JP2006287548A - Band control method and mpls router utilizing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that a delay is caused in control of a wireless channel by a router after a wireless apparatus autonomously controls a band when the wireless apparatus is in operation independently of the router. <P>SOLUTION: The own router link information DB 48 stores information of a communication band reserved in a protocol for reserving a band on an MPLS router. A wireless band control section 40 controls a communication band in a wireless channel between the wireless apparatus 12 and an adjacent MPLS router while referring to information stored in the own router link information DB 48. A wireless apparatus control section 28 establishes a communication band of a wireless channel controlled by the wireless band control section 40 to the wireless apparatus 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bandwidth control technique, and more particularly to a bandwidth control method for controlling a communication bandwidth in a wireless line and an MPLS router using the bandwidth control method.

  In many IP (Internet Protocol) networks currently in operation, routers constituting the network autonomously determine a route for transferring a packet, and the packet is relayed. As a result, a packet transmitted from a predetermined transmission source is relayed to a requested destination. A packet transfer route calculation method (hereinafter referred to as “route calculation”) in a router is generally performed based on the number of routers that pass through a route to a destination device. A typical route calculation is a protocol called OSPF (Open Shortest Path Fast). In the OPSF, routers in the network exchange information on the adjacent relationship between routers, that is, link information, and each router holds information on the same link. Such link information is stored in a link state database. Furthermore, each router derives a route to a required destination while applying a shortest path first (SPF) to the link information database.

  The information on the exchanged link (hereinafter referred to as “link status advertisement”) includes a value indicating the capacity of the link called cost. In the shortest path algorithm, the shortest path to the destination is calculated based on the cost value. However, the cost value does not reflect information on the bandwidth currently available on the link or information on the bit error rate. Therefore, if many routers in the network select a specific link as a part of the shortest path for a predetermined destination, traffic is concentrated on that link. That is, since the probability of occurrence of congestion increases in the link, it is difficult to guarantee the communication quality and the network bandwidth resources are not effectively used. Such a communication method is called a connectionless communication method. The packet transfer route depends on the decision of each relaying router, and a consistent route to the destination is not specified by a specific router. Absent. That is, an explicit route is not determined in advance for each communication, and resources such as a bandwidth necessary for communication are not guaranteed.

  In response to the above problems, a technique for effectively using bandwidth resources of the entire network and guaranteeing communication quality in MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switch) and MPLS networks has been specified. In these techniques, a route that can provide a bandwidth necessary for communication is calculated while using a route calculation algorithm that considers restrictions such as an available bandwidth. Furthermore, prior to communication, a router on the route secures a bandwidth necessary for communication by explicitly setting a communication path from a specific router. As a result, the communication quality is ensured and the bandwidth resources of the network are used more effectively. This can be called connection-type communication. In MPLS, a packet is transferred based on an identifier called a label attached to the packet. Prior to communication, a label and transfer information corresponding to the label are set in each router on the route. A series of transfer paths to a destination set in each router on a route for a certain communication is called an LSP (Label Switch Path).

OSPF-TE (OSPF-Traffic Engineering) extends the above-mentioned OSPF, and includes information on the available bandwidth and information on the bit error rate in the exchanged link information. Furthermore, in the Constrained Shortest Path First (CSPF), which is an extension of SPF, a link that does not reach the bandwidth required for communication or a predetermined quality is excluded from the target of SPF calculation, and then SPF is executed. To do. As a result, a route that can provide a bandwidth necessary for communication is derived. The path thus obtained is secured in each router prior to communication. That is, a bandwidth corresponding to the route is secured in each router. Protocols such as RSVP-TE (Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering) and CR-LDP (Constrained-Based Routing-Label Distribution Protocol) are used for the procedure for securing the bandwidth corresponding to the route in each router. By executing such a procedure, a link that does not provide a required bandwidth is not used, and a link that has sufficient available bandwidth is used. As a result, communication quality is guaranteed and bandwidth resources on the network are effectively used.
Rosen, E., Viswanathan, A., and Callon, R .: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture, RFC3031, Internet Engineering Task Force, 2001 Katz, D., Kompella, K. and Yeung, D .: Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2, RFC3630, Internet Engineering Task Force, 2003 Awduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D. and et.al: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels, RFC3209, Internet Engineering Task Force, 2001 Jamoussi, B., Andersson, L., Callon, R. and et.al .: Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP ", RFC 3212, Internet Engineering Task Force, 2002.

  In the IP network as described above, the link between routers is generally wired. On the other hand, if the routers are connected wirelessly, when building a wide area network where the distance between routers is several hundred meters or more, compared to using a wired transmission medium, the mountains A network having a free topology that is not restricted by the geographical conditions such as the department can be constructed at low cost. Such a router may have a wireless transmission function as an interface, but may have a wireless transmission function outside. In particular, in the latter case, the size of the router itself can be suppressed even when the wireless transmission device becomes large. In addition, by freely changing the wireless transmission device to the interface, one router can support various wireless systems. Recent wireless transmission devices have a function for effectively utilizing wireless band resources between wireless transmission devices. For example, a wireless transmission device has a function of monitoring the amount of traffic input / output with respect to a TDD (Time Division Duplex) and autonomously allocating bands in both directions according to the monitoring result. In addition, the wireless transmission apparatus changes the modulation method as an adaptive modulation function according to a change in the bit error rate due to an obstacle such as rain or a leaf.

  When the routers are connected by radio, the above-mentioned CSPF, OSPF-TE, RSVP-TE or CL-LDP is affected as follows. When the transmission band changes due to the autonomous change of the modulation method by the wireless transmission device or the band changes due to fluctuations in traffic, OSPF-TE immediately sends information on the available bandwidth of the link to other information in the network. All routers must be updated and the link information database of all routers must be updated. Further, the CSPF calculates an accurate route based on the updated information, and the RSVP-TE or CL-LDP must determine whether or not a route setting request is possible based on the updated information.

  However, if the wireless transmission device operates independently of the router, a delay occurs in grasping the usable bandwidth of the wireless link by the router after the wireless transmission device autonomously controls the bandwidth. This is because the route is explicitly set prior to communication, and the bandwidth required for communication by the router on the route cannot be accurately secured. As a result, it is difficult to guarantee communication quality and effectively use bandwidth resources on the network. It is equivalent to becoming. Further, when a bandwidth of a route is reserved in a wireless line, if the wireless transmission device ignores this and changes the bandwidth, there is a possibility that communication on the route cannot be guaranteed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a band control technique for controlling a communication band while suppressing an influence on communication between routers connected by a wireless line.

  In order to solve the above problem, an MPLS router according to an aspect of the present invention includes an interface unit connected to a wireless device that is to perform communication with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via a wireless line, and an MPLS. A storage unit that stores information on a communication band reserved in a protocol for bandwidth reservation on a router, a wireless device connected by an interface unit, and an adjacent MPLS router while referring to information stored in the storage unit A control unit that controls a communication band on the wireless channel between the wireless communication device and a setting unit that sets a communication band on the wireless channel controlled by the control unit in the wireless device.

  According to this aspect, since the communication band in the wireless line is controlled while referring to the information of the communication band reserved in the protocol for reserving the band on the MPLS router, the wireless line is considered while considering the communication band in the entire network. Can control the communication bandwidth.

  The interface unit is connected to each of at least one wireless device so as to correspond to each of at least one adjacent MPLS router, and the control unit is a communication band on a wireless line for each of at least one wireless device. This control may be executed. In this case, the communication band can be controlled while corresponding to each adjacent MPLS router to be communicated.

  Each of the at least one wireless device connected to the interface unit executes time division duplex, and the control unit controls the transmission band and the reception band in the time division duplex as control of the communication band in the radio line. The ratio may be controlled. In this case, since the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band in time division duplex is controlled, the communication band can be used effectively.

