COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- an acquiring unit that acquires wireless cost for each path to other communication apparatuses in an ad hoc network to which the communication apparatus belongs;
an accumulating unit that accumulates wireless cost for each path, acquired at different times by the acquiring unit;
a determining unit that determines a priority level for each path, based on time correlations among the paths in terms of the wireless cost accumulated by the accumulating unit; and
a communicating unit that communicates with the other communication apparatuses by preferentially using a path of a relatively high priority level.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires wireless cost for each path to other communication apparatuses in an ad hoc network to which the communication apparatus belongs; an accumulating unit that accumulates wireless cost for each path, acquired at different times by the acquiring unit; a determining unit that determines a priority level for each path, based on time correlations among the paths in terms of the wireless cost accumulated by the accumulating unit; and a communicating unit that communicates with the other communication apparatuses by preferentially using a path of a relatively high priority level.
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6 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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an acquiring unit that acquires wireless cost for each path to other communication apparatuses in an ad hoc network to which the communication apparatus belongs; an accumulating unit that accumulates wireless cost for each path, acquired at different times by the acquiring unit; a determining unit that determines a priority level for each path, based on time correlations among the paths in terms of the wireless cost accumulated by the accumulating unit; and a communicating unit that communicates with the other communication apparatuses by preferentially using a path of a relatively high priority level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication method comprising:
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acquiring wireless cost for each path to other communication apparatuses in an ad hoc network to which a given communication apparatus belongs; accumulating wireless cost for each path, acquired at different times at the acquiring; determining a priority level for each path, based on time correlations among the paths in terms of the wireless cost accumulated at the accumulating; and communicating with the other communication apparatuses by preferentially using a path of a relatively high priority level.
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