1. An ultrasound diagnostic device, comprising:
a plurality of channels for providing receiving data;
a scan line data forming unit including a plurality of sub-scan line data forming groups and a data summing unit, wherein the sub-scan line data forming group forms partial data of scan lines, and wherein the data summing unit forms scan line data of the scan lines by summing the partial data; and
an image processing unit for forming an ultrasound image using the scan line data,
wherein the sub-scan line data forming group includes:
a plurality of sub-scan line data forming units for forming the partial data of the scan lines by using the receiving data and providing a transmission path of the receiving data;
first data lines for transmitting the receiving data between at least one of the sub-scan data forming unit and the channels; and
second data lines for transferring the receiving data between the sub-scan line data forming units.
2. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 1, wherein the channels are divided into a plurality of first channel groups corresponding to the sub-scan line data forming group one to one,
channels in the first channel group are divided into plurality of second channel groups, and
the sub-scan line data forming unit has assigned scan lines among all of the scan lines and forms the partial data of the assigned scan lines by using receiving data provided from the channels of all the second groups.
3. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 2, wherein the sub-scan line data forming unit forms the partial data using relations between the channels of all the second channel groups and each of the scan lines.
4. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 2, wherein the sub-scan line data forming unit further includes internal data lines having one to one correspondence to the first data lines andor the second data lines.
5. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 2, wherein the sub-scan line data forming unit includes:
at least one first sub-scan line data forming unit to be directly connected to the first data line; and
at least one second sub-scan line data forming unit not to be directly connected to the first data line.
6. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 2, wherein the sub-scan line data forming units are configured with application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
7. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 2, wherein each of the channel include a transducer and an analog-digital converter.
8. The ultrasound diagnostic device of claim 7, wherein the first data line andor the second data line are configured with a low-voltage difference signaling (LVDS).
9. A method of forming scan line data of scan lines by using receiving data provided from a plurality of channel groups, comprising:
forming partial data of the scan lines by using the receiving data provided from the channel groups; and
summing the partial data of the scan lines to form scan line data of the scan lines.
10. A method of forming scan line data of scan lines by using receiving data provided from a plurality of channel groups in an ultrasound diagnostic device including a plurality of channel groups, scan line data forming units for forming the scan line data and sub-scan line data forming units configured in the scan line data forming unit for forming partial data of assigned scan lines among the scan lines, comprising:
inputting the receiving data from at least one of the channel groups to a part of the sub-scan line data forming units;
transferring the receiving data to all of the sub-scan line data forming units;
at each of the sub-scan line data forming units, forming partial data of the assigned scan lines by using the receiving data; and
summing the partial data of the scan lines and forming scan line data of the scan lines.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the partial data are formed by using weights predetermined in consideration of relations between the channels and the assigned scan lines.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A telecommunications network comprising network resources including at least one service domain which comprises a user’s terminal and a controller operative to control transmission of a data stream fromto the user’s terminal tofrom another network node with a predetermined quality of service, said quality of service being dependent upon the terms of a service level agreement between the user and the service domain, processed by the controller into a set of policies to be applied, the policies including selection and allocation of the network resources so as to transmit the data stream with the selected quality of service.
2. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which the policies include dynamic selection and allocation of the network resources.
3. A telecommunications network according to claim 2, in which the controller comprises an information base which stores information on the current status of the network resources for selection and allocation purposes.
4. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which the network resources include radio resources and the information base includes information on the current status of the radio resources.
5. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which the information base also includes information on the various classes of quality of service one of which is or has been selected by the user.
6. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which the telecommunications network is a UMTS or other third generation system.
7. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which for call setup the dynamic selection and allocation of network resources is undertaken.
8. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which for a predetermined quality of service defined by a service level agreement (SLA) a hierarchical set of policies are applied governing the timing, prioritisation and rate of transmission of data of said data stream.
9. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which the user’s quality of service depends on the level of quality of service selected in the user’s service level agreement.
10. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which policies for transmission of data of said data stream are selected dependent upon a process of negotiation between the user’s terminal and service domain as to be quality of service to be applied.
11. A telecommunications network according to claim 3, in which there are a plurality of service domains and policies for transmission of data of said data stream by a service domain are selected dependent upon a process of negotiation between service domains as to the quality of service to be applied.
12. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which the controller comprises an information base which stores information on the current status of the network resources for selection and allocation purposes.
13. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which the telecommunications network is a UMTS or other third generation (36) system.
14. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which for call setup the dynamic selection and allocation of network resources is undertaken.
15. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which for a predetermined quality of service defined by a service level agreement (SLA) a hierarchical set of policies are applied governing the timing, prioritisation and rate of transmission of data of said data stream.
16. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which the user’s quality of service depends on the level of quality of service selected in the user’s service level agreement.
17. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which policies for transmission of data of said data stream are selected dependent upon a process of negotiation between the user’s terminal and service domain as to be quality of service to be applied.
18. A telecommunications network according to claim 1, in which there are a plurality of service domains and policies for transmission of data of said data stream by a service domain are selected dependent upon a process of negotiation between service domains as to the quality of service to be applied.
19. A method of transmitting a data stream from a to a user’s terminal to or from another point in a telecommunications network, the network comprising at least one service domain and network resources, the data stream being transmitted so as to provide the user with a predetermined quality of service, said quality of service being dependent upon the terms of a service level agreement (SLA) between the user and the service domain in which the user’s terminal resides, the terms of the service level agreement being processed into a set of policies to be applied, the policies including dynamic selection and allocation of resources so as to provide the selected quality of service.