Measuring system and measuring method for measuring interactivity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11153187-B2
Application number	US-201916698090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Priority date	May 29, 2019
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

A measuring system comprises a first measuring device and a second measuring device. The first measuring device comprises a measuring unit, which is configured to successively transmit at least one first data packet to the second measuring device. The second measuring device is configured to attempt to receive the at least one first data packet and to, for each received first data packet, and to respond by transmitting a second data packet to the first measuring device. The measuring unit is moreover configured to attempt to receive the at least one second data packet and to determine a latency between transmitting the at least one first data packet and receiving the at least one second data packet. The first measuring device moreover comprises an interactivity calculator, which is configured to calculate an interactivity score based on the determined latency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measuring system, comprising a first measuring device and a second measuring device,
wherein the first measuring device comprises a measuring unit, configured to successively transmit at least one first data packet to the second measuring device,
wherein the second measuring device is configured to:
attempt to receive the at least one first data packet,
for each received first data packet, respond by transmitting a second data packet to the first measuring device,
wherein the first measuring device comprises an interactivity calculator, configured to calculate an interactivity score based on the determined latency,
wherein the first measuring device comprises a display, wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the interactivity score as a distance between a first symbol and a second symbol on the display, and
wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the first symbol and the second symbol moving by a movement distance along a movement path over the display at each update of the distance.

2. The measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring unit is configured to:
attempt to receive the at least one second data packet, and
determine a latency between transmitting the at least one first data packet and receiving the at least one second data packet,

wherein the interactivity calculator is configured to calculate the interactivity score as the determined latency.

3. The measuring system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the interactivity calculator is configured to calculate the interactivity score by a linear perception function based on the determined latency or by a non-linear perception function based on the determined latency.

4. The measuring system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the measuring unit is configured to successively transmit a plurality of first data packets to the second measuring device,
wherein the second measuring device is configured to attempt to receive the plurality of first data packets,
wherein the measuring unit is configured to:
attempt to receive the plurality of second data packets, and
determine the latency between transmitting each of the plurality of first packets and receiving each corresponding second data packet of the plurality of second data packets, and

wherein the interactivity calculator is configured to calculate the interactivity score based on the determined latencies.

5. The measuring system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the measuring unit is configured to send the first data packets at a data packet frequency, and
wherein the data packet frequency is pre-defined or user-selectable.

6. The measuring system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the interactivity calculator is configured to calculate the interactivity score based on a jitter of the determined latency, and/or based on a data packet loss rate determined by the interactivity calculator as a ratio of transmitted first data packets not resulting in a reception of a corresponding second data packet.

7. The measuring system according to claim 6 ,
wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the second symbol at a size, dependent upon the jitter of the determined latency, and/or
wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the second symbol with a blurriness, dependent upon the jitter of the determined latency, and/or
wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the second symbol with a transparency, dependent upon the data packet loss rate, and/or
wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the second symbol with a color, dependent upon the data packet loss rate.

8. The measuring system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first measuring device is configured to update the distance between the first symbol and the second symbol on the display after each transmission of a first data packet and/or after each reception of a second data packet.

9. The measuring system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first measuring device is configured to display the second symbol in a color dependent upon the interactivity score.

10. The measuring system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movement distance is pre-set or user-selectable, and/or
wherein the movement path is pre-set or user-selectable or directly user-controllable.

11. A measuring method, comprising:
transmitting, by a first measuring device, at least one first data packet to a second measuring device,
attempting to receive the at least one first data packet, by the second measuring device,
responding by transmitting a second data packet to the first measuring device, by the second measuring device,
attempting to receive the at least one second data packet, by the first measuring device,
determining a latency between transmitting the at least one first packet and receiving the at least one second data packet, by the first measuring device,
calculating an interactivity score based on the determined latency, by the first measuring device,
displaying the interactivity score on a display of the first measuring device as a distance between a first symbol and a second symbol, and
displaying the first symbol and the second symbol moving by a movement distance along a movement path over the display at each update of the distance.

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Berger Jens

Classifications

• H04L43/0829

  Packet loss · CPC title

• H04L43/0841 Primary

  Round trip packet loss · CPC title

• H04L43/0852 Primary

  Delays · CPC title

• H04L43/0864

  Round trip delays · CPC title

• H04L43/106

  using time related information in packets, e.g. by adding timestamps · CPC title