CHANNEL ALLOCATION NOTIFYING METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
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The number of communication channels necessary for communication with a terminal is calculated by using type and volume of data to be transmitted (Step S13). When calculated number of communication channels is one, a single communication channel is allocated based on quality information of a communication line to the terminal and, when calculated number of communication channels is more than one, then more than one communication channels are allocated based on the quality information (Step S14). Allocation information used for notifying of allocated communication channels is generated based on virtual channels, which are defined in advance as channel units having a combination of a plurality of consecutive communication channels, and the allocation information is transmitted to the terminal (Steps S15 and S16).
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24 Claims
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12. A method of allocating a communication channel to a terminal belonging to a communication apparatus and notifying the communication channel to the terminal, the method comprising:
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number-of-channel calculating including calculating number of communication channels necessary for a communication with the terminal by using type and volume of data to be transmitted; channel allocating including allocating a single communication channel to the terminal based on quality information of a communication line between the communication apparatus and the terminal when calculated number of communication channels is one, and allocating more than one communication channels to the terminal based on the quality information when the calculated number of communication channels is more than one; and allocation information generating including generating allocation information for notifying an allocated communication channel to the terminal based on a virtual channel that is set in advance as a unit of channel by combining a plurality of consecutive communication channels, and transmitting the allocation information to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A communication method between a communication apparatus in a communication system and a terminal belonging to the communication apparatus when the communication apparatus allocates a communication channel to the terminal and notifies the communication channel to the terminal, the communication method comprising:
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number-of-channel calculating including the communication apparatus calculating number of communication channels necessary for a communication with the terminal by using type and volume of data to be transmitted; channel allocating including the communication apparatus allocating a single communication channel to the terminal based on quality information of a communication line between the communication apparatus and the terminal when calculated number of communication channels is one, and the communication apparatus allocating more than one communication channels to the terminal based on the quality information when the calculated number of communication channels is more than one; allocation information generating including the communication apparatus generating allocation information for notifying an allocated communication channel to the terminal based on a virtual channel that is set in advance as a unit of channel by combining a plurality of consecutive communication channels, and the communication apparatus transmitting the allocation information to the terminal; and an allocated channel calculating including the terminal obtaining a communication channel allocated to the terminal by performing a reverse procedure to an allocation information generating process on received allocation information.
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24. A communication apparatus that builds a communication system with a terminal belonging to the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus allocating a communication channel to the terminal, the communication apparatus comprising:
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a channel allocating unit that calculates number of communication channels necessary for a communication with the terminal by using type and volume of data to be transmitted, when calculated number of communication channels is one, allocates a single communication channel to the terminal based on quality information of a communication line between the communication apparatus and the terminal, and when the calculated number of communication channels is more than one, allocates more than one communication channels to the terminal based on the quality information; and an allocation information generating unit that generates allocation information for notifying an allocated communication channel to the terminal based on a virtual channel that is set in advance as a unit of channel by combining a plurality of consecutive communication channels.
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