Patent ID: 9622146
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A transmitting apparatus comprising: a first communicator configured to send out a message by wireless broadcast communication to a first communication apparatus, being located within a wireless communication range of the first communicator, of plural communication apparatus that have a wireless broadcast communication function and that constitute a wireless multi-hop network; a designator configured to designate a second communication apparatus that is located outside the wireless communication range of the first communicator and that can establish a first communication channel, from among the plural communication apparatus having a the wireless broadcast communication function; and a second communicator configured to be wider in a communication range than the first communicator, to establish the first communication channel with the second communication apparatus designated by the designator and to send out the message over the established first communication channel, wherein each of the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus stands by after reception of the message, and then sends out the received message by the wireless broadcast communication if a prescribed condition is met and does not sent out the received message if the prescribed condition is not met.