Communication bandwidth measurement apparatus, recording medium on which program is recorded, and method
First Claim
1. A terminal apparatus comprising:
- a communication section which carries out a communication with another terminal apparatus via a network;
a terminal determination section which decides on a plurality of another terminal apparatus as subjects of measurement used for determining a communication bandwidth between the network and the communication section;
a measurement bit rate determination section which decides on a measurement bit rate with each measurement subject terminal apparatus;
a measurement section which carries out a communication with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, at the measurement bit rate, and measures a bit rate of the communication with each measurement subject terminal apparatus; and
a determination section which tallies measurement bit rates with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, among the plurality of measurement subject terminal apparatus, with which a communication has been possible at the measurement bit rate decided on, and determines the communication bandwidth.
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Abstract
To provide a terminal apparatus, a program, and a communication bandwidth determination method which can correctly measure a communication bandwidth, without providing a server apparatus which measures the communication bandwidth.
A controller of a measuring terminal apparatus fixes a measurement bit rate and, every time it increases a number of subject terminal apparatus, transmits measurement data to, or receives them from, the plurality of subject terminal apparatus at a fixed measurement bit rate, and measures the bit rate for each subject terminal apparatus. Then, the controller, in the event that a difference between a tallied bit rate before increasing the number of subject terminal apparatus and a tallied bit rate after increasing the number of subject terminal apparatus is less than or equal to a predetermined value, determines that the tallied bit rate at that time is the communication bandwidth of the measuring terminal apparatus.
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10 Claims
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1. A terminal apparatus comprising:
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a communication section which carries out a communication with another terminal apparatus via a network; a terminal determination section which decides on a plurality of another terminal apparatus as subjects of measurement used for determining a communication bandwidth between the network and the communication section; a measurement bit rate determination section which decides on a measurement bit rate with each measurement subject terminal apparatus; a measurement section which carries out a communication with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, at the measurement bit rate, and measures a bit rate of the communication with each measurement subject terminal apparatus; and a determination section which tallies measurement bit rates with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, among the plurality of measurement subject terminal apparatus, with which a communication has been possible at the measurement bit rate decided on, and determines the communication bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining, using a terminal apparatus which has a communication section which carries out a communication with another terminal apparatus via a network, a communication bandwidth between the network and the communication section, the method comprising the steps of:
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deciding on a plurality of another terminal apparatus as subjects of measurement used for determining the communication bandwidth; deciding on a measurement bit rate with each measurement subject terminal apparatus; carrying out a communication with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, at the measurement bit rate, and measuring a bit rate of the communication with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, and tallying measurement bit rates with each measurement subject terminal apparatus, among the plurality of measurement subject terminal apparatus, with which a communication has been possible at the measurement bit rate decided on, and determining the communication bandwidth.
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