WO2015040833A1 - 通信装置及び通信装置の制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a communication apparatus and a control method for the communication apparatus, and more particularly to a communication apparatus and a control method for the communication apparatus provided with a configuration for reducing a delay time caused due to retransmission.
- data reception may be instructed from the data reception side to the transmission side.
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- high-speed retransmission is performed when duplicate acknowledgments reveal that a predetermined number or more of TCP segments are received in an incorrect order.
- the receiving side transmits the same acknowledgment (ACK) three times in succession to the transmitting side when it detects that a TCP segment is missing.
- ACK acknowledgment
- the sender receives such an acknowledgment from the receiver, it retransmits the TCP segment based on the sequence number described in the acknowledgment.
- the number of segments received in the wrong order which is required to instruct data retransmission from the receiving side, varies depending on the operating system (OS) and settings of the receiver.
- OS operating system
- the reception side reports unreceived data to the transmission side.
- the transmitter that has received a report of unreceived data from the receiver retransmits the data.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a transmission data and a transmission apparatus for transmitting retransmission data capable of recovering transmission data, and any of transmission data and retransmission data. There is described a receiver capable of shortening the delay time by acquiring transmission data from the heel. Further, Patent Document 2 describes a relay apparatus in which the same transmission data is transmitted a plurality of times regardless of the success or failure of the transmission of transmission data.
- Patent Documents 1 and 2 have a problem that transmission and reception of retransmission data may impose a high load on the transmitting and receiving device and the network.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a communication apparatus and a control method of the communication apparatus capable of executing retransmission control without placing a heavy load on the transmission / reception apparatus and the network.
- the communication device includes a transmission data generation unit that outputs, as transmission data, communication data to be subjected to suppression of an increase in transmission delay, and retransmission confirmation data after the transmission data is output, at a first transmission interval.
- a retransmission confirmation data generation unit that outputs a predetermined number of times; and a communication interface that adds order information indicating a transmission order to the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data, and transmits the retransmission confirmation data after transmitting the transmission data.
- the control method of a communication apparatus outputs, as transmission data, communication data to be subjected to suppression of increase in transmission delay, and outputs retransmission confirmation data a predetermined number of times at a first transmission interval after outputting the transmission data. And adding order information indicating a transmission order to the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data, and transmitting the retransmission confirmation data after transmitting the transmission data.
- the control program of the communication apparatus outputs the communication data to be subjected to suppression of increase in transmission delay as transmission data, and outputs the transmission data, and then repeats retransmission confirmation data a predetermined number of times at the first transmission interval.
- the computer of the communication apparatus is made to execute a procedure for outputting, order information indicating transmission order added to the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data, and a procedure for transmitting the retransmission confirmation data after transmitting the transmission data.
- the communication device and the control method of the communication device according to the present invention make it possible to execute retransmission control without placing a heavy load on the transmission / reception device and the network.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication system 10 according to the first embodiment of this invention.
- the communication system 10 includes a terminal 1 and a server 2.
- the terminal 1 and the server 2 mutually transmit and receive communication data.
- the terminal 1 and the server 2 are directly connected.
- the terminal 1 may be connected to the server 2 via a network.
- the terminal 1 includes an upper layer communication protocol unit 110 and a lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 includes a transmission data generation unit 111, a retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112, and a reception unit 113.
- the server 2 includes an upper layer communication protocol unit 210 and a lower layer communication protocol unit 220.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 210 includes a transmission data generation unit 211, a retransmission confirmation data generation unit 212, and a reception unit 213.
- the transmission data generation unit 111 generates transmission data that requires processing for suppressing an increase in transmission delay time (hereinafter simply referred to as “delay”) (hereinafter referred to as “delay suppression processing”), and the lower layer communication protocol unit Output to 120.
