COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND HEADER COMPRESSION CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A communication device includes: a header compression unit (121) which measures a time from a start of communication with a communication partner and modifies the compression ratio of a packet header to a lower ratio than the current ratio each time the time indicated by a timer value has elapsed; and a control unit (12) which controls the timer value in accordance with the line quality information relating to the local device or the line quality information received from the communication partner.