Patent ID: 8780734
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to set a maximum transmission unit (MTU) in a user terminal, comprising: a memory unit to store a basic MTU value set per a wireless communication network; a communication network information acquisition unit to acquire information about the wireless communication network; an MTU detection unit to set the basic MTU value as a first set MTU value based on a kind of the wireless communication network included in the information about the wireless communication network, to check the validity of the first set MTU value, to increase the first set MTU value to a second set MTU value if the first set MTU value is valid as a checking result, to decrease the first set MTU value to a third set MTU value if the first set MTU value is not valid as the checking result, to detect an optimal MTU value; and a data communication unit to perform data communication with a communication counterpart using the optimal MTU value detected by the MTU detection unit, wherein the MTU detection unit stores the optimal MTU value and the corresponding information about the wireless communication network and information about the communication counterpart in the memory unit.