WO2015052867A1 - 端末装置、端末装置制御方法および端末装置制御プログラム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a terminal device capable of communicating with the outside, a terminal device control method for controlling the terminal device, and a terminal device control program for controlling the terminal device.
- Open flow is known as a protocol in which a control device controls a switch that transfers a packet. OpenFlow is defined in Non-Patent Document 1.
- the control device sets a flow entry in the switch. Then, the switch processes the received packet according to the flow entry.
- the flow entry is information that defines how to process a packet (for example, transfer, discard, etc.).
- the flow entry is set for each packet flow.
- the switch receives a packet and there is a flow entry corresponding to the flow of the packet, the switch processes the packet according to the flow entry.
- the switch notifies the control device to that effect. Then, the control device determines a flow entry corresponding to the flow of the packet and sets it in the switch.
- Examples of messages transmitted and received between the control device and the switch in OpenFlow include “Packet_in”, “Flow_mod”, “Packet_out”, “Flow_removed”, “stats_request”, “stats_reply”, and the like.
- Packet_in is a message sent from the switch to the control device. “Packet_in” is used to send a packet for which no corresponding flow entry exists from the switch to the control device.
- Flow_mod is a message sent from the control device to the switch.
- Flow_mod is a message for adding, changing, or deleting a flow entry from the control device to the switch.
- Packet_out is a message sent from the control device to the switch.
- Packet_out is a message instructing packet output from the port.
- Flow_removed is a message sent from the switch to the control device.
- Flow_removed is a message that notifies the control device when a flow entry is not used for a certain period of time and is deleted from the switch due to a timeout.
- the switch transmits statistical information of the flow corresponding to the deleted flow entry to the control device.
- “Stats_request” is a message sent from the control device to the switch. “Stats_request” is a message for requesting flow statistical information to the switch.
- “Stats_reply” is a message sent from the switch to the control device. “Stats_reply” is used to send flow statistical information from the switch to the control device in response to “stats_request”.
- Patent Document 1 describes a system for measuring traffic volume information for each application.
- Patent Document 2 describes a wireless communication device that connects to a plurality of wireless communication networks.
- a terminal device that can communicate with the outside.
- the amount of communication in the mobile network exceeds a predetermined amount
- control that prohibits the use of the mobile network for application software that uses the mobile network most It is preferable that can be realized.
- a terminal device that is simultaneously connected to a plurality of communication networks such as a mobile network and Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity®, registered trademark) cannot recognize the traffic on the mobile network for each individual application software. Therefore, the control as described above cannot be realized.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device, a terminal device control method, and a terminal device control program capable of recognizing a communication amount in a mobile network for each individual application software.
- a terminal apparatus includes a communication control unit that controls a packet transfer unit that transmits a packet, and an instruction information providing unit that gives instruction information representing an instruction to the communication control unit to the communication control unit, and the communication control unit includes: For each flow, obtain statistical information including the traffic from the packet transfer means, hold the statistical information together with the information of the application software that is the flow transmission source and the information of the access network used for communication. However, the statistical information of each access network is acquired from the communication control means for each application software.
- the communication control means controls the packet transfer means for transmitting the packet
- the instruction information giving means gives the instruction information indicating the instruction to the communication control means to the communication control means
- the communication The control means acquires statistical information including the traffic from the packet transfer means for each flow, and holds the statistical information together with the information of the application software that is the flow transmission source and the information of the access network used for communication
- the instruction information adding means acquires statistical information of each access network from the communication control means for each application software.
- the terminal device control program comprises a communication control means for controlling a packet transfer means for transmitting a packet, and an instruction information giving means for giving instruction information representing an instruction for the communication control means to the communication control means.
- a terminal device control program installed in a computer used as a device, wherein a communication control unit acquires statistical information including a communication amount for each flow from a packet transfer unit and transmits the statistical information to the computer.
- the first statistical information acquisition process and the instruction information adding means that hold together with the original application software information and the access network information used for communication control the statistical information of each access network for each application software. And executing a second statistical information acquisition process acquired from the means. That.
- OFC OpenFlow Controller
- OFS OpenFlow Switch
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a terminal device of the present invention.
- the terminal device 1 of this invention is a smart phone and a tablet-type terminal device, for example, it is not limited to these. Further, the terminal device 1 of the present invention can be simultaneously connected to a plurality of access networks (communication networks).
- the terminal device 1 of the present invention includes a communication control management unit 2, a control application unit 3, a packet transfer unit 4, a protocol processing unit 5, an application unit 6, and communication interface units 7a to 7n.
- Each application unit 6 is realized by a CPU that operates in accordance with each application software (hereinafter simply referred to as an application) installed in the terminal device 1. Each application unit 6 performs an operation according to the corresponding application.
- the packet transfer unit 4 processes a packet that the application unit 6 intends to transmit to the outside according to the communication control management unit 2 (for example, transfers or discards the packet).
- the communication control management unit 2 controls packet processing in the packet transfer unit 4 based on an instruction from the control application unit 3.
- the communication control management unit 2 corresponds to the OFC in the open flow
- the packet transfer unit 4 corresponds to the OFS in the open flow.
- the communication control management unit 2 may control the packet transfer unit 4 with a protocol other than OpenFlow.
- the communication control management unit 2 is referred to as OFC2.
- the packet transfer unit 4 is referred to as OFS4.
- OFC2 and OFS4 are realized by a CPU that operates according to a program.
- a program for realizing the function as the OFC 2 is called an OFC base.
- the control application unit 3 is realized by a CPU that operates according to control application software.
- the control application software is referred to as a control application.