  The control unit refers to the information stored in the storage unit and divides a communication band that is not used for communication, and assigns the transmission band and the reception band to the transmission band and the reception band. The ratio may be controlled. In this case, since the communication band that is not used for communication is divided and assigned to the transmission band and the reception band, even if any one of the transmission band and the reception band is used to some extent, the band is further reduced. Can be used.

  The storage unit may reflect the communication band setting by the setting unit in the communication band information. In this case, the actual communication band setting can be reflected in the communication band information.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a bandwidth control method. In this method, information on a communication band reserved in a protocol for reserving a band on an MPLS router is obtained while connecting to a wireless device that is to perform communication with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via a wireless line. While referring, the communication band on the wireless line between the connected wireless device and the adjacent MPLS router is controlled.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to control a communication band while suppressing an influence on communication between routers connected by a wireless line.

Example 1
Before describing the present invention in detail, an outline will be described. [Embodiment 1] Embodiment 1 of the present invention relates to a communication system including a router having a wireless device. The router according to the present embodiment can communicate with another router via a wireless line. Here, since a plurality of routers are provided in the communication system, there are a plurality of wireless lines to which they are connected. It is assumed that these radio lines use different frequencies to reduce interference. Further, it is assumed that TDD is applied in order to perform bidirectional communication in one wireless line. Furthermore, even when the traffic volume of bidirectional communication is asymmetric, in order to provide sufficient bandwidth for each bidirectional communication, the ratio of the communication bandwidth to bidirectional communication according to the traffic volume (Here, paying attention to one router, one is called "transmitting side" and its communication band is called "transmission band", and the other is called "receiving side" and its communication band is set to "receiving side." Band)).

  For example, when the traffic volume on the transmission side becomes larger than the traffic volume on the reception side, the router makes the ratio of the transmission band larger than the ratio of the reception band. Note that the communication system according to the present embodiment is compatible with MPLS. The router collects link information and bandwidth information by OSPF-TE. In addition, the router determines a route by CSPF, and secures a bandwidth necessary for communication in a router on the route by a signaling protocol that reserves a bandwidth such as RSVP-TE. Note that an MPLS data transfer path constructed in a router on the route by the bandwidth reservation protocol is referred to as a “communication path”. If the communication bandwidth of the wireless line is controlled independently by the wireless device regardless of the reservation of the communication bandwidth by such OSPF-TE, CSPF, and bandwidth reservation protocol, the data may not be transferred normally. . As a result, communication is interrupted and communication quality deteriorates. In order to improve this, the router according to the embodiment executes control of the communication bandwidth of the wireless line based on the communication bandwidth reserved in the protocol for bandwidth reservation on the MPLS router.

  In addition, the subject about a present Example may be shown as follows. A wireless device that dynamically changes a transmission band and a reception band in TDD in accordance with the amount of traffic has been developed. However, when a communication system is constructed by connecting a wireless device and a router, since the router and the wireless device operate independently, the bandwidth control function in the wireless device cannot be used effectively. That is, in the route setting process in the router, the radio band is not controlled according to the demand for communication from the entire communication system, and thus the radio band resources of the entire communication system cannot be effectively used.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a communication system 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The communication system 100 includes a first node 10a, a second node 10b, a third node 10c, a fourth node 10d, a fifth node 10e, a sixth node 10f, a seventh node 10g, and an eighth node 10h, which are collectively referred to as a node 10. , A ninth node 10i and a tenth node 10j.

  The communication system 100 includes a plurality of nodes 10. The node 10 has a wireless communication function as well as a router function. A dotted line connecting the nodes 10 in the figure, for example, a dotted line connecting the first node 10a and the second node 10b corresponds to a wireless line. Hereinafter, the nodes 10 connected by dotted lines are referred to as adjacent nodes 10. For example, the nodes 10 adjacent to the first node 10a correspond to the second node 10b and the sixth node 10f. The node 10 corresponds to MPLS. Since MPLS is a known technique, description thereof is omitted. Each node 10 is connected to a terminal device, a server, etc., but these are not shown.

  FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the node 10. The node 10 includes a first wireless device 12a, a second wireless device 12b, and a router 14 that are collectively referred to as a wireless device 12. The first wireless device 12a includes a first antenna 16a, a first wireless transmission control unit 18a, a first control signal IF unit 20a, a first wireless transmission processing unit 22a, a first wireless IF unit 24a, and a second wireless device 12b. Includes a second antenna 16b, a second radio transmission control unit 18b, a second control signal IF unit 20b, a second radio transmission processing unit 22b, and a second radio IF unit 24b. Here, the first antenna 16a and the second antenna 16b are collectively referred to as the antenna 16, and the first radio transmission control unit 18a and the second radio transmission control unit 18b are collectively referred to as the radio transmission control unit 18, and the first control signal. The IF unit 20a and the second control signal IF unit 20b are collectively referred to as the control signal IF unit 20, and the first wireless transmission processing unit 22a and the second wireless transmission processing unit 22b are collectively referred to as the wireless transmission processing unit 22, and the first The wireless IF unit 24a and the second wireless IF unit 24b are collectively referred to as a wireless IF unit 24.

  The router 14 includes a communication unit 26, a first radio device control unit 28a, a second radio device control unit 28b, a transmission management unit 30, an OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32, and a communication path setting protocol. A processing unit 34, a CSPF calculation unit 36, a recording unit 38, and a radio band control unit 40 are included. The communication unit 26 includes a first router IF unit 42a, a second router IF unit 42b, and an exchange processing unit 44, which are collectively referred to as a router IF unit 42. The recording unit 38 includes a network link information DB 46, a local router link information. Includes DB48.

  The wireless device 12 communicates with the wireless device 12 included in another node 10 (not shown). In FIG. 2, two wireless devices 12 are shown, but each communicates with a wireless device 12 included in another node 10. For example, when FIG. 2 is the first node 10a of FIG. 1, the first wireless device 12a communicates with the second node 10b of FIG. 1, and the second wireless device 12b is connected to the sixth node 10f of FIG. connect. Here, since the 1st radio | wireless apparatus 12a and the 2nd radio | wireless apparatus 12b have comprised the same structure, it demonstrates as either one or these as a generic name here, but the direction which is not demonstrated Is also applicable. Note that the number of wireless devices 12 to be included in the node 10 need not be limited to “2”, may be more than that, and may include a wired communication device.

  The wireless transmission processing unit 22 communicates with the wireless device 12 included in another node 10 (not shown) via the antenna 16. The wireless transmission processing unit 22 includes a packet transmission / reception function, a frequency conversion function, a modulation / demodulation function, and the like. The radio frequency used for the communication is set to a specific frequency, and is defined to a value that reduces interference with the radio frequency used for other communication. Further, the wireless transmission processing unit 22 executes TDD. When executing TDD, the ratio of the transmission band and the ratio of the reception band change according to the control from the radio transmission control unit 18. That is, when the transmission side requires more bandwidth than the reception side, the transmission bandwidth ratio is controlled to be larger than the reception bandwidth proportion. Hereinafter, control that changes the ratio of the transmission band and the ratio of the reception band is included in the “band control”.

  Band control in the wireless transmission processing unit 22 is such that one of the two wireless transmission processing units 22 performing communication with each other is controlled, and the other operates according to the control. It is assumed that which performs band control is set in the wireless transmission processing unit 22 in advance. This may be preset by the user. Or, an address such as a MAC address assigned to the wireless transmission processing unit 22 is compared, and a rule that the bandwidth control is performed in advance when the address value is larger should be executed in accordance with the rule. The wireless transmission processing unit 22 may be set.

  The wireless IF unit 24 serves as an interface on the wireless device 12 side for a packet to be transmitted / received between the router 14 and the wireless device 12. That is, the wireless IF unit 24 outputs the packet from the wireless transmission processing unit 22 to the router 14 and outputs the packet from the router 14 to the wireless transmission processing unit 22. The wireless IF unit 24 and the router 14 are connected by a predetermined cable.

