IP Library Granted Patent US 10,516,769
Granted Patent B2
US 10,516,769 · App. 16/133,737 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

Inventor: Lachlan Michael (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H04L69/22H04L5/0044H04L69/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,516,769
App. No.
16/133,737
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method which make it possible to control redundancy of a header in packet communication. A region representing a packet length in a header of a packet is set according to a size of a payload of an input packet. A header of a baseband packet includes a minimum fixed length header including type identification information for identification of a type of the input packet or the stream and information of a packet length of the input packet or the stream stored in a payload of the baseband flame packet.

Claims (61)

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive a transmitted signal including a first packet; and

generate an input packet based on at least a header of the first packet,

wherein

the header of the first packet includes a fixed length header, the fixed length header including

first information referring to a payload of the first packet, and

mode identification information indicating whether the header of the first packet further includes a first additional header in addition to the fixed length header,

when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet does not include the first additional header, the first information referring to the payload of the first packet, and

when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet further includes the first additional header, the first additional header includes second information, and the first information and the second information in combination referring to the payload of the first packet.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet further includes the first additional header,

the first information corresponds to a first set of bits of a combined information, and

the second information corresponds to a second set of bits of the combined information occupying a bit position higher than the first set of bits.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first additional header further includes a division flag,

when the division flag indicates that the input packet is divided into a plurality of packets, the first additional header further includes a division fragment header, and

the division fragment header includes a fragment identification for identifying the input packet, and a fragment counter for identification of the first packet among the plurality of packets.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first additional header further includes an additional header flag indicating whether there is a second additional header,

when the additional header flag indicates that there is the second additional header, the header of the first packet includes the second additional header in addition to the fixed length header and the first additional header, and

the second additional header includes additional header identification information identifying a type of the second additional header.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, by circuitry, a transmitted signal including a first packet; and

generating, by the circuitry, an input packet based on at least a header of the first packet,

wherein

the header of the first packet includes a fixed length header, the fixed length header including

first information referring to a payload of the first packet, and

mode identification information indicating whether the header of the first packet further includes a first additional header in addition to the fixed length header,

when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet does not include the first additional header, the first information referring to the payload of the first packet, and

when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet further includes the first additional header, the first additional header includes second information, and the first information and the second information in combination referring to the payload of the first packet.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet further includes the first additional header,

the first information corresponds to a first set of bits of a combined information, and

the second information corresponds to a second set of bits of the combined information occupying a bit position higher than the first set of bits.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first additional header further includes a division flag,

when the division flag indicates that the input packet is divided into a plurality of packets, the first additional header further includes a division fragment header, and

the division fragment header includes a fragment identification for identifying the input packet, and a fragment counter for identification of the first packet among the plurality of packets.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first additional header further includes an additional header flag indicating whether there is a second additional header,

when the additional header flag indicates that there is the second additional header, the header of the first packet includes the second additional header in addition to the fixed length header and the first additional header, and

the second additional header includes additional header identification information identifying a type of the second additional header.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to:

receive a transmitted signal including a first packet; and

generate an input packet based on at least a header of the first packet,

wherein

the header of the first packet includes a fixed length header, the fixed length header including

first information referring to a payload of the first packet, and

mode identification information indicating whether the header of the first packet further includes a first additional header in addition to the fixed length header,

when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet does not include the first additional header, the first information referring to the payload of the first packet, and

when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet further includes the first additional header, the first additional header includes second information, and the first information and the second information in combination referring to the payload of the first packet.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein, when the mode identification information indicates that the header of the first packet further includes the first additional header,

the first information corresponds to a first set of bits of a combined information, and

the second information corresponds to a second set of bits of the combined information occupying a bit position higher than the first set of bits.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein

the first additional header further includes a division flag,

when the division flag indicates that the input packet is divided into a plurality of packets, the first additional header further includes a division fragment header, and

the division fragment header includes a fragment identification for identifying the input packet, and a fragment counter for identification of the first packet among the plurality of packets.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein

the first additional header further includes an additional header flag indicating whether there is a second additional header,

when the additional header flag indicates that there is the second additional header, the header of the first packet includes the second additional header in addition to the fixed length header and the first additional header, and

the second additional header includes additional header identification information identifying a type of the second additional header.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 054286/0180 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2020
From: MICHAEL, LACHLAN
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054137/0030 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-141740 · Jul 5, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14422440
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