Method for reporting QoS/QoE in mobile environment and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10999625-B2
Application number	US-201816222694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2018
Priority date	Jun 16, 2015
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and device for reporting the quality of a mobile streaming service. A terminal device receiving a mobile streaming service through at least one communication network measures the quality of the streaming service, generates, on the basis of the measurement result, a mobile service quality indicator for monitoring QoS or QoE, and reports the generated mobile service quality indicator in real time through an MQI message, an NAM feedback message, or the like, thereby enabling network conditions to be effectively monitored even in a mobile streaming environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of reporting a service quality to a service providing device by a terminal device provided with content through mobile streaming, the method comprising:
measuring a quality of a streaming service provided by the content providing device;
generating a mobile service quality indicator, based on a measurement result; and
transmitting the mobile service quality indicator to the content providing device,
wherein the mobile service quality indicator is contained in a message queue interface (MQI) message, and
wherein the MQI message contains at least one of a number of occurrences of a buffer underrun during one period or a duration of the occurrence, an interval between packets during one period, a number of packets lost during transmission of content data, a type of a wireless network connected to the terminal device, a content error indicator, an indicator of a content transmission rate, and a moving speed of the terminal device.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the MQI message further contains a cell identifier (ID) of an area in which the terminal device is located, and
wherein when the cell ID is contained, the MQI message further contains information on a time at which the terminal device is entered in a cell corresponding to the cell ID.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method of reporting a service quality to a service providing device by a terminal device provided with content through mobile streaming, the method comprising:
measuring a quality of a streaming service provided by the content providing device;
generating a mobile service quality indicator, based on a measurement result; and
transmitting the mobile service quality indicator to the content providing device,
wherein the mobile service quality indicator is contained in a message queue interface (MQI) message, and
wherein the MQI message contains at least one of a number of occurrences of a buffer underrun during one period or a duration of the occurrence, an interval between packets during one period, a number of packets lost during transmission of content data, a type of a wireless network connected to the terminal device, a content error indicator, an indicator of a content transmission rate, and a moving speed of the terminal device.

4. A terminal device provided with content through mobile streaming, the terminal device comprising:
a communication module configured to transmit or receive data to or from a content providing device through at least one communication network; and
a control module configured to measure a quality of a streaming service provided by the content providing device, generate a mobile service quality indicator, based on a measurement result, and control the communication module to transmit the generated indicator to the content providing device,
wherein the mobile service quality indicator is contained in a message queue interface (MQI) message, and
wherein the MQI message contains at least one of a number of occurrences of a buffer underrun during one period or a duration of the occurrence, an interval between packets during one period, a number of packets lost during transmission of content data, a type of a wireless network connected to the terminal device, a content error indicator, an indicator of a content transmission rate, and a moving speed of the terminal device.

Assignees

• Sk Telecom Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jongmin

Classifications

• H04L47/2475

  for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04N21/44209 Primary

  Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network (arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896) · CPC title

• H04W28/0236

  radio quality, e.g. interference, losses or delay · CPC title

• H04H60/00

  Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems · CPC title