Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Masashi Anzawa

Hiroki Ishizuka

Daiki Takeda

Koji Hiratsuka

Akio Gouda

Yuichi Kakishima

Kouta Oguni

Junichi Sawase

A management apparatus includes an obtainer that obtains a start request to request a start of control of quality of a communication service provided to one of a plurality of terminal apparatuses, each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses being connected to one of a plurality of networks managed by a plurality of communication carriers, and terminal information about the terminal apparatus; an identifier that identifies, from among the plurality of communication carriers, a communication carrier that provides the communication service to the terminal apparatus, based on the terminal information; and a service manager that executes predetermined processing for causing a quality control system of the identified communication carrier to start the control of the quality of the communication service to the terminal apparatus.

Management apparatus

A management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive, for each of terminal devices belonging to a first group, a corresponding piece of quality information based on a quality available to the respective terminal device in a communication service; a determiner configured to determine, based on the corresponding piece of quality information for each terminal device, whether the first group includes a second group of two or more terminal devices, the second group satisfying a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition including a quality condition in which the communication service is available at a quality higher than or equal to a predetermined quality; and a situation controller configured to, based on a result of a determination made by the determiner being affirmative, cause a first situation in which the second group receives the communication service at a quality higher than or equal to the predetermined quality.

Management apparatus and quality control apparatus

A management apparatus includes: a provider configured to, upon receiving a first request to control quality of communication within a group constituted by a first node and second nodes, which have a blockchain and which are configured to execute the communication for appending additional data to the blockchain, from the first node, provide the first node with first information corresponding to the first request; and a quality controller configured to set quality of communication related to a control target node that is one of the second nodes to quality better than or equal to a first quality upon receiving the first information in addition to a second request to control the quality of the communication related to the control target node from a receiving node, which has received the first information during forwarding of the first information within the group, among the second nodes.

A communication device includes a control unit that determines whether Quality of Service (QoS) is not to be configured for each of one or more conditions for determining a requirement that determines radio communication quality provided by the QoS or the requirement is to be configured for the QoS; and a communication unit that executes a radio communication in which QoS is not to be provided in a case where the control unit does not configure the QoS, and executes a radio communication in which QoS is to be provided in a case where the control unit configures the requirement for the QoS.

Communication device and communication method for mobile communication based on quality of service (QoS)

Disclosed is a communication device capable of communicating with a terminal that performs wireless communication. The communication device includes a receiver configured to receive a request for network quality requirements from the terminal; a calculator configured to calculate network quality requirements available to the terminal; a determination unit configured to compare the request with the available network quality requirements to determine whether the request is acceptable; and a transmitter configured to transmit the result of the determination to the terminal.

Communication device and method

A management apparatus includes: a determiner configured to determine whether at least one application program is in operation in a specific state at a terminal apparatus connected to a network NW, the at least one application program being a target for control of a quality of service for communication in the network; and a termination processor configured to execute processing to terminate the control of the quality of the service for the terminal apparatus based on a determination result by the determiner being negative.

Management apparatus and network system

A quality-of-service management system includes a terminal and a server (a quality-of-service management device), the terminal determines whether or not a satisfaction condition is satisfied for a predetermined terminal-side determination item in response to a start request of QoS control from an application or the terminal and transmits a condition determination request for starting QoS control to the server when it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the server determines whether or not the satisfaction condition is satisfied for a predetermined server-side determination item in response to the condition determination request for starting QoS control, and at least one of the terminal and the server starts QoS control when it is determined that the condition is satisfied.

Service quality management system

A terminal device, which is connected to a network in which quality of communication is controlled, includes a communicator configured to communicate with a server apparatus connected to the network, and a requester configured to request, when the server apparatus provides the terminal device with a service, execution of quality control based on a condition being satisfied, the quality control being control of quality of communication with the server apparatus, the condition being a condition in which one, some, or all of a plurality of adjustment processing tasks are executable, and the plurality of adjustment processing tasks being processing tasks to adjust at least one of a resource for provision of the service and a resource for use of the service.

Information processing apparatus and network system

A management apparatus includes: a quality manager configured to: acquire (i) a control request for requesting control of quality of communication, the communication being executed when an application program installed in the terminal apparatus is executed, and (ii) terminal information related to the terminal apparatus; and based on the control request and the terminal information, execute a control process causing at least one of the one or more networks to execute the control of quality; and a charge manager configured to: acquire, from each of the plurality of networks, fee information showing a usage fee of the control of quality; and charge a fee based on the fee information to an application provider providing the application program to the terminal apparatus.

A communication device includes a control unit that obtains information related to Quality of Service (QoS) control and determines whether to transmit information indicating whether the QoS can be provided based on the information related to the QoS control; a transmitting unit that transmits the information indicating whether the QoS can be provided based on a result of the determination to another communication device; and a communication unit that executes radio communication to which the QoS control is applied, the QoS control being executed based on the information indicating whether the QoS can be provided.

Communication device and method for mobile communication based on quality of service (QOS) control

A management apparatus includes: an acquirer configured to acquire a start request and terminal information, the start request being a request for starting control of quality of a communication service, the communication service being provided for a terminal device connected to one or more networks among a plurality of networks managed by one or more carriers; a determiner configured to determine the one or more networks connected to the terminal device from among the plurality of networks based on the terminal information acquired by the acquirer; and a service manager configured to execute control processing to cause a target network to start QoS control, the target network being a target for the QoS control among the one or more networks connected to the terminal device.

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Chiyoda-ku, Japan

Masashi Anzawa