- the control application unit 3 sends instruction information indicating an instruction for the OFC 2 to the OFC 2. This instruction information is referred to as a policy.
- the communication interface units 7a to 7n are communication interfaces corresponding to various types of communication such as a mobile network and Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, registered trademark). Each of the communication interface units 7a to 7n is specifically identified as an OFS2 port.
- the protocol processing unit 5 is realized by a CPU that operates according to a program.
- the protocol processing unit 5 provides a communication service for the application.
- the protocol processing unit 5 is a part in which protocols such as TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) used in the transmission path are implemented.
- the protocol processing unit 5 monitors whether or not each of the communication interface units 7a to 7n is usable, and notifies the monitoring result to the OFC 2 (specifically, a node state management unit 25 described later, see FIG. 3). . Further, the protocol processing unit 5 notifies the OFC 2 (specifically, a protocol state management unit 26 described later, see FIG. 3) of the own port number and the process ID (Identification) corresponding to the own port number.
- the self port number is a self port number such as TCP or UDP in each communication instructed by the application.
- Each program for realizing the functions of the control application and OFC2, OFS4, and protocol processor 5 can be referred to as a terminal device control program.
- the terminal device control program is stored in a storage device (not shown) of the terminal device 1, and the CPU of the terminal device 1 reads the terminal device control program, and according to the program, OFC2, control application unit 3, OFS4, protocol processing unit 5 Works as.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing a policy.
- the policy includes a search key used when searching for a policy and an action indicating an operation specified by the policy.
- Information specifying traffic is described as a search key.
- an application ID is described as a search key.
- the application ID is an identifier of an application that transmits / receives the control target traffic within the terminal device. If the application ID is not specified in the policy, it is regarded as a wild card.
- the identification information of the flow of the control target traffic may be described as a search key.
- the flow identification information includes, for example, an address and a port number. If the address or port number used as flow information is not specified, it is regarded as a wild card.
- the search key may include a priority.
- the priority indicates the priority of the policies when there are a plurality of policies corresponding to the common traffic. Therefore, when a plurality of policies are obtained as a result of the OFC 2 searching for a policy corresponding to a certain traffic, the OFC 2 finally uses only the policy with the highest priority among the policies as a search result.
- the search key includes a policy ID which is a policy identifier.
- the mode for specifying the action includes a mode for specifying the route of the traffic according to the traffic.
- an access network Wi-Fi, mobile network, etc.
- Wi-Fi Wi-Fi, mobile network, etc.
- the packet of the traffic is transmitted from the communication interface unit corresponding to Wi-Fi.
- a flag As an aspect for specifying an action, there is an aspect in which whether or not to execute a predetermined operation is determined by a flag.
- the predefined operation for example, “when OFC 2 detects a new flow that meets the conditions specified by the policy, OFC 2 notifies the control application unit 3 of the transmission source application and destination of the new flow. And the like. Assume that the flag corresponding to this operation is set to ON in the policy.
- the OFC 2 detects a new traffic (more specifically, a new flow corresponding to the specified condition) and searches for this policy as a policy corresponding to the traffic, the OFC 2 executes the above-described operation specified by the flag. To do. If this flag is set to OFF in the policy, the OFC 2 does not execute the above operation even if this policy is retrieved.
- an application corresponding to the application unit 6 that has transmitted a packet to the OFS 4 is referred to as an application that has transmitted the packet.
- the OFC 2 acquires statistical information for each flow from the OFS 4.
- OFC 2 sends “stats_request” of the open flow to OFS 4
- OFS 4 sends “stats_reply” to OFS 2, whereby OFC 2 acquires statistical information.
- the OFC 2 holds statistical information in each access network for each application.
- the control application unit 3 requests the OFC 2 for the statistical information of each designated access network for each application, and the OFC 2 sends the requested statistical information to the control application unit 3.
- the control application unit 3 is the application having the maximum communication amount among the applications communicating in the mobile network. Is identified.
- the control application unit 3 creates a policy that designates a route other than the mobile network (in this example, Wi-Fi) as a route used for communication of the application, and sends the policy to the OFC 2.
- the operation of the control application unit 3 for such an OFC 2 and the operation of the OFC 2 for the control application unit 3 are features of the present invention.
- the Northbound API Application programming I Interface
- the effect that the terminal device 1 can recognize the communication amount in a mobile network for every application with such a characteristic of this invention is acquired.
- an effect is obtained that the terminal device 1 can switch the access network to be used from the mobile network to Wi-Fi with respect to the application having the maximum communication amount in the mobile network. As a result, the communication load on the mobile network can be suppressed.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the details of OFC2.
- the OFC 2 includes an API management unit 21, a policy management unit 22, a statistical information management unit 23, a flow management unit 24, a node state management unit 25, and a protocol state management unit 26.
- the API management unit 21 relays API calls from the control application unit 3 and responses from the OFC 2 side. For example, when the API management unit 21 receives a policy addition, change, or deletion notification from the control application unit 3, the API management unit 21 sends the notification to the policy management unit 22. When the policy management unit 22 transmits information to the control application unit 3, the API management unit 21 relays the information. For example, when the API management unit 21 receives a request for traffic statistical information from the control application unit 3, the API management unit 21 sends the request to the statistical information management unit 23. When the statistical information management unit 23 transmits statistical information to the control application unit 3 in response to the request, the API management unit 21 relays the statistical information.
- the policy management unit 22 holds each policy sent from the control application unit 3.
