Patent ID: 7830811
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A terminal apparatus connected to a network and configured to perform an operation, the terminal apparatus comprising: a packet volume detecting unit configured to detect a number of packets received from the network in a predetermined time; a logical disconnecting unit configured to logically disconnect the terminal apparatus from the network when the number of packets detected by the packet volume detecting unit exceeds a predetermined value; and a reconnecting unit configured to reconnect the terminal apparatus when a return interval time has passed after the terminal apparatus was disconnected from the network by the logical disconnecting unit, wherein the reconnecting unit increases the return interval time from the return interval time at the immediately preceding disconnection when the number of packets, which the packet volume detecting unit detects for a first time after the reconnection, exceeds the predetermined value, and when the increased return interval time reaches an upper limit value, the reconnecting unit maintains the return interval time at the upper limit value.