Communication apparatus and method of constructing network thereby
First Claim
1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
- a selecting unit configured to select whether said wireless communication apparatus operates as a creating device that creates a wireless network or operates as a participating device that participates to a wireless network generated by other communication apparatus; and
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not said wireless communication apparatus is communicating with a predetermined apparatus,wherein said selecting unit selects to operate as the creating device in case that said determining unit determines that said wireless communication apparatus is communicating with the predetermined apparatus.
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Abstract
When a connection is made to a wireless network constructed by a base station, a request to construct a wireless network in which a wireless communication apparatus operates as a base station is sensed and a determination is made as to whether communication is in progress with a communication apparatus of a network different from the wireless network constructed by the base station. If the request to construct the wireless network is sensed and it is determined that communication is in progress with a communication apparatus of a network different from the wireless network in which the base station is the intermediary, then an attempt is made to construct a wireless network in which the wireless communication apparatus operates as a base station.
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1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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a selecting unit configured to select whether said wireless communication apparatus operates as a creating device that creates a wireless network or operates as a participating device that participates to a wireless network generated by other communication apparatus; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not said wireless communication apparatus is communicating with a predetermined apparatus, wherein said selecting unit selects to operate as the creating device in case that said determining unit determines that said wireless communication apparatus is communicating with the predetermined apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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10. A method of controlling a wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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a selecting step of selecting whether the wireless communication apparatus operates as a creating device that creates a wireless network or operates as a participating device that participates to a wireless network generated by other communication apparatus; and a determining step of determining whether or not the wireless communication apparatus is communicating with a predetermined apparatus, wherein, in case that it is determined in the determining step that the wireless communication apparatus is communicating with the predetermined apparatus, operating as the creating device is selected in the selecting step.
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