Information processing apparatus, communication system, and information processing method

• US 10,595,226 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsuda, Shinichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutkowski, Jeffrey M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tacdiran, Andre
• Application Number:
  US14/045,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20140105016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,356 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0245 according to signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquiring unit that acquires communication quality of wireless communication at a location where a wireless communication apparatus exists, and a control unit that controls ON/OFF of another data communication function other than a data communication function to which a high priority is set, among data communication functions included by the wireless communication apparatus, based on the acquired communication quality.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

acquire communication quality information from a wireless communication apparatus;

detect, based on the acquired communication quality information, a congestion degree of wireless communication at a location where the wireless communication apparatus exists,

wherein the congestion degree is based on a ratio of a count of radio resources allocated to the wireless communication apparatus and a count of radio resources associated with a base station,

the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the base station, and

the wireless communication apparatus comprises a display unit;

determine a first state of a first data communication function of a plurality of data communication functions of the wireless communication apparatus,

wherein the first state is one of an ON state or an OFF state;

execute a second data communication function of the plurality of data communication functions,

wherein the second data communication function has a highest priority among the plurality of data communication functions;

control the first state of the first data communication function, based on;

a display state of the display unit, wherein the display state is one of an ON display state or an OFF display state;

the execution of the second data communication function;

the one of the ON state or the OFF state; and

the congestion degree; and

control the display unit, based on the controlled first state of the first data communication function, to display a message that indicates the controlled first state of the first data communication function, wherein the message includes text information and image information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second data communication function is one of a voice call function related to a voice call service or a data communication function related to the voice call service, and

the one or more processors are further configured to turn off the first data communication function, based on determining whether:

the first state is the ON state; and

the congestion degree is higher than a threshold value.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

turn on the first data communication function, based on determining that the congestion degree is lower than a threshold value, and

turn off the first data communication function, based on determining that the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to one of

turn off the first data communication function, based on determining whether:

the display state of the display unit is the OFF display state; and

the congestion degree is lower than a threshold value, or

turn on the first data communication function, based on determining whether;

the display state of the display unit is in the ON display state; and

the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

acquire movement information corresponding to a movement of the wireless communication apparatus; and

one of turn on the first data communication function, based on determining whether;

the congestion degree is higher than a threshold value; and

the acquired movement information satisfies a condition, or

turn off the first data communication function, based on determining whether;

the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value; and

the acquired movement information does not satisfy the condition.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second data communication function is associated with SMS communication.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first data communication function is a specific protocol based communication function.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein a threshold value is associated with the specific protocol, and

the one or more processors are further configured to one of

turn on the first data communication function, based on determining whether the congestion degree is lower than the threshold value associated with the specific protocol,

or

turn off the first data communication function, based on determining whether the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value associated with the specific protocol.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

detect a start of an application for data communication, and generate notification information which shows that the first data communication function is in the OFF state,

wherein the notification information is generated based on the detection of the start of the application.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine first information that indicates an execution mode of the start of the application; and

one of

turn on the first data communication function, based on one of

the detection of the start of the application, and whether the congestion degree is lower than a threshold value, or

determining whether the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value and the first information indicates that the execution mode is an automatic mode,

or

turn off the first data communication function, based on determining whether;

the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value; and

the first information indicates that the execution mode is other than the automatic mode.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

store, as statistical information, an amount of data communication,

wherein the amount of data communication is associated with execution of the plurality of data communication functions; and

control the first state of the first data communication function, based on the statistical information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to one of

turn on the first data communication function, based on one of

determining whether the congestion degree is lower than a threshold value, or

determining whether the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value and the statistical information satisfies a condition, or

turn off the first data communication function, based on determining whether:

the congestion degree is higher than the threshold value; and

the statistical information does not satisfy the condition.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a protocol hierarchy of data communication corresponding to each of the plurality of data communication functions is classified into at least one of a Control plane or a User plane, and the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive control data via the Control plane of the first data communication function; and

control a state of a third data communication function of the plurality of data communication functions, based on the control data and the congestion degree.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate notification information that indicates that the first state is the OFF state.

15. A communication system, comprising:

a wireless communication apparatus comprising one or more processors; and

an information processing apparatus configured to transmit control data to the wireless communication apparatus via a Control plane, wherein the control data indicates a necessity of a User plane for a data communication in a protocol hierarchy, the protocol hierarchy includes at least one of the Control plane or the User plane, and the one or more processors are configured to;

receive the control data;

acquire communication quality information from the wireless communication apparatus;

detect, based on the acquired communication quality information, a congestion degree of wireless communication at a location where the wireless communication apparatus exists, wherein the congestion degree is based on a ratio of a count of radio resources allocated to the wireless communication apparatus and a count of radio resources associated with a base station,

the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the base station, and

the wireless communication apparatus comprises a display unit;

determine a state of a first data communication function of a plurality of data communication functions of the wireless communication apparatus, wherein the state is one of an ON state or an OFF state;

execute a second data communication function of the plurality of data communication functions, wherein the second data communication function has a highest priority among the plurality of data communication functions;

control the state of the first data communication function, based on;

the execution of the second data communication function;

the control data;

the one of the ON state or the OFF state; and

the congestion degree; and

control the display unit, based on the controlled state of the first data communication function, to display a message that indicates the controlled state of the first data communication function, wherein the message includes text information and image information.

16. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring communication quality information from a wireless communication apparatus;

detecting, based on the acquired communication quality information, a congestion degree of wireless communication at a location where the wireless communication apparatus exists, wherein the congestion degree is based on a ratio of a count of radio resources allocated to the wireless communication apparatus and a count of radio resources associated with a base station, the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the base station, and the wireless communication apparatus comprises a display unit;

determining a state of a first data communication function of a plurality of data communication functions of the wireless communication apparatus, wherein the state is one of an ON state or an OFF state;

executing a second data communication function of the plurality of data communication functions, wherein the second data communication function has a highest priority among the plurality of data communication functions;

controlling the state of the first data communication function, based on;

a display state of the display unit,

wherein the display state is one of an ON display state or an OFF display state;

the execution of the second data communication function;

the congestion degree; and

the one of the ON state or the OFF state; and

controlling the display unit, based on the controlled state of the first data communication function, to display a message that indicates the controlled state of the first data communication function, wherein the message includes text information and image information.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

acquiring communication quality information from a wireless communication apparatus;

detect, based on the acquired communication quality information, a congestion degree of wireless communication at a location where the wireless communication apparatus exists, wherein the congestion degree is based on a ratio of a count of radio resources allocated to the wireless communication apparatus and a count of radio resources associated with a base station, the wireless communication apparatus is connected to the base station, and the wireless communication apparatus comprises a display unit;

determining a state of a first data communication function of a plurality of data communication functions of the wireless communication apparatus, wherein the state is one of an ON state or an OFF state;

executing a second data communication function of the plurality of data communication functions, wherein the second data communication function has a highest priority among the plurality of data communication functions;

controlling the state of the first data communication function, based on;

a display state of the display unit,

wherein the display state is one of an ON display state or an OFF display state;

the execution of the second data communication function;

the congestion degree; and

the one of the ON state or the OFF state; and

controlling the display unit, based on the controlled state of the first data communication function, to display a message that indicates the controlled state of the first data communication function, wherein the message includes text information and image information.