Patent ID: 8611312
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication system that includes a plurality of wireless communication devices that mutually perform wireless communication using a set time band set in advance from among time bands included in a frame with a predetermined cycle, wherein a first wireless communication device included in the wireless communication system that performs wireless communication with a second wireless communication device included in the wireless communication system, comprises: a selector that, when the set time band is changed, selects a new time band for after the change from the time bands included in the frame; and a communication portion that transmits in a block information showing the new time band to the second wireless communication device as a set time band change request; wherein when the second wireless communication device receives the set time band change request, if the new time band indicated by the set time band change request is available for use on the second wireless communication device, the second wireless communication device transmits a response, from a communication portion provided in the second wireless communication device, with regard to the set time band change request to the first wireless communication device; and the first wireless communication device, based on the response received from the second wireless communication device, changes the setting of the set time band to the new time band; wherein a super frame cycle is required between the transmission of the set time band change request and the transmission of the set time band change response.