Communication device and communication method
In a communication device and a communication method, multiple pieces of QoS control information are stored in a routing information base, each piece of QoS control information, with a terminal wired to the communication device itself as a transmission source, defining a bandwidth control value and a priority degree that correspond to communication data specified by a combination of the transmission source and a destination. When communication data is inputted, a control unit selects QoS control information that matches a combination of the transmission source and the destination of the inputted communication data from among the stored multiple pieces of QoS control information and indicates a bandwidth to a bandwidth control unit on the basis of the selected QoS control information, indicates a priority degree to a DSCP marking unit, and performs wireless transmission.
1. A communication device, for performing communication with a terminal connected to the communication device itself by a wired network and for performing wireless communication with other communication devices in a wireless network formed by the other communication devices and the communication device itself, comprising:
a storage unit configured to store multiple pieces of QoS control information each defining a bandwidth control value in correspondence to communication data specified by a combination of a transmission source and a destination;
a control unit configured to perform QoS control of communication data based on the QoS control information; and
a bandwidth control unit configured to perform bandwidth control of transmission data in wireless communication according to a n instruction;
a setting interface configured to set a QoS control information;
a control message generating unit configured to generate a message including a QoS control information; and
a control message receiving unit configured to receive a message including a QoS control information from other communication devices,
wherein when communication data is inputted, the control unit selects QoS control information corresponding to a combination of a transmission source and a destination of the communication data from among the multiple pieces of QoS control information stored in the storage unit and specifies a bandwidth control value defined by the selected QoS control information with respect to the bandwidth control unit,
the multiple pieces of QoS control information comprise first QoS control information received from another communication device in addition to second QoS control information set from the communication device itself so that the second QoS control information further defines a transmission source as the terminal connected to the communication device itself by the wired network, with the first QoS control information further defining a transmission source as a communication device among the other communication devices, wherein a message including the first QoS control information, which has been flooded by the another communication device, is received by the control message receiving unit and the second QoS control information is set by using the setting interface of the communication device itself and a message including the second QoS control information is generated by the control message generating unit,
the control unit sets a bandwidth control priority degree indicating a priority degree of bandwidth control in the communication device itself with respect to each of the multiple pieces of QoS control information, and during the setting, the control unit sets a bandwidth control priority degree of the second QoS control information to become higher than a bandwidth control priority degree of the first QoS control information and stores the set bandwidth control priority degree in the storage unit, and
when communication data is inputted, a bandwidth control value is specified with respect to the bandwidth control unit according to a bandwidth control priority degree of QoS control information corresponding to a combination of a transmission source and a destination of the communication data
wherein the control unit sets the bandwidth control priority degree of the first QoS control information according to a number of HOPs of a transmitting device of the first QoS control information.
2. The communication device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a priority degree control unit configured to control a priority degree of communication data,
wherein a priority degree in addition to a bandwidth control value is defined in the QoS control information, and
when communication data is inputted, the control unit selects QoS control information corresponding to a combination of a transmission source and a destination of the communication data from among the multiple pieces of QoS control information stored in the storage unit and specifies a priority degree defined by the selected QoS control information with respect to the priority degree control unit.
3. The communication device of claim 2 , wherein when communication data is inputted, the control unit determines whether or not a destination of the communication data is a terminal connected to the communication device itself by a wired network, and if the destination of the communication data is not the terminal connected to the communication device itself by the wired network, the control unit instructs the priority degree control unit to perform a marking process for rewriting priority degree information contained in the communication data to a priority degree defined by QoS control information corresponding to a transmission source and a destination, and
if the destination of the communication data is the terminal connected to the communication device itself by the wired network, the control unit instructs the priority degree control unit to perform a re-marking process for rewriting priority degree information contained in the communication data to a priority degree set in advance in the wired network.
4. A communication method in a communication device for performing communication with a terminal connected to the communication device itself by a wired network and for performing wireless communication with other communication devices in a wireless network formed by the other communication devices and the communication device itself, the communication device including a storage unit, a control unit, a bandwidth control unit, a setting interface, a control message generating unit and a control message receiving unit, wherein:
multiple pieces of QoS control information each defining a bandwidth control value and a priority degree in correspondence to communication data specified by a combination of the a transmission source and a destination are stored in advance in a the storage unit; and
when communication data is inputted a the control unit selects QoS control information corresponding to a combination of a transmission source and a destination of the communication data from among the multiple pieces of QoS control information stored in the storage unit and performs bandwidth control and priority degree control based on a bandwidth control value and a priority degree defined by the selected QoS control information,
the multiple pieces of QoS control information comprise first QoS control information received from another communication device in addition to second QoS control information set from the communication device itself so that the second QoS control information further defines a transmission source as the terminal connected to the communication device itself by the wired network, with the first QoS control information further defining a transmission source as a communication device among the other communication devices, and the second QoS control information further defining a transmission source as the communication device itself or the terminal connected thereto by the wired network, wherein a message including the first QoS control information, which has been flooded by the another communication device, is received by the control message receiving unit and the second QoS control information is set by using the setting interface of the communication device itself and a message including the second QoS control information is generated by the control message gene rating unit,
the control unit sets a bandwidth control priority degree indicating a priority degree of bandwidth control in the communication device itself with respect to each of the multiple pieces of QoS control information, and during the setting, the control unit sets a bandwidth control priority degree of the second QoS control information to become higher than a bandwidth control priority degree of the first QoS control information and stores the set bandwidth control priority degree,
when communication data is inputted, the control unit specifies a bandwidth control value according to a bandwidth control priority degree of QoS control information corresponding to a combination of a transmission source and a destination of the communication data
wherein the control unit sets the bandwidth control priority degree of the first QoS control information according to a number of HOPs of a transmitting device of the first QoS control information.