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Communication system, communication method, communication apparatus, communication control method, and computer program

  • US 20040264425A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2004
  • Published: 12/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system forming a network having no relationship of a controlling station and a controlled station, in which a plurality of communication stations respectively operate in a self-organized distributed control manner, using a plurality of communication channels, wherein:

  • each of the communication stations manages at least time information concerning transmission/reception time of a beacon signal and communication channel information concerning a communication channel to use, a transmitting communication station trying to transmit the beacon signal or data switches a communication channel to use in accordance with the time information and the communication channel information to transmit the beacon signal or the data, and a receiving communication station trying to receive the beacon signal or data switches the communication channel to use in accordance with the time information and the communication channel information to receive the beacon signal or the data.

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