Patent ID: 7796976
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication mediation apparatus which mediates communication between networks, comprising: a switching unit configured to switch connection destination networks; a packet receiver configured to receive a packet, from a first communication device belonging to a network under connection, addressed to a second communication device belonging to another network; a traffic parameter storage configured to store information concerning communication traffic determined with the first communication device as a traffic parameter; a packet reception time calculator configured to calculate expected reception time of a packet transmitted next from the first communication device on the basis of a reception history of packets from the first communication device and the traffic parameter stored in the traffic parameter storage; and a controller configured to control the switching unit so as to switch the connection destination network, wherein the traffic parameter includes an average transmission interval of packets, and the packet reception time calculator calculates the expected reception time of the packet next transmitted from the first communication device, on the basis of the reception time of a packet from the first communication device received X (where X is an integer of one or more) times before and the average transmission interval.