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OwnerSunao Takatori, Hisanori Kiyomatsuinventors
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The present invention provides a configuration, a control method, a control program and the like for a master communication device for use in a wireless LAN system which allows each slave communication device to perform originating to a telephone apparatus outside a network by itself through a host station without relaying through the master communication device while a single wireless telephone line is used, and does not require particular processing such as authentication on the host station side. The master communication device 1 normally turns on a transmission/reception means 5 to perform location registration for a base station based on an ID set for the transmission/reception means to be in a channel usage state in which wireless telephone communication with a telephone apparatus outside the network is possible, and when a reason of originating control delegation to any of the slave communication devices 2 occurs in the channel usage state, the master communication device 1 transmits, from a short-range wireless communication means 4 to any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation, an originating control delegation signal for permitting turn-on of a transmission/reception means thereof to perform originating to a telephone apparatus outside the network using an ID of the wireless telephone line, and turns off the transmission/reception means 5 to enter an output prohibited state in which output of a radio signal is prohibited, and performs control for again turning on the transmission/reception means 5 to return to the channel usage state when a control delegation completion reason occurs in the slave communication device to which originating control has been delegated in the output prohibited state.
A master communication device for use in a wireless LAN system comprising electronic apparatuses in a network, each of the electronic apparatuses comprising, at least, short-range wireless communication means for performing transmission and reception of a radio signal among the respective electronic apparatuses in said network, transmission/reception means of a radio signal for performing communication using a wireless telephone line, and control means for controlling said short-range wireless communication means and said transmission/reception means, one of the respective electronic apparatuses serving as a master communication device and controlling the other respective electronic apparatuses as slave communication devices to share said wireless telephone line among the respective electronic apparatuses, characterized in that, to switch between a first state in normal times in which said transmission/reception means of the master communication device is turned on and the transmission/reception means of the respective slave communication devices are turned off and a second state at the time of control delegation in which said transmission/reception means of the master communication device is turned off and only the transmission/reception means of any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation is turned on, said control means normally turns on said transmission/reception means to perform location registration for a base station based on an ID set for said transmission/reception means to be in a channel usage state in which wireless telephone communication with a telephone apparatus outside the network is possible, and when a reason of originating control delegation to any of the slave communication devices occurs in said channel usage state, controls said short-range wireless communication means to transmit, to any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation, an originating control delegation signal for permitting turn-on of the transmission/reception means to perform originating to a telephone apparatus outside the network using an ID of said wireless telephone line and turns off said transmission/reception means to enter an output prohibited state in which output of a radio signal is prohibited, and controls said transmission/reception means to again turn on said transmission/reception means to return to said channel usage state when a control delegation completion reason occurs in said slave communication device to which originating control has been delegated in said output prohibited state.
A method of controlling a master communication device for use in a wireless LAN system comprising electronic apparatuses in a network, each of the electronic apparatuses comprising, at least, short-range wireless communication means for performing transmission and reception of a radio signal among the respective electronic apparatuses in said network, and transmission/reception means of a radio signal for performing communication using a wireless telephone line, one of the respective electronic apparatuses serving as a master communication device and controlling the other respective electronic apparatuses as slave communication devices to share said wireless telephone line among the respective electronic apparatuses, characterized in that, to switch between a first state in normal times in which said transmission/reception means of the master communication device is turned on and the transmission/reception means of the respective slave communication devices are turned off and a second state at the time of control delegation in which said transmission/reception means of the master communication device is turned off and only the transmission/reception means of any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation is turned on, said transmission/reception means is normally turned on to perform location registration for a base station based on an ID set for said transmission/reception means to be in a channel usage state in which wireless telephone communication with a telephone apparatus outside the network is possible, and when a reason of originating control delegation to any of the slave communication devices occurs in said channel usage state, said short-range wireless communication means is controlled to transmit, to any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation, an originating control delegation signal for permitting turn-on of the transmission/reception means to perform originating to a telephone apparatus outside the network using an ID of said wireless telephone line and said transmission/reception means is turned off to enter an output prohibited state in which output of a radio signal is prohibited, and said transmission/reception means is controlled to again turn on said transmission/reception means to return to said channel usage state when a control delegation completion reason occurs in said slave communication device to which originating control has been delegated in said output prohibited state.
A control program for a master communication device for use in a wireless LAN system comprising electronic apparatuses in a network, each of the electronic apparatuses comprising, at least, short-range wireless communication means for performing transmission and reception of a radio signal among the respective electronic apparatuses in said network, transmission/reception means of a radio signal for performing communication using a wireless telephone line, and control means for controlling said short-range wireless communication means and said transmission/reception means, one of the respective electronic apparatuses serving as a master communication device and controlling the other respective electronic apparatuses as slave communication devices to share said wireless telephone line among the respective electronic apparatuses, characterized in that, to switch between a first state in normal times in which said transmission/reception means of the master communication device is turned on and the transmission/reception means of the respective slave communication devices are turned off and a second state at the time of control delegation in which said transmission/reception means of the master communication device is turned off and only the transmission/reception means of any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation is turned on, said control means is caused to serve as means for controlling said transmission/reception means to normally turn on to perform location registration for a base station based on an ID set for said transmission/reception means to be in a channel usage state in which wireless telephone communication with a telephone apparatus outside the network is possible, and when a reason of originating control delegation to any of the slave communication devices occurs in said channel usage state, said control means is caused to serve as means for controlling said short-range wireless communication means to transmit, to any one of the slave communication devices which is a subject of control delegation, an originating control delegation signal for permitting turn-on of the transmission/reception means to perform originating to a telephone apparatus outside the network using an ID of said wireless telephone line and to serve as means for controlling said transmission/reception means to turn off to enter an output prohibited state in which output of a radio signal is prohibited, and to serve as means for controlling said transmission/reception means to again turn on to return to said channel usage state when a control delegation completion reason occurs in said slave communication device to which originating control has been delegated in said output prohibited state.
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