SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20140313992A1
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Buffalo Incorporated (Melco Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Buffalo Incorporated (Melco Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Satoru
• Application Number:
  US14/200,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20140313992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that selects a channel recommended to be used upon receiving a notification of a detection result indicating that a first wireless communication device among a plurality of wireless communication devices has detected a specific radio wave; and transmits channel information indicating the recommended channel a second wireless communication device among the plurality of wireless communication devices located near the first wireless communication device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a plurality of wireless communication devices each configured to transmit a notification that reception of a specific radio wave has been detected; and

a server configured to communicate with the plurality of wireless communication devices, the server comprising

circuitry configured to

select a channel recommended to be used upon receiving the notification from a first wireless communication device of the plurality of wireless communication devices; and

transmit channel information indicating the recommended channel to a second wireless communication device of the plurality of wireless communication devices that is located near the first wireless communication device, wherein

the second wireless communication device is configured to change a channel used for communication based on the received channel information.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to send, to the first wireless communication device, channel information indicating a channel recommended to be used by the first wireless communication device based on records of notifications received from the plurality of wireless communication devices upon receiving the notification.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the second wireless communication device is configured to change to a channel specified by the received channel information without verifying that a specific radio wave has been detected at the channel for a predetermined time.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to select the recommended channel after the change based on information obtained from other than the notification.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the information obtained from other than the notification includes information regarding a weather condition.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to select the recommended channel based on a location of the second wireless communication device.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

estimate that an object emitting the specific radio wave is to move; and

transmit channel information to one of the plurality of wireless communication devices which is expected to detect the specific radio wave within a predetermined time corresponding to the estimated movement of the object.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify one of the plurality of wireless communication devices as the second communication device based on a proximity of the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify one of the plurality of wireless communication devices as the second communication device based on a difference of a parameter value in a predetermined range from a parameter value of the first wireless communication device with respect to a specific radar wave detection parameter.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of wireless communication devices are each configured to communicate wirelessly according to a standard that requires verification that the specific radio wave has not been detected for a predetermined period of time in a channel before selecting the channel for communicating.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the specific radio wave is a radar wave detected in a 5.25 to 5.35 GHz and a radar wave detected in a 5.470 to 5.570 GHz channel.

12. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

select a channel recommended to be used upon receiving a notification of a detection result indicating that a first wireless communication device among a plurality of wireless communication devices has detected a specific radio wave; and

transmit channel information indicating the recommended channel a second wireless communication device among the plurality of wireless communication devices located near the first wireless communication device.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the circuitry is configured to send, to the first wireless communication device, channel information indicating a channel recommended to be used by the first wireless communication device based on records of notifications received from the plurality of wireless communication devices upon receiving the notification.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the circuitry is configured to select the recommended channel after the change based on information obtained from other than the notification.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein

the information obtained from other than the notification includes information regarding a weather condition.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the circuitry is configured to select the recommended channel based on a location of the second wireless communication device.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

estimate that an object emitting the specific radio wave is to move; and

transmit channel information to one of the plurality of wireless communication devices which is expected to detect the specific radio wave within a predetermined time corresponding to the estimated movement of the object.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify one of the plurality of wireless communication devices as the second communication device based on a proximity of the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device or based on a difference of a parameter value in a predetermined range from a parameter value of the first wireless communication device with respect to a specific radar wave detection parameter.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to:

select a channel recommended to be used upon receiving a notification of a detection result indicating that a first wireless communication device among a plurality of wireless communication devices has detected a specific radio wave; and

transmit channel information indicating the recommended channel a second wireless communication device among the plurality of wireless communication devices located near the first wireless communication device.