- the data generated by the transmission data generation unit 111 is transmitted to the server 2.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 After the transmission data generation unit 111 transmits the transmission data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120, the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 generates a predetermined number of retransmission confirmation data at predetermined time intervals, and the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- Output to The receiving unit 113 receives the transmission data transmitted from the server 2 and received by the lower layer communication protocol 120.
- the “transmission data” is data that requires delay suppression processing among the communication data that the terminal 1 transmits to the server 2 (or the server 2 to the terminal 1).
- “retransmission confirmation data” is data generated corresponding to transmission data in order to suppress an increase in delay caused by retransmission of transmission data.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 generates transmission data and retransmission confirmation data, and outputs the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 may output transmission data that does not require delay suppression processing from a functional unit (not shown) other than the transmission data generation unit 111 to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- Transmission data that does not require delay suppression processing is data other than transmission data among communication data.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 does not output the retransmission confirmation data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- the retransmission confirmation data is used on the receiving side to confirm the order of received packets. Therefore, the content of the retransmission confirmation data can be small data unrelated to the content of the transmission data (character, voice, image, etc.).
- the packet size of the retransmission confirmation data may be a minimum size in which transmission data and retransmission confirmation data can be distinguished on the reception side and the reception order including the transmission data can be confirmed.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 converts the transmission data and retransmission confirmation data input from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 into a format in accordance with the protocol used between the lower layer communication protocol units 120 and 220. The lower layer communication protocol unit 120 assigns a sequence number to the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data for each packet.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 sequentially sends transmission data and retransmission confirmation data in series to the transmission path 3 connected to the server 2. That is, the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 is a communication interface with the transmission path 3.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 does not have a function of determining whether transmission data is a target of delay suppression processing. That is, the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 sends the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data as they are as packets to the transmission path 3 in the order and timing of reception without receiving control from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110.
- Confirmation of the order of data sent to the transmission path 3 is performed by the sequence number assigned to each packet of transmission data and retransmission confirmation data.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 of the terminal 1 further converts the received data (transmission data and retransmission confirmation data transmitted from the server 2) into a format in accordance with the protocol used in the upper layer communication protocol unit 110. Then, the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 outputs the reception data whose protocol has been converted to the receiving unit 113.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 also has a retransmission control function. That is, when the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 receives, from the server 2, data having an abnormality in the order of the sequence numbers over a predetermined amount, the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 transmits a notification requesting retransmission to the server 2.
- each part of the terminal 1 described above is the same for each part having the same name of the server 2 shown in FIG.
- transmission data transmitted from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 of the terminal 1 is received by the receiving unit 213 of the upper layer communication protocol unit 210 of the server 2 via the lower layer communication protocol units 120 and 220.
- the transmission data transmitted from the upper layer communication protocol unit 210 of the server 2 is received by the receiving unit 113 of the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 of the terminal 1 via the lower layer communication protocol units 220 and 120.
- the communication system 10 may transmit communication data only from the terminal 1 to the server 2.
- the reception unit 113, the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 212, and the transmission data generation unit 211 are not required.
- the reception unit 213, the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112, and the transmission data generation unit 111 are not required.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a communication sequence of the communication system 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows a case where transmission data is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the server 2. When transmission data is transmitted from the server 2 to the terminal 1, the direction of each step is reversed.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 uses the transmission data generation unit 111 to output transmission data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 (step S101 in FIG. 2).
- the transmission data is protocol converted in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 and transmitted as a packet from the terminal 1 to the server 2.
- the transmission data may be lost due to a failure on the transmission path (S102).
- data of the sequence number corresponding to step S102 is dropped in the lower layer communication protocol unit 220, and data received by the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 thereafter is data having an error in the sequence number sequence. It is received.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 After transmission data is transmitted in step S101, the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 outputs retransmission confirmation data a predetermined number of times at a predetermined transmission interval using the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 when a predetermined time elapses (S103-1 to S103-3). These retransmission confirmation data are protocol-converted in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 in the same manner as the transmission data. The data converted in protocol is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the server 2 (S104-1 to S104-3).
