COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR SETTING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A communication device connected to other communication devices to form a management network, the device comprising:
- an address generation unit that generates address information;
a reply request transmission unit that transmits a reply request to request a reply from the other communication device having the address information generated by the address generation unit; and
an address setting unit that sets the address information generated by the address generation unit as address information of the communication device when the reply to the reply request is not received,wherein the address generation unit generates address information different from the previously generated address information when the reply to the reply request is received.
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Abstract
A communication device includes an address generation unit that generates address information, a reply request transmission unit that transmits a reply request to request a reply from the other communication device having the address information generated by the address generation unit, and an address setting unit that sets the address information generated by the address generation unit as address information of the communication device when the reply to the reply request is not received, wherein the address generation unit generates address information different from the previously generated address information when the reply to the reply request is received.
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5 Claims
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1. A communication device connected to other communication devices to form a management network, the device comprising:
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an address generation unit that generates address information; a reply request transmission unit that transmits a reply request to request a reply from the other communication device having the address information generated by the address generation unit; and an address setting unit that sets the address information generated by the address generation unit as address information of the communication device when the reply to the reply request is not received, wherein the address generation unit generates address information different from the previously generated address information when the reply to the reply request is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for setting a communication device connected to other communication devices to form a management network using the communication device, the method comprising:
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generating, by an address generation unit, address information; transmitting, by a reply request transmission unit, a reply request to request a reply from the other communication device having the address information generated by the address generation unit; generating, by the address generation unit, address information different from the previously generated address information when the reply to the reply request is received; and setting, by an address setting unit, the address information generated by the address generation unit as address information of the communication device when the reply to the reply request is not received.
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5. A program causing a computer of a communication device connected to other communication devices to form a management network to function as:
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an address generation unit that generates address information; a reply request transmission unit that transmits a reply request to request a reply from the other communication device having the address information generated by the address generation unit; and an address setting unit that sets the address information generated by the address generation unit as address information of the communication device when the reply to the reply request is not received, wherein the address generation unit generates address information different from the previously generated address information when the reply to the reply request is received.
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