Transmission module, information transmission network system, information transmission method, information transmission program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017070899-A1
Application number	US-201415121992-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Mar 9, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A module transmits send information to be processed by an information processing apparatus along a transmission path on which the information processing apparatus is present. When the send information is sent in accordance with predetermined sending parameters, if a sending failure in which a sending completion state of the send information cannot be confirmed occurs, a part or all of the sending parameters used for sending of the send information with respect to which the sending failure has occurred are changed, and the send information is resent in accordance with the sending parameters after the changing. Then, the predetermined sending parameter changed between the occurrence of the sending failure and confirmation of the sending completion state of the resent send information, and resend result information related to a send result corresponding to the changed predetermined sending parameter are acquired and sent toward a predetermined processing apparatus.

First claim

1 . A transmission module that transmits predetermined send information to be processed by an information processing apparatus along a predetermined transmission path on which the information processing apparatus is present, the transmission module comprising:
sending means for sending the predetermined send information from the own transmission module to a downstream transmission module on the predetermined transmission path in accordance with predetermined sending parameters that are set for sending of the predetermined send information from the own transmission module to the downstream transmission module, the downstream transmission module being located downstream of the own transmission module on the predetermined transmission path; confirming means for confirming a sending completion state in which the predetermined send information has been received by the downstream transmission module or has reached the information processing apparatus; resending means for changing, if a sending failure in which the sending completion state of the predetermined send information is not confirmed by the confirming means occurs, a part or all of the predetermined sending parameters used for sending of the predetermined send information with respect to which the sending failure has occurred, and resending the predetermined send information in accordance with the predetermined sending parameters after the changing; and acquiring means for acquiring the predetermined sending parameter changed by the resending means between the occurrence of the sending failure and confirmation of the sending completion state of the predetermined send information resent by the resending means, and resend result information related to a send result corresponding to the changed predetermined sending parameter, wherein the resend result information acquired by the acquiring means is sent toward a predetermined processing apparatus.

2 . The transmission module according to claim 1 ,
wherein if the sending failure occurs again after the predetermined send information has been resent by the resending means, resending by the resending means involving a further change of the predetermined sending parameters and confirmation of the sending completion state by the confirming means are repeated, and the acquiring means acquires a plurality of the changed predetermined sending parameters corresponding to the repeated changes performed by the resending means, and the resend result information related to a send result corresponding to each of the plurality of predetermined sending parameters.

3 . The transmission module according to claim 1 ,
wherein information regarding at least two of the predetermined sending parameters and send results corresponding to the at least two sending parameters, of the resend result information, is formed as summarized information with a compressed information volume.

4 . The transmission module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined processing apparatus is the information processing apparatus.

5 . The transmission module according to claim 4 ,
wherein the resend result information is appended to new predetermined send information that is newly sent by the sending means after the sending completion state of the predetermined send information resent by the resending means has been confirmed, and sent toward the information processing apparatus together with the new predetermined send information.

6 . The transmission module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving means for receiving upstream resend result information from an upstream transmission module that is located upstream of the own transmission module on the predetermined transmission path, the upstream resend result information corresponding to the resend result information generated in the upstream transmission module, wherein the resend result information acquired by the acquiring means is sent toward the predetermined processing apparatus together with the upstream resend result information received by the receiving means.

7 . The transmission module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory that stores the predetermined send information, wherein if the sending failure occurs, the resending means changes a part or all of the predetermined sending parameters with respect to which the sending failure has occurred and resends the predetermined send information while retaining the information in the memory.

8 . The transmission module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor that detects an environment parameter around the own transmission module or within the own transmission module, wherein the sending means sends the detected environment parameter as the predetermined send information.

9 . A network system configured to transmit predetermined send information constituting information to be processed by an information processing apparatus along a predetermined transmission path on which the information processing apparatus is present via a plurality of transmission modules,
wherein at least one transmission module of the plurality of transmission modules has
sending means for sending the predetermined send information from the own transmission module to a downstream transmission module on the predetermined transmission path in accordance with predetermined sending parameters that are set for sending of the predetermined send information from the own transmission module to the downstream transmission module, the downstream transmission module being located downstream of the own transmission module on the predetermined transmission path;
confirming means for confirming a sending completion state in which the predetermined send information has been received by the downstream transmission module or has reached the information processing apparatus;
resending means for changing, if a sending failure in which the sending completion state of the predetermined send information is not confirmed by the confirming means occurs, a part or all of the predetermined sending parameters used for sending of the predetermined send information with respect to which the sending failure has occurred, and resending the predetermined send information in accordance with the predetermined sending parameters after the changing; and
acquiring means for acquiring the predetermined sending parameter changed by the resending means between the occurrence of the sending failure and confirmation of the sending completion state of the predetermined send information resent by the resending means, and resend result information related to a send result corresponding to the changed predetermined sending parameter,
wherein the at least one transmission module sends the resend result information acquired by the acquiring means toward a predetermined processing apparatus.

10 . An information transmission method for transmitting predetermined send information to be processed by an information processing apparatus along a predetermined transmission path on which the information processing apparatus is present via a transmission module that transmits the predetermined send information, the method comprising:
a sending step of sending the predetermined send information from the own transmission module to a downstream transmission module on the predetermined transmission path in accordance with predetermined sending parameters that are set for sending of the predetermined send information from the own transmission module to the downstream transmission module, the downstream transmission module being located downstream of the own transmission module on the predetermined transmission path; a confirming step of confirming a sending completion state in wh

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Yamada Ryota
• Yamaji Yusuke
• Inoue Yuki
• Umeki Hajime

Classifications

• H04W48/16

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• H04W52/02

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• H04W24/04 Primary

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• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title