JP6011813B2 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ITS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system between terminals, and more particularly to a communication apparatus and a communication control method thereof in a communication system using an acknowledgment for transmission data.

  In TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), which is a typical communication protocol used on the Internet, when a transmitting terminal transmits data, the receiving terminal that receives the data returns a confirmation response to the transmitting terminal. When transmitting data, the transmitting terminal sets a retransmission timer to an initial time, and when the retransmission timer times out without receiving an acknowledgment from the receiving terminal, the transmitting terminal retransmits only one transmission data without an acknowledgment to the receiving terminal. When performing this retransmission, the retransmission timer is set to a time that is twice the initial time. Thus, every time the retransmission timer is activated, the set time of the next retransmission timer is defined to be doubled. This setting operation of the retransmission timer is called exponential backoff. Exponential backoff is used to enable communication even when the communication band between terminals is extremely small or the network is extremely congested. Since TCP is designed on the assumption that it is used in various communication environments, it has such a function.

  When the receiving terminal receives the retransmitted packet, the receiving terminal returns a confirmation response to the packet that has already been received and aligned. The transmitting terminal can determine data to be transmitted next with reference to the confirmation response. Hereinafter, a specific example will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 1, data is transmitted from the transmission terminal to the reception terminal. However, it is assumed that the communication signal is interrupted and the communication packet between the terminals is lost during the period indicated as “signal lost” in the figure. In this example, since the transmission terminal cannot receive the confirmation response to the data 3, when the retransmission timer is started after transmitting the data 3 (RTO: Retransmission Time Out), the transmitting terminal retransmits the data 3. The receiving terminal sends back an acknowledgment (ACK4) indicating that data 4 has been received with the arrival of retransmission data 3 as a trigger. When the transmitting terminal receives ACK4, the transmitting terminal transmits subsequent data 5.

  Many communication systems that retransmit a packet in response to an acknowledgment from the receiving side have been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that in multimedia communication, an acknowledgment of normal reception is received from a receiving side within a predetermined time. A system is disclosed in which retransmission processing is performed when it cannot be obtained.

JP 10-0564480 A JP 2010-035033 A

  However, in general, in a network, the delay may increase suddenly due to a queuing delay, a processing delay, or the like, so the initial value of the retransmission timer is set sufficiently large (about 1 second). For this reason, when the retransmission timer is activated and data is retransmitted, performance degradation occurs due to communication stoppage. Further, even after the retransmission is performed, communication is not performed during a round trip delay time RTT (Round Trip Time) in which the packet reciprocates between the terminals. Therefore, when the RTT is large, the performance is greatly deteriorated.

  In recent years, the application range of TCP / IP communication has been expanded and used in various network environments. However, in some environments, TCP communication performance may not be obtained. In particular, a decrease in TCP performance is known for communication through a wireless line or a long-distance line. However, since it is conceivable to implement wireless high-speed communication in a higher frequency region in the future, such TCP / IP communication is expected to be applied to long-distance communication such as inter-satellite communication.

  In long distance communication in which a signal error may occur, a retransmission method such as an automatic repeat request (ARQ) deteriorates communication efficiency because of a large delay. Therefore, a forward error correction code (FEC) is used. However, in FEC, overhead is increased to recover a bursty signal error. Therefore, it is not economical to completely prevent a bursty signal error by FEC. .

  On the other hand, TCP has a selective ACK option that informs the sender of the number of data lost by the receiving terminal. However, when a large amount of data is lost due to a burst loss or when no confirmation response is returned, the most basic confirmation response is performed. If there are, many will be retransmitted, resulting in a deterioration in communication efficiency.

  As described above, in the communication methods described in the above-described TCP, Patent Document 1, and the like, when data communication is performed through a network in which a burst error is expected, the retransmission timeout operation causes a problem, and the performance is significantly deteriorated. . In particular, when retransmission timeouts are repeated, an extreme performance degradation occurs due to exponential backoff in TCP.

  Also, when the network becomes communicable after the burst error has occurred, in TCP, communication is stopped until an ACK for a retransmission packet is received as described above. That is, the communication performance cannot be obtained for a time required for the packet to make one round trip between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal. For this reason, network recovery cannot be detected quickly, which is one cause of network performance degradation.

