Packet Rate Control And Related Systems For Interactive Music Systems

摘要

Packet rate control methods and related systems are disclosed for interactive music systems. In certain embodiments, an interactive music client system combines captured audio data from audio inputs with audio input data from one or more peer interactive music client systems within an interactive music session and outputs the combined audio data to an audio output subsystem. The interactive music client system further determines performance parameters associated with the interactive music sessions and adjusts audio input/output packets based upon the performance parameters. The performance parameters can include, for example, session packet rates or other parameters. Adjustments can include aggregating audio frames, reducing packet rates, and adjusting audio frames within a jitter queue receive buffer. The jitter queue receive buffer, for example, can be adjusted so that is contents are reduced towards zero and/or to zero within a predetermined time duration. Other variations can also be implemented.

主权项

1. An interactive music client system, comprising:
an audio capture subsystem coupled to one or more audio inputs and configured to generate captured audio data; an audio output subsystem; a network interface; one or more processing devices configured to process the captured audio data to generate audio output packets, to send the audio output packets through the network interface to one or more peer interactive music client systems within an interactive music session, to receive audio input packets through the network interface from the one or more peer interactive music client systems, to process the audio input packets to generate audio input data, to combine the audio input data with the captured audio data, and to output the combined audio data to the audio output subsystem; wherein the one or more processing devices are further configured to determine performance parameters associated with the interactive music sessions and to adjust one or more of the audio output packets or the audio input packets based upon the performance parameters.