WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20180220311A1
• Filed: 03/27/2018
• Published: 08/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: ITOH, Katsutoshi, SUZUKI, Hideyuki, NAITO, Masahiko
• Granted Patent: US 10,567,979 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

There is provided a wireless communication device including a control-message creation/transmission-instruction unit which sends notification information via a wireless communication network and also sends response information in the case of receiving notification information sent from another device, a reception/interpretation processing unit which receives, from another device which has received the notification information of the wireless communication device, response information of such other device and also receives the notification information sent from such other device, and an operation mode determination unit which determines, based on operation mode determination information included in the notification information of such other device or the response information of such other device, that the wireless communication device is caused to operate as one of a master device and a slave device.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

a notification information transmission unit which sends notification information of the wireless communication device via a wireless communication network;

a response information reception unit which receives, from another device which has received the notification information of the wireless communication device, response information of such other device with respect to the notification information of the wireless communication device;

a notification information reception unit which receives notification information of such other device;

a response information transmission unit which sends response information of the wireless communication device with respect to the notification information of such other device; and

an operation mode determination unit which determines, based on operation mode determination information included in the notification information of such other device or the response information of such other device, that the wireless communication device is caused to operate as one of a master device and a slave device.