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 of the server 2 receives a certain number of retransmission confirmation data in a state where there is a drop in the sequence number of the received data, it determines that there is an abnormality in the order of the received data. Then, the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 requests the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 of the terminal 1 to retransmit transmission data corresponding to the sequence number of step S102 (S105). In response to the request for retransmission, the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 retransmits the transmission data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 (S106). When the transmission data arrives at the upper layer communication protocol unit 210 of the server 2 by the retransmission of the transmission data (S107), the retransmission of the transmission data is completed.
- step S105 of FIG. 2 when the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 receives the retransmission confirmation data three times while the transmission data is missing (S104-1 to 3), the server 2 requests the terminal 1 to retransmit the transmission data.
- the number of transmissions of retransmission confirmation data from the terminal 1 and the number of receptions of retransmission confirmation data required for the retransmission request of the server 2 are not limited to three.
- a retransmission request may be made when the number of receptions reaches a predetermined number including data other than retransmission confirmation data.
- the number of times of transmission of retransmission confirmation data and the transmission interval thereof may be determined from the setting value in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 or the transmission history of transmission data in the past. Furthermore, the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 of the server 2 may delete the received retransmission confirmation data when the transmission data is received in the correct order.
- the retransmission procedure using the retransmission confirmation data described in FIG. 2 is executed only when the communication data transmitted from the terminal 1 to the server 2 is transmission data that requires delay suppression processing.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 does not generate retransmission confirmation data. Therefore, when communication data for which delay suppression processing is not required is transmitted, retransmission confirmation data is not transmitted / received.
- the load of communication processing in the terminal 1 and the server 2 is reduced compared to the configuration in which retransmission confirmation data is transmitted for all communication data.
- Retransmission control normally provided in lower layer communication protocol units 120 and 220 may be performed on data for which delay suppression processing is not required.
- the communication system 10 according to the first embodiment having such a configuration has the effect of being able to suppress the delay associated with retransmission without putting a high load on the transmission / reception device and the network.
- the reason is that the terminal 1 transmits retransmission confirmation data only to transmission data whose delay should be reduced.
- the next transmission data may be transmitted before the end of the transmission of.
- the load of the transmission processing of the terminal 1 and the load of the reception processing of the server 2 may temporarily increase.
- Such temporary increase in load increases as the transmission timing of the retransmission confirmation data and the transmission timing of the next transmission data are closer.
- the transmission timings of the retransmission confirmation data and the transmission data coincide with each other, one data needs to wait for the transmission of the other data, resulting in a delay in transmission of the retransmission confirmation data or the transmission data.
- the start of retransmission of the transmission data may be delayed or the delay of the transmission data may increase in addition to the temporary increase in load. .
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication system 10A of the second embodiment.
- the communication system 10A includes a terminal 1A and a server 2.
- elements similar to those in FIG. 1 are given the same names and reference numerals, and the description overlapping with FIG. 1 is omitted.
- the terminal 1A further includes a retransmission management unit 130 in addition to the configuration of the terminal 1 of the first embodiment.
- the retransmission management unit 130 includes a transmission interval acquisition unit 131 and a transmission control unit 132.
- the server 2 included in the communication system 10A has the same configuration as the server 2 of the first embodiment.
- the server 2 in the second embodiment may further include a retransmission management unit similar to the retransmission management unit 130 of the terminal 1A.
- Each unit of the terminal 1A and the server 2 operates as follows.
- the number of transmissions and the transmission interval of the retransmission confirmation data are controlled such that the transmission of the retransmission confirmation data is completed within the transmission interval of the transmission data. Be done.
