webrtc/modules/pacing/bitrate_prober.cc

/*
 *  Copyright (c) 2014 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
 *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
 *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
 *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
 *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
 */

#include "webrtc/modules/pacing/bitrate_prober.h"

#include <algorithm>

#include "webrtc/base/checks.h"
#include "webrtc/base/logging.h"
#include "webrtc/modules/pacing/paced_sender.h"

namespace webrtc {

namespace {

// A minimum interval between probes to allow scheduling to be feasible.
constexpr int kMinProbeDeltaMs = 1;

// The minimum number probing packets used.
constexpr int kMinProbePacketsSent = 5;

// The minimum probing duration in ms.
constexpr int kMinProbeDurationMs = 15;

// Maximum amount of time each probe can be delayed. Probe cluster is reset and
// retried from the start when this limit is reached.
constexpr int kMaxProbeDelayMs = 3;

// Number of times probing is retried before the cluster is dropped.
constexpr int kMaxRetryAttempts = 3;

// The min probe packet size is scaled with the bitrate we're probing at.
// This defines the max min probe packet size, meaning that on high bitrates
// we have a min probe packet size of 200 bytes.
constexpr size_t kMinProbePacketSize = 200;

}  // namespace

BitrateProber::BitrateProber()
    : probing_state_(ProbingState::kDisabled),
      next_probe_time_ms_(-1),
      next_cluster_id_(0) {
  SetEnabled(true);
}

void BitrateProber::SetEnabled(bool enable) {
  if (enable) {
    if (probing_state_ == ProbingState::kDisabled) {
      probing_state_ = ProbingState::kInactive;
      LOG(LS_INFO) << "Bandwidth probing enabled, set to inactive";
    }
  } else {
    probing_state_ = ProbingState::kDisabled;
    LOG(LS_INFO) << "Bandwidth probing disabled";
  }
}

bool BitrateProber::IsProbing() const {
  return probing_state_ == ProbingState::kActive;
}

void BitrateProber::OnIncomingPacket(size_t packet_size) {
  // Don't initialize probing unless we have something large enough to start
  // probing.
  if (probing_state_ == ProbingState::kInactive && !clusters_.empty() &&
      packet_size >=
          std::min<size_t>(RecommendedMinProbeSize(), kMinProbePacketSize)) {
    // Send next probe right away.
    next_probe_time_ms_ = -1;
    probing_state_ = ProbingState::kActive;
  }
}

void BitrateProber::CreateProbeCluster(int bitrate_bps) {
  RTC_DCHECK(probing_state_ != ProbingState::kDisabled);
  ProbeCluster cluster;
  cluster.min_probes = kMinProbePacketsSent;
  cluster.min_bytes = bitrate_bps * kMinProbeDurationMs / 8000;
  cluster.bitrate_bps = bitrate_bps;
  cluster.id = next_cluster_id_++;
  clusters_.push(cluster);

  LOG(LS_INFO) << "Probe cluster (bitrate:min bytes:min packets): ("
               << cluster.bitrate_bps << ":" << cluster.min_bytes << ":"
               << cluster.min_probes << ")";
  // If we are already probing, continue to do so. Otherwise set it to
  // kInactive and wait for OnIncomingPacket to start the probing.
  if (probing_state_ != ProbingState::kActive)
    probing_state_ = ProbingState::kInactive;
}

void BitrateProber::ResetState() {
  RTC_DCHECK(probing_state_ == ProbingState::kActive);

  // Recreate all probing clusters.
  std::queue<ProbeCluster> clusters;
  clusters.swap(clusters_);
  while (!clusters.empty()) {
    if (clusters.front().retries < kMaxRetryAttempts) {
      CreateProbeCluster(clusters.front().bitrate_bps);
      clusters_.back().retries = clusters.front().retries + 1;
    }
    clusters.pop();
  }

  probing_state_ = ProbingState::kInactive;
}

int BitrateProber::TimeUntilNextProbe(int64_t now_ms) {
  // Probing is not active or probing is already complete.
  if (probing_state_ != ProbingState::kActive || clusters_.empty())
    return -1;

  int time_until_probe_ms = 0;
  if (next_probe_time_ms_ >= 0) {
    time_until_probe_ms = next_probe_time_ms_ - now_ms;
    if (time_until_probe_ms < -kMaxProbeDelayMs) {
      ResetState();
      return -1;
    }
  }

  return std::max(time_until_probe_ms, 0);
}

int BitrateProber::CurrentClusterId() const {
  RTC_DCHECK(!clusters_.empty());
  RTC_DCHECK(ProbingState::kActive == probing_state_);
  return clusters_.front().id;
}

// Probe size is recommended based on the probe bitrate required. We choose
// a minimum of twice |kMinProbeDeltaMs| interval to allow scheduling to be
// feasible.
size_t BitrateProber::RecommendedMinProbeSize() const {
  RTC_DCHECK(!clusters_.empty());
  return clusters_.front().bitrate_bps * 3 * kMinProbeDeltaMs / (8 * 1000);
}

void BitrateProber::ProbeSent(int64_t now_ms, size_t bytes) {
  RTC_DCHECK(probing_state_ == ProbingState::kActive);
  RTC_DCHECK_GT(bytes, 0);

  if (!clusters_.empty()) {
    ProbeCluster* cluster = &clusters_.front();
    if (cluster->sent_probes == 0) {
      RTC_DCHECK_EQ(cluster->time_started_ms, -1);
      cluster->time_started_ms = now_ms;
    }
    cluster->sent_bytes += static_cast<int>(bytes);
    cluster->sent_probes += 1;
    next_probe_time_ms_ = GetNextProbeTime(clusters_.front());
    if (cluster->sent_bytes >= cluster->min_bytes &&
        cluster->sent_probes >= cluster->min_probes) {
      clusters_.pop();
    }
    if (clusters_.empty())
      probing_state_ = ProbingState::kSuspended;
  }
}

int64_t BitrateProber::GetNextProbeTime(const ProbeCluster& cluster) {
  RTC_CHECK_GT(cluster.bitrate_bps, 0);
  RTC_CHECK_GE(cluster.time_started_ms, 0);

  // Compute the time delta from the cluster start to ensure probe bitrate stays
  // close to the target bitrate. Result is in milliseconds.
  int64_t delta_ms = (8000ll * cluster.sent_bytes + cluster.bitrate_bps / 2) /
                  cluster.bitrate_bps;
  return cluster.time_started_ms + delta_ms;
}


}  // namespace webrtc