Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University Global Campus (Yongin-si, KR)

A method and apparatus to transmit multimedia data packets are described. The method consists of the process of receiving Bottom-up Network Abstraction Layer (B-NAL) information from a network organization and determining a media’s quality based on the received B-NAL information and generating media data with the selected media data quality, and producing a data packet that includes the generated media data and transferring the packet to the network entity.

Aspects of the present disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to offer at least the benefits described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the disclosed disclosure is to provide a method and apparatus for providing an interactive multimedia service that is responsive to the content of the media and network state and a request from a user.

Another aspect of the current disclosure is the provision of an integrated Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) for exchanging information using an application layer and an entity in the network layer below.

The present disclosure also discloses the method and apparatus for abstract states and sending or receiving information about abstracted states among entities. This allows for the ability to provide multimedia services in accordance with mediadata state, status of the network, as well as a user?s request state.

According to one aspect of the disclosed disclosure, a method for transmitting a multimedia data package is provided. The method involves receiving Bottom-up Network Abstraction Level information (B-NAL) and determining a media quality using the B-NAL, and then creating media data with the determined media quality. Then, the method generates a data packet containing the generated media data and then transmits it.

A device to transmit multimedia data packets is provided in accordance with another aspect. The apparatus comprises an apparatus that can receive Bottom-up Network Abstraction Layer (B-NAL) informationfrom an entity in the network and a media data generation processor that determines the media data quality by analyzing the B-NAL information and generating media data that has the quality of the determined media data and a packet generation processor that is configured to generate a packet including the media data that is generated, and transmitting the packet.

The present disclosure provides multimedia data services that considers the importance or priority of multimedia data, reserve status for resources, network state or user requirement. Additionally, it includes an integrated NetworkAbstraction Layer, (NAL), which is applicable to all multimedia data. Cross-Layer Optimization is a method for optimizing communication resources via an integrated NetworkAbstraction Layer (NAL) that abstracts information to make it easier to exchange information between higher and lower layer of protocol.

Others aspects, benefits and distinctive characteristics of the disclosure will be obvious for those who are skilled in the the art. The following detailed description as well as the accompanying drawings, illustrate various versions of the present disclosure.

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