  The wireless transmission control unit 18 performs control on the wireless transmission processing unit 22. In particular, as described above, the wireless transmission processing unit 22 is instructed to perform bandwidth control. For example, the wireless transmission control unit 18 outputs an instruction to the wireless transmission processing unit 22 to increase the ratio of the transmission side band and decrease the ratio of the reception side band. In order to execute such band control, the wireless transmission control unit 18 inputs an instruction from the router 14 via the control signal IF unit 20. The control signal IF unit 20 outputs wireless state data to the router, and inputs data for controlling the wireless from the router. Further, the wireless transmission control unit 18 acquires the state of the wireless transmission path in the wireless transmission processing unit 22. For example, a packet transmission / reception availability state, communication speed, communication mode, error rate, and the like on the wireless transmission path are acquired. The wireless transmission control unit 18 outputs the acquired state of the wireless transmission path via the control signal IF unit 20.

  The router IF unit 42 is connected to the wireless IF unit 24. That is, the router IF unit 42 is connected to the wireless device 12 that is an adjacent router 14 included in the adjacent node 10 and that should perform communication with at least one adjacent router 14 via a wireless line. . The router IF unit 42 corresponds to a plurality of transmission interfaces for connecting the routers 14, that is, ports. The router IF unit 42 is provided for each port, and executes a process of receiving a packet from the adjacent router 14 and a process of transmitting a packet to the adjacent router 14. Here, the router IF unit 42 is connected to each of at least one wireless device 12 so as to correspond to each of at least one adjacent router 14. Therefore, as described above, if the router 14 connects three or more wireless devices 12, three or more router IF units 42 are provided correspondingly.

  The exchange processing unit 44 refers to the destination information of the packet received from the router IF unit 42 and receives the packet, determines the output destination of the packet, and sends the packet to the router IF unit 42 corresponding to the output destination. Output. The transmission management unit 30 manages the state of the wireless transmission path notified from each of the wireless device control unit 28 or the router IF unit 42. For example, the packet transmission / reception availability state, communication speed, and communication mode in the wireless transmission path are managed. When a change occurs in the state of the wireless transmission path, the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 and the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 are notified.

  The OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 executes OSPF-TE. Description of OPSF-TE is omitted. The OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 distributes the link state advertisement of its own router 14 to the adjacent router 14. Further, the contents of the link status advertisement of the other router 14 received from the adjacent router 14 are reflected in the network link information DB 46 described later. Further, the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 distributes the reflected contents to another adjacent router 14. Note that a packet of a message for exchanging information with the adjacent router 14 is transmitted / received via the exchange processing unit 44.

  The network link information DB 46 records link status information of its own router 14 and link status information of other routers 14 of the communication system 100. The CSPF calculation unit 36 executes the CSPF. That is, a route to a destination that satisfies a desired condition is derived in accordance with a request from a communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 described later.

  The own router link information DB 48 records link state information and usable bandwidth information between the own router 14 and the adjacent router 14. The link status information reflects the transmission path transmission / reception availability status input from the transmission management unit 30. The available bandwidth reflects the result of acceptance of a path setting request input from the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 described later. In addition, the own router link information DB 48 also records information on a route included in each link. FIG. 3 shows the structure of data recorded in the own router link information DB 48. The data includes a router name column 110, a modulation method column 112, a transmission band column 114, a transmission usable band column 116, a reception band column 118, a reception usable band column 120, a communication path (transmission band, reception band). Column 122 is included. Here, the data structure of the own router link information DB 48 included in the router 14 of the first node 10a is shown. In the figure, information such as the route source and destination is omitted.

  The router name column 110 indicates the name of the router 14 to which the packet is to be transmitted next. The modulation method column 112 indicates the modulation method used in the wireless line with the router 14 to which the packet is to be transmitted next. As shown in the figure, “16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)” and “QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying)” are used. If the modulation method changes, the communication speed also changes. Therefore, it can be said that the modulation method column 112 indicates the communication speed. For example, “16QAM” indicates a communication speed twice that of “QPSK”. Further, since the communication band changes when the communication speed changes, it can be said that the modulation method column 112 indicates the communication band. The transmission bandwidth column 114 indicates a bandwidth allocated to the TDD transmission side in the wireless line. The transmission available bandwidth column 116 indicates a bandwidth that can be allocated to a new communication path among the transmission bandwidths shown in the transmission bandwidth column 114.

  The reception bandwidth column 118 indicates a bandwidth allocated to the TDD reception side in the wireless line. The reception available bandwidth column 120 indicates a bandwidth that can be allocated to a new communication path among the reception bandwidths shown in the reception bandwidth column 118. The communication path (transmission band, reception band) column 122 shows information on transmission bands and reception bands of communication paths that have already been assigned. Of the routes shown in the communication path (transmission band, reception band) column 122, a value obtained by subtracting the value of the transmission available band column 116 from the value of the transmission band column 114 if the value of the transmission band is accumulated. It corresponds to. On the other hand, if the value of the reception band among the routes shown in the communication path (transmission band, reception band) column 122 is integrated, the value of the reception available band column 120 is subtracted from the value of the reception band column 118. It corresponds to the value.

  Returning to FIG. The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 transfers the path setting request to the destination router 14 according to the route derived by the CSPF calculation unit 36. The router 14 in the middle of relaying the path setting request refers to its own router link information DB 48 to determine whether the link of the own router included in the route satisfies the communication condition included in the path setting request. Investigate. Here, the communication condition corresponds to a communication band required for communication, and whether the link of the own router included in the route satisfies the condition depends on whether there is an available band. If the condition is satisfied, the path setting request is accepted, the contents of the own router link information DB 48 are updated, and the path setting request is transmitted to the next router 14 on the route. Here, the update of the contents of the own router link information DB 48 corresponds to processing such as reducing the available bandwidth. Further, transmission / reception of the path setting request is performed via the exchange processing unit 44.

  The wireless band control unit 40 controls the communication band on the wireless line with the adjacent router 14 corresponding to each route while referring to the own router link information DB 48. Here, the radio band control unit 40 controls the ratio of the transmission band and the reception band in TDD as control of the communication band on the radio line. That is, the radio bandwidth controller 40 determines the ratio of the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth to the bandwidth of the wireless device 12 connected to each port based on the content of the own router link information DB 48. Further, the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 instructs the wireless device 12 via the wireless device control unit 28 described later, or reflects the result in the own router link information DB 48. As described above, one of the two wireless devices 12 that are included in each of the two routers 14 and are paired performs bandwidth control. The radio band control unit 40 determines the person who should control the radio band between the adjacent routers 14.

無線帯域制御部４０は、自ルータリンク情報ＤＢ４８のうちの送信用利用可能帯域と受信用利用可能帯域に対して、これらの帯域を分割しながら、送信用帯域と受信用帯域に割り当てる。その結果、無線帯域制御部４０は、ＴＤＤにおける送信用帯域と受信用帯域の割合を制御する。以上のごとく、無線帯域制御部４０は、このような通信帯域の制御において、送信用使用帯域あるいは受信用使用帯域を使用している。送信用使用帯域あるいは受信用使用帯域には、OSPF-TEプロトコルとCSPF経路計算アルゴリズムの結果が反映されているので、無線帯域制御部４０は、通信システム１００全体の通信帯域を反映しながら、無線回線の通信帯域を制御しているといえる。なお、以上の通信帯域の制御は、無線装置１２のそれぞれに対してなされる。 Here, the radio band controller 40 derives the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band as follows.

The radio bandwidth controller 40 allocates the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth to the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth while dividing these bandwidths into the available bandwidth for transmission and the usable bandwidth for reception in the own router link information DB 48. As a result, the radio band control unit 40 controls the ratio of the transmission band and the reception band in TDD. As described above, the wireless band control unit 40 uses the transmission use band or the reception use band in such communication band control. Since the results of the OSPF-TE protocol and the CSPF route calculation algorithm are reflected in the transmission bandwidth or the reception bandwidth, the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 reflects the overall communication bandwidth of the communication system 100 while It can be said that it controls the communication bandwidth of the line. The above communication band control is performed for each of the wireless devices 12.

