ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM

• Main Author: TAKANO SATORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.01.2022
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

To provide an electronic device that receives received data including packets of multiple communication methods from a wireless LAN module, in which the load on a processor that processes the received data is reduced, and data loss is suppressed.SOLUTION: An electronic device includes a subsystem that receives received data including wireless LAN packets of multiple communication methods from a wireless LAN module, the subsystem includes a data length acquisition unit that acquires the data length of the wireless LAN packet from the header of the wireless LAN packet, a communication method identification unit that identifies the communication method of the wireless LAN packet on the basis of the MAC address included in the wireless LAN packet, a data transfer unit that transfers the wireless LAN packet to a storage area different for each communication method on the basis of the data length of the wireless LAN packet and the communication method of the wireless LAN packet, and a transfer control unit that transfers the wireless LAN packet stored in the storage area to the main system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】無線ＬＡＮモジュールから複数の通信方式のパケットを含む受信データを受信する電子機器において、受信データを処理するプロセッサの負荷を低減して、テータの取りこぼしを抑制する。【解決手段】電子機器は、無線ＬＡＮモジュールから複数の通信方式の無線ＬＡＮパケットを含む受信データを受信するサブシステムを備え、サブシステムは、無線ＬＡＮパケットのヘッダから無線ＬＡＮパケットのデータ長を取得するデータ長取得部と、無線ＬＡＮパケットに含まれるＭＡＣアドレスに基づいて、無線ＬＡＮパケットの通信方式を特定する通信方式特定部と、無線ＬＡＮパケットのデータ長と前記無線ＬＡＮパケットの通信方式とに基づいて、通信方式ごとに異なる記憶領域に無線ＬＡＮパケットを転送するデータ転送部と、記憶領域に記憶された無線ＬＡＮパケットを、メインシステムに転送する転送制御部と、を有する。【選択図】図３