Data communication system capable of adjusting transmission speeds

• US 8,386,635 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2005
• Issued: 02/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Koyanagi, Kenichiro, Murakami, Norio
• Primary Examiner(s): RECEK, JASON D
• Application Number:
  US11/077,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20060168310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,909 Days
• Field of Search: 709/232, 709/233
• US Class Current: 709/233
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/30 in combination with information about buffer occupancy at either end or at transit nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

A communication system is disclosed, including: a network in which the transmission speeds of a upstream channel and a downstream channel for transmitting data can be changed independently; a data storage server connected to the network, the data storage server configured to store data uploaded thereto via the network; and a communication terminal connected to the network, the communication terminal configured to upload old data stored therein to the data storage server via the network thereby to move the old data to the data storage server, and download new data via the network thereby to store the new data therein. The communication terminal is further configured to request the network to change at least one of the transmission speeds of the upstream channel and the downstream channel based on remaining memory capacity thereof and the transmission speeds such that there remains memory capacity available for the new data.

Claims

1. A data communication system, comprising:

a mobile terminal to start downloading first data to be downloaded from a distribution server for storing the downloaded first data in a memory of the mobile terminal, to check remaining memory capacity of the memory, and to start uploading second data stored in the memory for saving the second data in a data storage server; and

a base station provided between the mobile terminal and the data storage server,

wherein

the mobile terminal requests the base station to change transmission speeds of an upload channel for the second data and a download channel for the first data between the mobile terminal and the base station such that there remains memory capacity available in the memory for the downloaded first data based on remaining memory capacity of the memory and the transmission speeds of the upload channel to the base station and the download channel from the base station,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises a management table containing the remaining memory capacity of the memory, a current transmission speed, and a new transmission speed to be requested to the base station; and

is further configured to determine at least one of the transmission speeds of the upload channel and the download channel based on the remaining capacity of the memory and the transmission speeds, and request the base station to use the determined at least one of the transmission speeds.

2. A data communication system, comprising:

a mobile terminal to start downloading first data to be downloaded from a distribution server for storing the downloaded first data in a memory of the mobile terminal, to check remaining memory capacity of the memory, and to start uploading second data stored in the memory for saving the second data in a data storage server; and

a base station provided between the mobile terminal and the data storage server,

wherein

the mobile terminal requests the base station to change transmission speeds of an upload channel for the second data and a download channel for the first data between the mobile terminal and the base station such that there remains memory capacity available in the memory for the downloaded first data based on remaining memory capacity of the memory and the transmission speeds of the upload channel to the base station and the download channel from the base station,

wherein the mobile terminal is informed of the amount of the data to be downloaded, and comprises a management table containing the memory capacity of the memory, a current transmission speed, and a transmission speed to be requested of the base station, and is further configured to request the base station to change at least one of the transmission speeds based on the remaining capacity of the memory, the informed amount of the data to be downloaded, and the transmission speeds.

3. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a transceiver to download data from a distribution server via a base station and upload data to a storage server via the base station;

a memory to store data;

a memory capacity check unit to check remaining memory capacity of the memory;

a transmission speed management unit configured to manage transmission speed of an upload channel for second data or transmission speed for the download channel between the mobile terminal and the base station; and

a control unit to start downloading first data to be downloaded from the distribution server and to start uploading second data stored in the memory for saving the second data in the data storage server, the uploading and downloading being performed in parallel via the base station, and to request the base station to change the transmission speeds of the upload channel for the second data and the download channel for the first data such that there remains memory capacity available in the memory for the downloaded first data based on remaining memory capacity of the memory checked by the memory capacity check unit and the transmission speeds of the upload channel to the base station and the download channel from the base station,

wherein

the transmission speed management unit comprises a management table containing the remaining memory capacity of the memory, a current transmission speed, and a new transmission speed to be requested to the base station; and

the control unit is further configured to request the base station to change the transmission speeds of the upload channel and the download channel based on the management table.

4. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine at least one of the transmission speeds of the upload channel and the download channel based on the remaining capacity of the memory and the transmission speeds, and request the base station to use the determined at least one of the transmission speeds.

5. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the mobile terminal is informed of the amount of the data to be downloaded, and is further configured to request the base station to change at least one of the transmission speeds based on the remaining capacity of the memory, the informed amount of the data to be downloaded, and the transmission speeds.

6. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a transceiver to download data from a distribution server via a base station and upload data to a storage server via the base station;

a memory to store data;

a memory capacity check unit to check remaining memory capacity of the memory;

a transmission speed management unit configured to manage transmission speed of an upload channel for second data or transmission speed for the download channel between the mobile terminal and the base station; and

a control unit to start downloading first data to be downloaded from the distribution server and to start uploading second data stored in the memory for saving the second data in the data storage server, the uploading and downloading being performed in parallel via the base station, and to request the base station to change the transmission speeds of the upload channel for the second data and the download channel for the first data such that there remains memory capacity available in the memory for the downloaded first data based on remaining memory capacity of the memory checked by the memory capacity check unit and the transmission speeds of the upload channel to the base station and the download channel from the base station,

wherein

the transmission speed management unit comprises a management table containing the memory capacity of the memory, a current transmission speed, and a transmission speed to be requested of the base station; and

the control unit is further configured to request the base station to change the transmission speeds of the upload channel and the download channel based on the management table and the amount of data to be downloaded from the network.