Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
First Claim
1. A wireless communication apparatus having a relay function, comprising:
- a memory to store an address of a first wireless communication apparatus connected to the wireless communication apparatus and having a relay function; and
a first transmitting unit configured to transmit a first relay frame addressed to the first wireless communication apparatus, the first relay frame including(a) a first address field prepared for a final destination address, an address of a second communication apparatus not connected to the wireless communication apparatus being set in the first address field, and(b) a second address field prepared for an address of a third wireless communication apparatus connecting the second communication apparatus and having a relay function, one of an address except for the address of the third wireless communication apparatus and a specific value being set in the second address field.
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Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus having a relay function comprises a memory to store an address of a first wireless communication apparatus connected to the wireless communication apparatus and having a relay function, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a first relay frame addressed to the first wireless communication apparatus, the first relay frame including a first address field prepared for a final destination address, an address of a second communication apparatus not connected to the wireless communication apparatus being set in the first address field, and a second address field prepared for an address of a third wireless communication apparatus connecting the second communication apparatus and having a relay function, one of an address except for the address of the third wireless communication apparatus and a specific value being set in the second address field.
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless communication apparatus having a relay function, comprising:
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a memory to store an address of a first wireless communication apparatus connected to the wireless communication apparatus and having a relay function; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit a first relay frame addressed to the first wireless communication apparatus, the first relay frame including (a) a first address field prepared for a final destination address, an address of a second communication apparatus not connected to the wireless communication apparatus being set in the first address field, and (b) a second address field prepared for an address of a third wireless communication apparatus connecting the second communication apparatus and having a relay function, one of an address except for the address of the third wireless communication apparatus and a specific value being set in the second address field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless communication method for a wireless communication apparatus having a relay function, including:
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storing, in a memory, addresses of a plurality of communication apparatuses including a first wireless communication apparatus connected to the wireless communication apparatus and having a relay function; transmitting, when the address of the third wireless communication apparatus is not stored in the memory, a first relay frame addressed to the first wireless communication apparatus, the first relay frame including (a) a first address field prepared for a final destination address, an address of a second communication apparatus not connected to the wireless communication apparatus being set in the first address field, and (b) a second address field prepared for an address of a third wireless communication apparatus connecting the second communication apparatus and having a relay function, one of an address except for the address of the third wireless communication apparatus and a specific value being set in the second address field; and transmitting, when the address of the third wireless communication apparatus is stored in the memory, a second relay frame including (a) the first address field in which the address of the second communication apparatus is set, and (b) the second address field in which the address of the third wireless communication apparatus is set.
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20. A wireless communication method for a wireless communication apparatus having a relay function, including:
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storing, in a memory, addresses of a plurality of communication apparatuses including a first wireless communication apparatus connected to the wireless communication apparatus and having a relay function; receiving a frame, an address of a second communication apparatus not connected to the wireless communication apparatus being set in a first address field prepared in the frame for a final destination address; transmitting, when an address of a third wireless communication apparatus connecting the second communication apparatus and having a relay function is not stored in the memory, a first relay frame addressed to the first wireless communication apparatus, the first relay frame including (a) a frame body of the frame received by the receiving unit, (b) a first address field prepared for a final destination address, the address of the second communication apparatus being set in the first address field, and (c) a second address field prepared for the address of the third wireless communication apparatus, one of an address except for the address of the third wireless communication apparatus and a specific value being set in the second address field; and transmitting, when the address of the third wireless communication apparatus is stored in the memory, a second relay frame including (a) the frame body of the frame received by the receiving unit, (b) the first address field in which the address of the second communication apparatus being set, and (c) the second address field in which the address of the third wireless communication apparatus being set.
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