- the transmission interval acquisition unit 131 acquires a transmission interval which is an interval at which the transmission data generation unit 111 outputs transmission data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- the transmission control unit 132 outputs the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 based on the number of transmissions of retransmission confirmation data currently set, the transmission interval thereof, and the transmission interval of transmission data acquired by the transmission interval acquisition unit 131. The number of times of retransmission confirmation data output and the transmission interval are determined.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 sends the data input from the transmission data generation unit 111 and the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 to the transmission path 3 as it is.
- the transmission intervals of the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data output from the transmission data generation unit 111 and the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 are generally the transmission data transmitted from the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 to the transmission line 3 and It is the same as the interval of retransmission confirmation data.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of determining the transmission interval and the number of transmissions of the retransmission confirmation data in the transmission control unit 132.
- the transmission time of the nth (n is a natural number) transmission data is T (n)
- the transmission interval of retransmission confirmation data for the nth transmission data is RD (n)
- the number of transmissions of retransmission confirmation data is RN (n)
- RN RN
- RD (n) and RN (n) are obtained by the following equations (1) and (2).
- min (A, B) indicates the smaller one of the numerical values A and B.
- Equation (1) in the retransmission confirmation data when the transmission interval of retransmission confirmation data is a predetermined value (RD) in the transmission interval (T (n + 1) ⁇ T (n)) acquired from the transmission time of transmission data
- the number of transmissions is compared with the predetermined number of transmissions of retransmission confirmation data, and the smaller number of transmissions is determined as a new number of transmissions RN (n).
- a new transmission interval of retransmission confirmation data for transmitting retransmission confirmation data RN (n) times in the acquired transmission interval (T (n + 1) ⁇ T (n)) is RD (n). Is required.
- RD (n) does not have to be an integer because it is a transmission interval.
- a value smaller than the calculation result of Expression (2) may be taken as RD (n) by a procedure such as rounding off the decimal point of the calculation result of Expression (2).
- the transmission interval acquisition unit 131 may acquire, from the transmission data generation unit 111, transmission times T (n) and T (n + 1) of the nth and n + 1th transmission data to be transmitted.
- the transmission data generation unit 111 is provided with a function of recording the transmission time of the past transmission data, and the transmission interval acquisition unit 131 sets the transmission interval of the transmission data obtained from the difference of the past transmission time as The transmission interval (T (n + 1) ⁇ T (n)) may be used in (2) and (2).
- the transmission data generation unit 111 of the terminal 1A transmits transmission data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 at the transmission interval (T (n + 1) ⁇ T (n)).
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 transmits retransmission confirmation data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 according to the number of transmissions RN (n) and the transmission interval RD (n) calculated by Equations (1) and (2).
- the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data transmitted from the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 are received by the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 of the server 2.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 receives the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data in the correct order
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 transmits the transmission data to the receiving unit 213 of the upper layer communication protocol unit 210. If the transmission data is normally received, the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 may discard the retransmission confirmation data.
- the receiving unit 213 receives transmission data from the lower layer communication protocol unit 220.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 when the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 receives the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data in the wrong order due to a lack of transmission data, etc., the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 sends the terminal 1A to the terminal 1A. Request retransmission of the transmission data.
- the transmission interval acquisition unit 131 acquires the actual transmission interval of transmission data, and the transmission control unit 132 determines the number of times of retransmission confirmation data transmission based on the acquired transmission interval. Calculate the transmission interval. That is, in the second embodiment, the transmission data transmission interval is corrected by correcting the number of retransmission confirmation data and the transmission interval based on the transmission data transmission interval using Equations (1) and (2). Transmission of retransmission confirmation data can be terminated.
- the communication system 10A of the second embodiment changes the number of transmissions of retransmission confirmation data and the transmission interval.
- the communication system 10A of the second embodiment can prevent a temporary increase in the load on the terminal 1A and the server 2 caused by the transmission of the next transmission data. Play an effect.
- FIG. 4 describes data transmission from the terminal 1A to the server 2.