- the policy management unit 22 searches for a policy corresponding to the packet, Perform the action specified by the retrieved policy. More specifically, when the flow management unit 24 receives a packet sent from the OFS 4 together with “Packet_in“ ”to the OFC 2, the flow management unit 24 sends the packet to the policy management unit 22 to request a policy search. In the following description, this operation may be called a policy inquiry.
- the policy management unit 22 searches for a policy in response to the request, and executes an operation defined by the searched policy.
- the policy management unit 22 returns the action and the policy ID to the flow management unit 24 to return to the flow management unit. 24 is instructed to create a flow entry.
- the statistical information management unit 23 holds statistical information sent from the OFS 4. Specifically, the statistical information management unit 23 holds statistical information in each access network for each application. When statistical information is requested from the control application unit 3 via the API management unit 21, the requested statistical information is sent to the control application unit 3.
- the flow management unit 24 communicates with the OFS 4 and manages information related to the flow entry set in the OFS 4.
- the flow management unit 24 receives a packet (packet for which no matching flow entry exists in OFS 4) together with “Packet_in” from the OFS 4, the flow management unit 24 sends the packet to the policy management unit 22 to request a policy search.
- the flow management unit 24 creates a flow entry based on the action and the flow information of the packet, The flow entry is transmitted to OFS4.
- the flow management unit 24 manages information related to the flow entry.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of information managed by the flow management unit 24.
- the flow management unit 24 creates and holds information illustrated in FIG. 4 for each flow entry.
- Each piece of information managed by the flow management unit 24 includes a search key for searching for each piece of information.
- the search key describes the flow flow identification information controlled by the flow entry.
- the flow identification information includes, for example, an address and a port number. If the address or port number used as flow information is not specified, it is regarded as a wild card.
- the search key also includes the policy ID used when setting the flow entry.
- each information managed by the flow management unit 24 also describes an action set in the flow entry.
- the flow management unit 24 sends the statistical information received from the OFS 4 together with “Flow_removed” to the statistical information management unit 23.
- the statistical information management unit 23 performs the statistical information. It is possible to recognize which application corresponds to statistical information.
- the flow management unit 24 acquires statistical information for each flow from the OFS 4 by periodically sending “stats_request” to the OFS 4 based on an instruction given periodically from the statistical information management unit 23, for example. Also in this case, the flow management unit 24 sends the statistical information to the statistical information management unit 23.
- the flow management unit 24 When acquiring the flow statistical information, the flow management unit 24 identifies the policy ID (see FIG. 4) held in association with the flow entry of the flow. Then, the flow management unit 24 inquires of the policy management unit 22 (specifically, the policy search unit 223 described later, see FIG. 5) about the application ID described as the search key in the policy indicated by the policy ID. An application ID is acquired from the policy management unit 22. Further, the flow management unit 24 determines in which access network the statistical information is based on the flow identification information. As a result, the flow management unit 24 can associate the application ID, the access network, and the statistical information. Then, the flow management unit 24 causes the statistical information management unit 23 to hold statistical information in association with the application ID and the access network.
- the node state management unit 25 acquires information indicating whether or not each communication interface unit 7a to 7n (see FIG. 1) is usable from the protocol processing unit 5 and holds it.
- the policy management unit 22 (specifically, an action selection unit 224, which will be described later, see FIG. 5) refers to this information to determine whether or not each communication interface unit 7a to 7n is usable. To do.
- the policy management unit 22 (specifically, the action selection unit 224), when the communication interface unit to which the packet is to be transmitted cannot be used, the action specifying the access network corresponding to the communication interface unit in the retrieved policy. Even if it is described, the action is not sent to the flow management unit 24. As a result, a flow entry for sending a packet from an unusable communication interface unit is not created.
- the protocol state management unit 26 holds information indicating the correspondence between the flow information of a packet and the application ID (application identifier) of the transmission source application of the packet.
- the protocol state management unit 26 acquires its own port number and process ID from the protocol processing unit 5 (see FIG. 1).
- the protocol state management unit 26 creates information in which a UID (User ID) corresponding to the process ID is associated with an application ID corresponding to the UID, and holds the information.
- the flow information (own port number) is associated with the application ID, and the application ID can be searched from the flow information.
- the mode in which the protocol state management unit 26 holds information indicating the correspondence between the flow information and the application ID is not particularly limited, and may not be the above mode.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing details of the policy management unit 22.
- the policy management unit 22 includes a policy table storage unit 221, a policy entry management unit 222, a policy search unit 223, and an action selection unit 224.
- the policy table storage unit 221 is a storage device (for example, a memory) that stores policies.
- the policy entry management unit 222 When the policy entry management unit 222 receives a policy addition, change, or deletion notification from the control application unit 3 via the API management unit 21, the policy entry management unit 222 updates the policy in the policy table storage unit 221 according to the notification. For example, the policy entry management unit 222 newly stores the policy in the policy table storage unit 221, changes the contents of the policy stored in the policy table storage unit 221, or is stored in the policy table storage unit 221. Or delete existing policies.
- the policy search unit 223 When a packet is sent from the flow management unit 24, the policy search unit 223 causes the protocol state management unit 26 to search for an application ID corresponding to the flow information using the flow information (port number in this example) of the packet as a key. .
- the protocol state management unit 26 returns the searched application ID to the policy search unit 223.
- This application ID is the application ID that is the source of the packet.
- the policy search unit 223 searches the policy table storage unit 221 for a policy using the application ID and the flow information of the packet sent from the flow management unit 24 as a key.
