Wireless communication system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideaki Sato
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Abstract
This invention relates to a wireless communication system, which comprises plural wireless communication units having different communication protocols, and in which a proper wireless communication unit is automatically selected from the plural wireless communication units in accordance with the operation states of the plural wireless communication units to make communication possible. Thereby, troublesome operation is not required, an optimum wireless communication method can be automatically selected, and communication cost can be reduced. In the wireless communication system of the present invention, when mobile stations are registered in a fixed station, preferential orders of the mobile stations are stored, and calling/call-reception and communication processings are controlled according to the preferential orders.
Claims10
A communication method comprising the steps of:
- selecting one of a first communication means for performing wireless communication with a direct exchange using a first communication protocol for long distance, and a second communication means, for performing wireless communication with a base unit connected to a communication line from an exchange using a second communication protocol for a short distance in according to reception states of the first and second communication means;
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- performing communication using the selected communication means.
A wireless communication method comprising the steps of:
- determining the state of reception of a predetermined signal in wireless communication means, which includes a long distance wireless communication means for performing wireless communication with a direct exchange using a first communication protocol for a long distance and a short distance wireless communication means for performing wireless communication with a base unit connected to a communication line from an exchange using a second communication protocol for a short distance;
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- selecting one of the short distance wireless communication means and the long distance wireless communication means in accordance with the result of the determination obtained in said determining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.