  4A and 4B show an overview of bandwidth control in the wireless bandwidth control unit 40. FIG. FIG. 4A shows allocation of communication bands before performing band control. That is, the ratios of the transmission band and the reception band are equal to each other and 50 Mbps. Here, since the use bandwidth on the transmission side is 40 Mbps, it is assumed that the available bandwidth on the transmission side is only 10 Mbps. On the other hand, since the bandwidth used on the receiving side is 6 Mbps, the available bandwidth on the receiving side is 44 Mbps. FIG. 4B shows the result of performing band control on the state of FIG. 4A, and the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band is changed. That is, the transmission band is 67 Mbps, and the reception band is 33 Mbps. In this case, the available bandwidth on the receiving side has decreased from 44 Mbps to 27 Mbps, but the available bandwidth on the transmitting side has increased from 10 Mbps to 27 Mbps. As a result, the available bandwidth on the transmission side is equal to the available bandwidth on the reception side. With the above control, if the communication demand on the transmission side is clearly greater than the communication demand on the reception side, the band can be effectively used.

  Returning to FIG. The wireless device control unit 28 sets the communication band on the wireless line controlled by the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 in the wireless device 12. Further, the communication band setting made by the wireless device control unit 28 is reflected in the own router link information DB 48. Thus, the wireless device control unit 28 inputs and outputs control signals for communication with the wireless device 12. That is, the wireless device control unit 28 outputs information related to bandwidth control to the wireless device 12 and receives wireless transmission path characteristics such as an error rate from the wireless device 12. The wireless device control unit 28 is provided according to the number of wireless devices 12 connected to the router 14.

  This configuration can be realized in terms of hardware by a CPU, memory, or other LSI of an arbitrary computer, and in terms of software, it is realized by a program having a bandwidth control function loaded into the memory. The functional block realized by those cooperation is drawn. Accordingly, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof.

  The operation of the router 14 having the above configuration will be described. The own router link information DB 48 holds the available bandwidths of the transmitting side and the receiving side of the wireless line between the router 14 adjacent to the own router 14. When a path setting request is received from an adjacent router 14 or when its own router 14 generates a path setting request by CSPF calculation, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 communicates with the next adjacent router 14 on the route. The available bandwidth during the period is compared with the required bandwidth. As a result, if the available bandwidth is greater than the required bandwidth, it is determined that the request is accepted, and the required bandwidth is subtracted from the available bandwidth. When a path setting request is received from an adjacent router 14, the required bandwidth is subtracted from the available bandwidth with the previous adjacent router 14 on the route. On the other hand, when a path deletion request is received from an adjacent router 14 or when its own router 14 generates a path deletion request, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 communicates with the next adjacent router 14 on the route. The required bandwidth is added to the available bandwidth. Further, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 transmits a path setting request and a path deletion request to the next adjacent router 14 on the route via the router IF unit 42.

  On the other hand, the radio bandwidth control unit 40 refers to the available bandwidth for each route recorded in the own router link information DB 48 in units of a predetermined period. When the change in the available bandwidth is larger than the threshold value, the radio bandwidth controller 40 derives the ratio between the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth as described above. The derived ratio is instructed to the wireless transmission control unit 18 via the wireless device control unit 28. The wireless transmission control unit 18 controls the wireless transmission processing unit 22 according to the instructed ratio. When the control is completed, the wireless transmission control unit 18 reports the completion of control to the router 14 via the control signal IF unit 20. The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 that has input control completion via the wireless device control unit 28 sets the available bandwidth on the transmission side and the available bandwidth on the reception side based on the ratio between the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth. It is reflected in the link information DB 48. Further, the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 of changes in the available bandwidth. The OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 transmits a link status advertisement to the adjacent routers 14 in order to make the routers 14 in the communication system 100 recognize link information whose usable bandwidth has decreased.

  By such an operation, for example, the available bandwidth on the transmission side is significantly reduced, but when the available bandwidth on the reception side is sufficient, the ratio between the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth can be changed. Therefore, the available bandwidth on the transmission side can be increased and the available bandwidth on the reception side can be reduced. As a result, the radio band can be used effectively.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing a bandwidth control procedure in the router 14. The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 inputs a path setting request (S10). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 refers to the information on the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 (S12). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 subtracts the required bandwidth from the available bandwidth (S14). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 reflects the subtraction result in the own router link information DB 48 (S16). Further, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 transmits a path setting request via the router IF unit 42 (S18). On the other hand, when the timer expires (S20), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 refers to the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 (S22).

  The radio bandwidth controller 40 detects that the change in the available bandwidth is larger than the threshold value (S24). The radio band control unit 40 derives a band (S26) and instructs the first radio apparatus control unit 28a to set the controlled band (S28). The first wireless device control unit 28a instructs the wireless device 12 to set (S30). When receiving the completion of the setting, the first wireless device control unit 28a reports this to the wireless band control unit 40 (S32). The radio band controller 40 completes the control (S34). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 sets an available bandwidth (S36), reflects this in the own router link information DB 48 (S38), and notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 (S40).

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a bandwidth control procedure in the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34. The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 receives the request signal (S50). If the request signal requests setting (Y in S52), the available bandwidth is acquired from the own router link information DB 48 (S54). If the requested bandwidth is equal to or less than the available bandwidth (Y in S56), the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 subtracts the requested bandwidth from the available bandwidth (S58), and uses the subtraction result as the own router link information DB 48. (S60). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 transmits a setting request signal via the router IF unit 42 (S62). If the requested bandwidth is not less than or equal to the available bandwidth (N in S56), the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 transmits a setting request rejection via the router IF unit 42 (S64).

  On the other hand, if the request signal does not request setting (N in S52), that is, if release is requested, the available bandwidth is acquired from the own router link information DB 48 (S66). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 adds the required bandwidth to the available bandwidth (S68), and writes the addition result in the own router link information DB 48 (S70). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 transmits a release request signal via the router IF unit 42 (S72).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a band control procedure in the radio band controller 40. The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 checks the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 at a predetermined cycle (S80). If the change in the available bandwidth is larger than the threshold value (Y in S82), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 calculates the ratio between the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth (S84). The wireless band control unit 40 instructs the wireless device control unit 28 to change the ratio (S86). Further, when the wireless device control unit 28 inputs the completion of the change (S88), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 reflects the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 and notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 of the fact. (S90). On the other hand, if the change in the available bandwidth is not greater than the threshold value (N in S82), the process ends.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, the communication band on the wireless line is controlled while referring to the available band information, so that the communication band of the wireless line can be controlled while considering the communication band in the entire network. In addition, the communication band can be controlled while suppressing the influence on communication. In addition, the communication band can be controlled so as to correspond to each adjacent router to be communicated. In addition, it is possible to execute control of a communication band suitable for each wireless line between adjacent routers. In addition, since the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band in TDD is controlled, the communication band can be used effectively. In addition, since the available bandwidth is divided and assigned to the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth, the available bandwidth is assigned to either the transmission bandwidth or the reception bandwidth even if the usage bandwidth is large. Can do. In addition, since the usable bandwidth can be allocated to the larger traffic of the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth, the communication bandwidth can be effectively used. In addition, the actual setting of the communication band can be reflected in the available band information. Further, since the router actively controls the transmission band and the reception band of the wireless device, the wireless band resources of the entire communication system can be used effectively. In addition, the process of setting a route in the router and the process of controlling the communication band in the wireless device can be closely linked.

(Example 2)
The second embodiment of the present invention relates to a router to which wireless devices are connected, as in the first embodiment. Furthermore, the radio apparatus according to the second embodiment supports adaptive modulation, and changes the modulation scheme according to the characteristics of the radio transmission path. That is, when the characteristics of the wireless transmission path deteriorate, the wireless device executes a change to a modulation method with high error resistance. For example, a change from 16QAM to QPSK is performed. As a result, the communication speed decreases and the communication band also decreases. On the other hand, as described above, the router connected to the wireless device corresponds to MPLS.