- the action selection unit 224 selects an action defined by the policy searched by the policy search unit 223. For example, in the policy searched by the policy search unit 223, when an action to perform flow detection notification is defined, the action selection unit 224 performs flow detection notification to the control application unit 3. Further, for example, when an action for specifying an access network is described in the policy, the action selection unit 224 returns the action and the policy ID to the flow management unit 24, thereby causing the flow management unit 24 to execute the flow. Instructs creation of an entry.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing details of the statistical information management unit 23.
- the statistical information management unit 23 includes a statistical information accumulation management unit 231, a statistical information storage unit 232, and a statistical information search unit 233.
- the statistical information storage unit 232 is a storage device (for example, a memory) that stores statistical information.
- the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 is based on statistical information periodically acquired from the OFS 4 by the flow management unit 24 or statistical information acquired by the flow management unit 24 together with “Flow_removed” when the flow entry is deleted in the OFS 4.
- the statistical information stored in the statistical information storage unit 232 is updated.
- the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 is provided with the application ID and access network information corresponding to the statistical information together with the statistical information from the flow management unit 24, and the statistical information storage unit 232 receives the application ID and the access information. Update statistical information corresponding to the network.
- the statistical information search unit 233 receives a request for statistical information from the control application unit 3 via the API management unit 21.
- the statistical information search unit 233 searches the statistical information storage unit 232 for the requested statistical information. Then, the statistical information search unit 233 sends the statistical information to the control application unit 3 via the API management unit 21.
- FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the processing progress of the present invention.
- APP means an application.
- the contents of the policy sent from the control application unit 3 to the OFC 2 and the contents of the statistical information collected from the OFC 2 by the control application unit 3 are shown surrounded by broken lines.
- an application corresponding to the application unit 6a is represented by a symbol a.
- An application corresponding to the application unit 6b is represented by a symbol b.
- the transfer path of the packet transferred in the order of the application unit 6a, OFS 4, and mobile network is indicated by a broken line.
- a transfer path of a packet transferred in the order of the application unit 6b, OFS4, and mobile network is indicated by an alternate long and short dash line.
- the applications a and b will be described as an example, but the types of applications are not limited to two.
- the terminal device 1 is connected to a plurality of access networks.
- the terminal device 1 is connected to two access networks, a mobile network and a Wi-Fi.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- 3G 3rd Generation
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- 3G 3rd Generation
- the control application unit 3 gives the OFC 2 a policy for instructing to use the mobile network as an initial setting for the flows having the applications a and b as the transmission source. That is, first, the control application unit 3 gives the OFC 2 a policy describing the application ID of the application a as a search key and describing the mobile network as a route in the action. Similarly, the control application unit 3 gives the OFC 2 a policy describing the application ID of the application b as a search key and describing the mobile network as a route in the action. These policies are referred to as initial setting policies.
- the OFS 4 when the OFS 4 receives a packet whose source is the application a, there is no flow entry corresponding to the packet. Therefore, the OFS 4 sends the packet to the OFC 2 by “Packet_in”.
- the OFC 2 creates a flow entry that specifies transmission of the packet flow from the communication interface unit corresponding to the mobile network based on the initial setting policy corresponding to the application a.
- the flow management unit 24 (see FIG. 3) in the OFC 2 holds information including a policy ID as information on the flow entry as shown in FIG. Then, OFC 2 sets the flow entry in OFS 4.
- the OFS 4 when the OFS 4 receives a packet whose source is the application a, the OFS 4 transmits the packet from the communication interface unit corresponding to the mobile network (see the broken line shown in the upper part of FIG. 7).
- the OFS 4 when the OFS 4 first receives a packet whose source is the application b, there is no flow entry corresponding to the packet. Therefore, the OFS 4 sends the packet to the OFC 2 by “Packet_in”.
- the OFC 2 creates a flow entry that specifies transmission of the packet flow from the communication interface unit corresponding to the mobile network, based on the initial setting policy corresponding to the application b. As shown in FIG. 4, the flow management unit 24 (see FIG. 3) holds information including a policy ID as information related to the flow entry. Then, OFC 2 sets the flow entry in OFS 4.
- the OFS 4 when the OFS 4 receives a packet having the application b as a transmission source, the OFS 4 transmits the packet from the communication interface unit corresponding to the mobile network (see the one-dot chain line shown in the upper part of FIG. 7).
- the OFS 4 holds statistical information for each flow entry after the flow entry is set. Here, it is assumed that the OFS 4 holds at least information on the traffic as statistical information.
- the communication amount information may be represented by, for example, the number of bytes, or may be represented by the number of packets.
- the OFS 4 may include information other than the communication amount in the statistical information. Each time the OFS 4 performs communication of a packet that matches the flow entry, the OFS 4 accumulates the communication amount and holds statistical information including information on the communication amount.
- the OFC 2 for example, periodically requests the statistical information of each flow from the OFS 4, and acquires the statistical information from the OFS 4 (steps S1, S2, etc.).
- the flow management unit 24 When the flow management unit 24 (see FIG. 3) in the OFC 2 acquires the statistical information of each flow, the flow management unit 24 performs the following processing for each flow.
- the flow management unit 24 identifies a policy ID (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the flow entry. Then, the flow management unit 24 inquires of the policy search unit 223 in the policy management unit 22 about the application ID described as the search key in the policy corresponding to the policy ID. Further, the flow management unit 24 determines in which access network the statistical information is the statistical information based on the flow identification information. Then, the flow management unit 24 stores the statistical information in the statistical information management unit 23 (see FIG. 3) in association with the application ID and the access network.
- the control application unit 3 collects the statistical information held in the statistical information management unit 23 in the OFC 2 as described above (step S3).
- the control application unit 3 requests the OFC 2 for statistical information in each designated access network for each application, and collects statistical information in each access network for each application.
