Patent ID: 9125238
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A first wireless communication device of a plurality of wireless communication devices constituting a wireless network, the wireless network is for performing communications between the plurality of wireless communication devices in the wireless network, the first wireless communication device having a base station index based on which the first wireless communication device functions as a base station of the wireless network, the base station index expressing a degree to which a wireless communication device of the plurality of wireless communication devices functions as the base station, the first wireless communication device comprising: a base station transfer unit configured to perform a transfer process of transferring a function of the base station of the wireless network from the first wireless communication device functioning as the base station of the wireless network already formed to a second wireless communication device that is newly joining the wireless network, and the base station transfer unit is configured to perform the transfer process when a base station index of the second wireless communication device is higher than the base station index of the first wireless communication device; a transfer flag transmitting/receiving unit configured to, a transfer determining unit configured to determine whether to transfer the function of the base station based on contents of the flag and the list of IP addresses of the third wireless communication device, and the base station transfer unit is configured to perform the transfer process based on whether the transfer determining unit determines to transfer the function of the base station.