Specification
Title of Invention:
CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION
5 CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER
READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
Technical Field
[0001]
10 The present invention relates to a control device, a communication
system, a communication control method, and a non-transitory computer
readable medium storing a program.
Background Art
[0002]
15 As the information technology progresses in recent years, a demand
for data communication traffic is increasing. Under this circumstance,
broadband communication in a network and reduction in operation cost
have been required.
[0003]
20 In wireless systems utilizing a frequency of a millimeter wave band
or the like, broadband transmission can be performed. A network
constituted of radio links such as an FWA (Fixed broadband Wireless
Access) employing these wireless systems is utilized in a mobile phone
network or the like.
25 [0004]
Communication quality of a radio link varies depending on an SNR
(Signal to Noise Ratio) of a receiving signal. In order to implement
further broadband communication using a radio link, an adaptive
modulation technique has been paid attention to. The adaptive
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modulation technique is a technique, in which a modulation method having
a highest transmission efficiency is adaptively obtained from a radio
condition of a radio link for using the modulation method. Use of the
adaptive modulation technique makes it possible to perform optimum
5 wireless communication depending on the radio environment.
Enhancement of frequency efficiency can be expected by performing
optimum wireless communication depending on the radio environment.
Citation List
Patent Literature
10 [0005]
PTL 1: Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2012-65135
Summary of Invention
Technical Problem
[0006]
15 In a radio link having an adaptive modulation function, the
transmission rate changes by an external factor such as the weather.
When band control is not performed when the transmission rate is lowered
in a radio link, a band that is consumed by a piece of traffic lost in the
radio link, which turns out to be a bottle neck, may be wasted.
20 [0007]
PTL 1 discloses a transport control system, in which the amount of
traffic flowing through a network is monitored, and a difference in traffic
amount between the start node and the end node is measured to find a piece
of traffic wasted in the network. This technique, however, requires
25 constant monitoring of the traffic amount, and takes time to specify the
radio link, which turns out to be a bottle neck.
[0008]
In other words, in the aforementioned technique, when the
transmission rate of a radio link changes, it is not possible to efficiently
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perform band control.
[0009]
In view of the above-described circumstances, the present invention
has been made, and a main object of the invention is to provide a control
5 device, a communication system, a communication control method, and a
non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program, which enable
to efficiently perform band control when the transmission rate of a radio
link changes.
Solution to Problem
10 [0010]
A control device according to an aspect of the present invention is a
control device for controlling a band of each piece of traffic between
communication devices having an adaptive modulation function, including:
a throughput calculation means which receives information relating
15 to a transmission rate change, and calculates a predicted end-to-end
throughput of each piece of traffic, on the basis of the information and a
table which includes a degree of priority and a band index of each piece of
traffic;
an adjustment means which calculates a missing band of each piece
20 of traffic and/or an unused band of a radio link connecting between the
communication devices, when band setting is performed on the basis of the
predicted throughput, and decides band distribution with respect to each
piece of traffic, on the basis of the table and the missing band and/or the
unused band; and
25 a setting transmission means which transmits the band distribution
decided by the adjustment means to the communication devices.
[0011]
A communication system according to another aspect of the present
invention includes a plurality of communication devices having an
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adaptive modulation function, and a control device which controls a band
of each piece of traffic between the plurality of communication devices,
wherein
each of the plurality of communication devices executes the
5 adaptive modulation function, and transmits a transmission rate change to
the control device, and
the control device includes:
a throughput calculation means which receives information
relating to a transmission rate change, and calculates a predicted
10 end-to-end throughput of each piece of traffic, on the basis of the
information and a table which includes a degree of priority and a band
index of each piece of traffic;
an adjustment means which calculates a missing band of
each piece of traffic and/or an unused band of a radio link connecting
15 between the communication devices, when band setting is performed on the
basis of the predicted throughput, and decides band distribution with
respect to each piece of traffic, on the basis of the table and the missing
band and/or the unused band; and
a setting transmission means which transmits the band
20 distribution decided by the adjustment unit to the plurality of
communication devices.
[0012]
A communication control method according to yet another aspect of
the present invention is a communication control method for setting a band
25 of each piece of traffic between communication devices having an adaptive
modulation function, including:
receiving information relating to a transmission rate change, and
calculating a predicted end-to-end throughput of each piece of traffic, on
the basis of the information and a table which includes a degree of priority
5
and a band index of each piece of traffic; and
calculating a missing band of each piece of traffic and/or an unused
band of a radio link connecting between the communication devices, when
band setting is performed on the basis of the predicted throughput, and
5 deciding band distribution with respect to each piece of traffic, on the
basis of the table and the missing band and/or the unused band.
[0013]
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program
according to still another aspect of the present invention is a non-transitory
10 computer-readable medium storing a program which causes a computer to
calculate a band of each piece of traffic between communication devices
having an adaptive modulation function, the program causing the computer
to execute:
a throughput calculating step of receiving information relating to a
15 transmission rate change, and calculating a predicted end-to-end
throughput of each piece of traffic, on the basis of the information and a
table which includes a degree of priority and a band index of each piece of
traffic; and
an adjusting step of calculating a missing band of each piece of
20 traffic and/or an unused band of a radio link connecting between the
communication devices, when band setting is performed on the basis of the
predicted throughput, and deciding band distribution with respect to each
piece of traffic, on the basis of the table and the missing band and/or the
unused band.
25 Advantageous Effects of Invention
[0014]
According to the invention, it is possible to provide a control
device, a communication system, a communication control method, and a
non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program, which enable
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to efficiently control band control when the transmission rate of a radio
link changes.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0015]
5 Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless
system in a first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a modulation
method of a radio link and a transmission rate in the first exemplary
embodiment;
10 Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of traffic to be handled
in the wireless system in the first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a path
control device 101 in the first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a process to be carried
15 out by the path control device 101 in the first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 6A is a conceptual diagram illustrating a communication state
in the first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 6B is a diagram illustrating a band of each piece of traffic in
the first exemplary embodiment;
20 Fig. 7 A is a conceptual diagram illustrating a communication state
in the first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 7B is a diagram illustrating a band of each piece of traffic in
the first exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 8A is a conceptual diagram illustrating a communication state
25 in the first exemplary embodiment; and
Fig. 8B is a diagram illustrating a band of each piece of traffic in
the first exemplary embodiment.
Description of Embodiments
[0016]
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Documents
Application Documents
| # |
Name |
Date |
| 1 |
Form 3.pdf |
2015-04-21 |
| 2 |
304.pdf |
2015-04-21 |
| 3 |
11039-142_CS.pdf |
2015-04-21 |
| 4 |
3163-DELNP-2015.pdf |
2015-05-18 |
| 5 |
3163-delnp-2015-GPA-(18-05-2015).pdf |
2015-05-18 |
| 6 |
3163-delnp-2015-Correspondence Others-(18-05-2015).pdf |
2015-05-18 |
| 7 |
3163-delnp-2015-Form-1-(12-08-2015).pdf |
2015-08-12 |
| 8 |
3163-delnp-2015-Correspodnence Others-(12-08-2015).pdf |
2015-08-12 |
| 9 |
3163.-delnp-2015-Form-3-(30-09-2015).pdf |
2015-09-30 |
| 10 |
3163.-delnp-2015-Correspondence Others-(30-09-2015).pdf |
2015-09-30 |
| 11 |
3163-DELNP-2015-FER.pdf |
2018-08-30 |
| 12 |
3163-DELNP-2015-AbandonedLetter.pdf |
2019-11-05 |
Search Strategy
| 1 |
searchstrategy_28-06-2018.pdf |