IP Library Granted Patent US 9,497,767
Granted Patent B2
US 9,497,767 · App. 14/503,722 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer-readable recording medium

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Patent No.
US 9,497,767
App. No.
14/503,722
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal measures a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of a first communication network, and measures a second wireless quality that is a wireless quality of a second communication network. The mobile terminal then determines a ratio between the number of first sockets used for the first communication network and the number of second sockets used for the second communication network, based on the first wireless quality or the second wireless quality. The mobile terminal then generates the first sockets and the second sockets at the determined ratio and transmits data by using each of the generated sockets.

Claims (24)

1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a memory, and

a processor connected to the memory wherein the processor executes a process comprising:

transmitting data through a first communication network upon detecting that a simultaneous connection through both of the first communication network and a second communication network has not been established;

measuring a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of the first communication network and a second wireless quality that is a wireless quality of the second communication network upon detecting that the simultaneous connection is established;

determining a ratio between the number of first sockets used for the first communication network and the number of second sockets used for the second communication network, based on the first wireless quality or the second wireless quality; and

generating the first sockets and the second sockets at the ratio determined at the determining and transmitting data by using each of the generated sockets, wherein the first sockets and the second sockets comprise wireless Local Area Network (LAN) sockets and mobile network sockets.

2. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the measuring includes calculating, in each application, average throughputs of the first communication network when a predetermined number of data sets are transmitted through the first communication network

and average throughputs of the second communication network when a predetermined number of data sets are transmitted through the second communication network, and

the determining includes increasing the number of the first sockets from previous number when the average throughput of the first communication network, which is higher in speed than the second communication network, is improved from a previous average throughput, and decreasing the number of the second sockets from previous number.

3. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the average throughput of the first communication network is reduced from the previous average throughput, the determining includes decreasing the number of the first sockets from the previous number and increasing the number of the second sockets from the previous number.

4. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises retransmitting, when a communication error occurs in data transmission using the first sockets or the second sockets, data which is transmitted in the data transmission in which the communication error occurred using sockets of the communication network different from the communication network used at occurrence of the communication error.

5. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises transmitting, when transmission of data having a specified volume or more is performed by using the first sockets or the second sockets, subsequent data by using the sockets of the communication network different from the communication network used in transmission of the data having the specified volume or more until the transmission of the data having the specified volume or more is completed.

6. A wireless communication method comprising:

transmitting data through a first communication network upon detecting that a simultaneous connection through both of the first communication network and a second communication network has not been established;

measuring a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of the first communication network and a second wireless quality that is a wireless quality of the second communication network, using a processor upon detecting that the simultaneous connection is established;

determining a ratio between the number of first sockets used for the first communication network and the number of second sockets used for the second communication network, based on the first wireless quality or the second wireless quality, using the processor; and

generating the first sockets and the second sockets at the determined ratio and transmitting data by using each of the generated sockets, using the processor, wherein the first sockets and the second sockets comprise wireless Local Area Network (LAN) sockets and mobile network sockets.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a wireless communication program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

transmitting data through a first communication network upon detecting that a simultaneous connection through both of the first communication network and a second communication network has not been established;

measuring a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of the first communication network and a second wireless quality that is a wireless quality of the second communication network upon detecting that the simultaneous connection is established;

determining a ratio between the number of first sockets used for the first communication network and the number of second sockets used for the second communication network, based on the first wireless quality or the second wireless quality; and

generating the first sockets and the second sockets at the determined ratio and transmitting data by using each of the generated sockets, wherein the first sockets and the second sockets comprise wireless Local Area Network (LAN) sockets and mobile network sockets.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: HATA, YOSHIAKI; IIMORI, EIJI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033998/0713 →