Patent ID: 9560689
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communication device comprising: a connection unit configured to establish a first connection to a first other communication device, establish, based on the first connection, a second connection to a second other communication device that is connected to the first other communication device, while the first connection has been established, and perform direct communication with the second other communication device using the second connection; a determination unit configured to determine whether an operation mode of the first connection is a mode in which a periodic search for another network is performed while a network has been established by the first connection; and a control unit configured to, if the operation mode of the first connection is the mode in which the periodic search is performed, control the connection unit so as to restrict at least one of establishment of the second connection and switching of a channel in the second connection, while the first connection has been established.