Data transfer device, data transfer method, and data transfer system

A data transfer device comprising:

• a data acquirer acquiring data from another device and storing the data in a buffer;
• a communicator transmitting the data stored in the buffer to a server connected to the data transfer device via a predetermined network;
• an environmental information acquirer acquiring current environmental information;
• an environmental information storer storing the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquirer;
• a line state acquirer acquiring line state data relating to a state of a line;
• a line state storer accumulating and storing the line state data acquired by the line state acquirer;
• a transmission data amount determiner determining an amount of transmittable data as the amount of data transmittable by one connection with the server;
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• a transmission schedule generator generating a transmission schedule for data transmission to the server based on a total amount of data stored in the buffer and the amount of transmittable data, wherein
• the communicator transmits the data stored in the buffer according to the transmission schedule, and
• the transmission data amount determiner determines the amount of transmittable data based on the environmental information if the line state data is not stored in the line state storer, and determines the amount of transmittable data based on the line state data if the line state data is stored in the line state storer.

A data transfer method comprising:

• a data acquisition step of acquiring data from another device and storing the data in a buffer;
• a communication step of transmitting the data stored in the buffer to a connected server via a predetermined network;
• a line state acquisition step of acquiring line state data relating to a state of a line and storing the line state data in a line state storer;
• a transmission data amount determining step of determining an amount of transmittable data as the amount of data transmittable by one connection with the server, based on the line state data stored in the line state storer;
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• a transmission schedule generating step of generating a transmission schedule for data transmission to the server based on a total amount of data stored in the buffer and the amount of transmittable data, wherein
• in the communication step, the data stored in the buffer is transmitted according to the transmission schedule,
• when the total amount of the data stored in the buffer is larger than the amount of transmittable data, in the transmission schedule generating step, information for enabling the communicator to transmit the data stored in the buffer by dividing the data according to a plurality of connections is included in the transmission schedule, and
• in the transmission schedule generating step, a time interval when transmitting by dividing the data according to the plurality of connections is determined based on (i) a value obtained by dividing the total amount of the data stored in the buffer by the amount of transmittable data, and (ii) an allowed transmission time that is determined based on a current time and a time when the data acquirer acquires data next.

A data transfer system comprising:

• one or more data transfer devices;
• and
• a server connected to the one or more data transfer devices via a predetermined network so as to be mutually communicable, wherein
• each of the one or more data transfer devices includes:
• a data acquirer acquiring data from another device and storing the data in a buffer;
• a communicator transmitting the data stored in the buffer to the server;
• a line state acquirer acquiring line state data relating to a state of a line;
• a line state storer accumulating and storing the line state data acquired by the line state acquirer;
• a transmission data amount determiner determining an amount of transmittable data as the amount of data transmittable by one connection with the server, based on the line state data stored in the line state storer;
• and
• a transmission schedule generator generating a transmission schedule for data transmission to the server based on a total amount of data stored in the buffer and the amount of transmittable data, and wherein
• the communicator transmits the data stored in the buffer according to the transmission schedule,
• when the total amount of the data stored in the buffer is larger than the amount of transmittable data, the transmission schedule generator includes information for enabling the communicator to transmit the data stored in the buffer by dividing the data according to a plurality of connections, in the transmission schedule, and
• the transmission schedule generator determines a time interval when transmitting by dividing the data according to the plurality of connections based on (i) a value obtained by dividing the total amount of the data stored in the buffer by the amount of transmittable data, and (ii) an allowed transmission time that is determined based on a current time and a time when the data acquirer acquires data next.