- the communication system 10A can also transmit data from the server 2 to the terminal 1A in the same procedure as FIG.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 and the retransmission management unit 130 are included in the upper layer communication protocol units 110 and 110A in the terminals 1 and 1A.
- the transmission data generation unit 111 and the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 may be located between the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 and the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 or in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 determines whether the communication data output from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 is data requiring delay suppression processing (see FIG. That is, it is necessary to know whether or not it is necessary to generate retransmission confirmation data.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the terminal 1B in a modification of the first and second embodiments.
- the transmission data generation unit 111 and the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 are outside the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B in comparison with the terminals 1 and 1A described in FIGS. The difference is that the determination unit 140 is provided.
- the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B has a configuration in which the transmission data generation unit 111 and the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 are removed from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110 of the first embodiment or the upper layer communication protocol unit 110A of the second embodiment. It corresponds.
- the data determination unit 140 separates the information indicating whether the communication data output from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110A to the transmission data generation unit 111 is data to be subjected to delay suppression processing (transmission data), separately from the transmission data. It is acquired from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B. Then, the data determination unit 140 notifies the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 of the acquired information. The retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 generates retransmission confirmation data based on the information acquired from the data determination unit 140.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 is that the communication data in which the information acquired from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B via the data determination unit 140 is output from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B to the transmission data generation unit 111 is transmission data.
- transmission data is output from the transmission data generation unit 111 to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120
- retransmission confirmation data corresponding to the transmission data is transmitted to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 at a predetermined number and interval. Do.
- the number and interval of retransmission confirmation data may be determined by Equations (1) and (2).
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 when the information acquired by the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B indicates that the communication data output from the upper layer communication protocol unit 110B is not transmission data, the delay of the communication data is suppressed. Not subject to processing. Therefore, when the communication data is not transmission data, the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 does not output retransmission confirmation data corresponding to the communication data to the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- the terminal 1B having such a configuration can also transmit retransmission confirmation data only to transmission data. Therefore, even if the terminal 1B is applied to the communication system 10 of the first embodiment or the communication system 10B of the second embodiment, similarly, the delay associated with retransmission is applied without placing a high load on the transmitting / receiving apparatus and the network. It can be suppressed.
- the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 112 and the retransmission management unit 130 may have a function of acquiring the state of the load required for the transmission process in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120.
- loads in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 include usage rates of central processing units (CPUs) included in the terminals 1, 1A, and 1B, and the amount of data input / output in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120. Is not limited.
- the number RN (n) of transmission of retransmission confirmation data and the transmission interval RD (n) obtained by the equations (1) and (2) may be corrected. For example, when the load of the transmission process of the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 is high, the load of the transmission process of the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 can be reduced by decreasing RN (n) and increasing RD (n). .
- RN (n) when the load of the transmission processing of the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 is low, RN (n) may be increased and RD (n) may be reduced. That is, when the load of the transmission process of the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 is low, the number of transmissions RN (n) of the retransmission confirmation data is increased, and the transmission interval RD (n) of the retransmission confirmation data is decreased. Data transmission is facilitated, and increase in delay due to retransmission can be suppressed.
- the load on the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 is adapted to the load by changing the number of transmissions and the transmission interval of the retransmission confirmation data according to the state of the load of the transmission process of the retransmission confirmation data in the lower layer communication protocol unit 120. It becomes possible to transmit retransmission confirmation data.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication system 10B of the third embodiment.
- the communication system 10B includes a terminal 1C and a server 2.
- the terminal 1C further includes a CPU 161 and a memory 162.
- the server 2 further includes a CPU 261 and a memory 262.
- the CPUs 161 and 261 control the respective units of the terminal 1C or the server 2 by programs stored in the memories 162 and 262, respectively.
- Application software is installed in the upper layer communication protocol units 110A and 210A of the terminal 1C and the server 2, respectively.
- Control software of a wireless protocol is installed in the lower layer communication protocol units 120 and 220.