  Under such circumstances, if the communication band reserved in the protocol that reserves the band on the MPLS router and the adaptive modulation are executed independently of each other, the bandwidth is reduced by the bandwidth reservation protocol due to the reduction of the communication band due to the adaptive modulation. It is possible that the data that should be transferred with the data secured cannot actually be transferred. As a result, communication is interrupted and communication quality deteriorates. In order to improve this, when the router according to the embodiment receives the notification of the change of the modulation method from the wireless device to the low order, the communication path (for bypassing the communication path corresponding to the reduction amount of the communication band) ( (Hereinafter referred to as a “detour route”), and if a detour route is found, the modulation method in the original wireless line is changed while using the detour route. Even if a detour route is not found, the modulation method is changed after disconnecting the communication path.

  In addition, the subject about a present Example may be shown as follows. When a communication system is constructed by connecting a wireless device that supports adaptive modulation and a router, if the router and the wireless device are operating independently, the wireless device autonomously changes the modulation method, Communication bandwidth decreases. As a result, when the communication path that has already been set for the wireless line is no longer accommodated, the router cannot properly set the detour route for the communication path.

  The communication system 100 according to the second embodiment is the same type as the communication system 100 in FIG. 1, and the node 10 is the same type as the node 10 in FIG. Hereinafter, the difference between the node 10 of FIG. 2 and the first embodiment will be described. The wireless transmission control unit 18 derives an error rate for a wireless line between adjacent routers 14 with which the wireless transmission processing unit 22 is communicating. The radio transmission control unit 18 measures the error rate on the receiving side. On the other hand, for the error rate on the transmission side, the radio transmission control unit 18 inputs the error rate measured by the radio transmission control unit 18 included in the radio apparatus 12 to be communicated. Further, the wireless transmission processing unit 22 supports a plurality of types of modulation schemes, which corresponds to a plurality of types of communication speeds.

  The wireless device control unit 28 is connected to the wireless transmission control unit 18 via the control signal IF unit 20. The wireless device control unit 28 receives from the wireless transmission control unit 18 a notification of a change in the modulation method in the wireless line with the adjacent router 14. This may be a notification signal indicating a change to a low modulation order, or an error rate value measured by the radio transmission control unit 18. In the latter case, if the error rate value is worse than the threshold value, the wireless device control unit 28 recognizes this as a change of the modulation method to a lower order.

  The wireless band control unit 40 derives a communication band of the wireless line when changing the modulation method to a low order. Further, by comparing the derived communication band with the information in the own router link information DB 48, a communication path that cannot be accommodated in the wireless line due to the change of the modulation method is specified from among the communication paths included in the currently used band. . This corresponds to a case where the communication band on the wireless line when the modulation method is changed is smaller than the current use band. The radio bandwidth control unit 40 determines the change of the modulation method after the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 releases the communication path. Further, after specifying the communication path, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 detects an adjacent router 14 different from the current adjacent router 14 as the next relay destination router on the detour route, and specifies the specified communication path. You may make a detour without releasing.

  As described above, when a plurality of communication paths are assigned to one adjacent router 14 as a target, that is, when a plurality of communication paths are assigned to one wireless line, a communication path setting protocol is used. The processing unit 34 executes the release of the communication path and the allocation to another adjacent router 14 as the next relay destination router on the detour path in units of the plurality of communication paths. For example, when a communication path of “10” is assigned to one adjacent router, and only a communication path of “8” can be assigned by changing the modulation method to a lower order. In this case, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 determines the release or the detour to another adjacent router 14 for the remaining “2” communication paths. When the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 detects another adjacent router 14 for detouring, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 determines the use of the wireless device 12 corresponding to the other adjacent router 14.

  The operation of the router 14 having the above configuration will be described. If a high-order modulation method is used, the communication band increases, but the error rate tends to increase due to environmental conditions such as rainfall. That is, communication quality tends to deteriorate. The radio transmission control unit 18 periodically measures the error rate in the radio channel, and notifies the switching to a lower-order modulation method when the error rate deteriorates. However, if the modulation method is switched to a lower order modulation method, the communication band becomes smaller. When the wireless transmission control unit 18 detects the deterioration of the error rate, the wireless transmission control unit 18 notifies the wireless device control unit 28 of the deterioration of the communication quality via the control signal IF unit 20. The wireless device control unit 28 notifies the wireless band control unit 40 of the deterioration in communication quality. The wireless band control unit 40 controls the communication band on the assumption that the modulation method is switched in the wireless device 12. That is, since the communication band is reduced by switching, the radio band control unit 40 recalculates the allocation of communication paths for the transmission band and the reception band. Further, the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 notifies the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 of the calculated result.

  The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 performs a switching process to a detour path for a communication path that can no longer be included in the wireless line as a result of a reduction in the communication band. If the communication path to be switched is set with the router 14 as a starting point, a path deletion request process is performed for the communication path. At this time, a path deletion request is transmitted to the next adjacent router 14 on the route. Further, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 derives a detour route using another adjacent router 14 based on the result of the CSPF calculation performed for the communication path. If a detour route is detected, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 starts processing a new path setting request for the detour route. At this time, a path setting request is transmitted to the next adjacent router 14 on the route. If the communication path to be switched is not set with the router 14 as a starting point, a path deletion request process is performed for the communication path. At this time, a path deletion request is transmitted to the previous and next adjacent routers 14 on the route. When the above processing is completed, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 notifies the wireless band control unit 40 of that.

  The wireless band control unit 40 instructs the wireless transmission control unit 18 through the wireless device control unit 28 as a result of the already performed band control, that is, the ratio of the transmission band and the ratio of the reception band. The radio transmission control unit 18 controls the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band in the radio transmission processing unit 22 according to the instructed ratio. When the control is completed, the wireless transmission control unit 18 reports the completion of control to the router 14 via the control signal IF unit 20. The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 that has received control completion via the wireless device control unit 28 automatically determines the available bandwidth on the transmission side and the available bandwidth on the reception side based on the ratio between the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth. It is reflected in the router link information DB 48. Further, the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 of changes in the available bandwidth. The OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 transmits a link status advertisement to the adjacent routers 14 in order to make the routers 14 in the communication system 100 recognize link information whose usable bandwidth has decreased.

  FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating a bandwidth control procedure in the router 14 according to the second embodiment of the invention. The first radio apparatus control unit 28a outputs a modulation scheme change notification to the radio band control unit 40 (S100). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 refers to the communication bandwidth information in the own router link information DB 48 (S102). The wireless band control unit 40 derives a communication band when the modulation method is changed (S104), and requests a path setting from the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 based on the result (S106). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 sets a detour route (S108), and reports the result to the radio bandwidth control unit 40 (S110).

  The radio band controller 40 determines band control (S112), and instructs the first radio apparatus controller 28a to set the controlled band (S114). The first wireless device control unit 28a instructs the wireless device 12 to set (S116). When receiving the completion of the setting, the first wireless device control unit 28a reports this to the wireless band control unit 40 (S118). The radio bandwidth controller 40 completes the control (S120). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 sets an available bandwidth (S122), reflects this in the own router link information DB 48 (S124), and notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 (S126).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a band control procedure in the radio band controller 40. The wireless band control unit 40 receives a notification of a change in modulation scheme from the wireless device control unit 28 (S130). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 checks the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 (S132). The wireless band control unit 40 calculates the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band when the modulation method is changed (S134). If there is a communication path that cannot be included in the wireless line as a result of the calculation (Y in S136), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 requests the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 to set a bypass route (S138). If the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 sets a bypass route (Y in S140), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 instructs the wireless device control unit 28 to change (S142). If the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 does not set a bypass route (N in S140), the communication path that is not included is released (S148), and then the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 is changed to the wireless device control unit 28. Is instructed (S142). On the other hand, if there is no communication path that cannot be included in the wireless line as a result of the calculation (N in S136), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 instructs the wireless device control unit 28 to change (S142). Further, upon receiving the change completion from the wireless device control unit 28 (S144), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 reflects the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 and notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 to that effect. (S146).

