Radio network building method, radio communication system, and radio communication device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShigeru Sugaya
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of constructing a radio network which enables the user to select an arbitrary radio communication apparatus (A to E) as a control station and thus selected radio communication apparatus preferentially constructs the radio network, and a radio communication apparatus which is desired to be arranged as a control station is set up so that it has the function of preferentially becoming a control station in advance. In case some radio communication apparatuses are designated as control stations, any of the radio communication apparatuses is selected as a control station based on the number of radio communication apparatuses with which the designated radio communication apparatus can communicate.
Claims13
A radio communication system using a radio network composed of a plurality of radio communication apparatuses each can work as a control station,
- wherein each of the radio communication apparatuses has the function of cooperatively determining a control station of the radio network, and the radio communication apparatus which is designated as a control station by the user is preferentially selected as a control station.
A radio communication apparatus for a radio network, comprising the function of:
- communicating with other radio communication apparatuses to interchange control station selection information;
- and
- preferentially becoming a control station according to the settings of the user.
A radio communication apparatus, comprising the function of:
- constructing a radio network using a plurality of radio communication apparatuses;
- communicating with other radio communication apparatuses to select a control station;
- detecting a radio communication apparatus which preferentially becomes a control station;
- and
- becoming a control station in case the number of radio communication apparatuses with which the radio communication apparatus can communicate is large.
A method of constructing a radio network composed of a plurality of radio communication apparatuses each can work as a control station, comprising the steps of;
- accepting a designation as a control station from the user by any of the radio communication apparatuses
- selecting any of the plural radio communication apparatuses as a control station;
- wherein, in the selection step, the radio communication apparatus which is designated as a control station by the user is preferentially selected as a control station.
A method of constructing a radio network composed of a plurality of radio communication apparatuses, comprising the steps of;
- transmitting information for selecting a control station;
- obtaining the number of radio communication apparatuses to which each of the radio communication apparatuses can make a connection.
- selecting any of the plural radio communication apparatuses as a control station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.