RELAY DEVICE

• US 20130059527A1
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: HASESAKA, Kiyomi, OYAMA, Takuji, YAMAKAWA, Keiichiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,942,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/302 Route determination based on requested QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2491 Mapping quality of service [QoS] requirements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0066 of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/46 in multi hop networks, e.g. wireless relay networks

Abstract

A relay device includes a receiver, an information obtaining unit, a parameter storage unit, and a parameter setting unit, and relays a packet which is transmitted from a first network to a second network. The receiver receives the packet from the first network. The information obtaining unit obtains data type information for identifying a type of data which is transmitted and received by the packet. The parameter storage unit stores a control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in the second network, so as to be associated with a type of transfer data indicating data transferred to the second network. The parameter setting unit sets to the packet the control parameter which is associated with transfer data of a same type as data identified by the data type information, and outputs the packet to which the control parameter is set to the second network.

Claims

1. A relay device which relays a packet which is transmitted from a first network to a second network, the relay device comprising:

a receiver to receive the packet from the first network;

an information obtaining unit to obtain data type information for identifying a type of data which is transmitted and received by the packet;

a parameter storage unit to store a control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in the second network, so as to be associated with a type of transfer data indicating data transferred to the second network; and

a parameter setting unit to set to the packet the control parameter which is associated with transfer data of a same type as data identified by the data type information, and to output the packet to which the control parameter is set to the second network.

2. The relay device according to claim 1, further comprising

a network identification unit to identify a network to which the packet is transferred by using a destination address of the packet, and to output a destination identifier for identifying the network to which the packet is transferred to the parameter setting unit,

wherein

the information obtaining unit further obtains the destination address of the packet,

the parameter storage unit stores the control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in the second network, so as to be associated with an identifier for identifying the second network, and stores a control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in a third network connected with the relay device, so as to be associated with an identifier for identifying the third network, and

the parameter setting unit sets to the packet the control parameter which is associated with transfer data of a same type as data identified by the data type information, selected from the control parameter which is used for controlling a network corresponding to the destination identifier obtained from the network identification unit.

3. The relay device according to claim 1, wherein

the information obtaining unit obtains the data type information from a control packet including the data type information,

the parameter setting unit sets to the control packet a setting parameter which represents the control parameter associated with a type of data identified by the data type information, and outputs the control packet to the second network,

the parameter setting unit further stores the setting parameter so as to be associated with a destination address and a source address of the control packet,

when a packet received by the receiver is a data packet that does not include the data type information, the information obtaining unit obtains a destination address and a source address of the data packet, and

when a destination address and a source address of the data packet match a destination address and a source address of the control packet, the parameter setting unit sets the setting parameter to the data packet, and outputs the data packet to the second network.

4. The relay device according to claim 3, wherein

the information obtaining unit further obtains the source address of the control packet, the destination address of the control packet, a source port number of the control packet, and a destination port number of the control packet,

the parameter setting unit stores the setting parameter so as to be associated with combination information which indicates a combination of the destination address, the source address, the source port number, and the destination port number of the control packet, and

when a communication using the combination information is completed, the parameter setting unit deletes the combination information and the setting parameter of the completed communication.

5. The relay device according to claim 3, wherein

the parameter storage unit classifies the transfer packet by type by using a type of data included in a transfer packet and a type of protocol used for processing the transfer packet,

the information obtaining unit specifies a type of data included in the data packet using data type information included in the control packet, and specifies a protocol used for processing the data packet as a same protocol as a protocol for processing the control packet, and

the parameter setting unit sets to the data packet the control parameter which is associated with the transfer packet of the specified type of data and type of protocol.

6. A relay device which relays a relay packet which is transmitted from a first network to a second network, the relay device comprising:

a receiver to receive the relay packet from the first network;

an information obtaining unit to obtain data type information for identifying a type of data which is transmitted and received by the relay packet and address information which indicates a destination address and a source address of the relay packet;

an object information storage unit to store a combination of a destination address and a source address of an object packet in which communication quality is controlled by the second network;

a parameter storage unit to store the control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in the second network, so as to be associated with a type of transfer data indicating data transferred to the second network; and

a parameter setting unit to set the control parameter which is associated with transfer data of a same type as data identified by the data type information, to the relay packet when a combination matching the address information is stored in the object information storage unit, and to output the relay packet to which the control parameter is set to the second network.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a relay device, which relays a packet which is transmitted from a first network to a second network, to execute a process comprising:

receiving the packet from the first network;

obtaining data type information for identifying a type of data which is transmitted and received by the packet;

storing a control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in the second network, so as to be associated with a type of transfer data indicating data transferred to the second network; and

setting to the packet the control parameter which is associated with transfer data of a same type as data identified by the data type information, and

outputting the packet to which the control parameter is set to the second network.