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, even when the modulation method is changed to a lower order, the release process for the communication path that cannot be accommodated is executed first, so the communication band is controlled while suppressing the influence on the communication. it can. In addition, even when changing the modulation method to a lower order, since another neighboring router that is the detour destination is detected, the change of the modulation method to a lower order is instructed. Thus, it is possible to maintain communication on a communication path corresponding to a communication band that is not included by changing the modulation method to a lower order. Further, the router actively controls the communication band of the wireless device, so that the wireless band resources in the entire communication system can be effectively used.

(Example 3)
The third embodiment of the present invention relates to a router to which a wireless device corresponding to adaptive modulation is connected, as in the second embodiment. As described above, the communication bandwidth reserved in the protocol for reserving bandwidth on the MPLS router and adaptive modulation are executed independently, so that data that should be able to be transferred with bandwidth reserved by the bandwidth reservation protocol cannot be transferred. Can also happen. As a result, communication is interrupted and communication quality deteriorates. In order to improve this, the router according to the third embodiment operates as follows. The router provides a plurality of classes of communication bands so as to correspond to each of a plurality of modulation schemes. For example, a communication band class 1 corresponding to BPSK and a communication band class 2 corresponding to QPSK are provided.

  According to such regulations, as the class becomes lower, the band tends to be secured even if the communication band is reduced by adaptive modulation. Also, a priority is set for one communication path, and the router assigns a predetermined class according to the priority. If the data capacity is ignored, a communication path having a high priority is assigned to a low class in principle. When the communication band is reduced by adaptive modulation, a higher class, that is, a communication path with a lower priority is released. As a result, a communication path with a high priority is easily maintained. In addition, after the release of the communication path with the lower priority is determined, the router executes the modulation method change to the lower order.

  The communication system 100 according to the third embodiment is of the same type as the communication system 100 of FIG. 1, and the node 10 is the same type as the node 10 of FIG. Hereinafter, with respect to the node 10 in FIG. 2, differences from the first and second embodiments will be described. The wireless band control unit 40 predefines a plurality of classes while corresponding to each of a plurality of modulation schemes for a communication band on a wireless line between adjacent routers 14. FIG. 10 shows class setting in the router 14 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Here, “class 1” to “class i” are defined as a plurality of classes. Each class corresponds to a specific modulation method, and the lower the class, the lower the communication speed. For example, “Class 1” corresponds to BPSK, “Class 2” corresponds to QPSK, and “Class 3” corresponds to 16QAM. In adaptive modulation, when the characteristics of the wireless transmission path deteriorate, switching to a modulation method having a low communication speed is generally performed. In other words, if the characteristics of the wireless transmission path deteriorate when performing 16 QAM, switching to QPSK is performed. This is equivalent to switching to a lower class.

  Bands are defined so as to correspond to the respective classes. That is, a class 1 band is defined corresponding to the class 1 modulation method, a class 2 band is defined corresponding to the class 2 modulation method, and a class i band corresponding to the class i modulation method. Bandwidth is defined. The relationship between these bands and the above-described adaptive modulation is as follows. When a class 2 modulation scheme is used, a class 2 band and a class 1 band are secured. When a class 3 modulation scheme is used, a class 3 band, a class 2 band, and a class 1 band are secured. That is, when a predetermined class of modulation scheme is used, a band equal to or lower than the class is secured. As a result, when a predetermined class of modulation scheme is used by adaptive modulation, the possibility of using a lower class band increases. That is, the closer to the class 1 band, the higher the possibility of being used.

  In FIG. 10, each class band includes a transmission available band, a transmission use band, a reception use band, and a reception use band as described above. For example, “band for class 1” includes “bandwidth for transmission t1”, “bandwidth for transmission T1”, “bandwidth for reception r1”, and “bandwidth for reception R1”. The control for one class of band is performed by the radio band control unit 40 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, but the description thereof is omitted here.

  Returning to FIG. The wireless band control unit 40 assigns priorities to the communication paths in advance. That is, a plurality of communication paths are assigned to one wireless line as in the second embodiment. Priorities are assigned to these communication paths in advance. The radio bandwidth controller 40 assigns a predetermined class from a communication path with a high priority. As described above, the lower the class bandwidth, the higher the possibility that it can be used. Therefore, basically, a communication path with a higher priority is assigned to a lower class bandwidth. Here, in order to simplify the explanation, it is assumed that a communication path with a high priority is assigned to a band of a low class.

  When the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 receives a notification of a modulation scheme change from the wireless device 12 via the wireless device control unit 28, particularly a change in the modulation scheme to a lower order, a band of a class that is not supported by the change of the modulation scheme. The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 releases at least one of the communication paths assigned to. More specifically, the radio bandwidth control unit 40 identifies a class that is not supported by changing the modulation method to a lower order. For example, a change from class 3 to class 2 corresponds to a class that class 3 no longer corresponds to. Furthermore, the radio bandwidth controller 40 investigates whether the communication path assigned to the identified class is assigned to the corresponding class even when the modulation scheme is changed. In the above example, it is investigated whether the communication path included in the class 3 band is assigned to the class 1 or class 2 band. As a result, if it is not assigned, the radio bandwidth control unit 40 causes the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 to release the communication path. Note that when releasing, a bypass route may be detected as in the second embodiment. After the above processing is completed, the wireless band control unit 40 instructs the wireless device 12 to change the modulation method via the wireless device control unit 28.

  The operation of the router 14 having the above configuration will be described. If the communication band in the wireless line is reduced by changing the modulation method in wireless transmission, there may be a communication path that must be switched to the detour path as in the second embodiment. In the third embodiment, priorities are given to communication paths in advance, and the communication path is used as a scale for selecting which communication path to switch. Further, although the communication band changes by switching the modulation system, in the third embodiment, a class is assigned to the bandwidth corresponding to the modulation system, and a measure of guarantee for transmission is given.

  That is, “class 1 band” to “class i band” are defined according to the type of modulation method. Also, a higher value class is assigned to the bandwidth obtained by performing a higher order modulation scheme. If the error rate increases due to the deterioration of the characteristics of the wireless transmission path, adaptive modulation is performed, so that the modulation method can be switched to a lower order modulation method. As a result, it can be said that the higher the class bandwidth, the higher the probability of being unusable. Therefore, it can be said that the communication path corresponding to the priority with a large value is low in importance, and the bandwidth of the class with a large value is used. The bandwidth of each class is fixed. The communication band of each class is divided into a transmission band and a reception band, and the ratio thereof is dynamically determined independently for each class in the radio band control unit 40. The link state advertisement distributed by OSPF-TE includes information on the transmission band and the reception band in units of classes. Further, the priority of the communication path is specified in the communication path setting request, and in the CSPF calculation, the path is calculated for a wireless line having an available bandwidth among the classes to be communicated.

  The radio band control unit 40 sets the class i band Bi to be deleted in order to perform switching to the modulation system of the order of one lower order. The sum of the used bandwidth for transmission Ti and the used bandwidth for reception Ri in class i, the available bandwidth for transmission t (i-1) and the available bandwidth for reception r (i) in the next lower class (i-1). -1) is compared with the sum. Let Δi be a band obtained by subtracting the sum of t (i−1) and r (i−1) from the sum of Ti and Ri. If Δi is larger than 0, it can be said that the available bandwidth of the next lower class (i−1) is not enough to accommodate the used bandwidth of class i. Next, the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 performs allocation to Ti and Ri to the transmission bandwidths ΔTi and ΔRi that should be allocated to the available bandwidth in the class (i−1). The radio band controller 40 adds ΔTi and ΔRi to the transmission use band T (i−1) and the reception use band R (i−1) in the class (i−1), respectively. As a result, a transmission available bandwidth t (i-1) and a reception available bandwidth r (i-1) in the class (i-1) are newly derived. Since these available bands are derived in the same manner as in the first embodiment, t (i-1) and r (i-1) have the same value. If Δi is greater than 0, t (i−1) and r (i−1) are 0.

