Wireless communication terminal and communication control method for establishing efficient communication, and capable of suppressing a delay in the communication

A wireless communication terminal that includes a function of receiving a wireless signal, a function of transmitting the wireless signal, and a function of relaying contents of a received wireless signal and resending the contents through the wireless signal, and that is configured to be connected to a predetermined wireless network, the wireless communication terminal comprising:

• a data synthesizing portion that synthesizes a plurality of data and sends the synthesized data when the synthesized data should be relayed to one and same destination;
• and
• a transmission timing management portion that transmits the synthesized data in accordance with a transmission timing unique to the wireless communication terminal, and changes the transmission timing to promote concentration of predetermined data on a data relay node on the predetermined wireless network,
• wherein a node the transmission timing management portion belongs to is a data generation node that does not have to be relayed, and the node the transmission timing management portion belongs to shifts the transmission timing forward when detecting failure in wireless communication between another first node and another second node.

A communication control method for controlling a wireless network formed by at least three wireless communication terminals including at least a first node, a second node and a third node, the communication control method comprising steps of:

• making the third node intercept wireless communication between the first node and the second node;
• temporarily holding, on the third node, corresponding communication data as a target to be relayed when the third node detects failure in wireless communication between the first node and the second node;
• changing a transmission timing of the third node holding the communication data;
• making the third node synthesize and transmit a plurality of communication data held by the third node when the communication data are addressed to one and same destination;
• recording and holding past actual values relating to at least one of a number of data synthesized in the third node, a number of generated data, and a transmission wait time;
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• dynamically reflecting the actual values and a change thereof on at least one of length of the transmission wait time in the third node and a reference value of the number of data to be synthesized.