  Furthermore, when the retransmission terminal times out, the transmitting terminal transmits retransmission data, and the receiving terminal notifies the received data number when returning the confirmation response, so the transmitting terminal should transmit next until receiving the confirmation response I can't know the data. As a result, there is a possibility that data already received by the receiving terminal will be retransmitted redundantly, which is also a cause of lowering network performance.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a communication apparatus and a communication control method thereof that can improve the performance and communication efficiency of a network in which a burst error is expected.

The communication apparatus according to the present invention is a communication apparatus in a communication system that receives an acknowledgment from the receiving side for transmitted data, and transmits the transmission data before a predetermined set time elapses after the transmission data is transmitted. Determining means for determining whether or not a confirmation response to the receiving device has been received from the receiving side device; and when the confirmation response is not received within the predetermined set time, is set before the predetermined set time elapses Congestion window setting means for setting a congestion window in which the congestion window size is increased to the combined size of retransmission data and subsequent untransmitted data, and reception of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time has elapsed and estimating means for estimating the data arriving at the receiving device based on the time, as the data to be transmitted by the set congestion window, before Data transmission means for transmitting the data following the estimated data, and having a.

A communication control method according to the present invention is a communication control method in a communication apparatus that receives an acknowledgment from transmitted data for a confirmation response, and before a predetermined set time elapses after the determination means transmits the transmission data. It is determined whether or not a confirmation response to the transmission data has been received from the receiving side device, and when the congestion window setting means does not receive the confirmation response within the predetermined setting time, the predetermined setting time has elapsed. A congestion window is set by increasing the congestion window size that was set before the retransmitted data and the subsequent untransmitted data, and the estimation unit receives the latest received before the predetermined set time has elapsed. Day based on the reception time of the acknowledgment estimates the data arriving at the receiving device, to be transmitted in the congestion window data transmission means is the setting As, and transmits the data following the estimated data, and wherein the.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve network performance and communication efficiency in which burst errors are expected.

FIG. 1 is a sequence diagram for explaining a data communication procedure according to the background art. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram for explaining a data communication procedure according to the communication control method according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the communication control method according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a relay network diagram using a communication apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the transmission function of the TCP repeater in FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the reception function of the TCP repeater in FIG.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the retransmission timer is activated, the congestion window on the transmission side is increased, so that the performance during the retransmission timeout operation can be greatly improved even when there is a burst error in the communication signal. it can. By transmitting data with a sufficient frequency in the increased congestion window, it is possible to quickly detect that the burst error has been resolved and communication has been resumed. Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to avoid retransmission of duplicate data and to further improve communication efficiency by estimating a data number that the receiving terminal will have received when a retransmission timeout occurs. . Hereinafter, embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1. In FIG. 2, a transmission side communication device 10 (hereinafter referred to as a transmission terminal 10) and a reception side communication device 20 (hereinafter referred to as a reception terminal 20) are connected via a network 30 and use a TCP connection. Transfer data. The transmitting terminal 10 transmits data to the receiving terminal 20 through the network 30, and the receiving terminal 20 returns an acknowledgment for the received data to the transmitting terminal 10 through the network 30.

  The network 30 may be wired or wireless, but it is assumed that the communication signal may be intermittently lost (burst loss). For example, a network in which a round trip time RTT is long and a signal is blocked by a shielding object, such as a long-distance wireless communication between a satellite station and a land station.

  The transmission terminal 10 includes an application 11, a data storage unit 12 that stores data to be transmitted, a TCP transmission unit 13 that receives data from the application 11 and executes communication control according to the present embodiment in accordance with the TCP protocol, and a TCP transmission unit 13 includes an IP processing unit 14 that packetizes the data received from 13, and an input / output processing unit 15 that frames the packet passed from the IP processing unit 14 and outputs the frame to the network 30.