- the control application unit 3 specifies Wi-Fi and a mobile network for each application, and collects statistical information of the Wi-Fi and the mobile network.
- “C” represents a mobile network
- “W” represents Wi-Fi. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the control application unit 3 uses the information (C100, W0) that the communication amount on the mobile network is 100 and the communication amount on Wi-Fi is 0 for the application a. Collect from.
- the control application unit 3 collects information (C10, W0) from the OFC 2 that the communication amount on the mobile network is 10 and the communication amount on the Wi-Fi is 0.
- the control application unit 3 calculates the total amount of traffic on the mobile network based on the statistical information collected in step S3, and determines whether the total is equal to or greater than a threshold value.
- the threshold is predetermined.
- control application unit 3 When the total amount of traffic on the mobile network is less than the threshold, the control application unit 3 does not add a new policy.
- the control application unit 3 instructs the OFC 2 to add a new policy.
- the control application unit 3 identifies an application having the maximum communication amount on the mobile network among applications communicating on the mobile network. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the communication amount on the mobile network by the application a is 100 (C100). Further, the amount of communication on the mobile network by the application b is 10 (C10). Therefore, the control application unit 3 specifies the application a.
- control application unit 3 describes the application ID of the application a in the search key, and creates a policy that describes a route other than the mobile network (in this example, Wi-Fi) as a route in the action.
- the control application unit 3 sets the priority of this policy higher than the priority of the initial setting policy.
- the control application unit 3 instructs the OFC 2 to add the policy (step S4).
- the OFC 2 holds this policy in accordance with the control application unit 3.
- the application unit 6a resumes the transmission of the packet, and after the resumption, sends the first packet to the OFS 4 (step S5).
- the OFS 4 transmits the packet to the OFC 2 by “Packet_in” (step S6).
- the packet received by the OFC 2 in step S6 has application a as the transmission source.
- the OFC 2 searches for the policy acquired in step S4 as the policy corresponding to the flow information of this packet. Then, the OFC 2 creates a flow entry based on the policy. That is, the OFC 2 creates a flow entry that specifies that the packet flow received from the OFS 4 together with “Packet_in” in step S6 is transmitted from the Wi-Fi communication interface unit, and sends the flow entry to the OFS 4 (step S7). Then, OFS 4 stores the flow entry. In step S7, the OFC 2 specifically sends “Flow_mod (Wi-Fi)” and “Packet_out” to the OFS 4.
- the OFS 4 transmits the packet received from the application unit 6a from the Wi-Fi communication interface unit according to the flow entry (step S8).
- the application unit 6b also resumes packet transmission and, after resuming, sends the first packet to the OFS 4 (step S9).
- the OFS 4 transmits the packet to the OFC 2 by “Packet_in” (step S10).
- the packet received by the OFC 2 in step S10 has application b as the transmission source.
- the OFC 2 searches for an initial setting policy using the application b as a search key as a policy corresponding to the flow information of this packet.
- the OFC 2 creates a flow entry based on the initial setting policy. That is, the OFC 2 creates a flow entry that defines that the packet flow received from the OFS 4 together with “Packet_in” in step S10 is transmitted from the communication interface unit of the mobile network, and sends the flow entry to the OFS 4 (step S11).
- OFS 4 stores the flow entry.
- the OFC 2 specifically sends “Flow_mod (Cellular)” and “Packet_out” to the OFS 4.
- Cellular means a mobile network.
- the OFS 4 transmits the packet received from the application unit 6b from the communication interface unit of the mobile network according to the flow entry (step S12).
- the execution timing of the operation (step S3) in which the control application unit 3 collects statistical information from the OFC 2 is not particularly limited.
- the control application unit 3 may periodically collect statistical information from the OFC 2.
- the application “a” having a large amount of communication on the mobile network is switched to perform communication using Wi-Fi, and the communication load on the mobile network is reduced.
- FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the processing progress of OFC2.
- the processing progress of the OFC 2 in the operation shown in FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the statistical information management unit 23 (see FIG. 3) in the OFC 2 instructs the flow management unit 24 to periodically acquire statistical information of each flow from the OFS 4 (step S21). Based on this instruction, the flow management unit 24 requests the statistical information of each flow by transmitting “stats_request ⁇ ” to the OFS 4 (step S22).
- the OFS 4 returns the flow statistical information to the flow management unit 24 together with “stats_replyrep” in response to “stats_request” (step S23).
- the statistical information of each flow includes information on the traffic amount of the flow accumulated in the OFS 4 until the time when step S23 is executed.
- the flow management unit 24 determines in which access network the statistical information is the statistical information based on the identification information of the flow. In addition, the flow management unit 24 identifies the policy ID (see FIG. 4) held in association with the flow entry. Then, the flow management unit 24 inquires of the policy search unit 223 (see FIG. 5) in the policy management unit 22 about the application ID described as the search key in the policy indicated by the policy ID, and the policy search unit 223 receives the application ID. To get. At this time, the policy search unit 223 may read the policy specified by the policy ID from the policy table storage unit 221, and return the application ID described as the search key in the policy to the flow management unit 24. Then, the flow management unit 24 associates each statistical information acquired for each flow with an application ID and an access network.
- the flow management unit 24 sends the statistical information, the application ID, and the combination information of the access network to the statistical information management unit 23 (step S24). Based on this information, the statistical information management unit 23 updates the statistical information held by the statistical information management unit 23. Specifically, the statistical information management unit 23 overwrites the statistical information corresponding to the application ID and the access network with the newly acquired statistical information in the statistical information storage unit 232 (see FIG. 6).
