Circuit connection restoration method and program for restoring connection in short time

• US 20040106378A1
• Filed: 11/21/2003
• Published: 06/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Talguk, Yamaguchi, Masaya
• Application Number:
  US10/719,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20040106378A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/163 In-band adaptation of TCP data exchange; In-band control procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/323 in the physical layer [OSI layer 1]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An information communication apparatus includes a host computer and a BLUETOOTH module functioning as a communication module. A control unit of the BLUETOOTH module detects disconnection of a radio transmission link for a radio transmission signal and analyzes the reason for the disconnection. Then, the control unit determines whether or not to reconnect the disconnected radio transmission link on the basis of the analysis of the disconnection reason. If the disconnected radio transmission link should be reconnected, the control unit generates a reconnection command signal. In contrast, if the disconnected radio transmission link does not have to be reconnected, the control unit generates a forced link disconnection command signal.

Claims

1. A connection link restoration method between a first information communication apparatus and a second information communication apparatus, the first information communication apparatus comprising a communications module and a host computer, the communications module performing the method which comprises:

communicating between the first information communication apparatus and the second information communication apparatus through a radio transmission link;

detecting a disconnection of the radio transmission link;

analyzing a reason for the disconnection of the radio transmission link;

determining whether or not to reconnect the disconnected radio transmission link on the basis of the analysis of the disconnection reason;

generating a reconnection command signal if the disconnected radio transmission link should be reconnected, and

generating a forced link disconnection command signal if the disconnected radio transmission link should not be reconnected.

2. The connection link restoration method according to claim 1, wherein after determining that the disconnected radio transmission link should be reconnected, a control unit of the communications module determines whether or not the radio transmission link is connected from the first information communication apparatus based on the analyzed reason for disconnection, generates the reconnection command signal if the radio transmission link is connected from the information communication apparatus, and waits for the reconnection command if the radio transmission link is not connected from the first information communication apparatus.

3. The connection link restoration method of claim 1, wherein the communication is performed between the first information communication apparatus and only one second information communication apparatus.

4. The connection link restoration method according to claim 1, wherein the communications module is a BLUETOOTH module, and wherein a control unit of the communications module determines whether the reason for the disconnection of the radio transmission link arises from a plurality of upper protocol layers or a lower protocol layer provided in the BLUETOOTH module.

5. A connection link restoration method for a first information communication apparatus, comprising:

providing a host computer;

providing a communications module in communication with the host computer, performing;

communicating data through a data transmission link;

detecting a disconnection of the data transmission link;

analyzing a reason for the disconnection of the data transmission link;

determining whether or not to reconnect the disconnected data transmission link on the basis of the analysis of the disconnection reason;

generating a reconnection command signal if the disconnected data transmission link should be reconnected; and

generating a forced link disconnection command signal if the disconnected data transmission link should not be reconnected.

6. The connection link restoration method according to claim 5, wherein after determining that the disconnected data transmission link should be reconnected, a control unit of the communications module determines whether or not the data transmission link is connected from the first information communication apparatus based on the analyzed reason for disconnection, generates the reconnection command signal if the data transmission link is connected from the first information communication apparatus, and waits for the reconnection command signal if the data transmission link is not connected from the first information communication apparatus.

7. The connection link restoration method of claim 5, wherein the communication is performed between the first information communication apparatus and only one second information communication apparatus.

8. The connection link restoration method of claim 5, wherein the communication is performed between the first information communication apparatus and a plurality of second information communication apparatus.

9. A connection link restoration method for a first information communication apparatus including a host computer and a communications module having a control unit, the communications module performing the method which comprises:

performing radio communication by transferring a radio transmission signal;

detecting disconnection of a radio transmission link for the radio transmission signal;

analyzing, in the control unit, a reason for the disconnection of the radio transmission link;

determining whether or not to reconnect the disconnected radio transmission link on the basis of the analysis of the disconnection reason;

generating a reconnection command signal if the disconnected radio transmission link should be reconnected; and

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generating a forced link disconnection command signal if the disconnected radio transmission link should not be reconnected.

10. A connection link restoration means, comprising:

means for performing radio communication;

means for detecting disconnection of a radio transmission link for a radio transmission signal, means for analyzing a reason for the disconnection of the radio transmission link,

means for determining whether or not to reconnect the disconnected radio transmission link on the basis of the analysis of the disconnection reason,

means for generating a reconnection command signal if the disconnected radio transmission link should be reconnected; and

means for generating a forced link disconnection command signal if the disconnected radio transmission link should not be reconnected.

11. The connection link restoration means according to claim 10, wherein the radio communication means comprises a first information communication apparatus and a second information communication apparatus, means for determining whether or not the radio transmission link is connected from the first information communication apparatus on the basis of the analysis of the disconnection reason, means for generating the reconnection command signal if the radio transmission link is connected from the first information communication apparatus, and means for waiting for the reconnection command signal if the radio transmission link is not connected from the first information communication apparatus.

12. The connection link restoration means according to claim 10, wherein the radio communication is performed between the first information communication apparatus and only one second information communication apparatus.

13. The connection link restoration program according to claim 10, wherein the radio communications means has a communications module, the communications module is a BLUETOOTH module, and wherein a control unit in the communications module comprises the means for determining whether the reason for the disconnection of the radio transmission link arises from a plurality of upper protocol layers or a lower protocol layer provided in the BLUETOOTH module.

14. A communications system, comprising:

a first information communication apparatus being in communication with a second information communication apparatus;

the first information communication apparatus having a host computer and a communications module interfaced with the host computer; and

the communications module having a control unit which determines a reason for a failure of communications between the first information communication apparatus and the second information communication apparatus,

wherein a link disconnection signal is not sent to the host computer when there is a failure of communications between the first information communication apparatus and the second information communication apparatus.

15. The communications system according to claim 14, wherein the control unit determines whether a reconnection command signal should be generated.

16. The communications system according to claim 15, wherein communications module further comprises a connection restoration circuit unit that reacts to the reconnection command signal by restoring a link connection between the first information communication apparatus and the second information communication apparatus if the link is connected from the first information communications apparatus, and waiting for a circuit reconnection signal from the second information communications apparatus if the link is connected from the second information communications apparatus.

17. The connection link restoration method of claim 14, wherein the communication is performed between the first information communication apparatus and only one second information communication apparatus.

18. The communications system according to claim 14, wherein the control unit determines that a communications link should not be reconnected and generates a forced link disconnection command.

19. The communications system according to claim 18, wherein the communications module comprises a connection restoration circuit unit, the forced link disconnection signal is sent to the host computer, and the reconnection command signal is sent to the connection restoration circuit unit.

20. A data communications system, comprising:

a first information communication apparatus having a host computer and a communications module, the communications module having a control unit and a connection restoration circuit unit; and

the information communication apparatus performing data communication through a data communications link;

the control unit analyzing whether or not to reconnect data communications link when the data communications link has been disconnected based on a disconnection reason and inhibits a link disconnection signal from being communicated to the host computer; and

the control unit generates a reconnection command signal if the data communications link should be reconnected and a forced link disconnection signal if the disconnected signal should not be reconnected.

21. The data communications system according to claim 20, wherein the forced link disconnection command signal is communicated to the host computer.

22. The data communications system according to claim 20, wherein when the control unit determines that the data communications link should be reconnected, the control unit analyzing whether the data communications link is connected from the first communications apparatus, and generates a reconnection command signal, and waits for the reconnection command signal if the data communications link is not connected from the first communications apparatus.