US 2010/0246402 A1Published application

Network communication apparatus

AssigneeSony Corporation

InventorJunichi Komagata

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Abstract

A network communication apparatus transmitting a first acknowledgment from a higher-level layer to a transmission source of a predetermined number of first segments and a second segment from the higher-level layer to a transmission source of a second acknowledgment, includes: a first condition setting section in which a first condition for specifying a connection to delay the first acknowledgment is set; a first judgment section to judge whether the first acknowledgment is to be delayed; a transmission processing section to delay the to-be-delayed first acknowledgment and transmit it to the transmission source of the first segments; a second condition setting section in which a second condition for specifying a connection to delay the second acknowledgment is set; a second judgment section to judge whether the second acknowledgment is to be delayed; and a reception processing section to delay the to-be-delayed second acknowledgment and transfer it to the higher-level layer.

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Dependent claims

A network communication apparatus transmitting, via a network, a first acknowledgment transferred from a higher-level layer with respect to a reception of a predetermined number of first segments to a transmission source of the first segments and transmitting, via the network, a second segment transferred from the higher-level layer with respect to a reception of a second acknowledgment to a transmission source of the second acknowledgment, the network communication apparatus comprising:

a first condition setting section in which a first condition for specifying a connection to delay the first acknowledgment is set;
a first judgment means for judging whether the first acknowledgment transferred from the higher-level layer is to be delayed in accordance with the first condition set in the first condition setting section;
a transmission processing means for delaying the first acknowledgment judged to be delayed and transmitting it to the transmission source of the first segments;
a second condition setting section in which a second condition for specifying a connection to delay the second acknowledgment is set;
a second judgment means for judging whether the second acknowledgment received via the network is to be delayed in accordance with the second condition set in the second condition setting section;
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a reception processing means for delaying the second acknowledgment judged to be delayed and transferring it to the higher-level layer.

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