- the OFS 4 detects a flow entry that has not been used for a certain period of time, the OFS 4 deletes the flow entry and sends statistical information of the flow corresponding to the flow entry to the OFC 2 together with “Flow_removed”.
- This statistical information includes information on the traffic amount of the flow accumulated in the OFS 4 until the flow disappears.
- the flow management unit 24 receives the flow statistical information together with “Flow_removed” (step S29). Also in this case, the flow management unit 24 associates the statistical information with the application ID and the access network. This operation is the same as that when obtaining statistical information in step S23.
- the flow management unit 24 sends the statistical information, application ID, and access network combination information to the statistical information management unit 23 (step S30).
- the statistical information management unit 23 updates the statistical information held by the statistical information management unit 23. Specifically, the statistical information management unit 23 overwrites the statistical information corresponding to the application ID and the access network with the newly acquired statistical information in the statistical information storage unit 232 (see FIG. 6).
- control application unit 3 requests the OFC 2 for statistical information on each designated access network for each application (step S31). Then, the API management unit 21 in the OFC 2 receives the request, and the API management unit 21 requests the statistical information management unit 23 for statistical information on each access network designated by the control application unit 3 for each application. (Step S32).
- the statistical information management unit 23 returns statistical information in each access network for each application to the API management unit 21 (step S33). Then, the API management unit 21 sends the statistical information to the control application unit 3 (step S34). As a result, the control application unit 3 acquires statistical information in each access network for each application.
- steps S31 to S34 corresponds to the operation of step S3 shown in FIG.
- control application unit 3 after step S34 is the same as the operation of the control application unit 3 after step S3. That is, the control application unit 3 calculates the total amount of traffic in the mobile network based on the statistical information in each access network for each application acquired in step S34, and whether or not the total is equal to or greater than a threshold value. Determine. When the total amount of traffic in the mobile network is less than the threshold, the control application unit 3 does not add a new policy. If the total amount of traffic on the mobile network is equal to or greater than the threshold, the control application unit 3 instructs the OFC 2 to add a new policy.
- the control application unit 3 instructs the OFC 2 to add a new policy.
- the API management unit 21 receives a policy addition instruction from the control application unit 3, and instructs the policy management unit 22 to add the policy (step S35). Then, in the policy management unit 22, the policy entry management unit 222 (see FIG. 5) receives the policy addition instruction, and stores the policy in the policy table storage unit 221.
- the flow management unit 24 receives the “Packet_in”. As a result, the flow management unit 24 also receives a packet for which no corresponding flow entry exists in the OFS 4. The flow management unit 24 sends this packet to the policy management unit 22, and requests a policy search corresponding to the packet (step S36).
- the policy management unit 22 instructs the protocol state management unit 26 to search for the application ID corresponding to the packet based on the flow information of the packet acquired in step S36 (step S37). Then, the policy management unit 22 acquires the application ID obtained as a result of the search from the protocol state management unit 26 (step S38).
- the application ID represents the application that is the transmission source of the packet.
- the policy management unit 22 searches for a policy using the application ID and the like. As a result, the policy instructed to be added in step S4 is obtained.
- the policy management unit 22 transmits the route (Wi-Fi in this example) described as an action in the policy and the policy ID of the policy to the flow management unit 24, and sends a flow entry to the flow management unit 24. Is created (step S39).
- the policy search unit 223 receives the request (policy inquiry) in step S36. Then, the policy search unit 223 instructs the protocol state management unit 26 to search for the application ID corresponding to the packet based on the flow information of the packet acquired in step S36 (step S37). In this example, it is assumed that the policy search unit 223 uses its own port number as a key in the flow information.
- the protocol state management unit 26 holds the flow information of the packet and the application ID of the transmission source application of the packet.
- the protocol state management unit 26 holds a correspondence relationship between the own port number, process ID, UID, and application ID included in the packet.
- the protocol state management unit 26 receives a search instruction from the policy search unit 223, the protocol state management unit 26 searches for an application ID corresponding to its own port number and notifies the policy search unit 223 of it.
- the policy search unit 223 in the policy management unit 22 acquires the application ID of the application a that is the transmission source of the packet (step S38).
- the policy search unit 223 searches for a policy stored in the policy table storage unit 221 using the application ID and the flow information of the packet acquired in step S36 as a search key. Then, the policy instructed to be added in step S4 is obtained. Although there is an initial setting policy that includes the application a as a search key, the priority of the policy instructed to add in step S4 is higher. Therefore, the policy search unit 223 uses the policy instructed to be added in step S4 as a search result.
- the policy search unit 223 instructs the action selection unit 224 to select the action of the searched policy.
- the action selection unit 224 selects an action in the policy in response to this instruction.
- an action for specifying Wi-Fi as an access network is described. Therefore, the action selection unit 224 transmits the action and the policy ID of the policy to the flow management unit 24, and instructs the flow management unit 24 to create a flow entry (step S39).
- the flow management unit 24 creates a flow entry that defines that the packet flow received from the OFS 4 together with “Packet_in” in step S6 is transmitted from the Wi-Fi communication interface unit. Then, the flow management unit 24 instructs the OFS 4 to set the flow entry. This operation corresponds to step S7 shown in FIG. At this time, the flow management unit 24 sends “Flow_mod (Wi-Fi)” and “Packet_out” to the OFS 4.
- FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing progress of the statistical information management unit 23. With reference to FIG. 9, FIG. 6, etc., the process progress of the statistical information management part 23 in the operation
- step S21 the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 instructs the flow management unit 24 to acquire the statistical information of each flow from the OFS 4.