  The TCP transmission unit 13 is a data transmission unit 101 that outputs data to the IP processing unit 14 while segmenting data input from an application and rate-controlling it, a segment storage unit 102 that stores segments, and is set every time data is transmitted. Retransmission timer 103 for determining the elapse of set time (RTO), delay measurement unit 104 for measuring the time until receiving an acknowledgment for the transmitted data, and estimating that the transmission data has reached the receiving side The data arrival estimation unit 105 and a congestion window determination unit 106 that determines a congestion window size (data amount that can be transmitted). Note that the congestion window is the maximum data number that can be sent by the sender, and the congestion window size is the congestion window minus the smallest data sequence number that has been sent and no ACK has been sent back, that is, can be sent. Refers to the amount of data.

  In particular, the data arrival estimation unit 105 refers to the delay D (D = RTT / 2) between the transmission terminal 10 and the reception terminal 20 calculated by the delay measurement unit 104, and receives the latest confirmation response ACK received. The time L (= R−D) at which the latest acknowledgment ACK is transmitted is estimated from the reception time R, and the data transmitted before the time L is estimated to have arrived at the receiving terminal 20. Based on the estimated time L, the congestion window determination unit 106 increases the congestion window so as to be equal to the sum of the retransmission data transmitted after the time L and the subsequent untransmitted data. This congestion window corresponds to the amount of data that fills the pipe between the transmitting terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 20.

  The receiving terminal 20 includes an application 21, a data storage unit 22 that stores received data, a TCP receiving unit 23 that converts packets received from the IP processing unit 24 into data and executes communication control according to the TCP protocol, and an input / output processing unit An IP processing unit 24 that packetizes a frame received from 25 and passes it to the TCP receiving unit 23, and an input / output processing unit 25 that passes a frame received from the network 30 to the IP processing unit 24.

  The TCP receiving unit 23 converts the packet received from the IP processing unit 24 into data and outputs the data to the application 21, a segment storage unit 202 that stores a segment, and an ACK that returns an acknowledgment ACK for the received data A transmission unit 203.

  The functions of the data transmission unit 101, the retransmission timer 103, the delay measurement unit 104, the data arrival estimation unit 105, and the congestion window determination unit 106 of the TCP transmission unit 13 are programs stored in a memory (not shown) such as a CPU. It can also be realized by executing on the control processor. Next, the communication procedure according to the present embodiment will be described. Since the operation of the receiving terminal 20 is the same as that of the existing TCP, the description will be given mainly focusing on the transmitting terminal 10.

2. Communication Sequence FIG. 3 shows an example of a packet transaction between the transmission terminal 10 and the reception terminal 20. First, it is assumed that the communication signal is interrupted during the period indicated by the block arrow. The transmitting terminal 10 sequentially transmits data 1 and sets a retransmission timer 103 for the data every time data is transmitted. The retransmission timer 103 is activated when ACK for the data cannot be received within the smoothed RTT (sRTT) after the data is transmitted. The calculation method of sRTT is included in the TCP rules.

  In FIG. 3, since ACK 3 is not returned for data after data 3, retransmission timer 103 is started after elapse of sRTT time from transmission of data 3. At this time, since the transmitting terminal 10 has received the newest ACK2 at time R, the time L (L = R) when ACK2 is transmitted from the receiving terminal 20 by subtracting the network delay D from the receiving time R of ACK2. -D) is estimated. That is, it is estimated that the data transmitted by the transmitting terminal 10 before the estimated time L has arrived at the receiving terminal 20.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, it is estimated that data 4 has reached the receiving terminal 20, so the transmitting terminal 10 starts retransmission from the subsequent data 5. At this time, data that is equal to the congestion window Wo before the retransmission time-out RTO is started counting from the data 5 is further transmitted. Specifically, since data 3 to data 6 are transmitted immediately after receiving ACK2, Wo = 4, and if it is possible to transmit Wo data from one data 5 to be transmitted, The congestion window W = 5 + Wo−1 = 8. In other words, according to the present embodiment, data is transmitted by increasing the congestion window Wo before the retransmission timeout RTO is activated. Therefore, in this example, data 5 to four data, that is, data 5 to data 8 are transmitted.

