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      1 // Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 //
      5 // This is the base class for an object that send frames to a receiver.
      6 // TODO(hclam): Refactor such that there is no separate AudioSender vs.
      7 // VideoSender, and the functionality of both is rolled into this class.
      8 
      9 #ifndef MEDIA_CAST_SENDER_FRAME_SENDER_H_
     10 #define MEDIA_CAST_SENDER_FRAME_SENDER_H_
     11 
     12 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     13 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
     14 #include "base/memory/weak_ptr.h"
     15 #include "base/time/time.h"
     16 #include "media/cast/cast_environment.h"
     17 #include "media/cast/net/rtcp/rtcp.h"
     18 #include "media/cast/sender/congestion_control.h"
     19 
     20 namespace media {
     21 namespace cast {
     22 
     23 class FrameSender {
     24  public:
     25   FrameSender(scoped_refptr<CastEnvironment> cast_environment,
     26               bool is_audio,
     27               CastTransportSender* const transport_sender,
     28               base::TimeDelta rtcp_interval,
     29               int rtp_timebase,
     30               uint32 ssrc,
     31               double max_frame_rate,
     32               base::TimeDelta min_playout_delay,
     33               base::TimeDelta max_playout_delay,
     34               CongestionControl* congestion_control);
     35   virtual ~FrameSender();
     36 
     37   int rtp_timebase() const { return rtp_timebase_; }
     38 
     39   // Calling this function is only valid if the receiver supports the
     40   // "extra_playout_delay", rtp extension.
     41   void SetTargetPlayoutDelay(base::TimeDelta new_target_playout_delay);
     42 
     43   base::TimeDelta GetTargetPlayoutDelay() const {
     44     return target_playout_delay_;
     45   }
     46 
     47   // Called by the encoder with the next EncodeFrame to send.
     48   void SendEncodedFrame(int requested_bitrate_before_encode,
     49                         scoped_ptr<EncodedFrame> encoded_frame);
     50 
     51  protected:
     52   // Returns the number of frames in the encoder's backlog.
     53   virtual int GetNumberOfFramesInEncoder() const = 0;
     54 
     55   // Returns the duration of the data in the encoder's backlog plus the duration
     56   // of sent, unacknowledged frames.
     57   virtual base::TimeDelta GetInFlightMediaDuration() const = 0;
     58 
     59   // Called when we get an ACK for a frame.
     60   virtual void OnAck(uint32 frame_id) = 0;
     61 
     62  protected:
     63   // Schedule and execute periodic sending of RTCP report.
     64   void ScheduleNextRtcpReport();
     65   void SendRtcpReport(bool schedule_future_reports);
     66 
     67   void OnMeasuredRoundTripTime(base::TimeDelta rtt);
     68 
     69   const scoped_refptr<CastEnvironment> cast_environment_;
     70 
     71   // Sends encoded frames over the configured transport (e.g., UDP).  In
     72   // Chromium, this could be a proxy that first sends the frames from a renderer
     73   // process to the browser process over IPC, with the browser process being
     74   // responsible for "packetizing" the frames and pushing packets into the
     75   // network layer.
     76   CastTransportSender* const transport_sender_;
     77 
     78   const uint32 ssrc_;
     79 
     80  protected:
     81   // Schedule and execute periodic checks for re-sending packets.  If no
     82   // acknowledgements have been received for "too long," AudioSender will
     83   // speculatively re-send certain packets of an unacked frame to kick-start
     84   // re-transmission.  This is a last resort tactic to prevent the session from
     85   // getting stuck after a long outage.
     86   void ScheduleNextResendCheck();
     87   void ResendCheck();
     88   void ResendForKickstart();
     89 
     90   // Protected for testability.
     91   void OnReceivedCastFeedback(const RtcpCastMessage& cast_feedback);
     92 
     93   // Returns true if too many frames would be in-flight by encoding and sending
     94   // the next frame having the given |frame_duration|.
     95   bool ShouldDropNextFrame(base::TimeDelta frame_duration) const;
     96 
     97   // Record or retrieve a recent history of each frame's timestamps.
     98   // Warning: If a frame ID too far in the past is requested, the getters will
     99   // silently succeed but return incorrect values.  Be sure to respect
    100   // media::cast::kMaxUnackedFrames.
