Communication device
A communication device includes a communication control unit for conducting communication with a destination device according to a first communication sequence or a second communication sequence more suitable for communicating through an IP network than the first communication sequence. The communication device further includes an IP network determining unit for determining whether the communication is conducted through the IP network. When the IP network determining unit determines that the communication is conducted through the IP network, the communication control unit conducts the communication according to the second communication sequence.
1. A communication device,
comprising:
a communication controller configured to conduct communication with a destination device according to a first communication sequence or a second communication sequence more suitable for communicating through an IP network than the first communication sequence; and
an IP network determiner configured to determine whether the communication is conducted through the IP network so that the communication control unit conducts the communication according to the second communication sequence when the IP network determining unit determines that the communication is conducted through the IP network,
wherein said communication controller is arranged to start the communication according to the first communication sequence, said IP network determiner determining that the communication is conducted through the IP network when a frequency of a communication error generated under a specific condition of the first communication sequence exceeds a specific value.
2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein said communication controller is arranged to conduct the communication according to the second communication sequence capable of dealing with various types of destination devices as compared with the first communication sequence.
3. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein said communication controller is arranged to conduct the communication according to the second communication sequence having a communication capability higher than that of the first communication sequence.
4. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein said communication controller is arranged to conduct the communication according to the second communication sequence at a communication speed greater than that of the first communication sequence.
5. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein said communication controller is arranged to conduct the communication according to the second communication sequence compliant with ITU-T standard V.34, and is arranged to conduct the communication according to the first communication sequence compliant with ITU-T standard V.17.
6. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein said IP network determiner is arranged to determine that the communication is conducted through the IP network when the frequency of the communication error generated under the specific condition of the first communication sequence exceeds the specific value, said specific condition including at least one of or a combination of a case that the communication device receives an invalid signal in a reception phase B of a sequence of ITU-T standard V.34 after the communication device sends a called menu (a CM signal) and waits for a common menu (a JM signal); a case that the communication device does not receive a sequence termination signal (a EOP signal) for 13 seconds in a reception phase C of a sequence of ITU-T standard V.34 or does not receive a specific time frame; a case that the communication device receives a invalid signal in a reception phase D of the sequence of the ITU-T standard V.34; and a case that a response reception is an error in a transmission phase D of the sequence of the ITU-T standard V.34.