- the flow management unit 24 acquires the statistical information of each flow from the OFS 4.
- the flow management unit 24 associates the application ID, the access network, and statistical information, and sends the information to the statistical information management unit 23 (step S24; see FIGS. 8 and 9).
- the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 acquires the information.
- step S24 shown in FIG.9 the statistical information storage manager 231 determines that the application a and the mobile network ( C) is acquired as the communication amount corresponding to C), and “0” is acquired as the communication amount corresponding to application a and Wi-Fi (W), and the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 “3” is acquired as the communication amount corresponding to the mobile network (C), and “0” is acquired as the communication amount corresponding to the application b and Wi-Fi (W).
- the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 overwrites the statistical information (specifically, the traffic volume) stored in the statistical information storage unit 232 with the traffic volume information acquired in step S24 (step S51). For example, the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 overwrites “50” with the communication amount corresponding to the application a and the mobile network (C).
- step S21 instruction for the flow management unit 24
- steps S21, S24, and S51 are periodically repeated.
- the operations in steps S25, S28, and S52 are the same as the operations in steps S21, S24, and S51.
- step S28 the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 acquires “100” as the communication amount corresponding to the application a and the mobile network (C), and performs communication corresponding to the application a and Wi-Fi (W). “0” is acquired as the quantity. Further, the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 acquires “6” as the communication amount corresponding to the application b and the mobile network (C), and sets “0” as the communication amount corresponding to the application b and Wi-Fi (W). get.
- the flow management unit 24 displays the application ID, the access network, and its statistical information.
- the association and the information are sent to the statistical information management unit 23 (step S30; see FIGS. 8 and 9).
- the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 acquires the information.
- step S30 shown in FIG. 9 the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 acquires “10” as the traffic corresponding to the application b and the mobile network (C).
- the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 overwrites the statistical information (here, the communication amount) stored in the statistical information storage unit 232 with the information on the communication amount acquired in step S30 (step S53). In this example, the statistical information accumulation management unit 231 overwrites the traffic corresponding to the application b and the mobile network (C) with “10”.
- control application unit 3 requests the OFC 2 for statistical information (specifically, traffic) in each designated access network for each application (see step S31 shown in FIG. 8). Then, the API management unit 21 receives the request, and the API management unit 21 requests the statistical information search unit 233 for the amount of communication in each access network designated by the control application unit 3 for each application ( Step S32). In this example, the control application unit 3 requests Wi-Fi and mobile network traffic for each of the applications a and b. In step S32, the API management unit 21 requests the statistical information search unit 233 for the communication amounts of the Wi-Fi and the mobile network for each of the applications a and b.
- the statistical information retrieval unit 233 retrieves each requested communication amount from the communication amount stored in the statistical information storage unit 232 (step S54), and reads the retrieved communication amount from the statistical information storage unit 232 (step S54). S55).
- the statistical information search unit 233 reads “100” as the traffic corresponding to the application a and the mobile network, and reads “0” as the traffic corresponding to the application a and Wi-Fi. Further, the statistical information search unit 233 reads “10” as the traffic corresponding to the application b and the mobile network, and reads “0” as the traffic corresponding to the application b and Wi-Fi.
- the statistical information search unit 233 sends the traffic information read in step S55 to the API management unit 21 together with the application and access network information. This operation corresponds to step S33 shown in FIG. Then, the API management unit 21 sends information on each communication amount to the control application unit 3 together with the application and access network information.
- the OFC 2 acquires statistical information for each flow from the OFS 4, and holds the statistical information in association with the application and access network that are the flow transmission source. Then, the control application unit 3 requests the OFC 2 for statistical information in each designated access network for each application, and acquires the statistical information from the OFC 2. Therefore, in this example, the communication amount in each access network can be recognized for each individual application. Therefore, it is possible to recognize the traffic on the mobile network for each application.
- control application unit 3 calculates the sum of statistical information (communication amount) in each application, and determines whether the sum is equal to or greater than a threshold value. If the sum is equal to or greater than the threshold, a policy for instructing to use Wi-Fi is created for the communication of the application having the maximum communication amount in the mobile network, and is given to the OFC 2. Therefore, it is possible to perform control so that the mobile network is not used for an application in which the communication amount on the mobile network is maximized. As a result, the load on the mobile network can be reduced.
- the OFC 2 controls the OFS 4 according to the open flow. Accordingly, the OFC 2 can control the operation of the OFS 4 widely.
- the control application unit 3 gives a policy to the OFC 2, and the OFC 2 can widely control the operation of the OFS 4 according to the policy.
- the case where a specific mobile network (for example, LTE) is used as the mobile network is taken as an example.
- the OFC 2 may create a flow entry so that communication is performed using another mobile network (for example, 3G) regarding communication of an application having the maximum communication amount in the mobile network.
- the action selection unit 224 instructs the flow management unit 24 to create a flow entry (step S39)
- information indicating that the communication interface unit corresponding to Wi-Fi cannot be used has been obtained.
- the action selection unit 224 may transmit 3G information to the flow management unit 24 instead of the Wi-Fi information, and instruct the flow management unit 24 to create a flow entry.
- the use of 3G may be determined in the policy that the control application unit 3 gives to the OFC 2 in step S4.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the main part of the terminal device of the present invention.
- the terminal device of the present invention includes communication control means 91 and instruction information giving means 92.
- the communication control unit 91 controls a packet transfer unit (for example, OFS4) that transmits a packet.
- the instruction information providing unit 92 (for example, the control application unit 3) provides the communication control unit 91 with instruction information (for example, policy) indicating an instruction to the communication control unit 91.