- the application software of the terminal 1C and the function of the wireless protocol may be realized by a program executed by the CPUs 161 and 261.
- the application software executed by the upper layer communication protocol unit 110A of the terminal 1 transmits / receives communication data to / from the application executed by the upper layer communication protocol unit 210A of the server 2 through the wireless protocols included in the lower layer communication protocol units 120 and 220. Do.
- the wireless protocol used in the communication system 10B When the wireless protocol used in the communication system 10B receives three or more data from the transmission path 3 in a state where there is a loss in the sequence number, it retransmits the transmission data from which the sequence number is missing, the wireless protocol of the transmission data transmission source To request.
- the interval (T (n + 1) ⁇ T (n)) at which the application of the terminal 1C transmits transmission data to the server 2 is 10, and the predetermined number of transmissions RN of retransmission confirmation data is three.
- the default transmission interval RD of retransmission confirmation data is 4.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 converts the transmission data n into a format used in the wireless protocol, and the terminal 1C to the server 2 Will be sent.
- the number of transmissions and the time interval of retransmission confirmation data to be transmitted before transmission of the next transmission data n + 2 are calculated by the same procedure as described above.
- the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 of the server 2 confirms the sequence number of the received communication data. Then, the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 receives the data n + 1 which is the second transmission confirmation data and the next transmission confirmation data while the data n is not received. That is, the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 receives three data in the state where there is an abnormality in the sequence number. As a result, the lower layer communication protocol unit 220 requests the lower layer communication protocol unit 120 of the terminal 1C to retransmit the data n. Then, the data n is received by the server 2 by retransmission of the wireless protocol of the terminal 1C.
- the communication system 10B of the third embodiment can also suppress the increase of the transmission delay due to the retransmission by transmitting the retransmission confirmation data.
- the transmission data transmission interval is changed by changing the number of retransmission confirmation data and the transmission interval based on the transmission data transmission interval using Equations (1) and (2). Transmission of retransmission confirmation data can be terminated.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication apparatus 300 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication apparatus 300 includes a transmission data generation unit 301, a retransmission confirmation data generation unit 302, and a communication interface 303.
- the transmission data generation unit 301 outputs, as transmission data, data to be subjected to delay suppression processing to the communication interface 303. After outputting the transmission data, the retransmission confirmation data generation unit 302 outputs retransmission confirmation data to the communication interface 303 a predetermined number of times at a predetermined transmission interval.
- Transmission data and retransmission confirmation data are input to the communication interface 303. Then, the communication interface 303 adds order information to the transmission data and the retransmission confirmation data, transmits the transmission data to the outside, and transmits the retransmission confirmation data to the outside.
- a communication apparatus having such a configuration transmits retransmission confirmation data following transmission data to transmission data to be subjected to delay suppression processing.
- the transmission data transmission destination can detect that data including retransmission confirmation data is received in an incorrect order based on the order information. .
- the transmission data transmission destination can early request the communication apparatus to retransmit transmission data to be subjected to the delay suppression process.
- the communication apparatus transmits the retransmission confirmation data to the transmission data to be subjected to the delay suppression processing, thereby suppressing the delay due to the retransmission without putting a high load on the transmission / reception apparatus and the network.
- the present invention is applicable to a communication apparatus used in a system such as voice communication in which communication quality is easily affected by delay.
- the present invention has been described above by taking the above-described embodiment as an exemplary example. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. That is, the present invention can apply various aspects that can be understood by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention.
- This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-194364 filed on Sep. 19, 2013, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein.
