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Communication terminal device, method, program, recording medium, and integrated circuit for use in communication network system

US7167449B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMay 13, 2004
Grant dateJan 23, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/43
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication terminal device of the present invention includes: a packet classification section 103 for classifying the packets by stream types and destinations; a packet accumulation section 104–107 for accumulating the packets classified by the packet classification section, so as to be separately stored based on classification by the stream types and the destinations; a QoS control section 113 for determining a transmission start requirement based on a QoS parameter which defines a transmission quality of a stream; a transmission control section 108 for determining whether the transmission start requirement is satisfied; a framing section 109 for generating the frame by concatenating the packets accumulated in the packet accumulation section if it is determined by the transmission control section that the transmission start requirement is satisfied; and a transmission section 110 for transmitting the frame generated by the framing section to a destination communication terminal device.

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