At this stage, if the previously derived Δi is 0 or less, the radio bandwidth control unit 40, for the entire radio channel, the available bandwidth for transmission, the available bandwidth for transmission, the available bandwidth for reception, The sum of the used bands is derived, and this is instructed to the wireless device 12. When Δi is larger than 0 and there is no class having a value smaller than class (i−1), that is, when class (i−1) is class 1, the communication path included in Δi is released. As described in the second embodiment, switching to a detour path is attempted. Then, the sum of the usable bandwidth for transmission, the usable bandwidth for transmission, the usable bandwidth for reception, and the usable bandwidth for reception of each class is derived, and this is instructed to the radio apparatus 12. When Δi is larger than 0 and there is a class having a value smaller than class (i−1), that is, when there is class (i−2), the radio bandwidth control unit 40 determines the class (i Subtract the available bandwidth of -2) to derive a new Δi. The above procedure is repeated until Δi becomes 0 or less or the target class becomes class 1.

  FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing a bandwidth control procedure in the router 14 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The first radio apparatus control unit 28a outputs a modulation scheme change notification to the radio band control unit 40 (S160). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 refers to the communication bandwidth information in the own router link information DB 48 (S162). The wireless band control unit 40 controls the communication band when the modulation method is changed (S164), and requests the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 to release the route based on the result (S166). The communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 releases the communication path (S168), and reports the result to the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 (S170).

  The radio band controller 40 determines band control (S172), and instructs the first radio apparatus controller 28a to set the controlled band (S174). The first wireless device control unit 28a instructs the wireless device 12 to set (S176). When receiving the completion of the setting, the first radio apparatus control unit 28a reports this to the radio band control unit 40 (S178). The radio band controller 40 completes the control (S180). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 sets an available bandwidth (S182), reflects this in the local router link information DB 48 (S184), and notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 (S186).

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the procedure of bandwidth control in the wireless bandwidth controller 40. The wireless band control unit 40 receives a notification of a change in modulation scheme from the wireless device control unit 28 (S200). The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 checks the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 (S202). The radio bandwidth controller 40 controls the bandwidth in units of classes when the modulation method is changed (S204). If there is a communication path not included in any class (Y in S206), the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 releases the communication path (S208), and then the radio bandwidth control unit 40 performs radio device control. The change is instructed to the unit 28 (S210). On the other hand, if there is no communication path not included in any class (N in S206), the radio bandwidth controller 40 instructs the radio device controller 28 to change (S210). Further, when the wireless device control unit 28 inputs the completion of the change (S212), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 reflects the available bandwidth in the own router link information DB 48 and notifies the OSPF-TE protocol processing unit 32 of the fact. (S214).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of bandwidth control in units of classes in the wireless bandwidth controller 40. This corresponds to step 204 to step 208 in FIG. The wireless bandwidth control unit 40 identifies a bandwidth to be used in a class that is not supported by the change of the modulation method (S230). Here, it is assumed that the class that becomes incompatible with the change of the modulation method is class i. The radio bandwidth controller 40 sets k = i−1 (S232). If the usable bandwidth of class i cannot be accommodated in the usable bandwidth of class k (N in S234), the radio bandwidth controller 40 identifies a communication path that cannot be accommodated (S236). In addition, the band used in class i is reset to the communication band for the specified communication path. If k = 1 is not satisfied (N in S238), the radio bandwidth controller 40 subtracts 1 from k (S240) and repeats the processing from step 234. On the other hand, if the usable bandwidth of class i can be accommodated in the usable bandwidth of class k (Y in S234), the wireless bandwidth control unit 40 ends the process. If k = 1 (Y in S238), release of the corresponding communication path is determined (S242), and the radio bandwidth controller 40 ends the process.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, even when the modulation method is changed to a low order, the communication path assigned to the class that is not accommodated is released, and then the change of the modulation method is instructed. The communication band can be controlled while suppressing the influence. In addition, since there is a high possibility that communication is maintained for a low class, differentiation according to importance can be performed. In addition, since a predetermined class is assigned from a communication path with a high priority, processing according to the priority setting can be realized. Further, by assigning a communication path with a high priority to a low class, the possibility of maintaining a communication path with a high priority can be improved. In addition, when a class that does not correspond to a change in the modulation method to a lower order can be assigned to another class, communication is continued, so that the communication band can be controlled while suppressing the influence on communication. In addition, by giving priority to communication paths and giving radio bandwidth accordingly, switching to detour paths for communication paths with low priority is increased, and switching to detour paths for communication paths with high priority is performed. Differentiation can be achieved.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. .

  In the first to third embodiments of the present invention, one wireless line is associated with one wireless device 12. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, one wireless device 12 may support a plurality of wireless lines. At that time, the plurality of radio lines are multiplexed by TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) or the like. Further, the radio band control unit 40 controls communication bands in a plurality of radio channels. For example, the communication band is controlled so that the communication band becomes large for a radio line with a lot of traffic among a plurality of radio lines. The radio band control unit 40 may execute control for a plurality of radio channels while being combined with the control of the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band. According to this modification, the number of wireless devices 12 to be connected to the router 14 can be reduced. That is, the ratio between the transmission band and the reception band may be controlled according to the traffic volume.

  In the second and third embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of modulation schemes are defined as a plurality of communication speeds. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of coding rates may be defined for an error correction method, and a plurality of combinations of a plurality of modulation methods and a plurality of coding rates may be defined. According to this modification, a plurality of communication speeds can be set finely. That is, a plurality of communication speeds may be set.

  In the second and third embodiments of the present invention, the same wireless band control as that in the first embodiment may be executed. At that time, the control signal IF unit 20 and the wireless IF unit 24 are connected to each of at least one wireless device 12 so as to correspond to each of at least one adjacent router. Control of the communication band on the wireless line for each of the at least one wireless device 12 is executed. In addition, the wireless device 12 connected to the control signal IF unit 20 and the wireless IF unit 24 executes TDD, and the wireless band control unit 40 uses the transmission band in TDD as the control of the communication band in the wireless line. Controls the rate of reception bandwidth. Based on the own router link information DB 48, the radio band control unit 40 divides a communication band that is not used for communication and allocates it to a transmission band and a reception band. Further, the communication path setting protocol processing unit 34 reflects the result of communication band control in the band control unit in the own router link information DB 48. According to this modification, also in the second and third embodiments of the present invention, control of the radio band similar to that in the first embodiment can be executed.

  In the third embodiment of the present invention, the priority is associated with the class. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and priority and class may be defined separately. For example, if the available bandwidth of a given class is disappearing in both the transmission bandwidth and the reception bandwidth, and a communication path with the same priority cannot be set for that class, the communication is changed to a lower value class. If there is an available bandwidth that can accommodate the path, the bandwidth of the smaller value class is used. Each class makes it possible to accommodate communication paths having a priority with a value greater than the value of the class. When there is a request to set a communication path with the same priority as the class value later, the available bandwidth that can accommodate the communication path for which the setting request has been received is that class and a class with a smaller value. If not, the communication path having a higher priority is released to accommodate the communication path for which a setting request has been made. According to this modification, a radio band can be used effectively.

  A modification in which Embodiments 1 to 3 of the present invention are arbitrarily combined is also effective. According to this modification, it is possible to obtain an effect obtained by combining the first to third embodiments.

The features of the invention described in the embodiments may be defined by the following items.
(Item 1)
An interface unit connected to a wireless device to be communicated with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via a wireless line;
A storage unit for storing information of a communication band reserved in a protocol for bandwidth reservation on an MPLS router;
With reference to information stored in the storage unit, the wireless device connected by the interface unit, and a control unit for controlling a communication band on a wireless line between adjacent MPLS routers,
The interface unit receives a request for a reduction in communication speed on a wireless line with the MPLS router from a wireless device that should communicate with an adjacent MPLS router set in MPLS,
The control unit is configured to derive a communication bandwidth of the wireless line when the communication speed is reduced, and to determine whether the adjacent MPLS is based on a result of comparison between the derived communication bandwidth and information stored in the storage unit. A means for identifying communication that cannot be accommodated in the wireless line among the communication allocated to the wireless line with the router, and a decrease in communication speed for the wireless device after executing release processing for the identified communication And an MPLS router.

