Patent ID: 8824319
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A transmitting apparatus that applies a multi-link system employing a logical plurality of communication lines, the transmitting apparatus comprising a transmitting unit that transmits transmission data to a receiving apparatus of a communication partner, wherein the transmitting unit monitors changes in transmission rates of the communication lines, the transmitting unit calculates, for each of the communication lines, a rate of change based on a transmission time of first data transmitted in the past and a deviation that is a rate difference between a first effective transmission rate during transmission of the first data and a second effective transmission rate during transmission of second data transmitted immediately before the calculation of the rate of change, and the transmitting unit calculates new transmission rates based on the rate of change and a rated transmission rate, that is a transmission rate of initial setting of the communication lines, and determines, based on the calculated new transmission rates, allocation amounts to the communication lines of data that is to be currently transmitted, wherein, when one communication line that has completed transmission of the transmission data is present and one or a plurality of the other communication lines that have not completed transmission of the transmission data are present, the transmitting unit transmits same data transmitted to a slowest communication line among the other communication lines to the one communication line that has completed transmission of the transmission data.