Patent ID: 9560637
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04J,H04W

Claim:
1. A management apparatus that manages a wireless communication network formed by a plurality of wireless communication devices capable of TDMA wireless communication and coupled to a backbone network, comprising: protocol processing units operative to perform protocol processes according to predetermined wireless communication standards; virtual interface units coupled to the protocol processing units and operative to identify communication protocols, a backbone interface coupled to the virtual interface units and operative to transmit signals from the virtual interface units to the backbone network and receive signals transmitted from the backbone network and outputs the received signals to the virtual interface units, and an extended link management unit configured to manage a plurality of extended links, each said extended link defining channels and timeslots used in the TDMA wireless communication, specifying a communication direction and setting respective property information characterizing the wireless communications performed by the wireless communication devices using the extended link, wherein the property information contains at least one of: information indicating a communication protocol, a frequency channel, an antenna, a modulation, a cryptographic algorithm, and a cryptographic key, which are used in the wireless communication, information indicating the bandwidth of the wireless communication, and information indicating another wireless network to be connected to the wireless network.