(Item 2)
The control unit detects an MPLS router different from the adjacent MPLS router in order to make a detour when specifying a route that cannot be accommodated in a wireless line, and assigns the specified communication to the detected other MPLS router. 2. The MPLS router according to item 1, wherein

(Item 3)
An interface unit connected to a wireless device to be communicated with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via a wireless line;
A storage unit for storing information of a communication band reserved in a protocol for bandwidth reservation on an MPLS router;
With reference to information stored in the storage unit, the wireless device connected by the interface unit, and a control unit for controlling a communication band on a wireless line between adjacent MPLS routers,
The wireless device connected to the interface unit supports a plurality of communication speeds,
The control unit predefines a plurality of classes while corresponding to each of a plurality of communication speeds with respect to a communication band on a wireless line between adjacent MPLS routers, and When a request for reducing the communication speed is received from the wireless device, a result of comparison between the means for deriving the communication band of the wireless line when the communication speed is reduced, and the information stored in the storage unit And a means for instructing the wireless device to lower the communication speed after releasing at least one of the communication assigned to the class that cannot be accommodated in the wireless line. Router.

(Item 4)
When the control unit receives a request for a decrease in communication speed via the interface unit, the control unit identifies a class that cannot be accommodated due to the decrease in the communication rate, and the communication assigned to the identified class also occurs due to the decrease in the communication rate. 4. The MPLS router according to item 3, characterized in that it is checked whether it is assigned to a accommodated class, and if it is not assigned, at least one communication is released.
(Item 5)
5. The MPLS router according to item 3 or 4, wherein the control unit assigns a priority to each communication in advance and assigns a predetermined class from a communication with a high priority.

(Item 6)
While referring to the information of the communication band reserved in the protocol that reserves the bandwidth on the MPLS router while connecting to the wireless device that is to perform communication with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via the wireless line, A bandwidth control method for controlling a communication bandwidth on a wireless line between a connected wireless device and an adjacent MPLS router,
When a request for lowering the communication speed on the wireless line with the MPLS router is received from a wireless device that should communicate with an adjacent MPLS router set in MPLS, the communication bandwidth of the wireless line when the communication speed is reduced Deriving
Depending on the comparison result between the derived communication band and the information of the communication band reserved in the protocol that reserves the band on the MPLS router, among the communication allocated to the wireless line between the adjacent MPLS routers, Identifying communications that can no longer be accommodated on the radio link;
And a step of instructing the wireless device to lower the communication speed after executing a release process for the identified communication.

(Item 7)
Bandwidth reservation is performed on the MPLS router while being connected to a wireless device that is capable of performing communication with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via a wireless line and supports a plurality of communication speeds. A bandwidth control method for controlling a communication bandwidth on a wireless line between a connected wireless device and an adjacent MPLS router while referring to information on a communication bandwidth reserved in a protocol,
When a plurality of classes are defined in advance while corresponding to each of a plurality of communication speeds with respect to a communication band on a wireless line between adjacent MPLS routers set in MPLS, communication is performed from the wireless device. Receiving a request for speed reduction, deriving the communication bandwidth of the wireless line in the case of reducing the communication speed; and
Release at least one of the communication assigned to the class that cannot be accommodated in the wireless line according to the comparison result between the derived communication band and the information of the communication band reserved in the protocol for reserving the band on the MPLS router. And a step of instructing the wireless device to lower the communication speed.

  “Request for reduction in communication speed” indicates a signal indicating a request for reduction in communication speed, but is not limited thereto, and may be a signal indicating deterioration in the quality of a wireless line or a signal indicating the quality of a wireless line. The signal may be any signal that can recognize a request for a decrease in communication speed. In the case of a signal indicating the deterioration of the quality of the wireless line, if the deterioration in the quality of the wireless line is associated with the decrease in the communication speed in advance, the communication speed decreases if the signal indicating the deterioration in the wireless line is received. Can recognize the request. In addition, in the case of a signal indicating the quality of a wireless line, if the quality of the wireless line is worse than a threshold value, the deterioration of the quality of the wireless line can be recognized. Recognize requests.

According to item 1, even when the communication speed is lowered, the release processing for the communication that cannot be accommodated is executed first, so that the communication band can be controlled while suppressing the influence on the communication.
According to item 2, even when the communication speed is decreased, another adjacent router is detected to make a detour, and an instruction to decrease the communication speed is given. Communication of a route corresponding to a communication band that is not included due to the decrease can be continued, and the communication band can be controlled while suppressing the influence on communication.
According to item 3, even when the communication speed is decreased, the communication assigned to the class that is not accommodated by the decrease in the communication speed is released, and then the communication speed is instructed. The communication band can be controlled while suppressing it.
According to item 4, since communication is continued when assigned, the communication band can be controlled while suppressing the influence on communication.
According to item 5, the possibility of maintaining high priority communication can be improved.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the communication system which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the node of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data recorded on the own router link information DB of FIG. FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating an outline of bandwidth control in the wireless bandwidth control unit of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a bandwidth control procedure in the router of FIG. 2. 6 is a flowchart showing a bandwidth control procedure in the route setting protocol processing unit of FIG. 5. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the band control in the radio | wireless band control part of FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the procedure of the band control in the router which concerns on Example 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the band control in the radio | wireless band control part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the setting of the class in the router which concerns on Example 3 of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the procedure of the band control in the router which concerns on Example 3 of this invention. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure of bandwidth control in the wireless bandwidth controller of FIG. 11. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of bandwidth control in units of classes in the wireless bandwidth control unit of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  10 nodes, 12 wireless devices, 14 routers, 16 antennas, 18 wireless transmission control units, 20 control signal IF units, 22 wireless transmission processing units, 24 wireless IF units, 26 communication units, 28 wireless device control units, 30 transmission management units , 32 OSPF-TE protocol processing unit, 34 communication path setting protocol processing unit, 36 CSPF calculation unit, 38 recording unit, 40 wireless bandwidth control unit, 42 router IF unit, 44 exchange processing unit, 46 network link information DB, 48 Router link information DB, 100 Communication system.

Claims (6)

An interface unit connected to a wireless device to be communicated with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via a wireless line;
A storage unit for storing information on a communication bandwidth reserved in a protocol for bandwidth reservation on an MPLS router;
A control unit that controls a communication band on a wireless line between the wireless device connected by the interface unit and an adjacent MPLS router while referring to information stored in the storage unit;
A setting unit that sets a communication band in the wireless line controlled by the control unit in the wireless device;
An MPLS router comprising: The interface unit is connected to each of at least one wireless device so as to correspond to each of the at least one adjacent MPLS router;
The MPLS router according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes control of a communication band on a wireless line for each of the at least one wireless device. Each of at least one wireless device connected to the interface unit is executing time division duplex,
The MPLS router according to claim 2, wherein the control unit controls a ratio of a transmission band and a reception band in time division duplex as control of a communication band in a wireless line.   The control unit refers to information stored in the storage unit and divides a communication band that is not used for communication and allocates the transmission band and the reception band, thereby transmitting and receiving the transmission band and reception in time division duplex. The MPLS router according to claim 3, wherein a bandwidth ratio is controlled.   The MPLS router according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit reflects the communication band setting by the setting unit in communication band information.   While referring to the information of the communication band reserved in the protocol that reserves the bandwidth on the MPLS router while connecting to the wireless device that is to perform communication with at least one adjacent MPLS router connected via the wireless line, A bandwidth control method, comprising: controlling a communication bandwidth on a wireless line between a connected wireless device and an adjacent MPLS router.

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