    101   void RecordLatestFrameTimestamps(uint32 frame_id,
    102                                    base::TimeTicks reference_time,
    103                                    RtpTimestamp rtp_timestamp);
    104   base::TimeTicks GetRecordedReferenceTime(uint32 frame_id) const;
    105   RtpTimestamp GetRecordedRtpTimestamp(uint32 frame_id) const;
    106 
    107   // Returns the number of frames that were sent but not yet acknowledged.
    108   int GetUnacknowledgedFrameCount() const;
    109 
    110   const base::TimeDelta rtcp_interval_;
    111 
    112   // The total amount of time between a frame's capture/recording on the sender
    113   // and its playback on the receiver (i.e., shown to a user).  This is fixed as
    114   // a value large enough to give the system sufficient time to encode,
    115   // transmit/retransmit, receive, decode, and render; given its run-time
    116   // environment (sender/receiver hardware performance, network conditions,
    117   // etc.).
    118   base::TimeDelta target_playout_delay_;
    119   base::TimeDelta min_playout_delay_;
    120   base::TimeDelta max_playout_delay_;
    121 
    122   // If true, we transmit the target playout delay to the receiver.
    123   bool send_target_playout_delay_;
    124 
    125   // Max encoded frames generated per second.
    126   double max_frame_rate_;
    127 
    128   // Maximum number of outstanding frames before the encoding and sending of
    129   // new frames shall halt.
    130   int max_unacked_frames_;
    131 
    132   // Counts how many RTCP reports are being "aggressively" sent (i.e., one per
    133   // frame) at the start of the session.  Once a threshold is reached, RTCP
    134   // reports are instead sent at the configured interval + random drift.
    135   int num_aggressive_rtcp_reports_sent_;
    136 
    137   // This is "null" until the first frame is sent.  Thereafter, this tracks the
    138   // last time any frame was sent or re-sent.
    139   base::TimeTicks last_send_time_;
    140 
    141   // The ID of the last frame sent.  Logic throughout FrameSender assumes this
    142   // can safely wrap-around.  This member is invalid until
    143   // |!last_send_time_.is_null()|.
    144   uint32 last_sent_frame_id_;
    145 
    146   // The ID of the latest (not necessarily the last) frame that has been
    147   // acknowledged.  Logic throughout AudioSender assumes this can safely
    148   // wrap-around.  This member is invalid until |!last_send_time_.is_null()|.
    149   uint32 latest_acked_frame_id_;
    150 
    151   // Counts the number of duplicate ACK that are being received.  When this
    152   // number reaches a threshold, the sender will take this as a sign that the
    153   // receiver hasn't yet received the first packet of the next frame.  In this
    154   // case, VideoSender will trigger a re-send of the next frame.
    155   int duplicate_ack_counter_;
    156 
    157   // If this sender is ready for use, this is STATUS_AUDIO_INITIALIZED or
    158   // STATUS_VIDEO_INITIALIZED.
    159   CastInitializationStatus cast_initialization_status_;
    160 
    161   // This object controls how we change the bitrate to make sure the
    162   // buffer doesn't overflow.
    163   scoped_ptr<CongestionControl> congestion_control_;
    164 
    165   // The most recently measured round trip time.
    166   base::TimeDelta current_round_trip_time_;
    167 
    168  private:
    169   // Returns the maximum media duration currently allowed in-flight.  This
    170   // fluctuates in response to the currently-measured network latency.
    171   base::TimeDelta GetAllowedInFlightMediaDuration() const;
    172 
    173   // RTP timestamp increment representing one second.
    174   const int rtp_timebase_;
    175 
    176   const bool is_audio_;
    177 
    178   // Ring buffers to keep track of recent frame timestamps (both in terms of
    179   // local reference time and RTP media time).  These should only be accessed
    180   // through the Record/GetXXX() methods.
    181   base::TimeTicks frame_reference_times_[256];
    182   RtpTimestamp frame_rtp_timestamps_[256];
    183 
    184   // NOTE: Weak pointers must be invalidated before all other member variables.
    185   base::WeakPtrFactory<FrameSender> weak_factory_;
    186 
    187   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FrameSender);
    188 };
    189 
    190 }  // namespace cast
    191 }  // namespace media
    192 
    193 #endif  // MEDIA_CAST_SENDER_FRAME_SENDER_H_
    194