Electronic apparatus, communication speed information collection method, communication method between electronic apparatus and recording medium

An electronic apparatus for communicating with another device, comprising:

• a first processor for processing a physical layers for communicating with said another device;
• a second processor for processing a layer higher than said physical layer;
• and
• a memory for storing information of a relationship in magnitude between a communication speed by said first processor and a communication speeds.

A communication speed information collection method applied when communication is performed between a plurality of devices, comprising the steps of:

• collecting communicable speed information between physical layers of a respective device to produce a first speed information table;
• collecting information-processable speed information of layers higher than the physical layers of said respective device;
• and
• modifying said first speed information table with the information-processable speed information of the higher layers.

A communication method for collecting communication speed information applied when communication is performed between a plurality of devices, comprising the steps of:

• collecting communicable speed information between physical layers of a respective device to produce a first speed information table;
• collecting information-processable speed information of layers higher than the physical layers of said respective device;
• and
• modifying said first speed information table with the information-processable speed information of the higher layers;
• and
• a communication step of performing communication between the devices based on the speed information obtained by the step of collecting communicable speed information.

A recording medium on which a procedure when communication is performed between a plurality of devices is stored, said recording medium having stored thereon a program for causing such a procedure to be executed comprising the steps of:

• collecting communicable speed information between physical layers of a respective device to produce a first speed information table;
• collecting information-processable speed information of layers higher than the physical layers of said respective device;
• and
• modifying said first speed information table with the information-processable speed information of the higher layers.