Patent ID: 8576850
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A band control apparatus comprising: a buffer memory configured to hold and output data units on a first-in first-out basis; a counter memory configured to hold a counter value; and a processor configured to wherein the buffer memory has n buffer thresholds Qth( the counter memory has n counter thresholds Tth( when the total size of the data units held by the buffer memory is larger than or equal to Qth(i−1) and is smaller than Qth(i), the processor causes the data units held by the buffer memory to be output in sequence with the first data unit first, until the counter value becomes a value that is smaller than Tth(j), until the total size of the data units held by the buffer memory becomes a value that is smaller than Qth(i−1), or until the counter value becomes a value that is smaller than the size of the first data unit held by the buffer memory, and when the total size of the data units held by the buffer memory is larger than or equal to Qth(n), the processor causes the data units to be output from the buffer memory, until the total size of the data units held by the buffer memory becomes a value that is smaller than Qth(n) or until the counter value becomes a value that is smaller than the size of the first data unit held by the buffer memory.