Path control system, path control device, communication device, path control method, and program

1. A path control system comprising:

a network including a communication device that communicates via a wireless link using adaptive modulation; and

a path control device that obtains bandwidth probability that corresponds to a bandwidth and that indicates a stability of the bandwidth with respect to the wireless link, preferentially sets a communication path whose bandwidth probability is higher than a predetermined threshold to said network, and prepares an alternate path for a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the predetermined threshold, wherein

said path control device predicts a modulation mode of the wireless link and computes the bandwidth probability of the wireless link based on a predicted modulation mode, and

said path control device sets the prepared alternate path to said network when a transmission rate of a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the threshold declines.

2. The path control system according to claim 1 , wherein

when setting the communication path, said path control device sets a communication path having a traffic communication quality that is equal to or higher than before setting the communication path.

3. The path control system according to claim 1 , wherein

said path control device computes the bandwidth probability of the wireless link based on a history of a modulation mode used by the wireless link or a history of information indicating a radio wave environment of the wireless link.

4. The path control system according to claim 3 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, the bandwidth probability is computed using statistical distribution information of a history of the modulation mode or a history of the information indicating a radio wave environment.

5. The path control system according to claim 3 , wherein the information indicating a radio wave environment includes at least one from among, a bit error rate, a signal to noise ratio, and a carrier to interference-plus-noise ratio.

6. The path control system according to claim 1 , wherein

said path control device predicts a bandwidth probability of the wireless link in correspondence with weather information at a position of the wireless link.

7. The path control system according to claim 1 , wherein

said path control device sets a preliminary path that combines respective alternate paths of a plurality of the wireless links to said network.

8. The path control system according to claim 1 , wherein

said communication device monitors a state of a proprietary wireless link and, when a bandwidth of the wireless link changes, switches traffic affected by the change in bandwidth from a set communication path to the alternate path.

9. A path control device comprising:

a bandwidth predictor that obtains bandwidth probability that corresponds to a bandwidth and that indicates a stability of the bandwidth with respect to a wireless link using adaptive modulation in a network including a communication device that communicates via the wireless link; and

a path controller that preferentially sets a communication path whose bandwidth probability is higher than a predetermined threshold to the network and prepares an alternate path for a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the predetermined threshold, wherein

said bandwidth predictor predicts a modulation mode of the wireless link and computes the bandwidth probability of the wireless link based on a predicted modulation mode, and

said path controller sets the prepared alternate path to the network when a transmission rate of a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the threshold declines.

10. The path control device according to claim 9 , wherein

when setting the communication path, said path controller sets a communication path having a traffic communication quality that is equal to or higher than before setting the communication path.

11. The path control device according to claim 9 , wherein

said bandwidth predictor computes the bandwidth probability of the wireless link based on a history of a modulation mode used by the wireless link or a history of information indicating a radio wave environment of the wireless link.

12. The path control device according to claim 11 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, the bandwidth probability is computed using statistical distribution information of a history of the modulation mode or a history of the information indicating a radio wave environment.

13. The path control device according to claim 11 , wherein the information indicating a radio wave environment includes at least one from among, a bit error rate, a signal to noise ratio, and a carrier to interference-plus-noise ratio.

14. The path control device according to claim 9 , wherein

said bandwidth predictor predicts a bandwidth probability of the wireless link in correspondence with weather information at a position of the wireless link.

15. The path control device according to claim 9 , wherein

said path controller sets a preliminary path that combines respective alternate paths of a plurality of the wireless links to the network.

16. A communication device comprising:

a wireless communicator that communicates via a network by a wireless link using adaptive modulation;

a bandwidth predictor that obtains bandwidth probability that corresponds to a bandwidth and that indicates a stability of the bandwidth with respect to the wireless link; and

a path controller that preferentially sets a communication path whose bandwidth probability is higher than a predetermined threshold to the network and prepares an alternate path for a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the predetermined threshold, wherein

said bandwidth predictor predicts a modulation mode of the wireless link and computes the bandwidth probability of the wireless link based on a predicted modulation mode, and

said path controller sets the prepared alternate path to the network when a transmission rate of a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the threshold declines.

17. A path control method comprising:

obtaining bandwidth probability that corresponds to a bandwidth and that indicates a stability of the bandwidth with respect to a wireless link using adaptive modulation in a network including a communication device that communicates via the wireless link;

preferentially setting a communication path whose bandwidth probability is higher than a predetermined threshold to the network; and

preparing an alternate path for a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the predetermined threshold,

wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, a modulation mode of the wireless link is predicted and the bandwidth probability of the wireless link is computed based on a predicted modulation mode, and

the prepared alternate path is set to the network when a transmission rate of a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the threshold declines.

18. The path control method according to claim 17 , wherein when setting the communication path, a communication path is set which has a traffic communication quality that is equal to or higher than before setting the communication path.

19. The path control method according to claim 17 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, the bandwidth probability of the wireless link is computed based on a history of a modulation mode used by the wireless link or a history of information indicating a radio wave environment of the wireless link.

20. The path control method according to claim 19 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, the bandwidth probability is computed using statistical distribution information of a history of the modulation mode or a history of the information indicating a radio wave environment.

21. The path control method according to claim 19 , wherein the information indicating a radio wave environment includes at least one from among, a bit error rate, a signal to noise ratio, and a carrier to interference-plus-noise ratio.

22. The path control method according to claim 17 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, a bandwidth probability of the wireless link is predicted in correspondence with weather information at a position of the wireless link.

23. The path control method according to claim 17 , wherein the prepared alternate path is set to the network when a transmission rate of a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the threshold declines.

24. The path control method according to claim 17 , wherein a preliminary path that combines respective alternate paths of a plurality of the wireless links is set to the network.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program which causes a computer that sets a communication path to a network including a communication device that communicates via a wireless link using adaptive modulation to:

obtain bandwidth probability that corresponds to a bandwidth and that indicates a stability of the bandwidth with respect to the wireless link;

preferentially set a communication path whose bandwidth probability is higher than a predetermined threshold to the network; and

prepare an alternate path for a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the predetermined threshold,

wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, a modulation mode of the wireless link is predicted and the bandwidth probability of the wireless link is computed based on a predicted modulation mode, and

the prepared alternate path is set to the network when a transmission rate of a communication path whose bandwidth probability is lower than the threshold declines.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program according to claim 25 , wherein when setting the communication path, a communication path is set which has a traffic communication quality that is equal to or higher than before setting the communication path.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program according to claim 25 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, the bandwidth probability of the wireless link is computed based on a history of a modulation mode used by the wireless link or a history of information indicating a radio wave environment of the wireless link.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program according to claim 27 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, the bandwidth probability is computed using statistical distribution information of a history of the modulation mode or a history of the information indicating a radio wave environment.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program according to claim 27 , wherein the information indicating a radio wave environment includes at least one from among, a bit error rate, a signal to noise ratio, and a carrier to interference-plus-noise ratio.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program according to claim 25 , wherein when obtaining the bandwidth probability, a bandwidth probability of the wireless link is predicted in correspondence with weather information at a position of the wireless link.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program according to claim 25 , wherein a preliminary path that combines respective alternate paths of a plurality of the wireless links is set to the network.