Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, receiving method, transmitting method, communications system, and communication method
A receiving apparatus in a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the receiving apparatus includes: a receiver that receives the audio data, which is transmitted from a transmitting apparatus that performs the header compression; a processor that controls the receiving apparatus in accordance with the process includes: determining a voice-communication state of the received audio data; and changing the operation mode, according to a determination result.
1. A receiving apparatus in a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the receiving apparatus comprising:
a receiver that receives the audio data, which is transmitted from a transmitting apparatus that performs the header compression;
a processor that controls the receiving apparatus in accordance with the process comprising:
determining a voice-communication state of the received audio data; and
changing the operation mode, according to a determination result.
2. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor determines the voice-communication state, based on the volume of accumulated data in a reception buffer that stores the received audio data.
3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor determines the voice-communication state to be sound, if the volume of accumulated data in the reception buffer is greater than a threshold.
4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor changes the operation mode to an operation mode having a low frequency of header compression, among the operation modes, if the processor determines the voice-communication state to be sound and changes the operation mode to an operation having a high frequency of header compression, among the operation modes, if the processor determines the voice-communication state to be silence.
5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor determines the voice-communication state to be sound, if the volume of accumulated data in the reception buffer is greater than the threshold for a given period or longer.
6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor determines the voice-communication state to be silence, if the volume of accumulated data in the reception buffer is less than or equal to the threshold for a given period or longer.
7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the receiver receives from the transmitting apparatus, data volume information that indicates the volume of accumulated data stored in a transmission buffer of the transmitting apparatus, and
the processor determines the voice-communication state, based on the received data volume information.
8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the receiver receives from the transmitting apparatus, voice-communication state information that indicates the voice-communication state determined by the transmitting apparatus, and
the processor changes the operation mode, according to the received voice-communication state information.
9. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is a computing unit that writes the determination result to memory, reads out the determination result and changes the operation mode, according to the read determination result.
10. A transmitting apparatus in a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the transmitting apparatus comprising:
a transmitter that transmits the audio data that has been subjected to a header;
a processor that controls the transmitting apparatus in accordance with the process comprising:
compressing the header of the audio data;
determining a voice-communication state of the audio data transmitted by the transmitter; and
changing the operation mode, according to a determination result.
11. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the transmitter reads out the audio data written to the memory by the processor and transmits the read audio data,
the processor is a computing unit that writes to memory, the audio data that has been subjected to the header, writes the determination result to the memory, reads out the determination result and changes the operation mode, according to the read determination result.
12. A receiving method in a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the receiving method comprising:
receiving the audio data, which is transmitted from a transmitting apparatus that performs the header compression;
determining a voice-communication state of the received audio data; and
changing the operation mode, according to a determination result obtained at the determining.
13. A transmitting method in a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the transmitting method comprising:
transmitting the audio data that has been subjected to a header;
compressing the header of the audio data;
determining a voice-communication state of the audio data transmitted at the transmitting; and
changing the operation mode, according to a determination result obtained at the determining.
14. A communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the communications system comprising:
a transmitter that transmits the audio data that has been subjected to a header;
a receiver that receives the audio data transmitted by the transmitter;
a processor that compresses the header of the audio data, determines a voice-communication state of the audio data received by the receiver, and changes the operation mode, according to a determination result.
15. A communication method of a communications system that performs header compression of audio data and has a plurality of operation modes that each have a different frequency of header compression, the communication method comprising:
transmitting the audio data that has been subjected to a header;
receiving the audio data transmitted at the transmitting;
compressing the header of the audio data;
determining a voice-communication state of the audio data received at the receiving; and
changing the operation mode, according to a determination result obtained at the determining.