  Further, if ACK cannot be confirmed from the receiving terminal 20 even after sRTT (= 2D) has passed since the transmission of data 5, the retransmission timer is activated again, and the transmission of four data from data 5 is repeated as described above. . It is assumed that communication is recovered during the second transmission of data 5 to data 8, data 7 has normally reached the receiving terminal 20, and ACK 7 corresponding thereto has been returned to the transmitting terminal 10. When this ACK 7 is received, the transmitting terminal 10 can know that the network has been restored.

  In this way, the time L (L = R−D) at which ACK2 is transmitted from the receiving terminal 20 is calculated, and it can be estimated that the transmission data before that reaches the receiving terminal 20, so that the subsequent data Can be sent. Therefore, transmission of duplicate data can be avoided and communication suspension can also be prevented.

3. Operation of Transmission Terminal In FIG. 4, the data transmission unit 101 starts processing when a TCP connection is established between the transmission terminal 10 and the reception terminal 20 and data is input from the application 11.

  The data transmission unit 101 determines whether or not there is data to be transmitted (operation 401). If there is no data to be transmitted and there is a connection termination instruction from the application 11 (operation 401: NO), processing is performed. Exit. When there is data to be transmitted (YES in operation 401), the data transmission unit 101 segments the data to be transmitted and outputs the segmented data to the IP processing unit 14 so that the retransmission timer 103 for the data times out after sRTT. Set (operation 402). Based on the congestion window control, the transmission data is packetized by the IP processing unit 14 and transmitted through the input / output processing unit 15.

  After transmitting the packet, the data transmission unit 101 determines whether or not an ACK for the transmission packet has been received from the receiving terminal 20 (operation 403). If ACK is received (YES in operation 403), the process returns to operation 401 and proceeds to the next data transmission process. If ACK is not received (NO in operation 403), it is determined whether or not the retransmission timer 103 has been activated (operation 404). If sRTT has not elapsed (NO in operation 404), the reception of ACK is waited (operations 403 and 404).

  When sRTT elapses without receiving ACK (YES in operation 404), the data arrival estimation unit 105 transmits the latest confirmation response ACK from the reception time R of the latest confirmation response ACK received as described above. The time L (= R−D) is estimated, and it is estimated that the data transmitted before the time L has reached the receiving terminal 20 (operation 405).

  Subsequently, the congestion window determining unit 106 counts the congestion window W from the data (n + 1) to be transmitted next and updates the congestion window size Wo at the time of starting the retransmission timer to a transmittable number (operation 406). That is, it is possible to transmit up to data n + Wo. Then, the process returns to operation 402 and the above-described processing is repeated.

4). Effect According to the present embodiment, even when communication is resumed, the receiving terminal is prevented from receiving data already received in duplicate, and the receiving terminal 20 returns an ACK to the transmitting terminal 10. Since the transmitting terminal 10 can continue to transmit subsequent data until it arrives, it is possible to detect the resumption of the communication signal quickly without a communication pause time.

5. Other Embodiments The communication apparatus according to the present invention is also applicable to a relay network in which TCP repeaters are connected by a network in which a burst loss occurs.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the data transmitted from the transmission terminal 501 is transferred to the reception terminal 502 through the TCP relays 503 and 504 and the TCP connections 508, 509 and 510 in the respective communication sections. Here, it is assumed that the network 506 is a link where burst loss occurs, and the networks 505 and 507 are networks where congestion occurs. In such a system, the communication apparatus according to the present embodiment is implemented by the TCP connection 506 between the TCP relays 503 and 506. TCP connections 508 and 510 that communicate with the transmission terminal 501 and the reception terminal 502, respectively, perform normal TCP communication.

  6, the TCP relay 503 includes a data transfer unit 601, a data storage unit 602, a TCP transmission unit 603, a TCP reception unit 604, an IP processing unit 605, and an input / output processing unit 606. The TCP transmission unit 603 is illustrated in FIG. 2 has the same configuration as the TCP transmission unit 13 of the transmission terminal 10 shown in FIG. The data transfer unit 601 has a function of storing data received by the TCP reception unit 604 in the data storage unit 602 and outputting the data to the TCP transmission unit 603.

