Wireless communication terminal, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and computer program

A wireless communication terminal, in which a packet for requesting pairing in a data link layer is defined as a pairing request packet, comprising:

• a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another terminal;
• a storage device that stores information;
• a request section that allows the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit a first pairing request packet including predetermined identification data, and then to wirelessly transmit a second pairing request packet including the predetermined identification data;
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• a registration section that registers a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted a second pairing response packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above a data link layer when the wireless communication unit wirelessly transmits the second pairing request packet and then wirelessly receives the second pairing response packet, the second pairing response packet indicating a response corresponding to the second pairing request packet.

A wireless communication system, in which a packet for requesting pairing in a data link layer is defined as a pairing request packet, comprising:

• a first wireless communication terminal;
• and
• a second wireless communication terminal,
• wherein the first wireless communication terminal comprises:
• a first wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another terminal;
• a first storage device that stores information;
• a storage control unit that stores first identification data included in a first pairing request packet in the first storage device when the first wireless communication unit receives the first pairing request packet including the first identification data;
• a determination section that determines whether the first identification data stored in the first storage device and second identification data included in a second pairing request packet satisfy a condition decided in advance when the first wireless communication unit receives the second pairing request packet including the second identification data after the first pairing request packet is received;
• a first registration section that registers a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted the first pairing request packet and the second pairing request packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above the data link layer when the determination section determines that the first identification data and the second identification data satisfy the condition;
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• a response section that allows the wireless communication unit to transmit a second pairing response packet to the registered terminal when the determination section determines that the first identification data and the second identification data satisfy the condition, the second pairing response packet indicating a response for the second pairing request packet, and
• the second wireless communication terminal comprises:
• a second wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another terminal;
• a second storage device that stores information;
• a request section that allows the second wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit a first pairing request packet including predetermined identification data, and then to wirelessly transmit a second pairing request packet including the predetermined identification data;
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• a second registration section that registers a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted a second pairing response packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above a data link layer when the second wireless communication unit wirelessly transmits the second pairing request packet and then wirelessly receives the second pairing response packet, the second pairing response packet indicating a response corresponding to the second pairing request packet.

A wireless communication method, in which a packet for requesting pairing in a data link layer is defined as a pairing request packet, comprising:

• a wireless communication step of performing wireless communication with another terminal;
• a storage control step of storing first identification data included in a first pairing request packet in a storage device when the first pairing request packet including the first identification data is received in the wireless communication step;
• a determination step of determining whether the first identification data stored in the storage device and second identification data included in a second pairing request packet satisfy a condition decided in advance when the second pairing request packet including the second identification data is received after the first pairing request packet is received in the wireless communication step;
• a registration step of registering a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted the first pairing request packet and the second pairing request packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above the data link layer when it is determined in the determination step that the first identification data and the second identification data satisfy the condition;
• and
• a response step of allowing a wireless communication unit to transmit a second pairing response packet to the registered terminal when it is determined in the determination step that the first identification data and the second identification data satisfy the condition, the second pairing response packet indicating a response for the second pairing request packet.

A wireless communication method, in which a packet for requesting pairing in a data link layer is defined as a pairing request packet, comprising:

• a wireless communication step of performing wireless communication with another terminal;
• a request step of allowing a first pairing request packet including predetermined identification data to be wirelessly transmitted, and then a second pairing request packet including the predetermined identification data to be wirelessly transmitted in the wireless communication step;
• and
• a registration step of registering a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted a second pairing response packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above a data link layer when the second pairing request packet is wirelessly transmitted in the wireless communication step, and then the second pairing response packet is wirelessly received in the wireless communication step, the second pairing response packet indicating a response corresponding to the second pairing request packet.

A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable device to cause a computer to execute, when a packet for requesting pairing in a data link layer is defined as a pairing request packet:

• a wireless communication step of performing wireless communication with another terminal;
• a storage control step of storing first identification data included in a first pairing request packet in a storage device when the first pairing request packet including the first identification data is received in the wireless communication step;
• a determination step of determining whether the first identification data stored in the storage device and second identification data included in a second pairing request packet satisfy a condition decided in advance when the second pairing request packet including the second identification data is received after the first pairing request packet is received in the wireless communication step;
• a registration step of registering a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted the first pairing request packet and the second pairing request packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above the data link layer when it is determined in the determination step that the first identification data and the second identification data satisfy the condition;
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• a response step of allowing a wireless communication unit to transmit a second pairing response packet to the registered terminal when it is determined in the determination step that the first identification data and the second identification data satisfy the condition, the second pairing response packet indicating a response for the second pairing request packet.

A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable device, the computer program product to cause a computer to execute, when a packet for requesting pairing in a data link layer is defined as a pairing request packet:

• a wireless communication step of performing wireless communication with another terminal;
• a request step of allowing a first pairing request packet including predetermined identification data to be wirelessly transmitted, and then a second pairing request packet including the predetermined identification data to be wirelessly transmitted in the wireless communication step;
• and
• a registration step of registering a terminal, which has wirelessly transmitted a second pairing response packet, as a terminal that wirelessly transmits data of an upper layer above a data link layer when the second pairing request packet is wirelessly transmitted in the wireless communication step, and then the second pairing response packet is wirelessly received in the wireless communication step, the second pairing response packet indicating a response corresponding to the second pairing request packet.