wireless links, and the size of each of the transmission data blocks matches with the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link. That is, the size of each of the transmission data blocks is proportional to the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link. For example, there are n wireless links. The transmission rate of a first wireless link is R1 the transmission rate of a second wireless link is R2, . . . , and the transmission rate of an n-th wireless link is Rn. Then, the number of the split transmission data blocks of the single-task data is n. A first data block corresponds to the first wireless link, and the size is R1/(R1+R2+ . . . +Rn). A second data block corresponds to the second wireless link, and the size is R2/(R1+R2+ . . . +Rn). An n-th data block corresponds to the n-th wireless link, and the size is Rn/(R1+R2+ . . . +Rn). As shown in
According to the above-mentioned principle, the data blocks can be allocated to corresponding wireless transmission channels for implementing the data transmission, and the wireless links transmit respective data blocks at the same time. After the receiving end receives the transmission data blocks from each of the wireless links, the transmission data blocks are connected based on the sequence, so as to be restored into the original data. As a result, the data transmission abilities of the plural wireless links are utilized for significantly increasing the transmission rate of the data and meeting the requirement for transmitting the data with a high transmission rate.
Furthermore, when the single-task transmission is implemented and the data is split, it is required to set identifiers to the transmission data blocks. The data is sequentially split according to the identifiers. When the receiving end receives each of the transmission data blocks, the transmission data blocks are sequentially connected according to the identifiers and restored into the original data.
In the present embodiment, a risk control function is further provided. That is, step S103 further comprises the following step.
When a fault occurs in one of the wireless links, the transmission data corresponding to the one of the wireless links is re-allocated to another one of the wireless links with a highest transmission rate and then transmitted. That is, when a fault or a congestion occurs in one of the wireless links, the data required to be transmitted is transmitted via another one of the wireless links. A preferable principle for selecting the wireless link is to select a wireless link with the highest transmission rate, such that resources are utilized to the greatest extent.
For example, in the transmission links in
In the present embodiment, the transmission rates of the wireless links are acquired according to the following steps.
The signal source end transmits detecting signals with the same size to the receiving end via the wireless links.
The receiving end returns the detecting signals to the signal source end after receiving the detecting signals.
Required durations for the detecting signals to be transmitted and received via the wireless links are calculated.
The transmission rates of the wireless links are calculated according to the required durations and the size of the detecting signals.
The transmission rates are calculated as:
K=B/t.
K is the transmission rate of a wireless link. B is a bit number of the transmission data. t is the required duration for transmitting the transmission data.
Furthermore, the data which is allocated to each of the wireless links at the signal source end may be encrypted during the transmission of the data. The receiving end decrypts the data which is received from each of the wireless links according to a consistent protocol, and then the data is restored with an original format, thereby increasing the security of the data transmission.
Based on the above-mentioned method, the present invention further provides a system for a parallel transmission of plural types of wireless links. As shown in
An activating module 100 for activating the plural types of wireless links in advance;
A data allocating module 200 for allocating transmission data to each of the wireless links at a signal source end according to transmissions rates of the wireless links; and
A transmitting module 300 for transmitting the allocated transmission data in parallel, so as to transmit the allocated transmission data to a receiving end.
Furthermore, the data allocating module 200 comprises:
A data amount acquiring unit 210 for acquiring a data size of each task of the transmission data when the transmission data is a multi-task data; and
A multi-task allocating unit 220 for allocating one of the tasks with a large data size to one of the wireless links with a high transmission rate and allocating one of the tasks with a low data size to one of the wireless links with a low transmission rate.
Furthermore, the data allocating module 200 comprises:
A transmission rate acquiring unit for acquiring the transmission rates of the wireless links when the transmission data is a single-task data; and
A single-task allocating unit 240 for splitting the transmission data to acquire a plurality of transmission data blocks according to a number of the wireless links and the transmission rates of the wireless links, wherein a number of the transmission data blocks is the same as the number of the wireless links, and a size of each of the transmission data blocks corresponds to the transmission rate of the corresponding wireless link.
Furthermore, the transmission module 300 comprises:
A risk control unit 310 for re-allocating the transmission data corresponding to one of the wireless links to another one of the wireless links with a highest transmission rate and then transmitting when a fault occurs in the one of the wireless links.
Furthermore, the data allocating module 200 acquires the transmission rates of the wireless links with the following steps:
Transmitting detecting signals with the same size to a receiving end via the wireless links from a signal source end;
Returning the detecting signals to the signal source end after the receiving end receives the detecting signals;
Calculating required durations for the detecting signals to be received and returned via each of the wireless links; and
Calculating transmission rates of the wireless links according to the required durations and the size of the detecting signals.
The transmission rates are calculated as:
K=B/t.
K is the transmission rate of a wireless link. B is a bit number of the transmission data. t is the required duration for transmitting the transmission data.
Furthermore, the data which is allocated to each of the wireless links at the signal source end may be encrypted during the transmission of the data. The receiving end decrypts the data which is received from each of the wireless links according to a consistent protocol, and then the data is restored with an original format, thereby increasing the security of the data transmission.
As is understood by a person skilled in the art, the foregoing preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrative rather than limiting of the present invention. It is intended that various modifications and similar arrangements are to be included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims, the scope of which should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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