  In FIG. 7, a TCP relay 504 includes a data transfer unit 701, a data storage unit 702, a TCP transmission unit 703, a TCP reception unit 704, an IP processing unit 705, and an input / output processing unit 706. The TCP transmission unit 703 is illustrated in FIG. 2 has the same configuration as the TCP receiving unit 23 of the receiving terminal 20 shown in FIG. The data transfer unit 701 has a function of storing data received by the TCP reception unit 704 in the data storage unit 702 and outputting the data to the TCP transmission unit 703.

  As described above, by providing the TCP transmission unit 603 and the TCP reception unit 704 according to the present embodiment across the network 506 where burst loss occurs, the communication method according to the present invention can be implemented only in this section. By arranging the TCP relays 503 and 504 at both ends of the link, traffic merging is eliminated, so that the occurrence of congestion can be suppressed. In addition, since there is no traffic merging, the accuracy of network delay measurement is improved and data to be retransmitted can be estimated more accurately.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the present embodiment is applied in some sections and the existing TCP is used in other sections, thereby reducing the influence on the performance of the TCP and effectively implementing the present embodiment. Can be used.

6). Additional Notes Part or all of the above-described embodiments may be described as the following additional notes, but are not limited thereto.

(Appendix 1)
A communication device in a communication system of a method of receiving an acknowledgment from the receiving side for transmitted data,
Determination means for determining whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the receiving device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since transmission data was transmitted;
A congestion window setting means for setting a congestion window equal to or greater than a congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses when the confirmation response is not received within the predetermined set time;
Data transmission means for transmitting data to be transmitted in the set congestion window;
A communication apparatus comprising:

(Appendix 2)
The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit transmits data to be transmitted in the set congestion window at a constant frequency.

(Appendix 3)
The data transmitting means estimates data arriving at the receiving side device based on a reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time elapses, and transmits data following the estimated data. The communication apparatus according to Supplementary Note 1 or 2, wherein the communication apparatus is characterized.

(Appendix 4)
The communication apparatus according to appendix 3, wherein data arriving at the receiving apparatus is estimated using a signal delay measurement value with the receiving apparatus and a reception time of the latest confirmation response.

(Appendix 5)
A communication control method in a communication device that receives a confirmation response from a receiving side for transmitted data,
It is determined whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the reception side device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since the determination means transmitted the transmission data,
When the congestion window setting means does not receive the confirmation response within the predetermined set time, it sets a congestion window equal to or larger than the congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses,
A data transmitting means transmits data to be transmitted in the set congestion window;
A communication control method characterized by the above.

(Appendix 6)
The communication control method according to appendix 5, wherein the data transmission means transmits data to be transmitted in the set congestion window at a constant frequency.

(Appendix 7)
The data transmitting means estimates data arriving at the receiving side device based on a reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time elapses, and transmits data following the estimated data. The communication control method according to Supplementary Note 5 or 6, wherein the communication control method is characterized.

(Appendix 8)
The communication control method according to appendix 7, wherein data arriving at the receiving device is estimated using a signal delay measurement value with the receiving device and a reception time of the latest confirmation response.

(Appendix 9)
A communication system in which a receiving device returns an acknowledgment for data transmitted by a transmitting device,
The transmitter is
Determination means for determining whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the reception device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since transmission data was transmitted;
A congestion window setting means for setting a congestion window equal to or greater than a congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses when the confirmation response is not received within the predetermined set time;
Data transmission means for transmitting data to be transmitted in the set congestion window;
Have
The receiving device has a transmitting means for transmitting an acknowledgment indicating that the transmission data has been received;
A communication system characterized by the above.

(Appendix 10)
The communication system according to appendix 9, wherein the transmitting device and the receiving device are arranged across a network section in which burst loss may occur.

(Appendix 11)
A communication method in a communication system in which a reception device returns an acknowledgment for data transmitted by a transmission device,
The transmission device transmits transmission data;
When the receiving device receives the transmission data, an acknowledgment is returned to the transmitting device,
The congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses when the transmitting device does not receive an acknowledgment for the transmission data from the receiving device before the predetermined set time elapses from the transmission. Set the above congestion window, and transmit data to be transmitted in the set congestion window,
A communication method characterized by the above.

