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COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

  • US 20100008285A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2009
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication apparatus capable of connecting to one of a plurality of relay apparatuses that relays wireless communications, the communication apparatus comprising:

  • an identification-data storage unit that stores therein first device identification data for identifying a first relay apparatus to which the communication apparatus is currently being connected, the first device identification data being unique to the first relay apparatus;

    a transmitting unit that transmits a request message that requests connectable relay apparatuses to return a response message;

    a receiving unit that receives response messages from the connectable relay apparatuses, each of the response message including individual device identification data of the relay apparatus that transmitted the request message;

    a determining unit that determines whether received request message includes the individual device identification data that matches with the first device identification data stored in the identification-data storage unit; and

    a connection requesting unit that requests, if no received response message includes the individual device identification data that matches with the first device identification data stored in the identification-data storage unit, a second relay apparatus from among the relay apparatuses identified by second device identification data that is included in any of the received response messages to make a connection with the communication apparatus.

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