Communication device and communication method immune to burst error, program for executing the method, and computer-readable storage medium storing the program

A communication device for performing data transmission and reception, wherein

• a transmitter includes:
• a frame generating section for generating at least one predetermined frame by performing at least an error detecting code generating process for data to be transmitted;
• a frame dividing section for dividing the at least one frame generated by the frame generating section into a plurality of divided frames, based on a cycle of a burst error whose cyclical occurrence in a course of transmission is predictable;
• and
• a transmission control section for generating a packet in which each of the plurality of divided frames obtained by the frame dividing section is copied at least once in one cycle of the burst error for transmission, and transmitting the packet to a receiver, and
• the receiver includes:
• a reception control section for receiving a packet from the transmission control section of another communication device, and cyclically distributing a plurality of divided frames contained in the packet, from a first divided frame, into a plurality of groups corresponding to the number of copies of each of the plurality of divided frames;
• a frame reconstructing section for reconstructing a plurality of frames by assembling the distributed divided frames with respect to each of the plurality of groups of the reception control section;
• and
• a frame processing section for performing at least an error detecting process for each of the plurality of frames reconstructed by the frame reconstructing section, and processing data stored in a frame having no error as reception data.

A communication method for performing data transmission and reception, comprising:

• on a transmitting side,
• a generating step of generating at least one predetermined frame by performing at least an error detecting code generating process for data to be transmitted;
• a dividing step of dividing the at least one frame generated at the frame generating step into a plurality of divided frames, based on a cycle of a burst error whose cyclical occurrence in a course of transmission is predictable;
• and
• a transmitting step of generating a packet in which each of the plurality of divided frames obtained at the frame dividing step is copied at least once in one cycle of the burst error for transmission, and transmitting the packet to a receiving side, and
• on the receiving side,
• a receiving step of receiving the packet transmitted from the transmitting step on the transmitting side, and cyclically distributing a plurality of divided frames contained in the packet, from a first divided frame, into a plurality of groups corresponding to a number of copies of each of the plurality of divided frames;
• a reconstructing step of reconstructing a plurality of frames by assembling the divided frames distributed at the receiving step with respect to each of the plurality of groups;
• and
• a processing step of performing at least an error detecting process for each of the plurality of frames reconstructed at the frame reconstructing step, and processing data stored in a frame having no error as reception data.

A program executed in a transmitter and a receiver, which perform data transmission,

• wherein the transmitter is caused to execute:
• a generating step of generating at least one predetermined frame by performing at least an error detecting code generating process for data to be transmitted;
• a dividing step of dividing the at least one frame generated at the generating step into a plurality of divided frames, based on a cycle of a burst error whose cyclical occurrence in a course of transmission is predictable;
• and
• a transmitting step of generating a packet in which each of the plurality of divided frames obtained at the dividing step is copied at least once in one cycle of the burst error for transmission, and transmitting the packet to a receiving side, and
• wherein the receiver is caused to execute:
• a receiving step of receiving the packet transmitted from the transmitting step on a transmitting side, and cyclically distributing a plurality of divided frames contained in the packet, from a first divided frame, into a plurality of groups corresponding to a number of copies of each of the plurality of divided frames;
• a reconstructing step of reconstructing a plurality of frames by assembling the divided frames distributed at the receiving step with respect to each of the plurality of groups;
• and
• a processing step of performing at least an error detecting process for each of the plurality of frames reconstructed at the reconstructing step, and processing data stored in a frame having no error as reception data.

A storage medium in which a program executed in a transmitter and a receiver, which perform data transmission, is stored,

• wherein the program causes the transmitter to perform:
• a generating step of generating at least one predetermined frame by performing at least an error detecting code generating process for data to be transmitted;
• a dividing step of dividing the at least one frame generated at the frame generating step into a plurality of divided frames, based on a cycle of a burst error whose cyclical occurrence in a course of transmission is predictable;
• and
• a transmitting step of generating a packet in which each of the plurality of divided frames obtained at the dividing step is copied at least once in one cycle of the burst error for transmission, and transmitting the packet to a receiving side,
• wherein the program causes the receiver to perform:
• a receiving step of receiving the packet transmitted from the transmitting step on a transmitting side, and cyclically distributing a plurality of divided frames contained in the packet, from a first divided frame, into a plurality of groups corresponding to a number of copies of each of the plurality of divided frames;
• a reconstructing step of reconstructing a plurality of frames by assembling the divided frames distributed at the receiving step with respect to each of the plurality of groups;
• and
• a processing step of performing at least an error detecting process for each of the plurality of frames reconstructed at the reconstructing step, and processing data stored in a frame having no error as reception data.