Patent ID: 7773603

Claim:
A packet communication system comprising: a first communication apparatus that generates data packets and transmits the generated data packets, wherein the first communication apparatus comprises: a packet generating section that generates the data packets such that a data packet to be last transmitted has a data volume less than a prescribed data volume, and each of the data packets other than the data packet to be last transmitted has a data volume equal to the prescribed data volume, wherein the packet generating section comprises: a dummy data adder that adds dummy data to an end of communication data to be transmitted, such that the total amount of communication data and dummy data is indivisible by the prescribed data volume, and a divider that divides the total amount of communication data and dummy data into the data packets; a data transmitting section that transmits the data packets generated by the packet generating section; and a second communication apparatus that receives the data packets transmitted from the first communication apparatus, wherein the second communication apparatus receives the data packets transmitted from the first communication apparatus, and determines whether the data packet having its data volume less than the prescribed data volume has been received.