Mobile device and communication control method
First Claim
1. A mobile device having a phone function that establishes communication with a partner apparatus by carrying out wireless communication with a base station using one of a plurality of wireless communication standards, the device comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the mobile device to;
hold a correspondence table in which the plurality of wireless communication standards that can be used by the mobile device are associated with corresponding numbers of connections with the partner apparatus;
specify a current wireless communication standard of the mobile device;
determine the number of connections corresponding to the specified wireless communication standard, based on the correspondence table;
provide a screen for inputting an instruction as to whether or not to use the number of connections corresponding to the determined wireless communication standard;
carry out communication with the partner apparatus using the determined number of connections when an instruction to use the number of connections is input via the screen; and
carry out communication with the partner apparatus using a predetermined number of connections when an instruction not to use the number of connections is input via the screen.
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Abstract
Determining an initial number of TCP connections, dynamically determining increases and decreases in the number of TCP connections, and so on depending on a wireless communication method that is used enables a plurality of TCP connections to be used for wireless communication methods having higher communication bandwidths, and can thus improve communication speeds. Meanwhile, a drop in communication speed can be suppressed when using wireless communication methods having lower communication bandwidths.
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14 Claims
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1. A mobile device having a phone function that establishes communication with a partner apparatus by carrying out wireless communication with a base station using one of a plurality of wireless communication standards, the device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the mobile device to; hold a correspondence table in which the plurality of wireless communication standards that can be used by the mobile device are associated with corresponding numbers of connections with the partner apparatus; specify a current wireless communication standard of the mobile device; determine the number of connections corresponding to the specified wireless communication standard, based on the correspondence table; provide a screen for inputting an instruction as to whether or not to use the number of connections corresponding to the determined wireless communication standard; carry out communication with the partner apparatus using the determined number of connections when an instruction to use the number of connections is input via the screen; and carry out communication with the partner apparatus using a predetermined number of connections when an instruction not to use the number of connections is input via the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication control method carried out by a mobile device having a phone function that establishes communication with a partner apparatus by carrying out wireless communication with a base station using one of a plurality of wireless communication standards, the method comprising:
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holding a correspondence table in which the plurality of wireless communication standards that can be used by the mobile device are associated with corresponding numbers of connections with the partner apparatus; specifying a current wireless communication standard of the mobile device; determining a number of connections corresponding to the wireless communication standard that has been specified, based on the correspondence table; providing a screen for inputting an instruction as to whether or not to use the number of connections corresponding to the determined wireless communication standard; carrying out communication with the partner apparatus using the determined number of connections when an instruction to use the number of connections is input via the screen; and carrying out communication with the partner apparatus using a predetermined number of connections when an instruction not to use the number of connections is input via the screen.
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded therein a program for causing a computer to act as a mobile device having a phone function that establishes communication with a partner apparatus by carrying out wireless communication with a base station using one of a plurality of wireless communication standards, the program causing the computer to:
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hold a correspondence table in which the plurality of wireless communication standards that can be used by the mobile device are associated with corresponding numbers of connections with the partner apparatus; specify a current wireless communication standard of the mobile device; determine the number of connections corresponding to the specified wireless communication standard, based on the correspondence table; provide a screen for inputting an instruction as to whether or not to use the number of connections corresponding to the determined wireless communication standard; carry out communication with the partner apparatus using the determined number of connections when an instruction to use the number of connections is input via the screen; and carry out communication with the partner apparatus using a predetermined number of connections when an instruction not to use the number of connections is input via the screen.
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