WIRELESS RELAY DEVICE, WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT RECORDS PROGRAM

• US 20100085907A1
• Filed: 09/02/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: YASUMOTO, Tomonori
• Application Number:
  US12/552,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20100085907A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/315
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A wireless relay device and method that wirelessly connects a wireless terminal, measures a communication index indicating a communication state of a wireless terminal wirelessly connected, detects a weak connection wireless terminal and a strong connection wireless terminal out of wireless terminals according to a communication index of the wireless terminal, transmits a request for functioning as a wireless relay device to the strong connection wireless terminal between the weak connection wireless terminal and the strong connection wireless terminal; switches wireless connection to the weak connection wireless terminal through the wireless connection unit to the wireless connection relayed by the strong connection wireless terminal

Claims

1. A wireless relay device, comprising:

a wireless connection unit that wirelessly connects a wireless terminal;

a measuring unit that measures a communication index indicating a communication state of a wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the wireless connection unit;

a detection unit that detects a weak connection wireless terminal and a strong connection wireless terminal among wireless terminals according to the communication index of the wireless terminal;

a request transmitting unit that transmits a request to the strong connection wireless terminal to function as a wireless relay device between the weak connection wireless terminal and the strong connection wireless terminal; and

a connection control unit that switches a wireless connection to the weak connection wireless terminal through the wireless connection unit to a wireless connection relayed by the strong connection wireless terminal.

2. The wireless relay device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects the weak connection wireless terminal and the strong connection wireless terminal based on a comparison result of the communication index and a specified threshold value of the wireless terminal.

3. The wireless relay device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless relay device comprises:

a receiving unit that receives a notification indicating that a relayed communication between the weak connection wireless terminal and the strong connection wireless terminal is stopped, and

wherein the connection control unit switches the wireless connection to the weak connection wireless terminal to direct wireless connection in response to reception of the notification.

4. A wireless terminal, comprising:

a request receiving unit that receives, from a wireless relay device, a request for functioning as a wireless relay device between another wireless terminal and the wireless relay device;

a measuring unit that measures a communication index indicating a communication state of the other wireless terminal;

a response transmitting unit that transmits a response of a request acceptance to the wireless relay device when determining that the communication index of the other wireless terminal is a specified threshold value or more; and

a relay unit that relays wireless connection between the other wireless terminal and the wireless relay device.

5. The wireless terminal according to claim 4, wherein after transmitting the response of the request acceptance, the relay unit stops relaying communication between the other wireless terminal and the wireless relay device when determining that the communication index of the other wireless terminal is less than the specified threshold value, and

wherein the response transmitting unit transmits, to the wireless relay device, a notification indicating that the relayed communication between the other wireless terminal and the wireless relay device is stopped.

6. A computer-readable recording medium that records a program to be executed by an information processing device, the program that cause the computer to execute:

measuring a communication index indicating a communication state of a wireless terminal that is wirelessly connected;

detecting a weak connection wireless terminal and a strong connection wireless terminal out of the wireless terminals according to the communication index of the wireless terminal;

transmitting a request for functioning as a wireless relay device between the weak connection wireless terminal and the strong connection wireless terminal; and

switching a wireless connection with respect to the weak connection wireless terminal to the wireless connection relayed by the strong connection wireless terminal.

7. A computer-readable recording medium that records a program to be executed by an information processing device, the program that cause the computer to execute:

receiving a request for functioning as a wireless relay device between another wireless terminal and the wireless relay device from the wireless relay device;

measuring a communication index indicating a communication state of the other wireless terminal;

transmitting a response for request acceptance to the wireless relay device when determining that the communication index of the other wireless terminal is of a specified threshold value or more; and

relaying a wireless connection between the other wireless terminal and the wireless relay device.

8. The computer-readable recording medium that records the program according to claim 7, wherein after transmitting the response for request acceptance, the relaying communication between the other wireless terminal and the wireless relay device is stopped when the communication index is less than the threshold value, and

wherein a notification indicating that relaying the communication between the other wireless terminal and the wireless relay device is stopped is transmitted to the wireless relay device.