Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and recording medium

A wireless communication device, comprising:

• a first communicator configured to connect to an external communication device by using a first wireless channel and, at a timing at which a first key-exchange timer expires, update a first encryption key used for encrypting data transmitted by using the first wireless channel,
• wherein a first value that is a value of the first key-exchange timer is decremented in accordance with passage of time;
• a second communicator configured to connect to the external communication device by using a second wireless channel and, at a timing at which a second key-exchange timer expires, update a second encryption key used for encrypting data transmitted by using the second wireless channel,
• wherein a second value that is a value of the second key-exchange timer is decremented in accordance with passage of time;
• and
• a control circuit,
• wherein, when streaming data are transmitted by using one wireless channel of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel and a difference between the first value and the second value is greater than a predetermined range, the control circuit is configured to change a wireless channel used for transmitting the streaming data to the other wireless channel of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel before key exchange processing in the one wireless channel is started,
• wherein the predetermined range is greater than a period of first key-exchange processing for updating the first encryption key and a period of second key-exchange processing for updating the second encryption key.

A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system including a first communication device anti a second communication device, the wireless communication method comprising a step,

• wherein the first communication device includes:
• a first communicator configured to connect to the second communication device by using a first wireless channel and, at a timing at which a first key-exchange timer expires, update a first encryption key used for encrypting data transmitted by using the first wireless channel,
• wherein a first value that is a value of the first key-exchange timer is decremented in accordance with passage of time;
• and
• a second communicator configured to connect to the second communication device by using a second wireless channel and, at a timing at which a second key-exchange timer expires, update a second encryption key used for encrypting data transmitted by using the second wireless channel,
• wherein a second value that is a value of the second key-exchange timer is decremented in accordance with passage of time,
• when streaming data are transmitted by using one wireless channel of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel and a difference between the first value and the second value is greater than a predetermined range, a wireless channel used for transmitting the streaming data is changed to the other wireless channel of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel in the step before key exchange processing in tire one wireless channel is started,
• wherein the predetermined range is greater than a period of first key-exchange processing for updating the first encryption key and a period of second key-exchange processing for updating the second encryption key.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium saving a program for causing a computer of a communication device to execute a process,

• wherein the communication device includes:
• a first communicator configured to connect to an external communication device by using a first wireless channel and, at a timing at which a first key-exchange timer expires, update a first encryption key used for encrypting data transmitted by using the first wireless channel,
• wherein a first value that is a value of the first key-exchange timer is decremented in accordance with passage of time;
• and
• a second communicator configured to connect to the external communication device by using a second wireless channel and at a timing at which a second key-exchange timer expires, update a second encryption key used for encrypting data transmitted by using the second wireless channel,
• wherein a second value that is a value of the second key-exchange timer is decremented in accordance with passage of time,
• when streaming data are transmitted by using one wireless channel of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel and a difference between the first value and the second value is greater than a predetermined range, the computer changes, in the process, a wireless channel used for transmitting the streaming data to the other wireless channel of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel before key-exchange processing in the one wireless channel is started,
• wherein the predetermined range is greater than a period of first key-exchange processing for updating the first encryption key and a period of second key-exchange processing for updating the second encryption key.