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本発明の目的は、送受信装置及びネットワークに高い負荷をかけることなく再送制御を実行可能な通信装置及び通信装置の制御方法を提供することにある。
次に、発明を実施するための形態について図面を参照して詳細に説明する。図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態の通信システム10の構成を示すブロック図である。通信システム10は、端末1及びサーバ2を備える。端末1とサーバ2とは互いに通信データを送受信する。図1においては、端末1とサーバ2とは直接接続されている。しかし、端末1は、ネットワークを介してサーバ2と接続されてもよい。
下層通信プロトコル部120は、上層通信プロトコル部110から入力された送信データと再送確認データとを、下層通信プロトコル部120及び220の間で用いられるプロトコルに沿った形式に変換する。下層通信プロトコル部120は、送信データ及び再送確認データに、パケット毎にシーケンス番号を付与する。下層通信プロトコル部120は、送信データ及び再送確認データを、サーバ2と接続された伝送路3へ順次直列に送出する。すなわち、下層通信プロトコル部120は、伝送路3との間の通信インタフェースである。なお、下層通信プロトコル部120は、送信データが遅延抑制処理の対象であるかどうかを判別する機能は備えない。すなわち、下層通信プロトコル部120は、上層通信プロトコル部110からの制御を受けることなく、送信データ及び再送確認データを、受信した順序及びタイミングでそのまま伝送路3へパケットとして送出する。
次に、本発明の第2の実施形態について、図面を参照して第1の実施形態との差分を中心に説明する。
RD(n)=(T(n+1)-T(n))/(RN(n)+1) ・・・(2)
ここで、min(A,B)は数値A、Bのうち小さい方の値を示す。また、Floor(A)は、Aを超えない最大の整数を示す。例えば、Floor(5.3)=5である。
第1の実施形態及び第2の実施形態では、端末1及び1Aにおいて、再送確認データ生成部112や再送管理部130が上層通信プロトコル部110及び110Aに含まれていた。しかし、送信データ生成部111や再送確認データ生成部112は、上層通信プロトコル部110と下層通信プロトコル部120との間、あるいは、下層通信プロトコル部120の内部にあってもよい。
さらに、第2の実施形態において、再送確認データ生成部112や再送管理部130は、下層通信プロトコル部120における送信処理に要する負荷の状態を取得する機能を備えていてもよい。下層通信プロトコル部120における負荷の例としては、端末1、1A、1Bが備えるCPU(Central Processing Unit)の使用率や、下層通信プロトコル部120で入出力されるデータの量があるが、これらには限定されない。下層通信プロトコル部120の負荷の状態に応じて、式(1)及び(2)で求められた再送確認データの送信回数RN(n)や送信間隔RD(n)を補正してもよい。例えば、下層通信プロトコル部120の送信処理の負荷が高い場合にはRN(n)を小さくするとともにRD(n)を大きくすることで、下層通信プロトコル部120の送信処理の負荷を下げることができる。
第3の実施形態として、具体的な数値を用いて第2の実施形態の動作を説明する。図6は、第3の実施形態の通信システム10Bの構成を示すブロック図である。通信システム10Bは、端末1C及びサーバ2を備える。端末1Cは、さらに、CPU161及びメモリ162を備える。サーバ2は、さらに、CPU261及びメモリ262を備える。CPU161及び261は、それぞれ、メモリ162または262に記憶されたプログラムによって、端末1Cあるいはサーバ2の各部を制御する。
図7は、本発明の第4の実施形態の通信装置300の構成を示すブロック図である。通信装置300は、送信データ生成部301と、再送確認データ生成部302と、通信インタフェース303と、を備える。
以上、上述した実施形態を模範的な例として本発明を説明した。しかしながら、本発明は、上述した実施形態には限定されない。即ち、本発明は、本発明のスコープ内において、当業者が理解し得る様々な態様を適用することができる。
この出願は、2013年9月19日に出願された日本出願特願2013-194364を基礎とする優先権を主張し、その開示の全てをここに取り込む。
