Communication relay device and communication relay method

• US 10,237,886 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sukegawa, Shotaro, Kobayashi, Yusuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Qin, Zhiren
• Application Number:
  US15/630,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20180014319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15528 Control of operation parameters of a relay station to exploit the physical medium
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/535 based on resource usage policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/12 between access points and access point controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/14 between access point controllers and backbone network device

Abstract

There is provided a communication relay device including at least one memory, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, respectively, and the at least one processor configured to relay messages exchanged between a first wireless-base-station and a first wireless-network-side-device, or between a second wireless-base-station and a second wireless-network-side-device, acquire, from the messages, first and second statistic-information related to call processing between first and second wireless-base-stations and first and second wireless-network-side-devices, respectively, determine, in accordance with a number of first and second terminal-devices coupled to the first and second wireless-base-stations, respectively, included in first second statistic-information, respectively, an order of establishment of first and second communication sessions between the first and second wireless-base-stations and the first and second wireless-network-side-devices, respectively, and establish, when switching of a path of relaying a communication is performed, the first and second communication sessions in accordance with the order of establishment.

Claims

1. A communication relay device configured to relay communication between a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of wireless network side devices via a plurality of wireless base stations, the communication relay device comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, respectively, and the at least one processor configured to;

relay messages exchanged between a first wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations and a first wireless network side device of the plurality of wireless network side devices, or between a second wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations and a second wireless network side device of the plurality of wireless network side devices;

acquire, from the messages, first statistic information related to call processing between the first wireless base station and the first wireless network side device and second statistic information related to call processing between the second wireless base station and the second wireless network side device;

determine, in accordance with a number of first terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices coupled to the first wireless base station included in the first statistic information and a number of second terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices coupled to the second wireless base station included in the second statistic information, an order of establishment of a first communication session between the first wireless base station and the first wireless network side device and a second communication session between the second wireless base station and the second wireless network side device; and

establish, when switching of a path of relaying the communication in the communication relay device is performed, the first communication session and the second communication session in accordance with the order of establishment.

2. The communication relay device according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to

detect a connection state of the first wireless base station based on the first statistic information,

detect a connection state of the second wireless base station based on the second statistic information, and

determine the order of establishment of the first communication session and the second communication session in accordance with the connection states.

3. The communication relay device according to claim 2,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to

detect, based on the first statistic information and the second statistic information, any one of

a first state in which a first terminal device of the first terminal devices communicates with the first wireless base station, a second terminal device of the second terminal devices communicates with the second wireless base station, the first terminal device is coupled to the first wireless network side device, and the second terminal device is coupled to the second wireless network side device,

a second state in which the first terminal device is in a communicable state with the first wireless base station, the second terminal device is in a communicable state with the second wireless base station, the first wireless base station is coupled to the first wireless network side device, and the second wireless base station is coupled to the second wireless network side device, or

a third state in which a power source of the first wireless base station or the second wireless base station is turned off, and

determine the order of establishment in order of the first state, the second state, and the third state.

4. The communication relay device according to claim 3,

wherein, when the first wireless base station and the second wireless base station are in the first state, the at least one processor is configured to determine the order of establishment of the first communication session and the second communication session in order starting with one of the first wireless base station or the second wireless base station that is coupled to a greater number of the first terminal devices or the second terminal devices, based on the first statistic information and the second statistic information.

5. The communication relay device according to claim 3,

wherein, when a number of the first terminal devices or the second terminal devices coupled to the first wireless base station or the second wireless base station, respectively, is “

0”

, the at least one processor is configured to detect the second state or the third state.

6. The communication relay device according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to

detect a connection state of the first communication session based on the first statistic information,

detect a connection state of the second communication session based on the second statistic information, and

determine the order of establishment of the first communication session and the second communication session in accordance with the connection states.

7. The communication relay device according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit a message for establishing the first communication session to the first wireless network side device or a message for establishing the second communication session to the second wireless network side device in accordance with the order of establishment, after switching of the path of relaying the communication.

8. The communication relay device according to claim 1,

wherein the first communication session and the second communication session are communication sessions established by exchange of messages related to stream control transmission protocol (SCTP).

9. The communication relay device according to claim 7,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit a stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) restart message in accordance with the order of establishment.

10. A communication relay method of a communication relay device configured to relay communication between a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of wireless network side devices via a plurality of wireless base stations, the communication relay method comprising:

relaying messages exchanged between a first wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations and a first wireless network side device of the plurality of wireless network side devices, or between a second wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations and a second wireless network side device of the plurality of wireless network side devices;

acquiring, from the messages, first statistic information related to call processing between the first wireless base station and the first wireless network side device and second statistic information related to call processing between the second wireless base station and the second wireless network side device;

determining, in accordance with a number of first terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices coupled to the first wireless base station included in the first statistic information and a number of second terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices coupled to the second wireless base station included in the second statistic information, an order of establishment of a first communication session between the first wireless base station and the first wireless network side device and a second communication session between the second wireless base station and the second wireless network side device; and

establishing, when switching of a path of relaying the communication in the communication relay device is performed, the first communication session and the second communication session in accordance with the order of establishment, by at least one processor.

11. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure, the computer-readable non-transitory recording medium in a communication relay device configured to relay communication between a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of wireless network side devices via a plurality of wireless base stations, the procedure comprising:

relaying messages exchanged between a first wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations and a first wireless network side device of the plurality of wireless network side devices, or between a second wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations and a second wireless network side device of the plurality of wireless network side devices;

acquiring, from the messages, first statistic information related to call processing between the first wireless base station and the first wireless network side device and second statistic information related to call processing between the second wireless base station and the second wireless network side device;

determining, in accordance with a number of first terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices coupled to the first wireless base station included in the first statistic information and a number of second terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices coupled to the second wireless base station included in the second statistic information, an order of establishment of a first communication session between the first wireless base station and the first wireless network side device and a second communication session between the second wireless base station and the second wireless network side device; and

establishing, when switching of a path of relaying the communication in the communication relay device is performed, the first communication session and the second communication session in accordance with the order of establishment.