Patent ID: 9461734
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication system, comprising: a first communication apparatus; and a second communication apparatus that performs data transmission/reception with the first communication apparatus, wherein the first communication apparatus comprises a transmission unit that transmits information to the second communication apparatus, the information being used to determine whether or not autonomous setting information should be transmitted from the second communication apparatus to the first communication apparatus, wherein, when the autonomous setting information of the first communication apparatus is managed in a higher-level apparatus, the first communication apparatus transmits node identifier information of the higher-level apparatus to the second communication apparatus, and wherein, when the autonomous setting information is changed in the first communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus transmits the changed autonomous setting information to a communication apparatus including, among another communication apparatus adjacent to the first communication apparatus, a communication apparatus of which the autonomous setting information is managed in a higher-level apparatus different from the higher-level apparatus managing the autonomous setting information of the first communication apparatus.