Patent ID: 11956067
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An electronic device connected to a wireless base station which is wirelessly communicable with one or more wireless communication terminals, the electronic device comprising:
a generator configured to generate a first control signal and one or more first operation signals, the first control signal instructing to transmit a signal that requests terminal-to-terminal communication between a first wireless communication terminal and a second wireless communication terminal, and the one or more first operation signals being used for operating at least a part of the first wireless communication terminal;
a transmitter configured to transmit the first control signal to the second wireless communication terminal via the wireless base station, and to transmit the one or more first operation signals to the second wireless communication terminal via the wireless base station; and
a receiver capable of receiving, via the wireless base station, after the one or more first operation signals are transmitted, at least one of a response signal and a data signal that is transmitted from the first wireless communication terminal to the second wireless communication terminal,
wherein:
the transmitter is configured to:
transmit, if at least one of the response signal or the data signal is received, a second operation signal to either the first wireless communication terminal or the second wireless communication terminal via the wireless base station in accordance with the at least one of the response signal or the data signal, the second operation signal being used for operating at least a part of the first wireless communication terminal; and
transmit, if neither of the response signal or the data signal is received, the second operation signal to the second wireless communication terminal via the wireless base station, and

the terminal-to-terminal communication between the first wireless communication terminal and the second wireless communication terminal to be started by the first control signal is defined as including:
transmitting the one or more first operation signals, which are transmitted to the second wireless communication terminal, to the first wireless communication terminal from the second wireless communication terminal; and
transmitting the second operation signal, which is transmitted to the second wireless communication terminal, to the first wireless communication terminal from the second wireless communication terminal.