Communication system for communicating a plurality of time-division multiplexed data, and control method therefor
First Claim
1. A communication system having first and second communication apparatuses, and communicating a communication frame obtained by time-division multiplexing a plurality of communication data,said first communication apparatus comprising:
- recognition means for recognizing communication states for each of different types of data in case where data of a first type and data of a second type, which is different from the first type, are communicated by the communication frame;
communication frame assembling means for assembling the communication frame on the basis of a recognition result of said recognition means, and adding information based on the communication states for each type of data to the communication frame; and
transmission means for transmitting the communication frame to said second communication apparatus, and said second communication apparatus comprising;
acquisition means for acquiring communication data on the basis of the information added to the communication frame and transmitted by said transmission means; and
generating means for generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information and for generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network.
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Abstract
A communication system having first and second communication apparatuses, and communicates a communication frame obtained by time-division multiplexing a plurality of communication data, wherein the communication apparatus: receives first and second communication data; recognizes whether the first or second communication data is received; assembles a time-division multiplexed first communication frame using the communication data to add information indicating a format of the first communication frame to the first communication frame on the basis of a recognition result; and transmits the first communication frame assembled to the second communication apparatus, and the second communication apparatus receives the first communication frame transmitted; checks the format of the first communication frame on the basis of the information added to the first communication frame; and acquires the communication data from the first communication frame, on the basis of a checking result.
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21 Claims
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1. A communication system having first and second communication apparatuses, and communicating a communication frame obtained by time-division multiplexing a plurality of communication data,
said first communication apparatus comprising: -
recognition means for recognizing communication states for each of different types of data in case where data of a first type and data of a second type, which is different from the first type, are communicated by the communication frame;
communication frame assembling means for assembling the communication frame on the basis of a recognition result of said recognition means, and adding information based on the communication states for each type of data to the communication frame; and
transmission means for transmitting the communication frame to said second communication apparatus, and said second communication apparatus comprising;
acquisition means for acquiring communication data on the basis of the information added to the communication frame and transmitted by said transmission means; and
generating means for generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information and for generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network.
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2. A communication apparatus for communicating a communication frame obtained by time-division multiplexing a plurality of communication data of different types, comprising:
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recognition means for recognizing communication states for each type of data in a case where data of a first type and data of a second type, which is different from the first type, are communicated by the communication frame; and
communication frame assembling means for assembling the communication frame on the basis of a recognition result of said recognition means, and adding information based on the communication states for each type of data to the communication frame, and generating means for generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information and for generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication apparatus for communicating a communication frame, comprising:
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reception means for receiving the communication frame which is obtained by time-division multiplexing of a first type data and a second type data, which is different from the first type data; and
acquisition means for acquiring communication data, on the basis of information of communication states for each type of data added to the communication frame received by said reception means, and generating means for generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information and for generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling a communication system having first and second communication apparatuses, and communicating a communication frame obtained by time-division multiplexing a plurality of communication data, said method comprising:
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at said first communication apparatus;
recognizing communication states for each of different types of data in a case where data of a first type and data of a second type, which is different from the first type, are communicated by the communication frame;
assembling the communication frame on the basis of a recognition result in said recognition step, and adding information based on the communication states for each type of data to the communication frame; and
transmitting the communication frame to said second communication apparatus, and at said second communication apparatus;
acquiring communication data on the basis of the information added to the communication frame and transmitted in said transmitting step;
generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information; and
generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network.
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14. A method of controlling a communication apparatus for communicating a communication frame obtained by time-division multiplexing a plurality of communication data of different types, comprising:
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recognizing communication states for each type of data in a case where data of a first type and data of a second type, which is different from the first type, are communicated by the communication frame; and
assembling the communication frame on the basis of a recognition result in said recognition step, and adding information based on the communication states for each type of data to the communication frame, generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information; and
generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network.
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15. A method of controlling a communication apparatus for communicating a communication frame, comprising:
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receiving the communication frame which is obtained by time-division multiplexing of a first type and a second type data, which is different from the first type; and
acquiring communication data, on the basis of information of communication states for each type of data added to the communication frame received in said receiving step, generating a plurality of secondary frames of a single data type by converting the communication frame using the added information; and
generating a third frame by converting at least one of the plurality of secondary frames, wherein said third frame is configured to interface with a predetermined network. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A communication apparatus comprising:
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transmission means for transmitting a communication frame; and
determination means for determining a timeout time used for retransmitting the communication frame transmitted by said transmission means, on the basis of time slot assignment of the communication frame transmitted by said transmission means. - View Dependent Claims (18)
said determination means determines the timeout time used for retransmitting the communication frame transmitted by said transmission means, on the basis of a number of time slots included in the communication frame.
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19. A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising:
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a transmission step of transmitting a communication frame; and
a determination step of determining a timeout time used for retransmitting the communication frame transmitted in said transmission step, on the basis of time slot assignment of the communication frame transmitted in said transmission step. - View Dependent Claims (20)
the timeout time used for retransmitting the communication frame transmitted in said transmission step is determined on the basis of a number of time slots included in the communication frame, in said determining step.
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21. A communication system having first and second communication apparatuses, and communicating data frames between the first and second communication apparatuses, wherein the first communication apparatus is interfaced with sources of a plurality of different traffic components and the second communication apparatus is interfaced with a plurality of different types of networks,
said first communication apparatus comprising: -
assembling means for assembling a first frame by time-division multiplexing the plurality of different traffic components from the sources, and for adding identity information of the different traffic components to the first frame; and
transmission means for transmitting the first frame to the second communication apparatus, and said second communication apparatus comprising;
reception means for receiving the first frame;
generating means for generating a second frame of a single data type by separating the first frame into a plurality of frames of a single traffic component using the added identity information; and
generating means for generating a third frame by converting the second frame, thereby the format of the third frame is compatible with one of the plurality of different types of predetermined networks.
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