Wireless terminal

1. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a first communication circuit configured to have a first sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number to the another wireless terminal through a first channel; and

a second communication circuit configured to have a second sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number assigned by the second sequence number assigning circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second channel, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when it is determined that a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, a change notification frame notifying that a frame transmission channel is to be changed between the first and second channels is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the change notification frame includes a transmission starting sequence number being a sequence number of a frame with which a next frame transmission is started by the other of the first and second communication circuits, and

the frame allocating circuit switches an allocation destination of a next frame to be allocated from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits.

2. The wireless terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the first communication circuit includes a first transmission queue configured to temporarily store frames each with a sequence number assigned by the first sequence number assigning circuit,

the second communication circuit includes a second transmission queue configured to temporarily store frames each with a sequence number by the second sequence number assigning circuit,

the first communication circuit extracts the frames with the sequence number from the first transmission queue, and transmits the frames,

the second communication circuit extracts the frames with the sequence number from the second transmission queue, and transmits the frames,

the first communication circuit manages a delivery situation of each of the frames transmitted from the first communication circuit, based on a delivery confirmation frame from the another wireless terminal responding to the frame(s),

the second communication circuit manages a delivery situation of each of the frames transmitted from the second communication circuit, based on a delivery confirmation frame from the another wireless terminal responding to the frame(s),

when the frame transmission source is changed from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, frames are extracted from the transmission queue of the one of the first and second communication circuits and passed to the other of the first and second communication circuits, wherein the frames to be extracted are frames having successive sequence numbers which are smaller than a minimum untransmitted sequence number being a minimum value of sequence numbers of untransmitted frames and which continue to the minimum untransmitted sequence number, among the frames which have been previously transmitted from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the another wireless terminal but their delivery is not confirmed yet, and

the other of the first and second communication circuits uses the sequence number assigning circuit to replace the sequence numbers of the frames passed from the one of the first and second communication circuits by the sequence numbers starting from the transmission starting sequence number, and to store the frames having replaced sequence numbers in the transmission queue of the other of the first and second communication circuits.

3. The wireless terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

a reordering buffer placed common to the first and second communication circuits, wherein

the first communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the first channel,

the second communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the second channel,

the reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the first and second communication circuits in order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

one of the first and second communication circuits receives a change notification frame including the transmission starting sequence number, from the another wireless terminal, and

when the change notification frame is received, the reordering buffer outputs all frames stored therein and sets the minimum sequence number to the same value as the transmission starting sequence number included in the change notification frame.

4. The wireless terminal of claim 3 , wherein:

the first communication circuit includes a first reception status storage configured to store a reception status of the frame received from the another wireless terminal based on the sequence number of the frame,

the second communication circuit includes a second reception status storage configured to store a reception status of the frame received from the another wireless terminal based on the sequence number of the frame, and

when the change notification frame is received, the reception status storage of one of the first and second communication circuits, related to the channel before change is reset.

5. The wireless terminal of claim 1 , wherein

the first and second communication circuits include first and second individual reordering buffers respectively,

the first communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the first channel,

the second communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the second channel,

the first individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the first communication circuit in order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

the second individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the second communication circuit in order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

one of the first and second communication circuits receives the change notification frame including the transmission starting sequence number, from the another wireless terminal,

the individual reordering buffer of one of the first and second communication circuits, related to the channel before change, outputs all frames stored therein, and

the minimum sequence number in the individual reordering buffer of one of the first and second communication circuits, related to the channel after change, is set to the same value as the transmission starting sequence number included in the change notification frame.

6. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a sequence number assigning circuit configured to assign sequence numbers to frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on the frames with the sequence numbers;

a first communication circuit configured to transmit a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit to the another wireless terminal through a first channel; and

a second communication circuit configured to transmit a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second channel, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, a change notification frame notifying that a frame transmission channel is to be changed between the first and second channels is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the change notification frame includes a transmission starting sequence number being a sequence number with which transmission is started by the other of the first and second communication circuits, and

the frame allocating circuit switches an allocation destination of the frames from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits.

7. The wireless terminal of claim 6 , further comprising:

a reordering buffer placed common to the first and second communication circuits, wherein

the first and second communication circuits include first and second individual reordering buffers respectively,

the first communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the first channel,

the second communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the second channel,

the first individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the first communication circuit in order of their sequence numbers, and passes the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number to the reordering buffer and increments the minimum sequence number,

the second individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the second communication circuit in the order of their sequence numbers, and passes the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number to the reordering buffer and increments the minimum sequence number,

the reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames passed from the first and second individual reordering buffers in the order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

one of the first and second communication circuits receives a change notification frame including a transmission starting sequence number, from the another wireless terminal,

a first frame having a sequence number equal to or larger than the transmission starting sequence number of the individual reordering buffer in one of the first and second communication circuits related to the channel before change is passed to the reordering buffer,

the minimum sequence number of the individual reordering buffer in the one of the first and second communication circuits related to the channel after change is set to the same value as the transmission starting sequence number included in the change notification frame, and

when the first frame is outputted from the reordering buffer and the minimum sequence number of the reordering buffer is updated, the minimum sequence number of the individual reordering buffer in the one of the first and second communication circuits related to the channel after change is set to the same value as the updated minimum sequence number of the reordering buffer.

8. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a first communication circuit configured to have a first sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number to the another wireless terminal through a first channel; and

a second communication circuit configured to have a second sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number assigned by the second sequence number assigning circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second channel, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, a change notification frame notifying that a frame transmission channel is to be changed between the first and second channels is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the frame allocating circuit switches an allocation destination of the frames from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, and

the sequence number assigning circuit of the other of the first and second communication circuits assigns a sequence number starting from a default value.

9. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a first communication circuit configured to have a first sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number to the another wireless terminal through a first channel; and

a second communication circuit configured to have a second sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number assigned by the second sequence number assigning circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second channel, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuit, a change notification frame notifying that a transmission channel is to be changed between the first and second channels is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the change notification frame includes: a differential value between a transmission starting sequence number with which transmission is started at the other of the first and second communication circuits and a corresponding sequence number which were to be assigned by the one of the first and second communication circuits in case that a frame assigned the transmission starting sequence number by the one of the first and second communication circuits, and

the frame allocating circuit switches the allocation destination of the frames from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits.

10. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a first communication circuit configured to have a first sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number to the another wireless terminal through a first mode; and

a second communication circuit configured to have a second sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number assigned by the second sequence number assigning circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second mode, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when it is determined that a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits a change notification frame notifying that a frame transmission mode is to be changed between the first and second modes is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the change notification frame includes a transmission starting sequence number being a sequence number of a frame with which a next frame transmission is started by the other of the first and second communication circuits, and

the frame allocating circuit switches an allocation destination of a next frame to be allocated from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits.

11. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , wherein:

the first communication circuit includes a first transmission queue configured to temporarily store frames each with a sequence number assigned by the first sequence number assigning circuit,

the second communication circuit includes a second transmission queue configured to temporarily store frames each with a sequence number by the second sequence number assigning circuit,

the first communication circuit extracts the frames with the sequence number from the first transmission queue, and transmits the frames,

the second communication circuit extracts the frames with the sequence number from the second transmission queue, and transmits the frames,

the first communication circuit manages a delivery situation of each of the frames transmitted from the first communication circuit, based on a delivery confirmation frame from the another wireless terminal responding to the frame(s),

the second communication circuit manages a delivery situation of each of the frames transmitted from the second communication circuit, based on a delivery confirmation frame from the another wireless terminal responding to the frame(s),

when the frame transmission source is changed from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, frames are extracted from the transmission queue of the one of the first and second communication circuits and passed to the other of the first and second communication circuits, wherein the frames to be extracted are frames having successive sequence numbers which are smaller than a minimum untransmitted sequence number being a minimum value of sequence numbers of untransmitted frames and which continue to the minimum untransmitted sequence number, among the frames which have been previously transmitted from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the another wireless terminal but their delivery is not confirmed yet, and

the other of the first and second communication circuits uses the sequence number assigning circuit to replace the sequence numbers of the frames passed from the one of the first and second communication circuits by the sequence numbers starting from the transmission starting sequence number, and to store the frames having replaced sequence numbers in the transmission queue of the other of the first and second communication circuits.

12. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , further comprising:

a reordering buffer placed common to the first and second communication circuits, wherein

the first communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the first mode,

the second communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the second mode,

the reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the first and second communication circuits in order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

one of the first and second communication circuits receives a change notification frame including the transmission starting sequence number, from the another wireless terminal, and

when the change notification frame is received, the reordering buffer outputs all frames stored therein and sets the minimum sequence number to the same value as the transmission starting sequence number included in the change notification frame.

13. The wireless terminal of claim 12 , wherein:

the first communication circuit includes a first reception status storage configured to store a reception status of the frame received from the another wireless terminal based on the sequence number of the frame,

the second communication circuit includes a second reception status storage configured to store a reception status of the frame received from the another wireless terminal based on the sequence number of the frame, and

when the change notification frame is received, the reception status storage of one of the first and second communication circuits, related to the mode before change is reset.

14. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , wherein

the first and second communication circuits include first and second individual reordering buffers respectively,

the first communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the first mode,

the second communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the second mode,

the first individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the first communication circuit in order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

the second individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the second communication circuit in order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

one of the first and second communication circuits receives the change notification frame including the transmission starting sequence number, from the another wireless terminal,

the individual reordering buffer of one of the first and second communication circuits, related to the mode before change, outputs all frames stored therein, and

the minimum sequence number in the individual reordering buffer of one of the first and second communication circuits, related to the mode after change, is set to the same value as the transmission starting sequence number included in the change notification frame.

15. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a sequence number assigning circuit configured to assign sequence numbers to frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on the frames with the sequence numbers;

a first communication circuit configured to transmit a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit to the another wireless terminal through a first mode; and

a second communication circuit configured to transmit a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second mode, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, a change notification frame notifying that a frame transmission mode is to be changed between the first and second modes is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the change notification frame includes a transmission starting sequence number being a sequence number with which transmission is started by the other of the first and second communication circuits, and

the frame allocating circuit switches an allocation destination of the frames from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits.

16. The wireless terminal of claim 15 , further comprising:

a reordering buffer placed common to the first and second communication circuits, wherein

the first and second communication circuits include first and second individual reordering buffers respectively,

the first communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the first mode,

the second communication circuit receives, from the another wireless terminal, a frame with a sequence number through the second mode,

the first individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the first communication circuit in order of their sequence numbers, and passes the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number to the reordering buffer and increments the minimum sequence number,

the second individual reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames received by the second communication circuit in the order of their sequence numbers, and passes the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number to the reordering buffer and increments the minimum sequence number,

the reordering buffer manages a minimum sequence number, retains the frames passed from the first and second individual reordering buffers in the order of their sequence numbers, and outputs the frame corresponding to the minimum sequence number and increments the minimum sequence number,

one of the first and second communication circuits receives a change notification frame including a transmission starting sequence number, from the another wireless terminal,

a first frame having a sequence number equal to or larger than the transmission starting sequence number of the individual reordering buffer in the one of the first and second communication circuit related to the mode before change is passed to the reordering buffer,

the minimum sequence number of the individual reordering buffer in one of the first and second communication circuit related to the mode after change is set to the same value as the transmission starting sequence number included in the change notification frame, and

when the first frame is outputted from the reordering buffer and the minimum sequence number of the reordering buffer is updated, the minimum sequence number of the individual reordering buffer in the one of the first and second communication circuits related to the mode after change is set to the same value as the updated minimum sequence number of the reordering buffer.

17. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a first communication circuit configured to have a first sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number to the another wireless terminal through a first mode; and

a second communication circuit configured to have a second sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number assigned by the second sequence number assigning circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second mode, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when a frame transmission source is changed from one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, a change notification frame notifying that a frame transmission mode is to be changed between the first and second modes is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the frame allocating circuit switches an allocation destination of the frames from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits, and

the sequence number assigning circuit of the other of the first and second communication circuits assigns a sequence number starting from a default value.

18. A wireless terminal which communicates with another wireless terminal, comprising:

a frame allocating circuit configured to perform an allocation process on frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal;

a first communication circuit configured to have a first sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the first communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number to the another wireless terminal through a first mode; and

a second communication circuit configured to have a second sequence number assigning circuit assigning a sequence number to a frame allocated to the second communication circuit by the frame allocating circuit and transmit the frame with the sequence number assigned by the second sequence number assigning circuit to the another wireless terminal through a second mode, wherein

as the allocation process, the frame allocating circuit allocates each of the frames to be transmitted to the another wireless terminal to one of the first and second communication circuits,

when a frame transmission source is changed from the one of the first and second communication circuit to the other of the first and second communication circuit, a change notification frame notifying that a transmission mode is to be changed between the first and second modes is transmitted to the another wireless terminal, wherein

the change notification frame includes: a differential value between a transmission starting sequence number with which transmission is started at the other of the first and second communication circuits and a corresponding sequence number which were to be assigned by the one of the first and second communication circuits in case that a frame assigned the transmission starting sequence number by the other of the first and second communication circuits were to be transmitted from the one of the first and second communication circuits, and

the frame allocating circuit switches the allocation destination of the frame from the one of the first and second communication circuits to the other of the first and second communication circuits.

19. The wireless terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

20. The wireless terminal of claim 6 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

21. The wireless terminal of claim 8 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

22. The wireless terminal of claim 9 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

23. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

24. The wireless terminal of claim 15 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

25. The wireless terminal of claim 17 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

26. The wireless terminal of claim 18 , further comprising a first antenna, wherein the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit perform communication via the first antenna.

27. The wireless terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

28. The wireless terminal of claim 6 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

29. The wireless terminal of claim 8 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

30. The wireless terminal of claim 9 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

31. The wireless terminal of claim 10 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

32. The wireless terminal of claim 15 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

33. The wireless terminal of claim 17 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.

34. The wireless terminal of claim 18 , further comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the first antenna and the second communication circuit communicates with the another wireless terminal via the second antenna.