Patent ID: 9319102
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus in a communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses provided with respective antennas a rewiredly connected in serial, and a control apparatus receives a signal based on a radio signal received by one of the plurality of communication apparatuses as at least one of the plurality of communication apparatuses selects either a signal based on the radio signal received via the antenna thereof or a signal based on a wired signal received from a first communication apparatus wiredly connected thereto, and transmits the selected signal to one of a second communication apparatus or the control apparatus that is wiredly connected thereto and different from the first communication apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising: a determiner that determines whether or not reception quality of the received radio signal satisfies predetermined quality; and a transmitter that transmits, to one of the second communication apparatus or the control apparatus, the signal based on the received radio signal if the reception quality satisfies the predetermined quality, and the signal based on the wired signal if the reception quality does not satisfy the predetermined quality, wherein the determiner further determines whether or not the radio signal has been to be detected via the antenna, and wherein if the determiner determines that the radio signal has been detected via the antenna and the wired signal has not been transmitted by the first communication apparatus, the transmitter transmits the signal based on the received radio signal to one of the second communication apparatus or the control apparatus regardless of the reception quality.