Wireless communication system, and interference preventing method

A wireless communication system in which two or more wireless communication networks having mutually different physical layers coexist, and, in each one of the wireless communication networks, wireless communication is performed between a plurality of devices and a coordinator,

• wherein a coordinator of each one of the wireless communication networks, immediately after input of power, arranges a scanning period for scanning a coexistence notification signal that is transmitted from a coordinator of another wireless communication network for a predetermined period, sequentially transmits the coexistence notification signal of the coordinator at least at intervals, and, in a case where the coexistence notification signal transmitted from the coordinator of the another wireless communication network is acquired during the scanning period, performs control for preventing communication interference with the another wireless communication network.

An interference preventing method, which prevents communication interference between two or more wireless communication networks having mutually different physical layers, of a wireless communication network in which wireless communication is performed between one or more devices and a coordinator,

• wherein, by using a coordinator of each one of the wireless communication networks, a scanning period for scanning a coexistence notification signal that is transmitted from a coordinator of another wireless communication network for a predetermined period is arranged before a first super frame immediately after input of power, the coexistence notification signal of the coordinator is transmitted once for one or a plurality of super frames, and, in a case where the coexistence notification signal transmitted from the coordinator of the another wireless communication network is acquired during the scanning period, control for preventing communication interference with the another wireless communication network is performed.

An interference preventing method, which prevents communication interference between two or more wireless communication networks having mutually different physical layers, of a wireless communication network in which wireless communication is performed between a plurality of devices and a coordinator,

• wherein, by using a coordinator of each one of the wireless communication networks, a scanning period for scanning a coexistence notification signal that is transmitted from a coordinator of another wireless communication network for a predetermined period is arranged immediately after input of power, the coexistence notification signal of the coordinator is sequentially transmitted at least at intervals, and, in a case where the coexistence notification signal transmitted from the coordinator of the another wireless communication network is acquired during the scanning period, control for preventing communication interference with the another wireless communication network is performed.