(Appendix 12)
A program for causing a program control processor in a communication device that receives an acknowledgment from a receiving side to function on transmitted data,
It is determined whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the reception side device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since the determination means transmitted the transmission data,
When the congestion window setting means does not receive the confirmation response within the predetermined set time, it sets a congestion window equal to or larger than the congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses,
A data transmitting means transmits data to be transmitted in the set congestion window;
A program that causes the program control processor to function.

  The present invention is applicable to a TCP communication system.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Transmission terminal 11 Application 12 Data storage part 13 TCP transmission part 14 IP processing part 15 Input / output processing part 101 Data transmission part 102 Segment storage part 103 Retransmission timer 104 Delay measurement part 105 Data arrival estimation part 106 Congestion window determination part 20 Reception terminal 21 Application 22 Data storage unit 23 TCP reception unit 24 IP processing unit 25 Input / output processing unit 201 Data transmission unit 202 Segment storage unit 203 ACK transmission unit

Claims (8)

A communication device in a communication system of a method of receiving an acknowledgment from the receiving side for transmitted data,
Determination means for determining whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the receiving device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since transmission data was transmitted;
A congestion window setting means for setting a congestion window in which the congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses when the confirmation response is not received within the predetermined set time;
Estimating means for estimating data arriving at the receiving device based on a reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time has passed;
Data transmitting means for transmitting data following the estimated data as data to be transmitted in the set congestion window;
A communication apparatus comprising:   The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit transmits data to be transmitted in the set congestion window at a constant frequency. A communication control method in a communication device that receives a confirmation response from a receiving side for transmitted data,
It is determined whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the reception side device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since the determination means transmitted the transmission data,
When the congestion window setting means does not receive the confirmation response within the predetermined set time, it sets a congestion window in which the congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses,
The estimation means estimates the data arriving at the receiving device based on the reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time has elapsed,
The data transmission means transmits data following the estimated data as data to be transmitted in the set congestion window.
A communication control method characterized by the above. The communication control method according to claim 3 , wherein the data transmission means transmits data to be transmitted in the set congestion window at a constant frequency. A communication system in which a receiving device returns an acknowledgment for data transmitted by a transmitting device,
The transmitter is
Determination means for determining whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the reception device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since transmission data was transmitted;
A congestion window setting means for setting a congestion window in which the congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses when the confirmation response is not received within the predetermined set time;
Estimating means for estimating data arriving at the receiving device based on a reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time has passed;
Data transmitting means for transmitting data following the estimated data as data to be transmitted in the set congestion window;
Have
The receiving device has a transmitting means for transmitting an acknowledgment indicating that the transmission data has been received;
A communication system characterized by the above. The communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission device and the reception device are arranged across a network section in which burst loss may occur. A communication method in a communication system in which a reception device returns an acknowledgment for data transmitted by a transmission device,
The transmission device transmits transmission data;
When the receiving device receives the transmission data, an acknowledgment is returned to the transmitting device,
The congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses when the transmitting device does not receive an acknowledgment for the transmission data from the receiving device before the predetermined set time elapses from the transmission. The congestion window is increased, and the data arriving at the receiving device is estimated based on the reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time elapses. As data to be transmitted , data following the estimated data is transmitted.
A communication method characterized by the above. A program for causing a program control processor in a communication device that receives an acknowledgment from a receiving side to function on transmitted data,
It is determined whether or not an acknowledgment for the transmission data has been received from the reception side device before a predetermined set time has elapsed since the determination means transmitted the transmission data,
When the congestion window setting means does not receive the confirmation response within the predetermined set time, it sets a congestion window in which the congestion window size set before the predetermined set time elapses,
The estimation means estimates the data arriving at the receiving device based on the reception time of the latest confirmation response received before the predetermined set time has elapsed,
The data transmission means transmits data following the estimated data as data to be transmitted in the set congestion window.
A program that causes the program control processor to function.

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