Communication apparatus and method, and program thereof
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Shitama, Atsushi Onoe
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Abstract
In order to easily and promptly make a connection to a station which a user desires and in a good communication condition, there is provided a communication apparatus applicable to a PDA having a wireless communication function, which includes setting means for setting a priority order of wireless communication stations, acquisition control means for controlling acquisition of RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indication) of each of the stations, and connection control means for controlling a connection to one of the station having a highest priority order among the stations whose RSSI exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Claims9
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- setting means for setting a priority order of wireless communication stations;
- acquisition control means for controlling acquisition of RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indication) of each of said stations;
- and
- connection control means for controlling a connection to one of said stations having a highest priority order among said stations whose RSSI exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein
- said setting means further sets whether or not an automatic connection can be made to various ones of said stations,
- said connection control means reads a profile of at least one of said stations, the profile including an automatic connection setting indicating whether the automatic connection is permitted, and
- said connection control means controls connection to one of said stations having a highest priority order among said stations to which the automatic connection is permitted depending upon a setting and whose RSSI exceeds the predetermined threshold.
A communication method, comprising:
- setting a priority order of wireless communication stations;
- an acquisition control step of controlling acquisition of RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indication) of each of said stations;
- and
- controlling a connection to one of said station having a highest priority order among said stations whose RSSI exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein
- said setting further sets whether or not an automatic connection can be made to various ones of said stations,
- reading a profile of at least one of said stations, the profile including an automatic connection setting indicating whether the automatic connection is permitted, and
- said controlling controls connection to one of said stations having a highest priority order among said stations to which the automatic connection is permitted depending upon a setting and whose RSSI exceeds the predetermined threshold.
A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program configured to cause a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
- setting a priority order of wireless communication stations;
- an acquisition control step of controlling acquisition of RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indication) of each of said stations;
- and
- controlling a connection to one of said station having a highest priority order among said stations whose RSSI exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein
- said setting further sets whether or not an automatic connection can be made to various ones of said stations,
- reading a profile of at least one of said stations, the profile including an automatic connection setting indicating whether the automatic connection is permitted, and
- said controlling controls connection to one of said stations having a highest priority order among said stations to which the automatic connection is permitted depending upon a setting and whose RSSI exceeds the predetermined threshold.
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a setting unit configured to set a priority order of wireless communication stations;
- an acquisition control unit configured to control acquisition of RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indication) of each of said stations;
- and
- a connection control unit configured to control a connection to one of said stations having a highest priority order among said stations whose RSSI exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein
- said setting unit is further configured to set whether or not an automatic connection can be made to various ones of said stations,
- said connection control unit is further configured to read a profile of at least one of said stations, the profile including an automatic connection setting indicating whether the automatic connection is permitted, and
- said connection control unit is further configured to control connection to one of said stations having a highest priority order among said stations to which the automatic connection is permitted depending upon a setting and whose RSSI exceeds the predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.