WIRELESS TRANSFER APPARATUS AND WIRELESS TRANSFER METHOD
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1. A wireless transfer apparatus comprising:
- a wired communication interface configured to communicate with a sink device;
a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of source-side wireless transfer apparatuses that are connected by wire to a plurality of source devices;
a physical address generator configured to generate a plurality of physical addresses by adding values, which are different between the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses, to a physical address received from the sink device via the wired communication interface, and to transmit the generated physical addresses to the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses via the wireless communication interface;
a physical address storing module configured to store the generated physical addresses in association with identifiers of the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses; and
a routing control module configured to switch a first source-side wireless transfer apparatus, which is configured to transmit content data to the sink device, to a second source-side wireless transfer apparatus corresponding to the identifier which is associated with the physical address in a source change request from the sink device.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a wireless transfer apparatus generates physical addresses by adding values, which are different between the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses, to a physical address received from a sink device, and transmits the generated physical addresses to the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses. The wireless transfer apparatus switches the source-side wireless transfer apparatus, which is to be used for transmitting content data to the sink device, to the source-side wireless transfer apparatus corresponding to the identifier which is associated with the physical address included in a source change request transmitted from the sink device.
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1. A wireless transfer apparatus comprising:
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a wired communication interface configured to communicate with a sink device; a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of source-side wireless transfer apparatuses that are connected by wire to a plurality of source devices; a physical address generator configured to generate a plurality of physical addresses by adding values, which are different between the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses, to a physical address received from the sink device via the wired communication interface, and to transmit the generated physical addresses to the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses via the wireless communication interface; a physical address storing module configured to store the generated physical addresses in association with identifiers of the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses; and a routing control module configured to switch a first source-side wireless transfer apparatus, which is configured to transmit content data to the sink device, to a second source-side wireless transfer apparatus corresponding to the identifier which is associated with the physical address in a source change request from the sink device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A wireless transfer method of executing wireless data transfer between a sink device and a plurality of source-side wireless transfer apparatuses connected to a plurality of source devices, the method comprising:
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generating a plurality of physical addresses by adding values, which are different between the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses, to a physical address received from the sink device via a wired communication interface, and wirelessly transmitting the generated physical addresses to the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses; storing the generated physical addresses in association with identifiers of the source-side wireless transfer apparatuses; and switching the source-side wireless transfer apparatus, which is configured to transmit content data to the sink device, to the source-side wireless transfer apparatus corresponding to the identifier which is associated with the physical address of the plurality of physical addresses in a source change request from the sink device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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