Communication apparatus and method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHideyuki Nakagawa, Junichi Yoshizawa
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Abstract
The communication apparatus appropriately allocates a plurality of communication tasks to a plurality of communication systems based on the channel qualities of the respective communication systems at that time, so that the communication tasks can be processed in parallel by the communication systems. Accordingly, the communication system, to which a communication task is allocated, can be changed to another communication system without interrupting the communication task while maintaining the synchronization with the other end of communication.
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A communication apparatus for processing a plurality of communication tasks by a plurality of communication systems of different communication modes, said apparatus comprising:
- means for observing channel qualities of communication channels respectively established by the plurality of communication systems;
- means for obtaining performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and attribute information of each of the plurality of communication tasks;
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- means for controlling allocation of the plurality of communication tasks to the plurality of communication systems based on the performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and the attribute information of each of the plurality of communication tasks obtained by the information obtaining means, and the channel qualities observed by the channel quality observing means.
A communication apparatus for processing a plurality of communication tasks by a plurality of communication systems of different communication modes, said apparatus comprising:
- means for observing channel qualities of communication channels respectively established by the plurality of communication systems;
- means for obtaining performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and QoS information of each of the plurality of communication tasks;
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- means for controlling allocation of the plurality of communication tasks to the plurality of communication systems based on the performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and the QoS information of each of the plurality of communication tasks obtained by the information obtaining means, and the channel qualities observed by the channel quality observing means.
A communication apparatus for processing a communication task in a first communication mode and a second communication mode, comprising:
- first communicating means for communicating in the first communication mode;
- second communicating means for communicating in the second communication mode;
- means for obtaining attribute information of a first communication task and a second communication task;
- means for allocating the first communication task to the first communication means, and the second communication task to the second communication means, in accordance with the attribute information;
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- means for controlling the first communicating means and the second communicating means so as to process the first communication task and the second communication task in parallel.
A communication apparatus for processing a communication task in a first communication mode and a second communication mode, comprising:
- first communicating means for communicating in the first communication mode;
- second communicating means for communicating in the second communication mode;
- means for obtaining performance information of the first communication means and the second communication means, and attribute information of a first communication task and a second communication task;
- means for allocating the first communication task to the first communication means, and the second communication task to the second communication means, in accordance with the performance information and the attribute information;
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- means for controlling the first communicating means and the second communicating means so as to process the first communication task and the second communication task in parallel.
A communication method for processing a plurality of communication tasks by a plurality of communication systems of different communication modes, said method comprising the steps of:
- observing channel qualities of communication channels respectively established by the plurality of communication systems;
- obtaining performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and attribute information of each of the plurality of communication tasks;
- and
- controlling allocation of the plurality of communication tasks to the plurality of communication systems based on the performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and the attribute information of each of the plurality of communication tasks obtained by the information obtaining step, and the channel qualities observed by the channel qualities observing step.
A communication method for processing a plurality of communication tasks by a plurality of communication systems of different communication modes, said method comprising the steps of:
- observing channel qualities of communication channels respectively established by the plurality of communication systems;
- obtaining performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and QoS information of each of the plurality of communication tasks;
- and
- controlling allocation of the plurality of communication tasks to the plurality of communication systems based on the performance information of each of the plurality of communication systems and the QoS information of each of the plurality of communication tasks obtained by the information obtaining step, and the channel qualities observed by the channel qualities observing step.
A communication method for processing a communication task in a first communication mode and a second communication mode, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining attribute information of a first communication task and a second communication task;
- allocating the first communication task to the first communication mode, and the second communication task to the second communication mode, in accordance with the attribute information;
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- controlling to process the first communication task and the second communication task in parallel.
A communication method for processing a communication task in a first communication mode and a second communication mode, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining performance information of the first communication mode and the second communication mode, and attribute information of a first communication task and a second communication task;
- allocating the first communication task to the first communication mode, and the second communication task to the second communication mode, in accordance with the performance information and the attribute information;
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- controlling to process the first communication task and the second communication task in parallel.
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