| US 7,532,672 B2 | ||
| Codecs providing multiple bit streams | ||
| Ajit Venkat Rao, Bangalore (India); and Pankaj Rabha, Bangalore (India) | ||
| Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/308,601. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0256862 A1, Nov. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 27/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—259 [375/265] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method of processing a multimedia signal containing an information content, said method comprising:
receiving said multimedia signal;
generating a first bit stream and a second bit stream from said multimedia signal;
sending said first bit stream on a first channel and said second bit stream on a second channel to a receiver system, wherein
said first channel and said second channel represent corresponding separate channels of a packet network,
wherein said first bit stream represents said information content with a first quality level, and wherein said second bit
stream in combination with said first bit stream enables said information content to be represented with a second quality
level, said second quality level being greater than said first quality level,
wherein said first channel transfers said first bit stream with a first plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) parameters and
said second channel transfers said second bit stream with a second plurality of QoS parameters, wherein said first plurality
of QoS parameters are not identical to said second plurality of QoS parameters.
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