- the communication control unit 91 obtains statistical information including the communication amount from the packet transfer unit for each flow, and holds the statistical information together with information about the application software that is a flow transmission source and information about the access network used for communication. To do.
- the instruction information adding unit 92 acquires statistical information of each access network from the communication control unit 91 for each application software.
- the terminal device can recognize the traffic on the mobile network for each individual application software.
- the instruction information adding unit 92 identifies the application software having the maximum traffic in the mobile network and sends the application software to the transmission source
- the communication control means 91 may be provided with instruction information for instructing transmission of a packet through the access network other than the mobile network as a route.
- the instruction information adding unit 92 identifies the application software having the maximum traffic in the mobile network and sends the application software to the transmission source
- the communication control means 91 may be provided with instruction information for instructing transmission of a packet with Wi-Fi as a route.
- the terminal device may be simultaneously connectable to a plurality of access networks.
- the communication control means 91 may be configured to control the packet transfer means according to the open flow.
- the present invention is preferably applied to a terminal device that can communicate with the outside.
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ポリシ管理部22において、ポリシ検索部223(図5参照)が、ステップS36の要求(ポリシ問い合わせ)を受ける。すると、ポリシ検索部223は、ステップS36で取得したパケットのフロー情報に基づいて、そのパケットに対応するアプリケーションIDの検索をプロトコル状態管理部26に指示する(ステップS37)。本例では、ポリシ検索部223は、フロー情報のうち自ポート番号をキーとして用いるものとする。
2 OFC(通信制御管理部)
3 制御アプリケーション部
4 OFS(パケット転送部)
5 プロトコル処理部
6 アプリケーション部
7a~7n 通信インタフェース部
21 API管理部
22 ポリシ管理部
23 統計情報管理部
24 フロー管理部
25 ノード状態管理部
26 プロトコル状態管理部
221 ポリシテーブル記憶部
222 ポリシエントリ管理部
223 ポリシ検索部
224 アクション選択部
231 統計情報蓄積管理部
232 統計情報記憶部
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- パケットを送信するパケット転送手段を制御する通信制御手段と、
前記通信制御手段に対する指示を表す指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与える指示情報付与手段とを備え、
前記通信制御手段は、
前記パケット転送手段からフロー毎に、通信量を含む統計情報を取得し、当該統計情報をフローの送信元となるアプリケーションソフトウェアの情報、および通信に用いたアクセス網の情報とともに保持し、
前記指示情報付与手段は、
アプリケーションソフトウェア毎に、各アクセス網の統計情報を前記通信制御手段から取得する
ことを特徴とする端末装置。 - 指示情報付与手段は、
モバイル網での通信量の総和が閾値以上になっている場合に、当該モバイル網での通信量が最大となっているアプリケーションソフトウェアを特定し、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアを送信元とするパケットを前記モバイル網以外のアクセス網を経路として送信することを指示する指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与える
請求項1に記載の端末装置。 - 指示情報付与手段は、
モバイル網での通信量の総和が閾値以上になっている場合に、当該モバイル網での通信量が最大となっているアプリケーションソフトウェアを特定し、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアを送信元とするパケットをWi-Fiを経路として送信することを指示する指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与える
請求項1または請求項2に記載の端末装置。 - 複数のアクセス網に同時に接続可能である
請求項1から請求項3のうちのいずれか1項に記載の端末装置。 - 通信制御手段は、
オープンフローに従ってパケット転送手段を制御する
請求項1から請求項4のうちのいずれか1項に記載の端末装置。 - 通信制御手段が、
パケットを送信するパケット転送手段を制御し、
指示情報付与手段が、
前記通信制御手段に対する指示を表す指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与え、
前記通信制御手段が、
前記パケット転送手段からフロー毎に、通信量を含む統計情報を取得し、当該統計情報をフローの送信元となるアプリケーションソフトウェアの情報、および通信に用いたアクセス網の情報とともに保持し、
前記指示情報付与手段が、
アプリケーションソフトウェア毎に、各アクセス網の統計情報を前記通信制御手段から取得する
ことを特徴とする端末装置制御方法。 - 指示情報付与手段が、
モバイル網での通信量の総和が閾値以上になっている場合に、当該モバイル網での通信量が最大となっているアプリケーションソフトウェアを特定し、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアを送信元とするパケットを前記モバイル網以外のアクセス網を経路として送信することを指示する指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与える
請求項6に記載の端末装置制御方法。 - パケットを送信するパケット転送手段を制御する通信制御手段と、前記通信制御手段に対する指示を表す指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与える指示情報付与手段とを備え、端末装置として用いられるコンピュータに搭載される端末装置制御プログラムであって、
前記コンピュータに、
前記通信制御手段が、前記パケット転送手段からフロー毎に、通信量を含む統計情報を取得し、当該統計情報をフローの送信元となるアプリケーションソフトウェアの情報、および通信に用いたアクセス網の情報とともに保持する第1の統計情報取得処理、および、
前記指示情報付与手段が、アプリケーションソフトウェア毎に、各アクセス網の統計情報を前記通信制御手段から取得する第2の統計情報取得処理
を実行させるための端末装置制御プログラム。 - コンピュータに、
指示情報付与手段が、モバイル網での通信量の総和が閾値以上になっている場合に、当該モバイル網での通信量が最大となっているアプリケーションソフトウェアを特定し、当該アプリケーションソフトウェアを送信元とするパケットを前記モバイル網以外のアクセス網を経路として送信することを指示する指示情報を前記通信制御手段に与える指示情報付与処理
を実行させる請求項8に記載の端末装置制御プログラム。
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