2 サーバ
3 伝送路
10、10A、10B 通信システム
110、110A、110B、210、210A 上層通信プロトコル部
111、211、301 送信データ生成部
112、212、302 再送確認データ生成部
113、213 受信部
120、220 下層通信プロトコル部
130、230 再送管理部
131、231 送信間隔取得部
132、232 送信制御部
140 データ判別部
161、261 CPU
162、261 メモリ
300 通信装置
303 通信インタフェース
Claims (10)
- 伝送遅延の増加の抑制の対象となる通信データを、送信データとして出力する送信データ生成手段と、
前記送信データの出力後、再送確認データを、第1の送信間隔で第1の回数出力する再送確認データ生成手段と、
前記送信データ及び前記再送確認データに送信順序を示す順序情報を付与し、前記送信データを送信した後に前記再送確認データを送信する通信インタフェースと、
を備える通信装置。 - 前記送信データ生成手段から出力される前記送信データの間隔である第2の送信間隔を取得する送信間隔取得手段と、
前記第2の送信間隔に基づいて、新たな前記第1の送信間隔及び新たな前記第1の回数を求める送信制御手段と、をさらに備える、請求項1に記載された通信装置。 - 前記送信制御手段は、
n番目(nは自然数)の前記送信データの送信時刻をT(n)、
n番目の前記送信データに対応する前記再送確認データの送信間隔をRD(n)、
n番目の前記送信データに対応する前記再送確認データの送信回数をRN(n)、
前記第1の送信間隔の既定値をRD、
前記第1の回数の既定値をRN、とした場合に、前記RN(n)及び前記RD(n)を、
RN(n)=min(Floor((T(n+1)-T(n))/RD), RN)、及び、
RD(n)=(T(n+1)-T(n))/(RN(n)+1)、により求め(min(A,B)は数値A、Bのうち小さい方の値を示し、Floor(A)は、Aを超えない最大の整数を示す)、RD(n)を新たな前記第1の送信間隔とし、RN(n)を新たな前記第1の回数とする、請求項2に記載された通信装置。 - 前記送信間隔取得手段は、過去の前記送信データの送信時刻に基づいて前記送信データの送信間隔を(T(n+1)-T(n))として取得する、請求項3に記載された通信装置。
- 前記送信制御手段は、前記通信インタフェースの負荷を取得し、さらに、前記負荷に基づいて前記RN(n)及び前記RD(n)の少なくとも一方を求める、請求項1乃至4のいずれかに記載された通信装置。
- 前記通信データから、前記送信データ以外の前記通信データと前記送信データとを判別してその結果を判別結果として出力する上層通信プロトコル手段をさらに備える、請求項1乃至5のいずれかに記載された通信装置。
- 前記判別結果を前記上層通信プロトコル手段から受信し、前記判別結果が、前記通信データが前記送信データであることを示す場合には前記再送確認データ生成手段に前記再送確認データを生成する指示を行うデータ判別手段をさらに備える、請求項6に記載された通信装置。
- 請求項1乃至7のいずれかに記載された通信装置と、
前記通信装置から前記送信データ及び前記再送確認データを受信データとして受信し、順序が誤って受信された前記受信データの数が所定の数以上となったことを前記順序情報に基づいて検出した場合には前記通信装置へ前記送信データの再送を要求する受信装置と、を備えた通信システム。 - 伝送遅延の増加の抑制の対象となる通信データを送信データとして出力し、
前記送信データの出力後、再送確認データを第1の送信間隔で第1の回数出力し、
前記送信データ及び前記再送確認データに送信順序を示す順序情報を付与しし、前記送信データを送信した後に前記再送確認データを送信する、通信装置の制御方法。 - 伝送遅延の増加の抑制の対象となる通信データを送信データとして出力する手順、
前記送信データの出力後、再送確認データを第1の送信間隔で第1の回数出力する手順、
前記送信データ及び前記再送確認データに送信順序を示す順序情報を付与し、前記送信データを送信した後に前記再送確認データを送信する手順、を通信装置のコンピュータに実行させるための通信装置の制御プログラムを記録した、一時的でない、プログラムの記録媒体。
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