IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,962,723
Granted Patent B2
US 11,962,723 · App. 17/582,277 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Packet telephony terminal apparatus and operating method thereof

Inventors: Do Young Kim (Daejeon, KR); Namseok Ko (Daejeon, KR); Sun Me Kim (Daejeon, KR); Taesik Cheung (Daejeon, KR); Yoo Hwa Kang (Daejeon, KR); Tae Kyu Kang (Daejeon, KR); Jeong-Dong Ryoo (Daejeon, KR); Yeoncheol Ryoo (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04M7/0081H04M7/066
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Patent No.
US 11,962,723
App. No.
17/582,277
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method in which a high-quality packet telephony terminal apparatus performing low-latency and lossless packet communication with a counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus operates in an integrated network structure in which a time sensitive network (TSN) and a packet communication network are combined may be disclosed. The packet telephony terminal apparatus may perform packet telephony call processing, perform a TSN stream reservation procedure when the counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus is capable of performing a TSN function for lossless packet communication, adjust a size of a dejitter buffer when the TSN stream reservation procedure is successful, and perform low-latency packet telephony communication through the minimized size of the dejitter buffer.

Claims (53)

1. A method in which a packet telephony terminal apparatus performing packet communication with a counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus operates in an integrated network structure in which a time sensitive network (TSN) and a packet communication network are combined, the method comprising:

performing packet telephony call processing;

performing a TSN stream reservation procedure when the counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus is capable of performing a TSN function;

adjusting a size of a dejitter buffer when the TSN stream reservation procedure is successful; and

performing packet telephony communication through the adjusted size of the dejitter buffer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the adjusting includes setting the size of the dejitter buffer to 0.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the performing of the packet telephony communication includes performing the packet telephony communication without using buffering.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting time synchronization in the TSN.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the setting the time synchronization includes performing synchronization with a grand master clock used in the TSN so that the packet telephony terminal apparatus becomes a slave to the TSN.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

checking whether the TSN is available or not when the packet telephony terminal apparatus is capable of performing the TSN function,

wherein the setting of the time synchronization includes setting the time synchronization with the TSN when the TSN is available.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the TSN stream reservation procedure is a procedure according to an IEEE802.1.Qcc specification, and

the setting of the time synchronization includes setting the time synchronization according to an IEEE1588 specification.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the performing of the TSN stream reservation procedure includes performing the TSN stream reservation procedure but one more times at a predetermined number of times when path reservation request corresponding to a quality of service parameter is unsuccessful.

9. A packet telephony terminal apparatus performing packet communication with a counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus in an integrated network structure in which a time sensitive network (TSN) and a packet communication network are combined, comprising:

a codec unit encoding and decoding voice information;

a real-time transport protocol (RTP)/real-time transport control protocol (RTCP) processing unit controlling an order for the encoded voice information;

a packet telephony application control unit connected to the codec unit and the RTP/RTCP processing unit; and

a TSN matching device performing a TSN stream reservation procedure together with the packet telephony application control unit, and setting time synchronization in the TSN.

10. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:

the TSN matching device includes a TSN time synchronization unit setting the time synchronization with a grand master clock used in the TSN, and providing the time synchronization to the codec unit and the RTP/RTCP processing unit.

11. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the TSN matching device further includes,

a TSN parameter generation unit generating a parameter required for the TSN stream reservation procedure, and

a TSN control plane interlocking unit performing the TSN stream reservation procedure together with the packet telephony application control unit by using the parameter.

12. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:

the packet telephony application control unit includes a TSN path request counter storing a predetermined count value, and

the packet telephony application control unit tries the TSN stream reservation procedure at a plurality of numbers of times according to the predetermined count value.

13. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:

a dejitter buffer transmitting buffered data to the codec unit,

wherein the TSN matching device adjusts a size of the dejitter buffer when the TSN stream reservation procedure is successful.

14. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:

the size of the dejitter buffer is 0.

15. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:

the TSN matching device performs the TSN stream reservation procedure according to an IEEE802.1.Qcc specification, and

the TSN matching device sets the time synchronization according to an IEEE1588 specification.

16. The packet telephony terminal apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:

the TSN matching device is connected to a physical layer of the integrated network.

17. A method in which a packet telephony terminal apparatus connected to a TSN switch operates in an integrated network structure in which a plurality of time sensitive network (TSN) switches is positioned in part or in whole in a packet communication network, the method comprising:

checking whether a counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus to call is capable of performing a TSN function;

setting time synchronization in a TSN when the counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus is capable of performing the TSN function; and

performing a TSN stream reservation procedure when the time synchronization is performed successfully in the TSN.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein:

the setting of the time synchronization includes performing synchronization with a grand master clock used in the TSN to become a slave in the TSN.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

performing packet telephony communication without buffering when the TSN stream reservation procedure is successful.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: KIM, DO YOUNG; KO, NAMSEOK; KIM, SUN ME; CHEUNG, TAESIK; KANG, YOO HWA; KANG, TAE KYU; RYOO, JEONG-DONG; RYOO, YEONCHEOL
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 058741/0715 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0011392 · Jan 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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