Wireless relay device and wireless communication system

A wireless relay device connecting a wireless terminal to one of a plurality of access networks with different wireless interfaces and performing relay processing between the wireless terminal and one of the plurality of access networks being connected, the wireless relay device, comprising:

• a wireless interface on local side which has a wireless interface to be connected to the wireless terminal;
• a plurality of wireless interfaces on network side which have wireless interfaces to be connected to the plurality of respective access networks;
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• a connection control section which boots the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side when the wireless interface on local side receives a signal from the wireless terminal, connects a wireless interface on network side establishing a fastest connection and the wireless interface on local side, and connects the wireless terminal to an access network corresponding to the wireless interface on network side establishing the fastest connection, wherein:
• one of the plurality of access networks and one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side support a wireless LAN, and the wireless interface on local side and the wireless terminal support another wireless LAN;
• the wireless relay device further comprises a channel control section which controls so as to, when one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side and the wireless interface on local side supporting the wireless LAN are relayed via the connection control section, acquire a wireless LAN channel number on network side used by one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side, and when the wireless LAN channel number on network side and a wireless LAN channel number on local side used by the wireless interface on local side are detected as channel numbers having mutual interference, change the wireless LAN channel number on local side to another channel number with lower quality degradation due to an interference with the wireless LAN channel number on network side;
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• the wireless interface on local side has a function to, when a channel number is instructed from the channel control section, switch a wireless channel between the wireless terminal and the wireless interface on local side to the channel number being instructed.

A wireless relay device connecting a wireless terminal to one of a plurality of access networks with different wireless interfaces and performing relay processing between the wireless terminal and one of the plurality of access networks being connected, the wireless relay device, comprising:

• a wireless interface on local side which has a wireless interface to be connected to the wireless terminal;
• a plurality of wireless interfaces on network side which have wireless interfaces to be connected to the plurality of respective access networks;
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• a connection control section which boots the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side when the wireless interface on local side receives a signal from the wireless terminal, connects a wireless interface on network side establishing a fastest connection and the wireless interface on local side, and connects the wireless terminal to an access network corresponding to the wireless interface on network side establishing the fastest connection, wherein:
• one of the plurality of access networks and one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side support a wireless LAN, and the wireless interface on local side and the wireless terminal support another wireless LAN;
• the wireless relay device further comprises a channel control section which controls so as to, when one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side not supporting the wireless LAN and the wireless interface on local side supporting the wireless LAN are relayed via the connection control section, acquire a channel number used by a neighboring wireless LAN from one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side supporting the wireless LAN, and when the channel number used by the neighboring wireless LAN and a wireless LAN channel number on local side used by the wireless interface on local side are detected as being same or near each other, change the wireless LAN channel number on local side to another channel number which is not near the channel number used by the neighboring wireless LAN;
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• the wireless interface on local side has a function to, when a channel number is instructed from the channel control section, switch a wireless channel between the wireless terminal and the wireless interface on local side to the channel number being instructed.

A wireless relay device connecting a wireless terminal to one of a plurality of access networks with different wireless interfaces and performing relay processing between the wireless terminal and one of the plurality of access networks being connected, the wireless relay device, comprising:

• a wireless interface on local side which has a wireless interface to be connected to the wireless terminal;
• a plurality of wireless interfaces on network side which have wireless interfaces to be connected to the plurality of respective access networks;
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• a connection control section which boots the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side when the wireless interface on local side receives a signal from the wireless terminal, connects a wireless interface on network side establishing a fastest connection and the wireless interface on local side, and connects the wireless terminal to an access network corresponding to the wireless interface on network side establishing the fastest connection, wherein:
• one of the plurality of access networks and one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side support a wireless LAN, and the wireless interface on local side and the wireless terminal support another wireless LAN;
• the wireless relay device further comprises a channel control section which controls so as to, when one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side not supporting the wireless LAN and the wireless interface on local side supporting the wireless LAN are relayed via the connection control section, acquire a channel number used by a neighboring wireless LAN from one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side supporting the wireless LAN, and when the channel number used by the neighboring wireless LAN and a wireless LAN channel number on local side used by the wireless interface on local side are detected as channel numbers with mutual interference, change the wireless LAN channel number on local side to another channel number with low quality degradation due to an interference with the wireless channel used by the neighboring wireless LAN;
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• the wireless interface on local side has a function to, when a channel number is instructed from the channel control section, switch a wireless channel between the wireless terminal and the wireless interface on local side to the channel number being instructed.

A wireless relay device connecting a wireless terminal to one of a plurality of access networks with different wireless interfaces and performing relay processing between the wireless terminal and one of the plurality of access networks being connected, the wireless relay device, comprising:

• a wireless interface on local side which has a wireless interface to be connected to the wireless terminal;
• a plurality of wireless interfaces on network side which have wireless interfaces to be connected to the plurality of respective access networks;
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• a connection control section which boots the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side when the wireless interface on local side receives a signal from the wireless terminal, connects a wireless interface on network side establishing a fastest connection and the wireless interface on local side, and connects the wireless terminal to an access network corresponding to the wireless interface on network side establishing the fastest connection, wherein:
• one of the plurality of access networks and one of the plurality of wireless interfaces on network side support WiMAX and the wireless interface on local side and the wireless terminal support a wireless LAN;
• the wireless relay device further comprises a channel control section which controls so as to, when the wireless interface on network side supporting the WiMAX and the wireless interface on local side supporting the wireless LAN are relayed via the connection control section and when a channel number used by the WiMAX and a wireless LAN channel number on local side used by the wireless interface on local side are detected as channel numbers with mutual interference, change the wireless LAN channel number on local side to another channel number with low quality degradation due to an interference with the wireless channel used by the WiMAX;
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• the wireless interface on local side has a function to, when a channel number is instructed from the channel control section, switch a wireless channel between the wireless terminal and the wireless interface on local side to the channel number being instructed.